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THE PREFACE.
THE objects for which this collection of Abstracts from original Deeds has been undertaken
are fully explained on the first page; there is no necessity, therefore, to offer any further
apology for the publication.
The cost of publishing these Abstracts has made it impossible to carry them on continuously
later than the year 1700. This limitation necessarily exéludes all mention in detail of the
celebrated Hunt established by Mr. Meynell in Quorndon in the middle of the eighteenth century,
which has given the village a fame which it would not otherwise have obtained. The History
of the Quorn Hunt was, however, published by Mr. William C. A. Blew in 1899, and further
researches would probably not add much to the result of his labours.
I have to gratefully acknowledge the kindness of many friends who have helped me to
collect the materials for this Volume, and I am especially indebted to Mrs. Perry Herrick, Lady
of the Manor of Beaumanor, and to Mr. Warner, Lord of the Manor of Barrow, for the free
access they have afforded me to the muniments in their respective possessions; also I must
express the great obligation I am under to Mr. W. K. Boyd, the courteous Record Expert,
without whose help the work of translating and abstracting the Deeds could never have been
accomplished.
It may be well to point out that as a rule only the portions relating to Quorndon have
been abstracted from the Beaumanor Muniments, which also contain much information relating
to Woodhouse and Woodthorpe.
Tue Over Hatz, Quorn,
November, 1911.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
i iees Collection of Abstracts from Original Deeds was formed for the purpose of verifying and illustrating
the Pedigree of the Farnham family of Quorndon, and, incidentally, of throwing some light on the
ancient history of Quorndon itself.
The Pedigree of Farnham of Quorndon was entered at the first Visitation of the Heralds to the county of
Leicester in 1563 by Thomas Farnham of the Over-hall, at that time the representative of the elder branch
of the family. At the same Visitation a sketch pedigree of the younger or Nether-hal]l branch was entered.
No dates and no younger children appear on these pedigrees, the descent of Arms being apparently the sole
object in view. At the present day the Visitation Pedigrees are not considered very reliable unless the entries
are corroborated from other contemporaneous sources. The object of these researches is to supply, if possible,
some of the defects in the Visitation Pedigree by giving authentic references from the Original Deeds preserved
at the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and similar Collections.
In order to do this a search had to be made through a very large number of deeds connected with
Quorndon, many of which contained no references to Farnhams at all. It is hoped that by giving abstracts
of these deeds as well, a greater amount of useful knowledge of the history of Quorndon is obtained for those
who take an interest in the past history of the village, and for whom a mere collection of references to members
of a single family would be of little or no interest.
As Quorndon has never been a manor, but was originally included in the manor of Barrow-on-Soar, it
has been necessary to include many Barrow deeds in this Collection. Portions of Quorndon have been
manorially in the manor of Beaumanor since the thirteenth century, and for these portions some Beaumanor
deeds have been included as well.
The Collection therefore comprises all the available information respecting the Farnham family, as well
as many Abstracts from Original Deeds relating to the manor of Barrow, the manor of Beaumanor, and their
members, Quorndon and Woodhouse.
The larger part of these deeds refer in some way or another to the land of the manor, and the owners and
occupiers thereof, and necessarily so, for in early times land formed the principal source of investment and
income, and the cultivation of the land filled up the daily life of the majority of the male inhabitants. Most
of the early references to Quorndon occur through disputes concerning the ownership of land or the collection
of petty debts. These disputes were taken to be tried at the King’s Courts at Westminster, and the plea was
enrolled by the clerks of the Court on what are called ‘* The Plea Rolls.” These references are invaluable for
genealogical purposes, but the interest from the purely legal standpoint is largely diminished by the fact that
the clerk rarely troubled to record the result of the action at law. We have therefore valuable references in
the names of the litigants, but we rarely learn the result of the trial when it came before the Judges.
Some places are fortunate enough to have had in their midst a feudal castle, an ancient abbey, or
a resident lord of the manor, with a wealth of early history and tradition attaching to them. Quorndon in
this respect is not fortunate. The village never possessed a feudal castle or an abbey, and if ever the lord of
the manor of Barrow had a residence in Quorndon at all, he has left neither trace nor tradition of such residence
behind him.
There was, however, a park in Quorndon previous to the year 1273, which park was situated between
what is now called Buddon Wood and the village of Woodthorpe, and it is possible that the Earls of Chester,
lords of the manor of Barrow, had a hunting residence within this park, visiting it occasionally for the purpose
of hunting in their portion of Charnwood Forest; and if this was the case, these occasional visits might
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account for the origin of the hamlet of Quorndon and the fact that it had a chapel previous to the year 1152,
for the Earls would be attended by a considerable train (guests, knights, esquires, and domestic servants), and
they would require a church nearer and more convenient than Barrow, which at certain times of the year
would be inaccessible on account of the floods.
At the time of the Norman Conquest the manor of Barrow was part of the possessions of Harold, for
a short time King of England, who was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. William the Conqueror
shortly afterwards gave this manor to his nephew Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester.
At this period the manor of Barrow was very large, and included the places which we now call Quorndon,
Woodhouse, Beaumanor, Mountsorell (north end), Mapplewell, Charley, a large portion of the eastern half of
Charnwood Forest, and several outlying members mentioned in Domesday Book, besides the modern
ecclesiastical parish of Barrow-on-Soar itself. -
Nichols says (vol. iii., p. 120) that the first dismemberment of the manor of Barrow took place between
1119 and 1128, when Ranulph, the third Earl of Chester, conveyed the lordship of Charley and the adjacent
parts to King Henry I., who regranted them to Robert Bossu, Ear] of Leicester.
The next dismemberment was the creation of the manor of Beaumanor, which was alienated by the sixth
Earl of Chester to the family of Despencer. Nichols says that this took place previous to the year 1232, but
he gives no authority in support of his assertion. The above date is, however, sufficiently accurate for us.
The early lords of the manor of Beaumanor figure prominently in the pages of English History, and
many of them came to an untimely end.
The first possessor of whom we know much was Hugh le Despencer, Justiciar of England, who attached
himself to the party led by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and who was killed fighting at the Earl’s
side at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. His estates were, of course, forfeited for this act of rebellion against
the misgovernment of King Henry III., but were restored to Hugh’s grandson, also nained Hugh le Despencer,
by King Edward I.
In 1275 this latter Hugh Je Despencer was lord of the manor of Beaumanor, under whom it was held by
John le Despencer by a tenure of rendering yearly a pair of gilt spurs or sixpence. (Inq. p.m. 3 Edward L,,
No. 2.)
This Hugh Despencer obtained for himself from Sir John Lestrange a portion of the park of Quorndon;
probably also he obtained some of the manor rights in Quorndon from the same quarter, which would account
for the fact of the Over-hall, the Nether-hall, Chaveney’s house, and other lands in Quorndon being in the
manor of Beaumanor and not in the manor of Barrow, as they must all have been originally.
In 1322 Hugh Despencer was created Earl of Winchester; he and his son Hugh, the younger, were the
unpopular ministers and favourites of King Edward II. The elder Hugh, at the age of nearly ninety, was
taken prisoner and hanged at Bristol by Queen Isabella in 1325, whilst his arrogant son, the younger Hugh,
was captured and hanged, with all the revolting cruelties that his enemies could devise, at Hereford in the
following year. They were at once attainted, and their large estates being forfeited to the Crown, Beaumanor
was granted to Henry de Beaumont, as a reward probably for his desertion of his unfortunate King and friend
in his extremity.
Beaumanor remained in the Beaumont family until the year 1461.
In 1459 John, Viscount Beaumont, was killed at the Battle of Northampton, fighting on behalf of King
Henry VI., and his son Willian, adhering to the same side, was taken prisoner at the Battle of Towton Field
in 1461. His large estates were immediately confiscated by the victorious Yorkists, but after more than
twenty years he obtained a partial restitution of his property from King Henry VII.
William, Viscount Beaumont, died childless in 1508.
From the year 1459 until her death Beaumanor was held in dower by Katherine, the widow of John,
Viscount Beaumont (whose first husband was the Duke of Norfolk, and whose title she retained). The
Duchess died about the year 1484.
Meanwhile, in 1464, the reversion of the manor of Beaumanor, after the old Duchess’s death, was granted
{together with a large portion of the forfeited Beaumont’s lands) to William, Lord Hastynges, Chamberlain
to King Edward IV. Lord Hastynges, however, never took actual possession of Beaumanor, for he was
summarily beheaded by Protector the Duke of Gloucester (afterwards King Richard ITI.) in 1483, and as
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Lord Hastynges’s immense possessions were forfeited, Beaumanor reverted to the Crown on the Duchess of
Norfolk’s death.
Beaumanor remained in the hands of the Crown until 1524, when King Henry VIII. granted this manor
to Lord Leonard Grey, the Lord Deputy for Ireland, who held his first court there in October 1524.
Lord Leonard Grey was the second son of Thomas, second Marquis of Dorset, and held the manor of
Beaumanor until 1540, when he was attainted and beheaded, and Beaumanor again fell to the Crown. The
next grantee was Henry, Marquis of Dorset, later created Duke of Suffolk (father of Lady Jane Grey), but he
was beheaded in 1554 for his share in Sir Thomas Wyatt’s rebellion, so Beaumanor again fell to the Crown
by attainder.
The Crown next leased Beaumanor to Frances, Duchess of Suffolk (the mother of Lady Jane Grey), who
had married Adrian Stokes, her Master of the Horse, in the year following the Duke’s death on the scaffold.
The Duchess died in November 1559, but Adrian Stokes survived her for many years, continuing to hold the
manor of Beaumanor under a lease from the Crown until his death in 1586, when his brother William Stokes
succeeded him, and held this manor until his death in 1591.
Queen Elizabeth granted Beaumanor next to Robert, Earl of Essex, who sold it to Sir William Herrick,
who, according to Nichols, vol. ili., p. 146, held a court at Beaumanor in 1595. Since that date the manor of
Beaumanor has remained in the possession of Sir William Herrick and his descendants, seven generations in
all, including Sir William, and all have borne the same Christian name William.
The Jate William Perry Herrick, Esquire, died in 1876, and his widow is the present lady of the manor
of Beaumanor.
Some short account of the descent of the manor of Beaumanor was necessary for these Records, because
a considerable portion of Woodhouse and Quorndon, also a small portion of Barrow, are in the manor of
Beaumanor.
To revert now to the manor of Barrow-on-Soar. Ranulph, the sixth Earl of Chester, lord of the manor
of Barrow, died in 1232, leaving no issue by either of bis wives, after whose decease the Earldom of Chester
was annexed to the Crown, and his other estates were divided among his four sisters and heirs.
One of these four sisters, “ Mabel,” had married William d’Albini, third Earl of Arundel, by whom she
had two sons, the elder of whom succeeded his father as fourth Earl of Arundel, but died without issue in the
lifetime of the Earl of Chester ; the younger son Hugh succeeded his brother as fifth Earl of Arundel, and he
also succeeded to his mother’s share of the Chester inheritance on the death of his uncle the Earl of Chester
in 1232. The part of the Chester inheritance assigned to Hugh, Earl of Arundel, included the manor of
Barrow-on-Soar.
Hugh d’Albini, fifth Earl of Arundel, Jord of the manor of Barrow-on-Soar, provides us with the earliest
existing deed in which the name of Quorndon occurs. This is in a Fine made between the Earls of Arundel
and Winchester, dated 1239-40, and the object of the fine was to settle a dispute between the Earls respecting
their mutual rights of hunting and estover in the forest of Charnwood.
In the earlier deeds Quorndon is usually written “ Quarendon ” or “ Querendon” ; later these become
contracted to “‘ Quarndon” or “ Querndon,” and “ Quarne”’ or “Querne.”’ Experts differ as to the derivation
of the name. Some derive the name from “Quern,” a handmill; others think this too obvious a derivation
to be true, and derive the name from “ Guern,” an alder, which tree was and still is a common tree in this
locality. At the present time the parish is officially styled “ Quorn,” a rather doubtful improvement on the far
older name “ Querendon.”
If the Charter of Ralph, fourth Earl of Chester, in which he gave the Church of Barrow, together with
the Chapel of Querendon, to the Abbey of Leicester, was still in existence, it would be by far the earliest
mention of the place Quorndon. We only know of this charter, however, by an Inspeximus made in the
reign of King Edward II. In the original charter the Earl granted the Church of Barrow, the Chapel of
Querendon, and certain tithes to the aforesaid Abbey, which gift was confirmed by the succeeding Earl of
Chester as well as by King Henry IJ., and it was King Henry’s confirmation which was inspected in 1318
from which we derive our knowledge of the earlier charter.
This proves that the hamlet had the name “ Querendon” before 1152, also that the hamlet possessed
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a church at that date. The nave of the existing church is undoubtedly older than the aisles, and may be part
of the original chapel.
In 1243 Hugh, fifth Earl of Arundel, died, and as he left no issue his possessions were divided among his
four sisters and heirs, one of whom, “ Nichola,” had married Roger de Somery or Sumery, Baron of Dudley.
The manors of Barrow-on-Soar, co. Leicester, and Campeden, co. Gloucester, were assigned to Nichola
as her portion of her brother’s Arundel inheritance. Nichola died about the year 1250, but her husband, the
Baron of Dudley, continued to hold both her manors for term of his life by the courtesy of England.
It is through their connection with these “Heirs of Arundel” that we derive our earliest existing
knowledge of the Farnham family in connection with Quorndon. In a Leicester Assize Roll of the year 1284
Robert de Farnham was summoned to prove his title to the ownership in severalty of certain lands in
Quorndon, over which land the plaintiffs claimed to have rights of Common. The Jury gave their verdict in
favour of Robert de Farnham, stating that the land in question had been reclaimed from the waste of the
forest of Charnwood by the Earl of Chester, who enclosed it, and so held it in severalty all his life, and that
after the Earl’s death the “ Heirs of Arundel,’? to whom the Earl’s inheritance descended, so held it until
they enfeoffed the said Robert de Farnham with the said piece of land.
Roger de Somery, Baron of Dudley, held the manor of Barrow until his death in 1273. The inquisition
taken after his death is extant, and gives many interesting particulars of the manor, as well as the names,
possessions, and services of all the tenants of the manor. This is a most valuable deed, for no doubt it
enumerates the name of every family inhabiting the manor of Barrow at that date, except of course such as
owed their suit and service to the manor of Beaumanor only. Some of the inhabitants no doubt owed suit
and service at both the manorial Courts of Barrow and Beaumanor. The real history of Barrow begins with
this deed, for now we know the names, possessions, and services of the greater part of the residents.
At Roger de Somery’s death the manor of Barrow was divided among his four daughters by his first wife
Nichola d’Albini (their only son Ralph de Somery having predeceased his father). These four daughters
were :—
Margaret, the wife of Sir Ralph de Crombewelle ;
Joan, the wife of Sir John Lestrange of Knokyn ;
Mabel, the wife of Sir Walter Sulley ;
Matilda or Maud, the wife of Sir Henry de Erdyngton of Erdyngton. 5
The first three of these families soon pass out of all further connection with the manor of Barrow.
The family of Erdyngton remained resident at Barrow until the death of Sir Thomas de Erdyngton in 1467.
Soon after 1273 Sir Henry de Erdyngton began enlarging his fourth share of this manor by exchanging land
at Campeden, co. Gloucester, with his brother-in-law Sir John Lestrange for equivalent land in Barrow,
which sounds a most sensible proceeding. Sir John Lestrange could have no interest in retaining his wife’s
fourth share of the Barrow manor, and he and his son evidently got rid of it as soon as possible; the portion
which Sir Henry de Erdyngton did not take was taken by Hugh le Despencer, and probably the manorial
rights passed with the lands. By this means the Erdyngtons acquired nearly all the manorial rights of the
three other parceners in the Barrow manor, except such manorial rights as were acquired by the lord of the
manor of Beaumanor.
Some of the manorial rights of Barrow appeared to have been acquired by the Bassets of Drayton from
one of the four parceners, but these rights were transferred later to the Erdyngtons, as we learn from an
Originalia Roll of the year 1375 (which see).
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE SOURCES FROM WHICH THESE DOCUMENTS
ARE TAKEN.
Tue Feet or Finzs, so called because it was the end (finis) of a suit, were used in the transfer of land,
either in a case of actual sale or mortgage or in creating a Trust. They were not obligatory, but as they were
written in triplicate they were useful as registers of the title to the land, for one copy was retained by the
Court, while the other two copies were given to the plaintiff and defendant respectively. In most fines the
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plaintiff is the purchaser and the defendant the seller, unless otherwise stated in the fine. Fines were levied to
the use of an indenture which set forth the precise intention of the fine, and without which the exact intention
of the fine is not ascertainable, e.g., it might be a genuine sale, or a mortgage, or a trust. In spite of this,
fines are a very valuable series of records, for they commence in the reign of King Richard I. and continue
down to 1833, when they were abolished.
The extant fines for the county of Leicester commence in the first year of King John, and the earliest
fine mentioning Quorndon is dated 1240, and appropriately enough concerns the right of hunting in
Charnwood Forest.
Tue Priea Ro ts are the entries of the lawsuits (civil and criminal) of the time.
The earliest series is called “Curia Regis Rolls,” commencing in the reign of King Richard I. and
terminating at the end of the reign of King Henry III. in 1272. From 1272 the Curia Regis was divided into
two series, known as De Banco Rolls and Coram Rege Rolls.
Tue Dx Banco Rotts deal principally with disputes concerning land, and the collection or rather
the recovery of petty debts, and as our ancestors were extremely litigious and a very large number of them
were interested in land (at that time almost the only means of investment), and most of them had debts
which they could not recover except at law, the De Banco Rolls are the most valuable of all the Plea Rolls for
genealogical purposes.
Tue Coram Rece Ro ts deal with all the other civil and criminal cases which were not tried at the
County Assizes. From the accession of King Henry VIII. the De Banco Rolls are known as the Common
Pleas Plea Rolls, and get excessively bulky.
The early County Assize Rolls are also at the Public Record Office, but they are very intermittent, long
gaps of years occurring between them.
Tue Inauisirions Post-mortem were taken for the purpose of ascertaining by a jury the amount of
lands held by a tenant in chief, of whom he held them, by what services he held them, and who and of what
age his heir might be on the day the tenant died. The usual process was that the king assumed the deceased
to be a tenant in chief, and directed a writ “de diem clausit extremum ” to the Escheator of the county where
the lands were supposed to be, commanding him to summon a jury at once and send the finding of the jury
into the Court of Chancery.
In cases where the Crown had not sent a writ the Escheators often summoned juries to take inquisitions
post-mortem by “‘ virtue of their office.”
The inquisitions post-mortem were often returned into the Court of Exchequer as well as into the Court
of Chancery, occasionally also into the Court of Wards and Liveries.
If it was supposed that the inquisition had not stated the whole of the information demanded a second
inquisition was ordered, known as an Inquisition melius inquirendi.
As the possessions of a person holding Jand whose heir was a minor at the time of his decease were taken
by the superior lord during the minority, it was a matter of importance to know the exact age of the heir, and
another set of inquisitions known as “ Proof of Age” exist. These are extremely interesting documents, the
witnesses give the quaintest reasons for knowing the heir’s exact age, but the number of these inquisitions is
but small.
_InQuIsITIONS AD QUOD DAMNUM were held for the purpose of ascertaining by a jury whether the
proposal submitted to the jury would result in damage to the Crown or the superior lord, and were often held
in cases where a landowner proposed to alienate land from his heir for religious foundations, e.g., founding a
chantry. Under the Statute of Mortmains it was illegal to convey land for such purposes without first
obtaining the Royal Licence.
Tue Lay Supsipies are the returns made by the collectors appointed by the Crown in each county
for the purpose of collecting the taxes imposed by Parliament for the support of the Government of the country,
and are called “ Lay Subsidies ”’ because the clergy taxed themselves in Convocation separately. The lay
subsidies are useful records now, for they supply us with the names of many comparatively humble inhabitants of
villages, whose names would otherwise be completely lost. The earliest complete lay subsidy for Leicestershire
is that of the year 1327.
6 QUORNDON RECORDS.
THE MANOR COURT.
Articles proper to be enquired into by the jury at a Court Leet and Court Baron, and the offenders
therein presented by them.
You are to enquire how the Constable and Tithingmen have discharged their duties in arresting felons,
pursuing “Hue and Cry” according to Law, in keeping watch and ward, and apprehending Rogues,
Vagabonds, and Sturdy Beggars, and whether the “ Stocks” be kept in good repair.
If any Rescues have been made upon any person driving cattle to be impounded for a trespass committed
or any Pound Breach hath been made and cattle illegally taken thence without due delivery, and whether the
“Common Pound” be in good repair.
Enquiry is also to be made of the Defect of Bridges or Causeways decayed or broken down, and who
ought to repair them.
If any Victuallers have combined together to sell their victuals but at a certain price, or do put to sale
corrupt and unwholesome victuals, or if any Labourers or Artificers have combined together to work but at
certain rates or times, or refuse to finish work they have begun and undertaken to perform.
If any person hath used false weights and measures, or a great to buy by and a small to sell by, in deceit
of the people.
You shall enquire whether there be any common hedge breakers, by which means cattle are subject to
Trespass between neighbours, which is often the ground of many occasions of Trespass to the disturbance of
the peace of the neighbourhood.
You are to make enquiry of such cottages as are or have been erected contrary to Law; now the Law is,
“that if any person shall set up a cottage without laying four acres of freehold land to it, and without the
allowance of the lord of the soil and the Justices of the Peace in open Sessions, he shall forfeit £10 for so
doing and 40 shillings a month for continuing it.”
If any Footpath leading to Church, Mill, or Market be stopt or denied, being “an Ancient Way,” or
if any House, Pitt, Wali, Hedge, or Ditch be set up or made in the King’s Highway, or water course turned.
therein, or any carrion or offensive matter be [aid in or near it, or any other nuisance to the annoyance of the
King’s subjects.
You are to enquire what has accrued to the Lord since the last Court by Forfeiture or Escheat or
otherwise, ¢.g., if any Freeholder within this manor has committed and been convicted of Felony, the King
shall have a year and waste, and afterwards the lands will fall to the Lord of the manor by Escheat.
Or if a bastard, having purchased lands in this manor, be dead without issue of his body lawfully begotten,
in such case also the Lord shall have his land by Escheat.
You are to enquire whether any rent, service, or custom be withheld from the Lord, what it is, from whom
due, and what lands are chargeable with it, and whether any freeholder of this manor be dead or hath alienated
his estate since the last Court, and what hath happened to the Lord upon his death, and who is the next
tenant.
If any cattle have come into his manor and have not been claimed or owned in a year and a day, they
belong to the Lord as Estrays.
You are to enquire whether the several suitors of this manor be now here to do their “ Suits and Services,”
and present those that have made default.
If any stones, bounds, or landmarks between this Lordship and another, or between tenant and tenant,
have been removed or any incroachment been made on the Lord’s Waste, or if any of the Lord’s lands be
unjustly withheld from him, or any trespasses committed upon the Lord’s royalties by Fishing, Fowling,
Hawking, or Hunting,
If any person turns any scabbed or infected horses into any of the fields or commons, such person forfeits
to the Lord of the manor 1o shillings for every horse.
Keepers of publick gaming houses for Carding, Dicing, Skittle playing, and such like unlawful Games,
together with the frequenters thereof, are punishable here, so are Common Barretors and Raisers of Quarrels,
Eves droppers and Carryers about of False News with intent to sow discord in the neighbourhood.
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You are to look into the Highways and see whether the several persons concerned therein have done their
due services towards repairing the same, and whether the Hedges and Fences adjoining be kept low and the
Ditches scoured.
N.B.—The above are extracted from the old papers relating to the holding of the Manor Courts of Barrow, now in the possession
of Mr. Warner. Infringements of the above laws will be found illustrated in many of the following pages.
DOMESDAY BOOK.
The land of the Earl Hugh. In Gutlacistan Wapentake.
The Earl Hugh holds of the King Barhoo [Barrow]. There are there fifteen carucates of land. He has
in demesne four plough-teams and a half, and two slaves with one bondwoman, and forty villeins with thirteen
bordars have eleven plough-teams. There are there three mills of thirty shillings value, and a wood one mile
long and four furlongs broad which yielded five shillings. Earl Harold held this manor with its appendages.
In Dunintone, five carucates of land and a meadow three furlongs long and one broad.
In Cosintone, six carucates of land.
In Hohtone, six carucates of land.
In Setgrave, two carucates of land and ten acres of meadow.
In Siglebi, one carucate of land.
In Redresbi, two carucates of land less one oxgang and eight acres of meadow.
In Brockesbi, two carucates of land and seven acres of meadow, and a mill of five shillings value.
In Frisebi, one carucate and a half of land and four acres of meadow.
In Prestewald, two carucates of land, a meadow three furlongs long and one broad, and a wood six
furlongs long and one broad.
« In Cernelega, four carucates of land—waste. (Require pretium.)
In Gadesbi, one carucate of land, four acres of meadow, and a mill of three shillings.
In Redebi, three curucates of land all but two bovates, and three acres of meadow.
In Frisebi, one carucate of land and a half, and four acres of meadow and a mill of 28 pence.
Of these lands four of the Earl’s knights hold twelve carucates of land. The Earl himself holds in
demesne four carucates and a half and thirty sokemen, twenty-five villeins and fourteen bordars having fifteen
carucates of land, with one slave.
The knights have in the demesne three plough-teams, and twelve villeins with one sokeman and two
bordars having three plough-teams.
LORDS OF THE MANOR OF BARROW.
In Domesday Book, a.p. 1086, the manor of Barrow was held by the Conqueror’s nephew Hugh Lupus,
Earl of Chester, who died in 1102.
A.D. 1102—1119. Hugh Lupus was succeeded by his son Richard, second Earl of Chester, who
married Maud, the daughter of Stephen de Blois. Both were drowned in 1119, and left no issue.
A.D. 1119—1128. To the above succeeded Ranulph de Meschines as third Earl of Chester, who,
according to Nichols (vol. iii., p. 120), conveyed the lordship of Charley, with Alderman Haw, the forest of
Charnwood, and all such woods of his as were adjoining to the forest of Leicester, as well those of the
fee of Chester as his own proper woods (his park of Barrow excepted), to King Henry I., by whom
they were re-granted to Robert Bossu, Earl of Leicester, and his heirs, to hold and enjoy the same in as ample
manner as the forest of Leicester was held of the King. Ranulph died in 1128.
8 QUORNDON RECORDS.
A.D. 1128—1155. His son was Ralph de Gernoniis, the fourth Earl of Chester, who gave the church
of Barrow, together with the chapel of Querendon, and one carucate of his demesne lands, to the Abbot and
Monastery of St. Mary in the meadows of Leicester, which grant was confirmed by Hugh Cevelioc, the
succeeding Earl of Chester, as well as by King Henry II. Ralph de Gernoniis married Maud, the
daughter of Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and was succeeded by his son,
A.D. 1155—1181. Hugh Cevelioc, the fifth Earl of Chester, who in 1172 was in arms against King
Henry II., on behalf of the King’s sons. Passing over into France he was taken prisoner in Brittany,
but was set at liberty by the Convention made between Henry and his sons in 1174. In 1177, at a
Parliament at Northampton, he was restored to al} his lands by the King. He married Bertrude, the daughter
of Simon, Earl of Evreux in Normandy, and died at Leke in Staffordshire in 1181. He was buried at
Chester. He had issue a son, who succeeded him, and four daughters.
A.D. 1181—1232. Ranulph, the sixth Earl of Chester, called “de Blondeville,” greatly distinguished
himself fighting on behalf of King Henry III. in 1217. After the battle of Lincoln the castle of
Mountsorell fell into the King’s hands (having been held for the Dauphin), and the government of the Castle
was conferred on de Blondeville, who could hardly have entered into possession, when he was ordered by the
King to utterly destroy it “as a nest of the Devil and a Den of thieves and robbers.” He married firstly
Constance de Bretagne, from whom he obtained a divorce, and secondly Clementia, the widow of Alan
de Dinant, but had no issue by either of his wives. He died in 1232, when the earldom of Chester was soon
annexed to the Crown, and his other estates were divided among his four sisters, one of whom, “ Mabel,”
had married William d’Albini, the third Earl of Arundel, by whom she had (among other children) a son
Hugh, the fifth Earl of Arundel, who in 1232 succeeded his maternal uncle the sixth Earl of Chester
in the manor of Barrow-on-Soar.
A.D. 1232—1248. Hugh d’Albini, the fifth Earl of Arundel, lord of the manor of Barrow, married
Isabel, the daughter of William, Earl of Warenne and Surrey, but died childless in 1243, when his title
expired (but was revived), and his estates were ordered by the King to be divided among his four sisters.
The manor of Barrow was assigned to the late Earl’s sister Nichola, who was married to Roger de Sumery,
Baron of Dudley.
A.D. 1248—1273. Roger de Sumery or Somery was in his own right Baron of Dudley. He came of
Norman origin, and the family of Sumery had lands at Bigrave in Hertfordshire and at Haselingfield in ©
Cambridgeshire, as well as in Sussex, at an early date after the Conquest. According to Cussans (“ History
of Herts,” vol. 1., p. 51) Adam de Sumery was lord of the manor of Bigrave in the reign of King Henry I.
The family rose to much greater importance in the early years of the thirteenth century, when Jobn de
Sumery attained baronial rank through a very fortunate marriage with Hawise Paganel, the sister and heir of
Gervase Paganel, Baron of Dudley, by which marriage the de Sumery family obtained a large inheritance in
the counties of Stafford and Bucks. Ralph de Sumery, the son of John and Hawise, had to pay 300 marks
for livery of these possessions, and a further £50 towards the ransom of King Richard I., which fact
gives some idea of the family wealth. Ralph de Sumery died in 1210 and his son William in 1221; the
latter left a son Nicholas, then under age, who, with all his lands, was committed to the guardianship of
Ranulph, sixth Earl of Chester. Nicholas de Sumery died seven years later, whereupon his great inheritance
devolved on his uncle Roger de Sumery, who, by his own marriage with Nichola d’Albini, acquired the
manors of Barrow-on-Soar in Leicestershire and Campeden in Gloucestershire, as well as other possessions,
as part of his wife’s Arundel inheritance. In 1244 the joint possessions of Roger de Sumery and his wife
amounted to no less than 51 knights’ fees. Nichola died about the year 1247, and her husband married
as his second wife Annabel, the daughter and heir of Robert de Chaucombe, widow of Gilbert Segrave. By
his first marriage Roger de Sumery had a son, Ralph de Sumery, who died in his father’s lifetime, and four
daughters, who were heirs to their mother Nichola. By his second marriage Roger de Sumery had a son
Roger, who succeeded his father in the barony of Dudley, and a daughter Margaret, who married Ralph, Lord
Basset of Drayton.
PEDIGREE SHEWING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EARLS OF CHESTER AND ARUNDEL AND THE
FAMILIES OF SOMERY, BASSET, AND ERDINGTON.
Hueu Cervexioc, 5th Earl of Chester, Lord of==Bertrupg, dau. of Simon,
Earl of Evreux.
the Manor of Barrow, died 1181.
}
Ranuteu pe Buonpevittz, 1. Matitpa=Davip, Earl
6th Earl of Chester, Lord of of Hunting-
the Manor of Barrow, died don.
S.p. 1232.
2. MaBEL==WILLIAM D’ALBINI,
Earl of Arundel.
3. AcnEs= WILLIAM DE FERRARS,
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4. HawitsE=RoseErT DE
Earl of Derby. QuINcy.
ANNABEL, dau. of==RoGER DE SOMERY,=I. Nicuota. tst wife.
Robert de Chau- | Baron of Dudley.
combe, and
widow of Sir Gil- | Lordof the Manor of | Barrow 1243—1273.
bert Segrave.
2nd wife. Tue Heirs | oF ARUNDEL.
Hueu v’Axsint, 5th
Earl of Arundel, Lord
of the Manor of Bar-
row; mar. Isabel,
dau. of William, Earl
of Warenne and
Surrey ; died s.p.
1243.
2. MaBEL=
A
Roserr 3. Isanetya=-Joun 4. CrceLy=-Rosert
DE Tat- Fitz- pE Monte
TESHALL. ALAN, ALTO.
| | | ]
Rocger DE SomMERY, MARGARET, mar. RaLPH DE
Baron of Dudley, to Ralph, Lord SoMERY,
born 1255; died § Basset of Dray- died in vita
1291. ton. patris.
DE CROMB-
WELLE.
Marearet=-Sir Raren Joan=-Sir Joun
LESTRANGE.
Masit—Sir WatteR Martitpa==Sir Henry DE
SULLY. ERDINGTON.
Parceners of | the Manor of Barrow | after 1273.
A as
10 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Roger de Sumery followed the King to Gascony in 1252, and on three subsequent occasions was
summoned for service against the Welsh, but he fell into disgrace in 1261 for venturing to castellate his
manor house at Dudley without the necessary Royal Licence; his works were summarily prohibited, but two
years afterwards the requisite permission was granted. In the Barons’ war he fought on the side of the
Crown. He died in 1273, having held the manor of Barrow ever since the death of his first wife by what was
known as the Courtesy of England. At his death the manors of Barrow and Campeden were divided among
the heirs of his first wife Nichola. These heirs were her four daughters by Roger de Sumery, namely :—
Margaret, the wife of Sir Ralph de Crombwelle ;
Joan, the wife of Sir John Lestrange ;
Mabel, the wife of Sir Walter Sulley ;
Matilda, the wife of Sir Henry de Erdington ;
who thus became parceners in the manor of Barrow.
A.D. 12738—1467. For the next two hundred years the manor of Barrew was held by the descendants
of Roger de Sumery, but some of the manorial rights seem to have been acquired from these descendants at
an early date by the Despencers, lords of the manor of Beaumanor. The remainder (being at the least three-
quarters) came by degrees into the hands of the family of Erdington of Erdington.
A.D. 1273—1282. Sir Henry de Erdington married Matilda, the daughter of Roger de Sumery and
Nichola d’Albini. He was the son of Sir Giles de Erdington of Erdington in the county of Warwick. In
1277 Sir Henry was in the retinue of the Earl of Warwick in the war in Wales (Patent Roll, 5 Edward I.),
and bore for his arms: “ Azure, two lions passant Or.””? He seems to have acquired from his brother-in-law
Sir John Lestrange most of Sir John’s share of the manor of Barrow in exchange for Sir Henry’s share of the
manor of Campeden. Sir Henry de Erdington died in 1282. He left a son and successor,
A.D. 1282—1340 (approximately). Henry, who, doing his homage in 1295 (being a minor at the
time of his father’s death), had livery of his father’s lands, and in 1302, performing the like homage, had also
livery of the lands which descended to him from his mother Matilda, then deceased. Henry de Erdington
married Joan, one of the daughters and heirs of Sir Thomas de Wolvey of Wolvey in the county of Warwick,
and died about the year 1340. He left a son,
A.D. 1840—1363 (approximately). Giles de Erdington, who in 1346 had a pardon for not appearing
to receive the honour of Knighthood before the Feast of St. Lawrence in the same year according to the form
of the King’s Proclamation. In the years 1346 and 1347 Giles de Erdington was serving in the wars in
France in the retinue of John de Montgomerie. In 1360 he was a Commissioner in the county of Warwick
for the arraying of men for the defence of the Realm in the King’s absence. He married Elisabeth, the
daughter of Thomas Tolethorp, and died in or about the year 1363. His wife Elisabeth died in 1375:
They had a son,
A.D. 1363—1395. Thomas de Erdington, who was 28 years old at his mother’s death (ing. p.m.).
This would make him born in 1347. He served as a Knight of the Shire for Warwick in the Parliament
of 1386. He married, according to Dugdale (‘‘ History of Warwick,” vol. ii., p- 889), Margaret, the daughter
of Thomas Corbet of Morton Corbet in co. Salop. Sir Thomas de Erdington died in 1395 (ing. p.m.).
By his wife Margaret Sir Thomas left a son,
A.D. 1895—1483. Thomas de Erdington, who was 24 years of age at his father’s death. He married
firstly Anne, daughter of Thomas de Harecourt, and secondly Sibilla .... Thomas de Erdington died in
the year 1433.
PEDIGREE OF ERDINGTON, OUT OF DUGDALE’S “WARWICK” (Vot. IL., p. 889).
Lorps oF THE Manor oF BARROW-ON-SOAR FROM A.D. 1273 To A.D. 1467.
Gives DE ErpincTon.==
| ;
Henry peE==MariLpa pe Somery, dau. and coheir of Nichola=Witzi1am BirFrexp,
Erpineton, | d’Albini; rst wife of Roger de Somery, Baron of died 1301 (ing. p.m.).
died in 1282. | Dudley; dead before 1302. 2nd husband.
‘|
Henry DE ErpinerTon, born 1276; died about 1340=-Joan, the dau. of Sir Thomas de Wolvey.
Gites DE ERp1NncGToN, died about i el dau. of Thomas Tolethorp ; died in 1375 (ing. p.m.)-
Tuomas DE Erpineton, born 1347 ;==Marearer, dau. of Thomas Corbet of Morton Corbet,
died 1395 (ing. p.m.). co. Salop; died 1404 (inq. p.m.).
S1p1tta.=TuHomas De Erpineton,=-Anne, dau. of Thomas
and wife. born 1371; died 1433. de Harecourt. 1st wife.
Tuomas pe Erpineton, born 1400; died 1467, s.p.=Joyce, dau. and heir of Ed., Lord Burnell.
12 QUORNDON RECORDS.
A.D. 1483—1467. The above Thomas left a son also named Thomas, who was 30 years of age at
his father’s death (ing. p.m.). He married Joyce, one of the daughters and heirs of Edward, Lord Burnell,
by whom he had no children. In 1444 (Patent Roll) Sir Thomas de Erdington paid forty marks into the
Hanaper for leave to settle his manor of Barrow-on-Soar to trustees for his and his wife’s lives, with
remainder, in default of issue of his own, to John, Viscount Beaumont, and his heirs. In 1446 he served as
Sheriff, and in 1450 he was employed as a Commissioner for a loan and for levying the subsidy then granted
to the King by Parliament. In 1460 and 1461 he was serving as a Justice of the Peace for the county of
Warwick. In 1462 he had a grant of the manor of Bordesley near Birmingham. In 1465 and 1466 he was
serving on the Commission of Peace and Array for Warwick. In 1466 he had a pardon from King
Edward IV. for a sum of money due to the King. He died in 1466 or 1467. In October 1467 Joyce
his widow paid twenty shillings in the Hanaper for pardon of all grants and alienations of land made without
the Royal Licence.
The death of Sir Thomas de Erdington marks the close of an epoch in the history of the manor of
Barrow. He was the last descendant of the Norman Earls of Chester to hold the manor of Barrow, and his
death without children severed the connection of his race with the manor they had held uninterruptedly for
nearly four hundred years. He seems from his public services to have been a worthy follower of his illustrious
ancestors, and, in spite of the difficulties of the Wars of the Roses, he managed to retain the confidence of both
Henry VI. and Edward TV. Sir Thomas de Erdington was also the last resident lord of the Barrow manor
until the nineteenth century. According to Nichols (vol. iii., p. 64) Sir Thomas de Erdington had settled the
reversion of the manor of Barrow on William, Lord Hastings. For this statement, however, Nichols gives no
authority, and we already know from the above-quoted Patent Roll of 1444 that Thomas de Erdington
had settled the manor on John, Viscount Beaumont. It is quite probable that as all the Beaumont properties
were forfeited to the Crown by the attainder of William, Viscount Beaumont, in 1461, the manor of Barrow
escheated to the Crown on the death of Thomas de Erdington, and so passed to William, Lord Hastings,
by the grant of King Edward IV., dated August the gth, 1467.
A.D. 1467—1483. Lord Hastings was Chamberlain to the King, with whom he was a great favourite.
He was granted a very large part of the forfeited Beaumont lands, also the castle of Belvoir and other Jands
forfeited by Thomas, Lord Roos, in 1461. Lord Hastings’ possessions were at this time enormous, but in
June 1483, after the death of King Edward IV., he was suddenly arrested and quickly beheaded by Richard,
Duke of Gloucester, who imagined that Lord Hastings would oppose his ambitious designs on the Crown.
By the attainder of Lord Hastings all his immense possessions fell to the Crown. The manor of Barrow was
restored to Lord Hastings’ son Sir Edward Hastings in November 1485 by King Henry VII. William,
Lord Hastings, married Katherine, the daughter of Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury (uncle of King
Edward IV.), and by her had a son, the aforesaid Edward, who, after his father’s death on the scaffold,
received a portion of his inheritance from Richard III., in consideration of Richard’s brutal treatment
of the father.
A.D. 1485—1840. The personal relations between the manor of Barrow and its lord ceased with
the death of the last Erdington. The Hastings family never resided at the manor-house in Barrow, nor
apparently took any interest in the manor beyond rent and service collecting through their steward. There
do not seem to be any deeds connecting the family of Hastings, Earls of Huntingdon, with their manor of
Barrow, except such of the Court Rolls as still exist and the deeds relating to the sales of the lands of the
manor. By the middle of the seventeenth century the Earls of Huntingdon had parted with practically
all their land in Barrow, though they retained the lordship of the manor until 1840. The Earls of Huntingdon
are interesting enough in other ways, but as far as regards the history of Barrow they were merely absentee
Jords of the manor, and as such require no lengthy details. A list of their names and dates will be
quite sufficient for our purposes.
A.D. 1840—1861. The manor of Barrow was sold by the Marquis of Hastings, then the representative
of the Earls of Huntingdon, to Joseph Parker, Esq., in 1840. How long the manor remained in the Parker
family is not known, but in 1861 John Harris, Esq., lord of the manor of Barrow, held what is believed to be
QUORNDON RECORDS. 13
the last Court of the manor on Friday, the 5th day of April, Marcus Huish, gentleman, acting as steward of
the manor, shortly after which date the manorial rights of Barrow were purchased by Edward Warner, Esq.,
of Quorn Hall.
A.D. 1861—1894. Edward Warner, Esq., held the manor of Barrow for over thirty years, but does not
appear to have ever held a Court. He died the 29th of April 1894, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving
son, Edward Handley Warner of Quorn Hall, who is the present lord of the manor of Barrow.
The present manor of Barrow appears to be rather difficult to define, for Kelly in his “ Directory” states
that the Earl of Lanesborough claims to be lord of the manor of Quorndon, and Mrs. Perry Herrick claims to
be lady of the manor of Woodhouse. This would leave nothing to the lord of the manor of Barrow, except
such portions of the modern ecclesiastical parish of Barrow as were not included in the manor of Beaumanor
in 1290.
It is, however, doubtful whether the manors of Quorndon and Woodhouse exist legally at all—possibly
they may be reputed manors, but more probably the whole of the modern ecclesiastical parishes of Quorndon
and Woodhouse are still in the old manor of Barrow, except such portions as were in the manor of
Beaumanor in 1290.
The Statute of ““Quia Emptores”’ was passed in the year 1290, since which date new manors cannot be
created except by Statute. Possibly some predecessor of the above claimants may have obtained the necessary
Act, but both Quorndon and Woodhouse were manorially in Barrow as late as 1800, excepting such portions
of both as were manorially in Beaumanor before 1290, which of course have continued so ever since.
THE FAMILY OF HASTINGS, LORDS OF THE MANOR OF BARROW.
A.D. 1485—1507. Edward, second Baron Hastings, married Mary, daughter and sole heir of Thomas,
Lord Hungerford.
A.D. 1507—1544, George, third Baron Hastings, was created first Earl of Huntingdon 8 December
1529. He married Anne, the daughter of Henry Stafford, second Duke of Buckingham.
A.D. 1544—1561. Francis, second Earl of Huntingdon, married Katherine, the daughter and coheir of
Henry Pole, Lord Montagu.
A.D. 1561—1595. Henry, third Earl of Huntingdon, married Catherine, the daughter of John Dudley,
Duke of Northumberland; died s.p.
A.D. 1595—1604, George, fourth Earl of Huntingdon, married Dorothy, the daughter of Sir John
Port, knight.
A.D. 1604—1643. Henry, fifth Earl of Huntingdon, grandson of the fourth Earl, married Elisabeth,
daughter and coheir of the Earl of Derby.
A.D, 1643—1655, Ferdinando, sixth Earl of Huntingdon, married Lucy, the daughter and heir of
Sir John Davis, knight.
A.D. 1655—1701. Theophilus, seventh Earl of Huntingdon, married firstly Elizabeth, the daughter of
Sir John Lewis, knight ; secondly, Frances, daughter and sole heir of Francis Fowler.
A.D. 1701—1705. George, eighth Earl of Huntingdon, died unmarried.
A.D. 1705—1746, Theophilus, ninth Earl of Huntingdon, married Selina, daughter and coheir of
‘Washington, Earl Ferrers.
A.D. 1746—1789. Francis, tenth Earl of Huntingdon, died without issue, when the baronies of
Hastings, etc., devolved upon his eldest sister Elizabeth, Countess of Moira.
14 QUORNDON RECORDS.
A brief note of the ancient customs of the Town of Barrow-upon-Soar presented by a Court of Survey there
holden for the Right Hon. Henry, Earl of Huntingdon.
First, the Town is divided into two parts or ends, The North and the South ende, the one not commoning
with the other, but in one part, viz., Between the Acres Brook and Melton Gate, otherways not at all in any
place, the utmost bound for the North end commons is Melton Gate; and for the South end the Acres Brook.
Thus has it been divided as two Towns, and the profits of the tenements likewise betwixt the Parson and the
Vicker, the beginning whereof none can remember.
2. The ancient use and custom for the depasturing of the herd of Beasts in both ends at May-day,
is in the Sickes till they be eaten over ; then it has been laid Several for keeping of draught Beasts only ; or to
Hay the same, being once divided by Lett; which commonly hath been about Whitsuntide, upon the putting
horses to Grass, and in Harvest as necessity required the parting and dividing of the same, which Lett and
Dividing has anciently been among the Husbandmen and None others.
3. At Midsummer the Nether field has been anciently laid upon the Inning of the Hay, for the Common
Herd, which lyeth Several till Lammas ; and then to be eaten in common with the inhabitance of the South
end; and South Holme in like manner. And no other cattle there to feed or pasture until the Common Herd
do break the Stubble fields ; and there to have remained a fortnight; afterwards to be eaten with such cattle as
the Inhabitants of the South end shall think good and none other.
4. All Lammas Grounds about the Town by the ancient Prescription are Several from Candlemas till
Lammas, and after open for the Inhabitants to depasture in common.
5. The Feilds grounds are Several when the field is laid, and open when the corn is Inned; only the
Fishpools, Limepitholes and Clyff have anciently been used to be taken in at Candlemas and out at Lammas,
although they be field grounds in Nature, lying every third year fallow as the fields do.
6. The Acres being pasture grounds until of late some part thereof having been tilled have usually been
Several with the fields and open at Lammas for the Herd there to depasture in common, after them other
cattle as to the discretion of the commoners were thought fittest, being a place wherein the North end have
commons as well as the South end.
7. No man by custom can common for messuage or tenement nor have his Lott in the Sickes for parting
grass except to be Couchant upon the same and pay all taxes and Levies and duries to the King and Church
and otherwise, neither can there be two commoners for the same.
8. Mares and foals which are truly the goods of an Husbandman both of the South end and North end
of Barrow, being brought forth the same year living with the mares, are to depasture there in South Holme
for nine days and nine nights before May-day and not to exceed.
g. All such messuages wherein the owners be not couchant can have no Common Staff holdings, but
only a Drift to his fold in as speedy a manner as may be without damage to his cattle.
10. Barrow Holme is for the first crop the Copyholders, Freeholders, and others, which being hayed and
Inned is eaten in common till Lammas, at which time the whole ground is laid several for the Lord’s behoof
until Candlemas, and after Candlemas not to be eaten with any sheep, but between Saint Andrew’s day and
Christmas ; but with Milch Beasts and such other cattle and horses, tied of every man’s Several ground and
so hold the same by keepers until the most part of the hay be inned; except they agree to keep one with
another, and after all the hay be inned to be eaten in common with cattle and horses until Lammas both
by the South end and North end,
11. All the Customary Tenants are freed from paying tythe hay in kind of any Stone Meadow within
this Manor. The Parson being allowed tythe pieces for the discharge thereof, and for leys a halfpenny a piece
lying in South Holme, for sheep or other sold betwixt Candlemas and Clipping-day a halfpenny a fleece, and ©
all ewes and lambs sold betwixt Candlemas and May-day a halfpenny a lamb; which rates have been anciently
collected by the Deputies of the Parson and Vicker and paid by the Inhabitants.
12. All the Freeholders and Copyholders have anciently ground all manner of hard grist corn at the Lord’s
Mills, are by custom so bound, Malt only excepted, or some wheat upon the Blackstones for some especial uses,
13. Certain pieces of ground lying within this Manor which is parcel of the Lord’s inheritance and have
anciently in time of Severalty been divided by Lott amongst the husbandmen towards the keeping and main-
taining of their draught cattle, and some part thereof lying waste eaten always in common.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 15
1. The view or Site of the Manor was in the place called “ The Hall Orchard,” near to the Churchyard,
the demesne lands thereunto belonging anciently demised by Copy and some by Lease, the Royalties thereunto
belonging are “ All waifs, strays, and Felon’s goods, with Free Warren of Hunting, Hawking, and Fishing
within it,” and a Special Liberty, none of the King’s Subjects to be arrested or troubled without “ non omitt ”
as directed to the Bailiff for execution of the same and two Leets holden yearly therein.
2. The Copy Grate having need of Repair or to be builded, the Lord of this Manor is to find great timber
upon request made by the tenant by the sight of his Bailiff or some other appointed for that purpose, all other
charges and reparacions the tenant is to find himself.
3. The Grawnts are Customary and let for three lives for a reasonable Fine between the Lord and the
tenant at will according to the custom of the Manor; the first life in the Copy may surrender to the use of
any named and compounded for with the Lord, and so may the last, but the second cannot without consent
of the last ; the whole three lives being void the Lord is to grant the Copyhold lands to the next in Blood to
him that was last Copyholder, if they make Suit for the same before any other, for a reasonable Composition
to be set down by the Lord or his Officers.
4. No man estated in Copyhold may sell or convey any of the said graunt, or wittingly suffer any part
thereof to be infringed or taken away by any person to the disinherison of the Lord, his heirs or successors.
But being truly proved and the person lawfully convicted before the Homagers at the Court holden for such
Offices, it is a forfeiture of his estate, and the Lord may seize thereon for his own use.
5. Any Customary tenant or Copyholder in Copyhold land may demise or let the same from year to year,
according to the custom of the Manor, the Natural life of the said Tenant being in possession at any time for
relief of his necessity, or any part thereof without License of the Court.
6. No Customary tenant or Copyholder may cut any timber trees or dig by the bottom (or break any soil of
the Lord’s for the getting any Mine or Mines), as Oaks, Ashes, making waste to the disinherison of the Lord;
but the same being found and presented at the next Court the Homagers are to fine him for such waste
committed, and if he commit the same fault again he is upon the information to the Court to be more
grievously fined, and for the third offence, being lawfully convicted, he do then forfeit his estate. and the Lord
may seize thereon to his own use.
7. All controversy that doth arise amongst the Customary tenants or others, if they concern the Lord’s
inheritance, Realty or Customs of the Town, shall be in the Lord’s (? Court) complained, heard, and deter-
mined upon a great Fine be set down by the Homager for the punishment of him that doth contrary; and
these anciently have been used for the avoiding of Suits in the High Courts.
8. The Ancient Custom has been and yet doth remain, the beginning whereof none can remember; That
when any Customary Tenant who was estated by Copy of Court Roll doth depart this life, the next Court
following he who is estated next is to do his fealty, and to enter upon the fallows, fields, stone meadows, and
upon no other profits belonging to the said Copyholder for one whole year after. But the executors of the
party deceased are to have the use and benefit of the house and all other the commodities thereunto belonging,
which anyways may grow or come either of the land or pasture or any other enclosure to the said messuage
or tenement belonging, to be had and taken within one year next after the death of the Copyholder, paying
and discharging all the rents and services during the said time, due for the same time and accustomed to
be done.
The above Customs of the Manor of Barrow-upon-Soar are among the Deeds belonging to the Trustees
of Barrow Hospital at Leicester.
FARNHAM OF QUORNDON.
A Robert de Farnham is stated by Nichols, in his ‘“ History of Leicestershire,” to have accompanied
‘William the Conqueror in his invasion of England in 1066, and he also adds that this Robert de Farnham’s
name occurs on the celebrated Roll of Battle Abbey. From this Robert de Farnham the family of Farnham of
Quorndon is supposed by Nichols to have descended. These statements of Nichols are purely traditional.
16 QUORNDON RECORDS.
There exists no documentary proof of the alleged Norman origin of the Farnhams of Quorndon, nor does the
name “ Farnham ” occur in any one of the existing copies (real or supposed) of the Roll of Battle. We may
therefore dismiss the Norman legend altogether until some documentary evidence in support of it can be
produced.
The Quorndon family of Farnham is most likely descended from the families of the same name living in
the counties of Suffolk and Essex, who took their name from their places of residence, viz., Fornham in
Suffolk and Farnham in Essex; and an early Suffolk fine between Simon de Farnham and Ralph Dun, dated
A.D. 1198, is still in existence.
In the reign of King Henry III. (a.p. 1241) Nicholas de Farnham (who had already refused the Bishopric
of Lichfield) was elected Bishop of Durham, and in 1252 Ralph de Farnham, the son of Richard de Farnham,
had a Charter of Free Warren in his demesne lands at Farnham in Essex and at Storteford in Hertfordshire.
At what exact period the first member of the family of Farnham settled in Quorndon is probably not now
ascertainable, but from a Leicester Assize Roll of the year 1284 we learn that a certain Robert de Farnham at
that time possessed lands in Quorndon which he states he had acquired by the gift and enfeoffinent of the “ Heirs
of Arundel,’ who had succeeded the Earls of Chester as lords of the manor of Barrow-on-Soar in 1243.
The heirs of Arundel were Roger de Sumery, Baron of Dudley, and his first wife Nichola d’Albini, one of
the sisters and heirs of Hugh, fifth Earl of Arundel. Nichola died about 1247, and Roger de Sumery died in
1273. The gift of land to Robert de Farnham in Quorndon must therefore have taken place between the years
1243 and 1273.
In the inquisition taken after Roger de Sumery’s death in 1273 we find Robert de Farnham’s name
occurring as a free tenant of lands in the manor of Barrow, also as tenant of a burgage in the manor of
Campeden in co. Gloucester, of which manor Roger de Sumery was also the lord.
The documents now in existence, therefore, conclusively prove that the family of Farnham was settled at
Quorndon at least as early as the reign of King Henry III.; and the family has remained there in varying
degrees of prosperity and adversity ever since.
The Visitation pedigree entered by Thomas Farnhar- in the year 1563 also commences with a Robert de
’ Farnham of the time of King Henry III., so that modern research and the old pedigree agree, which is not
always the case with the Visitation pedigrees. Thomas Farnham in the Visitation pedigree states that deeds
were then in existence to prove the entries made. No deeds are now remaining at Quorndon earlier than the
year 1551, but as the Over Hall was ransacked in 1645 by the Parliament’s soldiers from Leicester, who took
away all the deeds and evidences they could find there, the probability is that the old deeds from which Thomas
Farnham compiled his pedigree of 1563 were then taken away and destroyed.
All the information now available respecting the early members of the Farnham family has to be drawn
from the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and such like places.
The pedigree of 1563 commences with a Robert Farnham or Fornham, and he was succeeded by his son,
also a Robert de Farnham or Fornham. This may have been proved by deeds existing at that time, but the
evidence now available only accounts for one of these Roberts, viz., the Robert to whom the gift of land in
Quorndon was made by the “ Heirs of Arundel.”
The references to this Robert de Farnham occur in many of the Plea Rolls of the time preserved at the
Public Record Office. The earliest of these references is entered on a Curia Regis Roll for the year 1259, and
shews that Robert de Farnham was at that time actively engaged in the service of Roger de Sumery, lord of
the manor of Barrow (see Curia Regis Roll, 43-44 Henry III., No. 161, m. 2).
From an Essex Assize Roll of the year 1255 (No. 1183, m. 2 d) we Jearn that there already existed
a connection by marriage between the families of Farnham of Farnham in Essex and de Sumery of Bigrave in
co. Herts. Roger de Sumery, lord of the manor of Barrow-on-Soar, is supposed to have been related to the
Bigrave family of de Sumery, and it is possible that one of the Essex Farnhams named “ Robert” attached
himself to the fortunes of his powerful connection the Baron of Dudley, and followed him into Leicestershire
at the time that he succeeded to the Barrow manor in right of his wife Nichola d’Albini.
Although it is mere guesswork the aforesaid connection might explain the advent of Robert de Farnham
to Quorndon, supposing (of course) that this Robert was the first member of the family who settled in
Quorndon, which is by no means certain.
Ro
EX burke Fornham cfauicr Lorde of Quernedon, as appar}
eth a dede uae a peahied A ane
cfquier, liad fue. Robarte Farnham knight; as 3
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Forntiaan efqutier. now of Quernedon , AD m.156 7.
HEADING OF EMBLAZONED PEDIGREE ROLL, DATED 1567,
IN THE POSSESSION OF THE COMPILER.
PEDIGREE OF FARNH:
For the
Arms: Quarterly, or and azure, ;
Ropert FAaRNHAM, son of Thomas Farnham of the Uppe
died March atst, 1561. Will proved at Leicester July 15¢
Francis FARNHAM, Recorder of Leicester and M.P. for=Marcery, dau. of Sir Thomas Cave, Knt.,
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Anna, dau. of Henry=Tuomas Fu
Leicester 1553, 1554, and 1555; died v.p. and s.p. April of Stanford, co. Northants. She married Harrold of Boughton, 1574. ML.
11th, 1557. M.I.at Quorndon. Will proved at Leicester. 2ndly John Dasset of Hill Morton, co. co. Norfolk. 1st wife, proved P.C
Inventory dated June 18th, 1557. Warwick. so Vis. Ped. 1563. p.m. Oct, 22
AprIAN FARNHAM, born Nov. 18th, 1568; mar---ConsTance, dau. of Edward Mundy of Markeaton, co. Three other FRANcISs=k
ried 1590; buried at Quorndon Dec. 2oth, 1632. | Derby; buried at Quorndon Feb. 15th, 1639-40. Adm’on sons, two BEtGRavE, R
Will proved at Leicester Jan. 1633. granted at Leicester April 22nd, 1640, to her son Adrian. daughters. 1579. C
Epwarp Farnuam, bapt.A-ISABELLA
THOMAS FARN-
ROBERT FARN-
ApRIAN FARNHAM, bapt.=-Ettsa-
Joun Farnuam,
at Quorndon March 3rd, | VeESTUE HAM, bapt. Jan. HAM, bapt. Nov. Jan. 17th, 1601; died at | BETH bapt. April 12th,
1593-4; married circa | (? BESTEW) 22nd, 1598-9; and, 1600; bur. Kinsale, Ireland, June | Rowe. 1607; buried at
1639-40; fined £480 for his | of Quorn- died at Quorn- at Quorndon 1642 ;ex’orto his mother’s Quorndon Oct.
attachment to the Royal | don, buried don 1644. Feb. oth, 1657. will. 18th, 1609.
cause 1645; died April] at Quorn-
1669, intestate. Inventory | don April
dated April 28th, 1669. | 2nd, 1702. | ;
Adm’on bond No. 113, ADRIAN FAaRNHAM, bapt. at Quorn- WILLIAM FARNHAM, bapt. at Quorndon Nov. tgth, FRAN
Leicester, 1669. don Jan. 19th, 1629; apprenticed Nov. 1634. 13th,
17th, 1643, to John Grene of the Fish- _
mongers’ Company, London. Joun Farnuam, bapt. at Quorndon Aug. ist, 1637. (?) Co
m1
BENJAMIN EpwarRpD FARNHAM,=-Mary, dau. of Peter Cuarves Farnuam, bapt. July=Resecca Parry, widow, Josern Fa
FaRNHAM, born 1643; buried | Chaveney of Quorn- 4th, 1647; buried at Quorndon dau. of .... Lewes of to attain 21.
bapt. Dec. at Quorndon Sept.| don; married circa July 5th, 1722; last male of Stanford, co. Notts; :
15th, bur. ist, 1680. Adm’on | 1668. She married the Over Hall; left his property married at Stanford BENJAMIN F
Dec. 16th, granted at Leicester | secondly Samuel to his great-nephew Edward Oct. oth, 1683; died July 15th, 16
1640. Sept. 16th, 1680, to | Boyer in Dec. 1693, Farnham. Will proved at Oct. 12th, 1724, aged Adm’on gran
his widow. and died May 27th, Leicester Jan. roth, 1723. 72. M.I. at Quorndon, ther Charles
1703. Will proved at Leicester 1681, Leicest
Oct. 26th, 1724.
Epwarpb FARNHAM, Mary, born April==Francis Cor- SaRAu, born Feb.==BENJAMIN FARN- PHitippa, bapt.=-EDWARD Puase,
only son, born 1672; 7th, 1671; mar- | FIELD of Pres- 24th, 1675; mar- | HAM, born 1670; at Quorndon | Prior, at Qu
died aged 19; buried tied at Quorndon | cott,co. Salop, riedat Woodhouse | died Aug. 2oth, June 27th, 1677; | buried at May 16
at Quorndon. Adm’on Dec, joth, 1697; | buried at May 14th, 1703;|1747; buried at married Oct. | Quorn- 1679; 4
granted at Leicester buried there Dec. | Quorndon buried at Quorn-| Quorndon. MI. roth, 1710; bur. | don Jan. marti
Feb. 21st, 1691, to his 27th, 1753. March rsth, don Aug. 1gth, at Quorndon | st, 1749. ist, 176
mother, 1746. 1752. May 25th, 1767. at Quot
fected aoe See eee
] | | | |
CHARLES FraANcIS FArn- FRANCIS Mary, born Oct. 3rd, ANNE, bapt. at Quorndon Oct. roth, Grorce
CorFIELD, HAM CORFIELD, CorFIELD, 1698. 1710. and, 171
bapt. at bapt. at Quorn- _ bapt. Feb. _ _ MLL at
Quorndon don July 22nd, 22nd, 1708, ELISABETH, bapt. at Janz, bapt. at Quorndon Jan, 2gth,
May 26th, 1706; bur. July Quorndon Aug. 4th, 1712; died unmarried 1795. Magy,
1703. 18th, 1708. M.I. 1707. 1712.
at Quorndon.
Over HALL, QUORNDON.
see p. 29.
quarters a crescent counterchanged.
on, born 1482 ;>=>MaAry, dau. of Robert Langham of Gopsall,
don.
co, Leicester,
M.I. at Quorndon.
[AFANNE, dau. of Richard Eyre of Nor-
il | manton, co. Notts; buried at-Quorn-
|. | don Oct. 16th, 1603. M.I. 2nd wife. 1557- Inq. p.m. Oct. 24th, 1558. | living 1590. 4th, 1583. Ing. p.m. Sept. joth, 1583.
Remarried Humphrey Catherines of Ist husband. husband,
Quorndon.
: . 1 | ‘i
Rogert Francgs, married Sept. Dorotny, married 1st MARGARET, married ANNA. MarGErY,
BELGRAVE. 2nd,1594,....Andrewes John Raven; andly George Eyre of Nor- _ _
of Harleston. John Glasscock. manton, co. Notts. ELISABETH. Maria.
bapt. Sept. 29th, 1612;
July 31st, 1640; died
s Inn 1649. Adm’on
. 4th, 1649, to his bro-
n.
at Quorndon Oct.
ane Farnham 1639.
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JANE, bapt. Feb.
Evisa-=JOHN OsporNn
CONSTANCE,=-JOHN
Georce Berarave of Belgrave,==JoaNn, married==CLEMENT SAUNDERS of East Haddon, co. North-
co. Leicester; died Nov. 27th,| 1st in 1545;/ ants; died 1 May 1583. Will proved P.C.C. June
2nd
WILLIAM SAUNDERS,
born July 25th, 1563.
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Frances, bapt. Sept. gth, 1599; buried
7th, 1592. Will BETH, of Burrowes, married Oct. | Brins- at Quorndon Jan. 6th, 1603.
proved P.C.C. bapt. co. Derby. 15th, 1616. | Ley of _
April 11th, 1639. June Will proved Will proved | Blyth,co. CATHERINE, buried at Quorndon June
Toth, P.C.C. Nov. P.C.C. Aug. | Notts. gth, 1603.
1595. 29th, 1645. Ist, 1633.
ConsTANCceE, bapt.
Nov. 19th, 1617;
executrix of her
mother’s will.
MaraaretT, died April ist, 1692.
dated Dec. 5th, 1691 ; proved at York.
Will==Rev. Ricnarp Kaye of Bam-
borough, Yorks.
ELISABETH, buried
at Quorndon Sept.
Ist, 1680.
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Mary, married .... Appleyard.
MarGareéT, married William Smithson.
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Puese, bapt. May
SUSANNA, =-GEORGE Isaac RawLins, born=-Mary, bapt.=Rev. CuHarces Lewes, Outve, born=Henry
bapt. Feb. | CHAMBER- circa 1650; younger | May 7th, M.A., Vicar of Prest- 1648; mar- Boss of 2gth, 1654; died
8th, 1642; | LIN of brother of Thomas | 1645; died wold, co. Leicester; ried at Prest- Wood- before 1668.
married at | Thrings- Rawlins, founder of | Nov. 24th, died March 18th, 1726, wold March thorpe. _
Stanford, | ton, co. Rawlins’ Charity; died | 1716; buried s.p., aged 70; buried 15th, 1683; BarsarA, buried at
co. Notts, | Leicester. at Stanford, co. Notts,| at Quorn- at Quorndon, MI. died Feb. 7th, Quorndon March
June goth, 1685. 1st husband. don, MI. 2nd husband. 1699; buried 14th, 1653.
1670. at Quorndon.
M.I.
|
iorn==EDWARD SCUL- Mary, mar->=RoBeRT SuSANNA=-OWEN Mary, born 1674 ;>=-Rev. RicHarD SouTH- Otiveg, buried
ried | THORPE, bapt. at ried at Hovpen, Law- married July 6th, | wett, M.A. Cambs., Oct. 19th,
Quorndon Aug. Quorndon TON. 1700; died Oct. | Vicar of Evington 46 1692.
ried | 28th, 1676; bur. May 16th, 5th, 1705; buried | years; died Jan. 21st, —
don | there April 11th, 1693. a at Quorndon. M.I. | 1732-3, aged 72. ELIsABETH,
, 1724. married Wil-
A A liam Murrell.
| ,
ndon June Puivtepa, bapt. at Quorndon Sept. Epwarp ScuLTHorpPE, bapt. at Quorndon ANNE, bapt. at Quorndon
asth, 1714. 5th, 1714; married Nov. 24th, 1764, June gth, 1709; buried there Nov. 6th, 1709.
Rev. Thomas Hudson, Vicar of
Quorndon.
Quorndon Feb. 4th, 1798.
Sept. roth,
He was buried at
REBECKAH, bapt. at Quorndon May roth,
1707.
June 25th, 1710.
don April roth, 1714.
CHARLOTTE, bapt.at Quorn-
WituraAmM Farnum, son of Thomas Farnham of the Nether Hall, Quorndon, q;
PEDIGREE OF FARNHAM
For the
Arms: Quarterly, or and azure, in the first and se
Joun Farnuam, Gent.=-Dorortny, dau. of Sir Rich-=S1r ROBERT
Pensioner to Queen Eliza-
beth, M.P. for Steyning
Division of Sussex 1571;
died 1587. Will proved
P.C.C. May 22nd, 1587.
M.I. at Quorndon.
ard Walwyn, Knt., of Much
Marcle, co. Hereford; buried
at Richmond, co. Surrey,
Aug. 17th, 1638. M.I. at
Quorndon. Adm’on granted
P.C.C. Nov. 5th, 1638, to
Dorothy Weld, her grand-
daughter.
Wricut, Knt.,
marriage licence
dated Dec, 24th,
1588. Will 1557-8; in 1553 Queen Mary granted him } Jan. 8th, 1569. MI. at Sto
proved P.C.C. Stoughton, co, Leicester; died Sept. 4th, | ton.
March 27th, 1562. Will proved P.C.C. Sept. 22nd,
1610. 2nd hus- 1562. M.I. at Stoughton.
band.
Tuomas FaRNHAM, a Teller of the Ex---HELEN, dau. of Roger Chal
chequer under King Edward VI. and | sister of Sir Thomas Chaj
Queen Mary, Patent 1552; M.P. for | of Guisborough, co, Yorks,
Leicester 1553 and for East Greenwich | Steeple Claydon, co, Bucks;
Dorortuy, only child, married==S1r George Wricut, Knt., KATHERINE, dau.=-Sir THOMAS BEAUMONT, ANNE, Epwarp Saunp
Aug. 1oth, 1597; died July roth, | founder of Almshouses at and heir, born | Knt., younger son of Ni- died worth, married Mil
1631; buried at Richmond.| Richmond; died 24th Nov. Feb. 14th, 1558; | colas Beaumont of Cole- Sept of John Temple,
M.I. Will proved P.C.C. Sept. | 1623. Will proved P.C.C. died May t1oth,}| orton; died Nov. 27th, 7th, co. Bucks.
14th, 1631. Jan. 21st, 1624. 1621. MI. at 1614. M.l.atStoughton. 1562. ~
Stoughton. WILLiAMm Saunoi
WALTER Farn- WILLIAM
HAM, buried at
Quorndon Mar.
22nd, 1589.
Feb. 8th,
Leicester
married.
FARNHAM, bapt. at Quorn-
don March 22nd, 1590; buried there
1624-5. Will proved at
May 7th, 1625. Died un-
Hector FARNHAM, bapt. at Quorn-
don March 16th, 1591; died unmar.
April 1st, 1626; buried at Quorndon.
Ing. p.m. June 2nd, 1626.
Tuomas FarNuHAM, bapt. at Quorn->-FRANCzEs, dau,
don April 18th, 1593; married 1622; | dron, Knt.,, of
died in 1666; buried at North Wheat- | ter; buried a
ley, Notts, Sept. 7th, 1666. 2oth, 1658 (Ba
ELISABETH, died=-Rev. Nicotas Hatt, B.D., of Henry Farnua\, bapt. at Quorndon May 31st,>-MARTHA, dau. of THOMAS
June 2nd and/|Elemore Hall, co. Durham, 1626; a Captain in the 5th Regiment; entered | Thomas Mows- FaRNHAM, Quorn
buried at Lough- | Rector of Loughborough ; died his pedigree March 15th, 1681-2, at the Visitation | ley of Lough- bapt. at goth, 1
borough June4th, | May 12th, 1669; buried at at Loughborough; buried at Quorndon Nov. | borough; married Quorndon riage |
1666. Loughborough. MI. Will oth, 1634. Will proved at Leicester March 25th, | 1660; buried at Aug. 2nd, — dated
proved P.C.C, July rst, 1669. 1685. After his death the Nether Hall was sold. | Quorndon April 1638. 1672,
Sth, 1722,
THOMAS FARNHAM, born March 2nd,
1665; married Margaret Allison. May 25th, 1667; died HAM, born 1670;| ward Farnham, born’ HAM, born 1675; Oct. 27th,!
He died Feb. 21st, 1722-3; buried circa 1688. died Aug. goth, | Feb. 24th, 1675; married buried at Quorn- 1721, JaneAl
at Quorndon. Will proved at _ 1747; buried at | atWoodhouseMay14th, don Feb, 23rd, don, atSt.
Leicester 1723. She was buried at JoHN FarnuHam, born Quorndon. M.I. | 1703; buried at Quorn- 1709. at St. Mary
Quorndon on Feb. 21st, 1738.
Dec. 15th, 1668.
Henry FARNHAM, born
BENJAMIN FARN--SARAH, 2nd dau. of Ed-
WILLIAM FARN-
don Aug. roth, 1752. 1737, vide Pi
Epwarp FArNHAM, born March 16th, 1704 ;>-EAsTER, dau. of Henry Lake of Can-
terbury; married at St. Benet’s, Paul’s
1768; died June 3rd, 1775; buried at Quorn- | Wharf, London, March 3rd, 1726;
Will proved at | died April 28th, 1767; buried at
Quorndon.
Honorary Freeman of Le
don June 6th, 1775. M.I.
Leicester March 23rd, 1776.
icester Aug. 5th,
M.I.
Henry FarnuaM, born CHARLES FARNHAM, born Det,
Sept. 15th, 1705; died
unmarried. Will proved
P.C.C. Nov. 27th, 1739.
—
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Many, b
CHARLES FARN- EDWARD
FARNHAM, 2nd son, born
Epwarp Bestew Farn- Epwarp Farnuay, 7th sd
HAM, eldest son,
born July 11th,
1730; died Feb.
18th, 1732; bur.
at Quorndon.
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Saray Ann, born July 17th,
1796
28th,
don.
Jan. 2nd, 1732; died Dec. 12th,
1732; buried at Quorndon.
Joun Farnuam, 3rd son, born
April 2oth, 1737; Lieut. Leicester
Militia; died unmarried Oct. 26th,
1773; buried at Quorndon.
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(Rev.) Wittiam Farnuam, M.A.
Emmanuel Coll.,Camb.,,4thson, born
Oct. 6th, 1738 ; Vicar of Sheepshed
1765 to 1775; Honorary Freeman
of Leicester Sept. 17th, 1768; Vicar
of Wistow Aug. 3rd, 1782, till his
death ; died unmarried June 26th,
1784; buried at Quorndon.
HAM, 5th son, born Nov.
18th, 1740; died May 7th,
1741; buried at Quorndon.
THomAs FARNHAM, 6th son,
born Oct. 3oth, 1743; Cap-
tain R.N.; died Nov. 24th,
1793; buried at Quorndon.
born May 27th, 17533 J.P.#
D.L. co. Leicester, Captalt!
Leicestershire Yeomant
married at St. George's, Ham!
ver Square, W., June 1st,179
died Jan. 7th, 1835; buried!
Quorndon. M.I. Will prov
P.C.C. June sth, 1835.
; died unmarried July
1875; buried at Quorn-
MI.
Epwarp Basit FArRNHAM, born April roth,==GerTRUDE Emtty, 2nd dau. of
1799; J.P. and D.L. co. Leicester, Major in | Sir William Cradock Hartopp
Leicestershire Yeomanry; M.P. for North | of Freeby, 3rd Bart.; born July
Leicestershire 1837 to 1859; married July | 4th, 1831; died Oct. gth, 1911;
2nd, 1851; died May 13th, 1879; buried Na at Quorndon,
Quorndon.
ML.
Mary oe hort!
1804; married Sept
died s.p. Aug. 4th, i
at Kensal Green, Lot
ETHER HALL, QUORNDON.
e p. 29.
ent counterchanged, a crescent gules for difference.
uried at Quorndon. a ida Nevill, alive in 1551. M.I. at Quorndon.
LaurentTIA, dau.== MaATTHEW=BRIDGET Wor -ey, 2nd wife, RoBERT LEONARD MARGARET=-BARTHOLOMEW Two other
and coheir of | FARNHAM,~ remarried Arthur Barford of FARNHAM, FARNHAM. WOoOLLock of sons and
Richard Barret | died 1594. Shakerston; jrdly she mar- Scotland, buried three daus.
of Medbourn, co. | Willproved ried Francis Danvers, Esq., Both Ropert and Lgo- at Barrow Dec.
Leicester. 1st | P.C.C.May ofSwithland. Herwill proved NARD are mentioned in 7th, 1588,
wife. 22nd, 1594. at Leicester April 11th, 1632. their brother THoMmas’s
will 1562.
PHREY FARNHAM, Only=-ELISABETH, dau. of MARGARET,= RICHARD ANNE=CHRISTOPHER NicHoLas WoLLock. ELISABETH.
ind heir to his uncle | William Digby of died s.p. Dawes of Stacey of Cre- — _
1as; born 1558; died | Welby, co. Leices- Stapleton, ton, co. Lin- Tuomas WOLLocK. A dau.,mar-
goth, buried at Quorndon | ter; married in 1588, co. Leices- coln. _ ried to Fran-
27th, 1619-20. Inq, | Will proved P.C,C, ter. FRANCES. cis Stares-
18 Jac, I. May 22nd, 1646. Four children. more.
MarGaRET, bapt. at Quorn-=-THomas ALDER- ELISABETH, bapt. at Quorndon Dororny, bapt.at=-THomas Ram- Jang, bapt. at Quorndon
don April 16th, 1590. Will | sey of Bredgar, Aug. 14th, 1595; married there, Quorndon 1596. MADGE. Jan. 29th, 1598; died un-
proved P.C.C. Dec. rath, | co. Kent. April 28th, 1626, Hobbie Smith married at Quorndon.
1659. aA of Tunstall, co. Kent. THOMAS RAMMADGE. Will proved P.C.C. 1646.
iN Dorotuy, bapt. at Quorndon=-Henry WaAtpRON of Farnham MarGARET, bapt. at Quorndon==RicHaRD Wi son of Knight Thorpe,
S Sept. 5th, 1631. Castle, co. Cavan. July 6th, 1635; married there | co. Leicester, buried at North Wheatley,
Feb. 11th, 1657. co. Notts. Will dated May 2nd, 1670.
Francis WALDRON=-Jane, dau. of Rev. Henry Roycroft.
RIcHARD WILSON. CATHERINE,
Francis WALDRON.
mdon FRANCES, born Nov. en born Feb. Saran, born 1673; married rst, 1698, Mary, bapt. Aww, bapt. at Quorndon March
2gth, 27th, 1661; married 27th, 1663. Sir Richard Gethin, 2nd Bart., bywhom —_ July 6th, 23rd, 1679; married Jan. 16th,
Lon- John Godfrey. She _— she had a son Richard, bapt.at Quorn- 1677; buried 1739, William Stevens of Quorn-
uried wasburiedatQuorn- ANN, born Aug. 4th, don July 17th, 1699, afterwards 3rd atQuorndon don (buried there Sept. 3rd,
toth, don Nov. 3rd, 1743. 1666; died same Bart. She married 2ndly Mr. Boyle. Feb. roth, 1755). She was buried July gth,
year. z 1761. 1750, at Quorndon.
ty Oth, 1772. Adm’on P.C.C. June 1773 to his widow.=-ANN PHIL.ips, born 1712; died Feb. 13th, 1801. Will proved P.C.C. March 7th, 1801.
!
. 21st, 1811, unmarried. Will proved P.C.C. Aug. 3oth, 1811. Ten other children, all died young.
yest dau. and coheir Easter, eldest==JoHN WiL- Ann, born==Noau Boraine SARAH, Sir CHARLES=SaRAH, born=BasiL, 6th Earl
rand Rhudde, D.D., dau., born Mar, | Lows of Aug. 22nd, {of Canterbury, born Sept. Hatrorp, 7th Oct. 25th, of Denbigh, of
Bergholt, Suffolk, 15th, 1727; died | Leicester, 1729; died | died 1764, zt.38; 25th,1734; Bart., of Wis- 1741; died Newnham, War-
Ordinary to King June2sth,1764; | buried at May 4th, | bur.inSt. Mary died Aug. tow; High Oct. 2nd, wickshire, mar-
he died July 27th, buriedatQuorn- | Quorndon 1816; bur. | Magdalen’s and,1735; Sheriff 1769; 1814, s.p.; ried July arst,
+ Quorndon. MI. don. Nov. 14th, at Quorn-|Church,Canter- buried at married May bur. at Wis- 1783; died July
C. Nov. 4th, 1854. 1774. don. bury. MI. Quorndon. 3rd,1769;died tow. Will 14th, 1800.
July 21st,1780. proved P.C.C.
Several children, all died young. March 22nd,
1815.
Hon, Wituiam Cuarie HENNIKER, M.A., Joun Wittows, born (Rev.) THomas WILLows, Easter, born 1753;
of the 3rd Baron Henniker; Rector of 1753; died unmarried M.A., born 1760; Vicar of died unmarried Feb.
zalings, Suffolk; born March 13th, 1813; Sept. 18th, 1800; Wistow; died June 28th, gth, 1835; buried at
‘Aug. 28th, 1845. buried at Quorndon. 1813; buried at Quorndon. Quorndon,
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In 1273, after the death of Roger de Sumery, the manor of Barrow-on-Soar was divided, in right of their
wives, among the four sons-in-law of Nicola d’Albini, Roger’s first wife. Robert de Farnham’s land in
Quorndon was in the portion assigned to Sir John Lestrange in right of his wife Joan de Sumery, and in
1275 Sir John quitclaimed to Robert the yearly service of 3s. which Robert had to pay to Sir John’s Court at
Barrow, in consideration of a Garland of Roses to be rendered yearly for ever at the Manor Court.
In 1275 Robert de Farnham was sued for dower by Joan, the widow of Robert de Monte Alto, in respect
of his estate at Rushall. Robert appears to have purchased the little manor of Rushall from Sir John
Lestrange, for in 1659 Edward Farnham was sued by Mr. Herrick of Beaumanor for two closes in Woodhouse,
and Edward’s defence was that he had in his custody certain ancient Deeds dated temp. Edward I. wherein it is
mentioned that a certain Robert de Farnham, his ancestor, did purchase to himself and heirs the manor of
Rushall and divers other lands in Woodhouse of Johu Le Strange, Lord of Knockinge, and of John, the son of
William Paynell, kt., from which Robert, after many descents, the said manor and lands came to Thomas
Farnham, and from him to Adrian Farnham as son and heir, and from Adrian to Edward as son and heir of
Adrian. Cecily d’Albini, sister of Nicola the first wife of Roger de Sumery and aunt by marriage of John
Lestrange, was mother of Robert de Monte Alto.
In 1277 Robert de Farnham rendered an arrow to the Court at Beaumanor. This annual service may
later have become associated with the Garland, for in a Beaumanor Rental of 1522 we find that ‘ Robert
Farnham holds by socage certain lands in Querndon and Woodhouse and pays yearly on Midsummer-day
a Red Rose and a Brode Arrow head for al] manner of services.”
In £280 Walter Je Venour of Hunstanton sold to Robert de Farnham an enclosed wood called
* Rowhelewood ” which he had of the gift of Sir John Lestrange, lying in the precincts of the park of
Querndon, for the sum of 4o silver marks and a Clavum Galiofili yearly.
On Jan. 22nd, 1281, Hugh le Despencer granted to Robert de Farnham for life a water mill in Querendon
called Le Middelmulne at a yearly rent of 18s. By a later Indenture, dated 1683, among the Beaumanor
munimeuts, we learn that this mill had been situated in the Carr Close near the Over Hall, and evidently had
then ceased to be used as a mill; the ground, however, was then still a copyhold of the manor of Beaumanor.
At the Leicester Assizes held in October 1284 William Hamelyn and Joan his wife sued Robert de
Farnham and Mathania his wife for unjustly disseising them of their common of pasture in 100 acres of arable
land in Querendon and Barrow. To this complaint Robert answered that the Earl of Chester [died 1232],
while he was lord of Barrow, had enclosed the said land from the Waste of Charnwood Forest, and that
after the Earl’s death the Heirs of Arundel, to whom the inheritance came, so held it in its separate state
until they enfeoffed Robert de Farnham in the land in question, so that William and Joan never did common
there. The Jury gave a verdict in favour of Robert de Farnham.
From 1275 to 1286 the De Banco Rolls contain many references to Robert de Farnham, because he had
obtained by Charter the guardianship of the body and lands of Ralph, the son and heir of Nicholas Turvill,
whose properties (amounting to 44 knights’ fees) lay in Walton-on-the-wolds, Croft, Normanton and else-
where, and whose minority produced many lawsuits for Robert de Farnham to defend.
In the years 1286 and 1289 Robert de Farnham had Letters of Protection while serving in foreign parts
with Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, the King’s brother. In 1294 Robert was exempted from the general
summous of persons holding by military tenure or serjeancy for the King’s expedition into Gascony, but he
was summoned in 1297 to the muster in London and to cross the seas with King Edward I. at the
commencement of July.
In Hilary Term, 1300, the executors of the Earl of Lancaster sued Robert de Farnham for the large sum
of £460 13s. which they stated he owed them, but the Roll gives no further details.
Robert de Farnham died before the year 1306, in which year his widow Sarra sued John de Segrave
(probably Robert’s executor or trustee) for her dower.
Robert de Farnham had a son John de Farnham, who died in or before the year 1292, in which year
Margery, the widow of John, commenced an action for dower against Robert de Farnham. He seems also to
have had a son named Robert, who also fought in the wars of King Edward I., for a Close Roll of the year
1310 informs us that King Edward II. had sent Robert de Farnham, who had served the late King, to be taken
care of at the Priory of Kirkeby, where he died in 1316. As he and his father had the same Christian name it
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is impossible to distinguish between them in the later references in the Deeds, but this Robert, son of Robert,
seems to have held half a knight’s fee in Herteshorn, co. Derby. (Close Roll, Nov. agth, 1318.)
One of these two would be the Sire Robert de Farnham mentioned in the Roll of Knights serving in the
wars of Edward I. (edited by Sir Harris Nicholas) who bore “ Quartile de Argent et de Azure a ill cressans
de ?un en autre.” This may have been an older coat or a variation, but the Arms borne by Farnbam of
Quorndon have for generations been “ Quarterly, Or and Azure, two crescents counterchanged.”
Jobn de Farnham predeceased bis father, but left a son and heir also named Robert. These three
generations are described in the De Banco Roll of Trinity, 1332, thus: Robert the son and heir of Jobn the son
of Robert de Farnham. The references in the Rolls to this Robert, son of John de Farnham, are numerous.
In 1305 he was at law with Robert de Farnham (bis uncle) in a Plea of Covenant. In 1306 he sued divers
persons for Novel Disseisin in Mountsorell. In 1310 he was summoned to the war with Scotland. From
1310 to 1315 he was at law with Robert de Stocton over a debt. In 1323 he was engaged with Sir William
Trussell and other Leicestershire gentry in making raids on the possessions of the unpopular Hugh le
Despencer at Beaumanor and elsewhere. In 1324 he was summoned to attend the Great Council at
Westminster as an Armiger ad arma of the county of Leicester to deliberate on the state of the Kingdom. In
1325 he was accused with others of rescuing cattle from the Pound and wounding the Plaintiff’s servant. In
the Subsidies of 1327 and 1332 be was taxed 1s. 6d. and 3s. 4d. respectively on his Jand in Quorndon.
In 1329 he took part in what was termed “ The riding at Bedford,” for which he was sentenced to pay a Fine
of #'20 to the King, but this Fine was remitted in 1331. In 1332 Robert de Farnham and Robert his son
were sued for Novel Disseisin at the Assizes held at Shepey. In 1335 he was acting as Steward for Henry
de Beaumont in the manor of Loughborough. In 1338 he brought an interesting suit against many
inhabitants of Mountsorell for depasturing his separate land in Quorndon. The date of his death is uncertain.
He was succeeded by his son Robert mentioned before, whom the Visitation Pedigree omits altogether,
but the Coram Rege Roll of Hilary, 1345, is very precise in styling him Robert the son of Robert de Farnham
of Quorndon. In the year 1345 he was indicted for robbing Elena le Rous on Barrow Bridge. He pleaded
not guilty and Elena did not appear in Court to support the charge, so the Case was adjourned and Robert
either escaped from the Marshalsea or was let out on condition that he volunteered for the impending war with
France. He fought at Crecy and during the siege of Calais in the retinue of Edward the Black Prince, and
acquitted himself with such credit that the King, at the request of the Prince, gave him Letters of Pardon for
any offences that he might have committed previously to his departure from England for the war. Armed
with these Letters Robert returned home and surrendered himself in Court, where several charges were
waiting to be preferred against him. He was dismissed rather unwillingly by the Court on condition that he
found sureties for his good behaviour in future and on his undertaking to come up again for trial if anyone
pressed the former charges against him.
In 1348 Robert de Farnham and Matilda his wife settled ]ands in Countesthorpe, Blaby and Glen parva
on William de Nedeham on his marriage with their daughter Isabel de Farnham. (Kilmorey MSS.)
In 1349 Robert was called to warrant in a suit which had been commenced in 1346 by John Waleys of
Swithland concerning land in Quorndon. The suit had been postponed in consequence of Robert’s absence in
France at the war, and now, when the Suit was brought up again, the Sheriff returned that Robert was dead,
and that John de Farnham his son and heir, being under age, could not legally be called to warrant.
John de Farnham lived to come of age. He married Margaret, the sole daughter and heir of ....
Billington of Billington and Levedale, co. Stafford, by whom he had at least two sons, John, the elder son,
whom the Pedigree erroneously calls “ Robert,” and Thomas, the younger son, who founded a junior branch
of the Farnham family at the Nether Hall in Quorndon.
In 1392 John de Farnham, in conjunction with John Smith and John Herbert, founded a Chantry in the
Chapel of Querndon for a Priest to celebrate divine service every day for ever.
In 1415 John Farnham was appointed one of the collectors in the county of Leicester for the Subsidy
granted by Parliament to King Henry V. for defraying the expenses of the Agincourt campaign.
John Farnham died in the year 1416; his eldest son John, called in the Rolls John Farnham the
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younger, had predeceased him leaving, by his wife Katherine, a son Robert Farnham, who succeeded his
grandfather.
In 1417 Margaret, the widow of John Farnham the elder, successfully sued Katherine, the widow of John
Farnham the younger, for restitution of her paternal property in Billington and Levedale, which John the elder
had evidently alienated to his son John the younger in his lifetime without the consent of Margaret.
In 1418 Katherine, widow of John Farnham the younger, and her husband, Jobn Arblaster of Cropston,
sued William Balle, clerk, Thomas Burstall, clerk, Thomas Pegge, Esq., Henry Jeke and Thomas Whatton
(doubtless the ex’ors of John Farnham the elder) in a Plea of 4 of the manor of Querendon, 4 cottages,
120 acres of land, 54 of meadow, 50 of pasture and 50 of wood in Querendon, and 4 of two messuages,
120 acres of land, 5 of meadow and 8 of pasture in Woodhouse, 4 of a messuage and a virgate of land in
Countesthorpe, and 4 of a messuage and virgate of land in Blaby, which they demanded in the King’s Court as
dower of Katherine, of the gift of John Farnham the younger, formerly ber husband. As the defendants
did not come to defend the suit Katherine recovered seisin of her dower by default. (De Banco Rolls, Mich.,
m. 456, and Hilary, m. 221, 1418.)
According to the Visitation Pedigree this Katherine was the daughter of John Jeke of Wikington, co.
Stafford ; there is, however, no such place. Wikingeston, co Leicester, is meant.
Robert Farnham, who succeeded his grandfather John Farnhan the elder, was probably a minor in 1416,
and he does not seem to be mentioned in the Rolls until the year 1434, but his uncle Thomas Farnham, the
younger son of John Farnham and Margaret (Billington), adopted the Law as his profession and occurs
continually in the Rolls until his death in or about 1461, and as the present family descend in the male line
direct from this Thomas Farnbam of the Nether Hall and in the female line only from his nephew Robert
Farnham of the Over Hall, it will be best to continue the descent of the Farnhams of the Nether Hall first.
Thomas Farnham acted as his mother’s attorney in her suit against her daughter-in-law in 1417 and
continued to be actively employed in his profession for the rest of his life. He is described by his nephew
Robert Farnham in a Chancery Suit of 1454 as “a clerk and a writer, a maker of deeds and a great
courtholder.” In 1440 Thomas Farnham was one of the Justices of the Peace appointed to act as a
commissioner for assessing the Subsidy on Aliens which Parliament had granted to the King for the defence of
the Sea. He served for many years as Justice for the Peace and for Gaol Delivery for co. Leicester. He
married Emmota or Maud Hercy of Grove, co. Notts, by whom he had one son John Farnham. The closing
years of Thomas Farnham’s life were harassed by the knowledge that his only son John contemplated selling
the landed estate at Quorndon and the neighbourhood that Thomas had put together with the fruits of his
industry, so he strictly entailed his estate in his Will, but in spite of this precaution John Farnham seems
from the Deeds to have sold some portions of his patrimony. Thomas Farnham died about the year 1461,
and was succeeded by his only son,
John Farnham, who had married about 1455 Joan Strelley of Strelley, co. Notts, for which marriage
Thomas Farnham says he received a good sum of money from the Strelley family. John Farnham seems to have
been careless and extravagant, and most of the references to him in the Rolls are in respect of unpaid debts.
The last reference to him seems to be in 1509, when he was appointed one of the King’s commissioners to
enquire concerning the lands of William, late Viscount Beaumont, who had died in 1507. Soon after this
John Farnham died and was succeeded by his eldest son,
Thomas Farnham, whose name occurs in the De Banco Rolls of Easter 1490 and Easter 1497 as Thomas,
the son and heir apparent of John Farnham of Quarendon, Esquire. In a Chancery Suit of the year 1510 he
is stated to be the Under Steward of the Earl of Oxford’s manor Court at Loughborough and had much
power in the town on that account. Nichols says he died in 1508; this is incorrect. He was still living in
1522, as his name appears in a Rental of Beaumanor both as a Free Tenant and as a Copyholder of lands in
Quorndon within the manor of Beaumanor. Thomas Farnham married a daughter of .... Kniveton of
Bradley, co. Derby, and had by her a son,
William Farnham, who succeeded to the Nether Hall estate on the death of his father, and who married
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Dorothy Nevill. Nichols says that she was the daughter of Sir George Nevill, knight, of Grove, co. Notts, by
Barbara, the sister and heir of Sir John Hercy, knight, of Grove. This is chronologically impossible, for George
Nevill was not born until 1518 (see Inq. P.M. Roberti Nevill, 121—135, 1559). It is much more probable that
she was Dorothy, the daughter of Sir Thomas Nevill, knight, of Holt, co. Leicester, who is mentioned in the
Wills of her father in 1503 and of her mother in 1514, and then apparently unmarried. The connection between
the families of Farnham and Nevill of Holt was very close inthe middle of the sixteenth century. Thomas, the
second son of William Farnham and Dorothy, died at Holt in 1562, making Thomas Nevill, the then owner of
Holt, his supervisor; he also left him two pictures and a bay mare; in the same Will Thomas Farnham
leaves #5 to his kinsman John Kellam, which Jobn Kellam together with John Farnham were later on
appointed executors of the same Thomas Nevill’s Will.
William Farnham died May 6th, 1548, and was buried in the North Chapel of Quorndon Church under
an incised slab of alabaster, on which he is represented in armour, his head resting on his helmet and his feet
on a dog; by his side is his wife Dorothy, and underneath them is a long poetic effusion in the usual style of
the day. Round the border of the monument runs this inscription: ‘“ Here lies the body of William Farnham
and Dorothy his wife, which William died on the 6th day of May, A.D. 1548. On whose souls God have
mercy. Amen. Seven sons and four daughters survived.”
The eldest son John Farnham succeeded his father, but his mother Dorothy Farnham held the Nether
Hall for her life as part of her dower, and in 1551 John Farnham contracted with his next brother Thomas to
sell to Thomas the reversion of the Nether Hall and any other lands in Quorndon to which John had any title
by descent. This turned out well for John Farnham, for Thomas, dying in 1562 without male issue, left
the Nether Hall and much additional land in the parish of Barrow by will to John.
Jobn Farnham started life as a soldier, and on his portrait at Quorn House are the lines “ Miles eram
juvenis, merces cum magna vocabant, Nunc ego quando jubet patria miles ero.” The date on the portrait is
1563, and his age is stated to be 38 (he was nearly, if not quite, 48).
Soon after the accession of Queen Elizabeth he was appointed one of her Gentlemen Pensioners, which
post he held until his death. As this appointment entailed a residence of g months in each year at the Court
John Farnham could rarely have been at the Nether Hall, for which he seems to have had no great affection,
He married late in life Dorothy Walwyn, a daughter of Sir Richard Walwyn of Much Marcle, co. Hereford, knight,
by whom he had an only daughter Dorothy Farnham. John Farnham had many grants of lands, but he left his
property to his widow, so the Farnham family reaped no advantage from them. He died in 1587, and was buried
in the North Chapel of Quorndon Church under a fine monument of carved alabaster, on which repose the
carved effigies of him in armour and chain, his axe (the distinguishing mark of his Court appointment) by his
side, his head resting on his helmet, and on his right is his wife Dorothy. There is a long inscription, originally
at the foot, but now at the head of the monument, setting forth the merits of the deceased, and on the sides
and ends are carved the Farnbam and Walwyn arms.
Thomas Farnham, the next brother of John, was the second son of William Farnham by his marriage
with Dorothy Nevill. On July 4th, 1548, Thomas Farnham obtained a Lease for 21 years of the recently
dissolved Chantry of Quorndon (founded by John de Farnham in 1392) together with all its possessions. In
1551 he purchased his eldest brother’s reversion of the Nether Hall estate, and in the same year he bought the
manor of Denyby, co. Yorks, and certain coal pits there. In 1552 he was appointed to the lucrative position
of a Teller of the Exchequer, which post he retained until February 1559, when he surrendered his Office and
was appointed Clerk of Liveries and Prosecutions in the Court of Wards and Liveries. In 1553 he purchased
from the Crown the fee simple of the Chantry possessions in Quorndon, two mills and other lands in Quorndon
and Alderman Haw (late the property of the Priory of Bermondsey in Surrey), the manor of Broxwood
Birches, co. Hereford, and numerous other parcels of land in the counties of Leicester, Hereford, Derby, Notts
and elsewhere. In 1555 he had a grant of £20 yearly for life from Queen Mary. In 1557 he purchased the
manor of Stoughton and Leistborpe, co. Leicester, and in 1559 he bought the Grange of Stoughton and other
lands there. In 1561 he bought Smyth’s Manor, the Stafford Orchard and other lands in Quorndon, and was
in the same year appointed Particular Surveyor for the county of Leicester.
John Farnham, Gentleman Pensioner to Queen Elizabeth, from his
portrait at Quorndon. Dated 15638.
Monument in memory of the same John Farnham d. 1587 and Dorothy (Walwyn) his wife.
Farnham Chapel. Quorndon Church.
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Thomas Farnham represented the Borough of Leicester in the Parliament of 1553 and East Greenwich in
that of 1557. He married Helen, the daughter of Roger Chalenor, Esq., and sister of Sir Thomas Chaloner,
knight, of Guisborough, co. Yorks, and Steeple Claydon, co. Bucks, by whom he left an only daughter and
heir Catherine, aged 4 years, and who, in accordance with the wishes expressed in Thomas Farnham’s Will,
married Thomas ‘Deaumont, a younger son of Nicholas Beaumont, of Cole-orton, Esq.
Thomas Farnham died at Holt, co. Leicester, on Sept. 4th, 1562, and was buried in Stoughton Church
under a large tomb of carved alabaster, whereon are carved effigies of him in armour and chain, his head
resting on his crested helmet, and his wife by his side. The inscription runs: “ Here lie the remains of
Thomas Farnham, Esquire, Teller of the Exchequer in the reign of Queen Mary, who, having purchased this
Manor of Stoughton, left it to his daughter Katherine (after married to Sir Thomas Beaumont, knight), and
died Sept. 4, 1562. And Helen, his widow, daughter of Roger Challenor, Esq., and lastly wife of Francis
Saunders, Esq., of Welford in the co. of Northampton. She died Jan. 8, 1569.”
Thomas Farnham’s early death was a disaster for the Farnham family of the Nether Hall, as he was the
only member of that family who, from the death of the original founder in 1461 until the final sale of the Nether
Hall in 1686, did anything to increase the family possessions. He shewed his strong attachment to his father’s
family in his Will by strictly entailing the Nether Hall and all his lands in Quorndon and in the parish of Barrow
on his brothers in tail male instead of leaving them to his daughter Catherine. In the same Will he bound each
of his brothers to give a bond of £500 to his Supervisors that they would do nothing to alienate the estate, or
on refusal to forfeit all benefits to which they might become entitled under the Will. Under the circumstances
it is a matter for regret that Thomas Farnham’s widow should have taken advantage of the option given her in
his Will to bury him at Stoughton instead of Quorndon, which latter was the more fitting resting place for
one who had done so much for the Nether Hall family.
“On the death of John Farnham in 1587 the Nether Hall, Alderman Haw and all the property in
the parish of Barrow passed under the entail in Thomas Farnham’s Will to his next surviving brother
Matthew.
Matthew Farnham, the third son of William Farnham and Dorothy, had, in conjunction with Sir George
Turpin of Knaptoft, knight, a grant of Jand in Knighton in the year 1577. He married Lawrentia, daughter
and co-heir of Richard Barret of Medbourn, by whom he had issue Humphrey, his only son and successor,
and two daughters. From the Barret family Matthew and Humphrey obtained lands in Medbourn, Blaston
and Slawston, co. Leicester, which they sold in 1587. In 1588 Matthew Farnham made over to his son
Humphrey the Nether Hall and certain Jands in Quorndon on the latter’s marriage with Elizabeth, the daughter
of William Digby of Welby, co. Leicester. Matthew retained the New Hall in Quorndon and the other
lands for his own use.
Matthew Farnham did not increase his popularity in Quorndon by purchasing the Quorndon Town Lands
for himself and his heirs. The inhabitants of Quorndon had already petitioned the Crown against any
alienation of their Town Lands. These Town Lands were taken by the Crown and sold to two brothers
named Adams, who resold them to Matthew Farnham in 1584 and he enrolled his purchase on the Close
Roll in that year. Town Lands or Church Lands, as they were often called, probably in consequence of the
rents being collected by the Churchwardens, were seized by the Crown everywhere on the pretext that the rents
were used for superstitious uses under the Statute of Edward VI., and were afterwards granted to purchasers.
Lands used solely for charitable purposes were often recovered subsequently by means of a statute passed in the
43rd year of Elizabeth, and this happened in the cases of Quorndon and Mountsorrell.
Matthew Farnham married secondly Bridget Worley, who outlived him and married as her second
husband Arthur Barford of Shackerston, gent. He died in 1612, and she found in 1614 a third husband in
Francis Danvers of Swithland.
Matthew Farnham died in 1594. His Will, proved P.C.C. 1594, is a quaint document, written no doubt
by himself and giving a valuation of his effects at the prices he considered them to be worth.
Of the remaining four sons of William Farnham and Dorothy we only know the names of two, Robert
and Leonard. After Thomas Farnham’s death his brother Robert had a grant from the Crown of his office
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of Steward of the Crown manors of Leicester, Thurmaston, Knighton and Asfordby, formerly belonging to
the Bishopric of Lincoln; Robert Farnham also had a lease from the Crown in 1568 of lands in Yorkshire.
He died before his brother Matthew, who was his executor. Robert may have left children, but no information
as to them is forthcoming at present.
Leonard Farnham’s name occurs in his brother Thomas’s Will, and possibly again in a Chancery Suit
about the year 1562, wherein a Leonard Farnham is described as a citizen and draper of London.
Humphrey Farnham, the only son of Matthew, succeeded to his father’s property in 1594; he had
already been put in possession of the Nether Hall in 1588. He was born in the year 1558, and married in
1588 Elizabeth, the daughter of William Digby of Welby, co. Leicester, Esq., by whom he had a family
of four sons and four daughters, of whom the eldest, Walter, died an infant and was buried at Quorndon on
March 22nd, 1589. The other children lived to grow up. Humphrey Farnham died on Jan. 19th, and
was buried in the north chapel of Quorndon Church on Jan. 20th, 1620. His youngest daughter Jane
Farnham, by her Will proved P.C.C. 1646, left a sum of money to pay for a monument to be erected in the
chapel in memory of her father and his family, but either the money was not applied for the purpose or else
the monument has been destroyed.
William Farnham, the eldest surviving son of Humphrey, succeeded to the Nether Hall estate, but only
lived five years and died in February 1625. He was buried in the north chapel of Quorndon Church on
Feb. 8th, 1625, aged 34 years. In 1620 William Farnham sold Alderman Haw to his sister Margaret and
her husband Thomas Aldersey of Bredgar, co. Kent, Esq. William Farnham died unmarried and was
succeeded by his next brother Hector Farnham, who was serving in the English army abroad at the time of
his brother’s death. Hector Farnham returned to England, but died unmarried in the following year and was
buried in the north chapel of Quorndon Church on April 1st, 1626, aged 34 years.
Thomas Farnham, the next brother of Hector, succeeded to the Nether Hall. He married in 1622
Frances, the daughter of Sir Richard Waldron of Charley, knight, by whom he had issue two sons and
four daughters. Thomas Farnham did not involve himself in the troubles of the Civil War, which proved so
disastrous to his Royalist cousin Edward Farnham of the Over Hall, but he does not seem to have been
a successful manager of his property and soon began to sell off portions of it. He seems to have been
a litigious person, for he involved himself in several Jengthy lawsuits. His first trouble was with the
Quorndon Town Lands, which were wrested from him. Soured perhaps by this, he refused to contribute
to the Levy made in 1633 by the churchwardens of Quorndon for the repair of the church and threatened to
spend £100 in law before he would pay his share, which, as the churchwardens stated in their letter to
Archbishop Laud would be their utter undoing. From 1640 to 1651 Thomas was at law with Sir William
Herrick over a feudal service of 28s. and suit of Court which Sir William claimed was due yearly to the
Court at Beaumanor in respect of a messuage and lands held by Thomas Farnham in Quorndon. Some
payment was no doubt due and had for many years been paid by the Nether Hall owners, but the troubles
of the Civil War interfered with the holding of the Manor Courts and Sir William said his Deeds had been
plundered, consequently there was some difficulty in formulating a proper claim. The Court decided Thomas
Farnham was to pay the arrears and sue Sir William, but nothing more was apparently done, and I believe
Mr. Warner, the present owner of the Nether Hall, still pays 14s. yearly to Beaumanor on account of this
ancient feudal service. For many years Thomas Farnham (and others) were at law with the Earl of
Huntingdon, lord of the manor of Loughborough, for sending carts into Loughborough and fetching
corn thence to be ground at Thomas’s mill at Quorndon and at Dishley Mill contrary to the old custom
of the manor. This dispute lasted periodically from 1626 to 1651, and the verdict was given in favour of
the Earl.
Thomas Farnham died while on a visit to his son-in-law Richard Wilson at Wheatley Woods, co. Notts,
and was buried in North Wheatley Church. The entry in the Register is: “A.D. 1666. Thomas ffarnham
armiger sepult Sept. 7mo.” He is the only Nether Hall owner who was not buried in the north chapel of
Quorndon Church for many generations. His wife Frances was buried at Quorndon on November 2oth, 1658.
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Their eldest daughter Elizabeth married the Rev. Nicholas Hall, B.D., of Elemore Hall, co. Durham. He
was instituted Rector of Loughborough in 1642, but was ejected in 1649 for his Royalist Jeanings. He was
restored to his Rectory in 1662, and died as Rector in 1669. His wife was buried at Loughborough on
June 4th, 1666. His tombstone, formerly in Loughborough Church, is now in the churchyard and bears the
following inscription: ‘ Nic. Hall S.T.B., Coll. Eman. socius, hujus Ecclesiz Rector, malis temporibus
- ejectus, melioribus restitutus ; hic tandem requiescit, meliorem expectans resurrectionem. Obiit 12 Maui,
Ano Dom. 1669.”
Thomas Farnham’s youngest daughter Margaret married on February 11th, 1657, Richard Wilson of
Wheatley Woods, co. Notts, who was at the time of his marriage living at Knightthorpe near Loughborough.
By his wife Margaret he had one son Richard and one daughter Katherine. His Will is dated May and,
1670. His wife was then dead and his sister-in-law Frances Farnham (afterwards the wife of Clifton Rodes
of Sturton, co. Notts) was living with him; he directs his body to be buried in North Wheatley Church as
near my father Farnham as may be.
Thomas Farnham was succeeded by his eldest son Henry Farnham, a Captain in the Army, who was
baptized at Quorndon on May 31st, 1626. He succeeded to an impoverished estate, and his financial position
was not improved by having eleven children to educate and provide for in life. He continued to sell portions
of his patrimony, but thought it necessary to rebuild his house. The Nether Hall was built about 1680 either
on the original site of the old Nether Hall or at any rate on the site of an earlier building. Henry Farnham’s
building comprised the central hall and two wings, and since then an attic story and several rooms on the
north-west front have been added. The south-east front has lately been altered and faced with stone by
Mr. Warner. The north-west additions were built by Mr. Meynell at the close of the 18th century.
Henry Farnham was patron for one turn of the living of Barrow, and presented in 1660 the Rev. John
Beveridge, who was instituted by the Bishop of Lincoln on May 8th, 1661.
The Heralds held at Loughborough in March 1682 their third and last Visitation of Leicestershire, when
Henry Farnham entered and signed the pedigree of Farnham of the Nether Hall.
Henry Farnham married in 1660 Martha, the daughter of Thomas Mowsley of Loughborough (by his
wife Rebecca, the daughter of Robert Firebrace of Derby), and of their twelve children eleven lived to grow up.
Henry Farnham was buried at Quorndon on November gth, 1684. By his Will, dated at Quorndon
November ist, 1684, and proved at Leicester on March 25th, 1685, the Nether Hall was left to William
Leake of Wimeswold and Benjamin Mowsley of Lullington, co. Derby, as trustees for sale in order to pay
his debts and provide something for his younger children. This was carried out, and in £686 the Nether
Hall, the mill close by it on the river Soar and some of the adjacent land was sold to George Morton of Sileby
for the sum of #1750. Mrs. Martha Farnham and her younger children migrated to the Hall on the Green
(now the property of Mr. Facer), where she had resided before her husband succeeded, and which was used as
a dower house by the Nether Hall family.
Henry Farnham’s eldest son Thomas Farnham was born on March 2nd, 1665. In the hopes of improving
his financial position he embarked on a trade in London, but was unfortunate enough to get robbed of his
money by a dishonest partner. While in London he met and married Margaret Allison; they returned to
live at the Hall on the Green at Quorndon, where he died without issue on February 21st, 1722, having made
a will the day before he died and proved at Leicester in 1723. He left his Quorndon property (the remains of
the Nether Hall estate) to his widow for life, with remainder to his nephew Henry, the second son of his
brother Benjamin Farnham by his marriage with Sarah, the second daughter of Edward Farnham of the Over
Hall. Benjamin Farnham was the fourth son of Henry Farnham and Martha his wife, and was born in 1670;
he married on May 14th, 1703, at Woodhouse Church (see Woodhouse Register), Sarah Farnham, by whom
he had three sons, Edward, Henry and Charles.
The eldest of these three sons, Edward Farnham, was selected by his maternal great-uncle Charles Farnham
(the last male of the Over Hall line) as his successor at the Over Hall. Thus he was provided for, but his
four great-aunts caused him a deal of worry and expense by contesting the validity of Charles Farnham’s will.
In the end Edward Farnham’s title to the Over Hall bequest was maintained.
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As this Edward Farnham represented both branches of the Farnham family, viz., the Nether Hall line
through his father and the Over Hall line through his mother, this will be a good place to return to the descent
of the Over Hall line, which we left in 1417.
Reverting to the Over Hall branch, we find that Robert Farnham of the Over Halli (who married Margaret
Whatton) died on March 6, 1467 (ing. p.m.), leaving a son and heir Thomas, who was twenty-three years
of age.
Thomas Farnham was thus born in 1444; he married Margaret, the daughter of Ralph Kingston of
Rothley and Old Dalby, Esquire. The references to him in the Rolls are very few. In 1477 he prosecuted
Thomas Squyer of Osgathorp and others for cutting down his underwood at Woodhouse. In 1484 he
witnessed a Charter of John Mordeley of Loughborough granting ]Jand in Quorndon and elsewhere to
Bartholomew Kingston and Elena his wife. In 1498 he again prosecuted divers persons for cutting down and
carrying away his underwood at Woodhouse.
Thomas Farnham died on March 18, 1502, and was buried in the Farnham Chapel in Quorndon Church
(his monument is the oldest one now extant there) under an incised slab of alabaster, on which he is represented
in armour with sword and dagger, on his right is the effigy of his wife in a close gown, between them are the
arms of Farnham impaling Kingston, and round the border runs the following inscription :—
“Flic jacet Thomas Farnham generosus et Margareta uxor ejus, qui quidem Thomas obiit xviii Mart.
A.D. M.V.o11. Margareta obiit die... . mens A.D. M.V. .. Quorum animabus propicietur Deus.
Amen.”
The inquisition after Thomas Farnham’s death was taken at Leicester on June 30, 1504. The jury found
that he was seised of the manor in Quorndon called “ Les Asshez,” held of Henry, Prince of Wales, as of his
Honor of Chester, and that Robert Farnham was his son and next heir and eighteen years of age.
Robert Farnham was born in 1483, and adopted the law as his profession. His earlier years were passed
in London attending to his profession, but as he increased in age and wealth he was able to devote more time
to his ancestral home at Quorndon, as the lines on his tomb shew: ‘ His youth in Court for most he passed,
the rest with us allwaies.” By his industry Robert was able to enlarge his property by several purchases of
land in the neighbourhood of Quorndon. In 1525 he was assessed to the Subsidy of that year at #40, which
is the highest assessment in Quorndon at the time. In 1531 he was ordered to repair the Mill in Quorndon
(Beaumanor Court Roll). In 1532 he bought land in Quarndon, Barrow, and Sileby, and in 1548 lands in
Barrow-on-Soar. In 1551 he was again assessed at £40 to the Subsidy of that year, the tax on which was
forty shillings. In 1557 he purchased lands in Barrow, Quarndon, Mountsorell, Woodhouse, Belton, and
Rothley.
In 1551 he paid £1000 to George Belgrave of Belgrave as a portion for his daughter Joan Farnham,
whom George Belgrave married. By the fine passing on this settlement George Belgrave made a
very liberal settlement on Joan as jointure. After George Belgrave’s death Joan married Clement
Saunders of Blaby and elsewhere, and surviving him also, Joan by his will acquired considerable property.
She was still living in 1597, and she is the only daughter whose name is entered on the Visitation pedigree
of 1563 from 1250 to 1563.
Robert Farnham married Mary, the daughter of Robert Langham, Esq., lord of the manor of Gopsal,
and by her had (amongst others) two sons, Francis and Thomas.
Francis Farnham, the eldest son, was also educated as a lawyer, and was chosen Recorder of Leicester in
15533 he was also elected as Member of Parliament for the Borough of Leicester in the Parliaments of 1554
to 1556. He married Margery, the daughter of Sir Thomas Cave of Stanford, Knight, but left no surviving
issue. Francis died in his father’s lifetime on April 11, 1557, and was buried in the Farnham Chapel under
an incised slab of alabaster, on which are represented the effigies of him and his wife, and between them the
arms of Farnham impaling Cave, a label for cadency. Round the border runs: “I desire you of your charity
pray for the soule of Francis Farnham, Esquier, which died the xi day of April in the year of our Lord
M.CCCCC.LVII. Whose soule God have mercy.”
By his will, proved at Leicester, Francis Farnham left all his property to his wife Margery absolutely.
Margery married shortly afterwards John Dasset.
Robert Farnham (Francis’s father) died on March 21, 1561, and was buried in the Farnham Chapel
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under an altar-tomb of alabaster, whereon are the effigies of him in a gown faced with fur, long sleeves and
cuffs like ruffles, his head on a cushion ; on his left is his wife Mary, and between them the arms of Farnham
impaling Langham. Round the border runs: “I desire you of your charytye to praye for the soule of Robert
Farnham Esquier and Mary his wife, which Robert dyed the xxi daye of Marche in the yere of ower Lorde
M.V.|xi. Of whose soules God have mercy. They had iili sonnes and ii doughters.” Underneath is a long
poetical effusion on the merits of the deceased.
Thomas Farnham, the second but eldest surviving son of Robert, succeeded him at the Over Hall. He
married Anne, the daughter of Richard Eyre of Normanton-on-Soar, co. Notts, Esq., by whom he had a son
Thomas, baptized January 2 and buried January 4, 1562, at Normanton (Normanton Register).
Thomas Farnham appears from the pedigree to have had a first wife, also named Anne, the daughter of
Henry Harrald of Boughton, co. Norfolk, by whom he had no issue. In 1561 he settled his manor of
Russhall and his Woodhouse property on himself and his wife Anne Eyre for lives, with remainder to their
issue, and in 1564 he settled the Over Hall and his property in Quorndon. The fine passing on the latter
settlement occasioned him some trouble with the Crown, which sought to seize the manor of Quorndon on
account of alienation without the Royal Licence having been first obtained. This produced rather an interesting
suit, entered on a roll of 1565, which shewed that the manor of Quorndon was held by the Earl of Huntingdon,
ie., the larger part of the manorial rights of Quorndon were in the manor of Barrow, of which manor the Earl
of Huntingdon was the lord. But the Over Hall (which is here described as the manor of Quarndon, though
really it was not a manor at all) was manorially in the manor of Beaumanor, and the use of the word “ Manor”
is either a term wrongly used to describe the Over Hall estate, or may apply to the Over Hall as being a part
of the Russhall manor (which was only a reputed manor). Quorndon was manorially divided between Barrow
and Beaumanor, and the Over Hall, the Nether Hall, the Stafford Orchard manor, etc., are mere reputed
manors like Russhal] manor was.
Thomas Farnham’s name occurs continually in the Barrow and Beaumanor Rolls of this period, and
during his rather short occupation the Over Hall estate reached its zenith. He died April 2, 1574, and was
buried in the Farnham Chapel under an altar-tomb of alabaster (now destroyed, but existing in 1800; see
Nichols, vol. iit. p. 107), on which were the effigies of him in armour, and his wife on his right, in a long
gown, and six children. Round the border the inscription was: “ Here lyeth the body of Thomas Farnham,
Esquier, which Thomas dyed the Second day of April in the yere of our Lord a thousand five hundred three
score and fourtene.””
His wife Anne survived him many years. She married at Barrow on January 14, 1576, Humphrey
Catherens of Quorndon, Gent., by whom she had a daughter Dorothy Catherens, who married William Burnell
of Winkburne, co. Notts, Esq.
Thomas Farnham’s will, dated March 30, 1574, was proved P.C.C. 1574 (14, Martyn), and an inquisition
was taken after his death, on October 28, 1574, at Leicester. Some doubt as to the accuracy of the amount
of lands returned in this inquisition was evidently felt, as a second inquisition was taken “ for better enquiring ”
concerning the lands of Thomas Farnham as late as 1621. Nichols gives a full description (under
*Quorndon ”) of the inquisition taken after Thomas’s death, this being copied from a copy at Beaumanor,
and this copy does not quite agree with the official return. It is probable that the property was underestimated
on purpose, for Thomas’s son Adrian married almost directly he came of age, and the fine passing on the
settlement he then made enumerates much more land than figures in the inquisition on Thomas’s death.
Adrian Farnham was born on November 18, 1568, and was consequently only 54 years old at his father
Thomas Farnham’s death. He married in 1590 Constance, the daughter of Edward Mundy of Markeaton,
co. Derby, Esq., by whom he had a large family. Adrian Farnham seems to have led an easy life, performing
the ordinary duties of the English country gentleman of his time in county business. He was not a careful
manager of his estates, and his son Edward complained that he was left with #1000 of his father’s debts to
pay. Adrian Farnham was fined #15 for refusing to appear at the Coronation of King Charles I. and take
up his knighthood, he having more than #40 a year and not knighted. This distraint of knighthood, as it
was called, was a Royal way of collecting money, and was abolished by the Long Parliament. Medley says
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(“ Constitutional History,” p. 470) that in 1278 the Sheriffs were directed to force the knightly rank upon alf
holders of land worth #20 a year; this was advanced by Elizabeth to #40 a year. It equally served the
purpose of swelling the Royal coffers with the feudal dues of those willing and the fines of those unwilling to
accept the honour thus thrust upon them.
Adrian Farnham died in the month of December 1632, and was buried at Quorndon on December 20,
His will, dated November 17, 1628, was proved at Leicester on January 12, 1633, and is given among the
Sequestration Papers of his son Edward Farnham in 1645. ‘
Constance, his widow, died in February 1640. Her will was proved at Leicester by her son Adrian, the
executor. She was buried at Quorndon on February 15, 1640.
At his death Adrian Farnham left a family of five sons and three daughters, and was succeeded at the:
Over Hall by his eldest son,
Edward Farnham, baptized at Quorndon on March 3, 1594. In £618 he and his father purchased land
in Quorndon from the Earl of Huntingdon, who was beginning to sell all his land in the manor of Barrow.
In 1640 (not 1614, as Nichols states) Edward Farnham married Isabel Bestew or Vestue of Quorndon, by
whom he had a large family of five sons and five daughters.
When the troubles between Charles I. and his Parliament broke out Edward F ee sided with the
King, and in 1643 Edward left his house at Quorndon and went to Ashby de la Zouche (at that time garrisoned
for the King by that staunch Royalist Colonel Hastings). Here Edward’s wife joined him, and here they
remained for 24 years. From Edward Farnham’s own version of the matter one might suppose that he had
only gone to Ashby for change of air, but as Ashby was Colonel Hastings’ headquarters, whence he raided
the Parliament’s friends in the neighbourhood, and as Edward Farnham was in 1644 nominated by Charles on
a new Commission of the Peace for the county of Leicester, the Parliamentary Commissioners were hardly to
be blamed for refusing to credit Edward Farnham’s ingenuous explanation for his residence at Ashby. In
August 1645 Edward Farnham returned to his home at Quorndon, where he shortly afterwards received a visit
which occasioned him great trouble. A party of Parliamentary Horse came over from Leicester and carried
him off prisoner with them to Leicester; at the same time they searched the Over Hall for incriminating
documents, and took away and destroyed Edward Farnham’s deeds and evidences. After lying in prison at
Leicester nearly six months Edward Farnham petitioned to be allowed to go to London and attend the
Parliamentary Committee sitting at Goldsmiths’ Hall, in order to compound for his delinquency against the
Parliament and recover his estate, which had been sequestrated for the Jast two and a half years. On
February 18, 1646, he took the Negative Oath never again to bear arms against the Parliament, and was
then admitted to composition. His fine was fixed at £480, which, added to his father’s unpaid debts, and his
own, and his family’s expenses for the last three years, during which time he had received no income from his
estate, compelled him to sell some portion of his lands in Barrow and Quorndon. He does not, however,
seem to have finished his troubles until the year 1649, for in November 1648 he sent his brother Robert
Farnham up to London to try and arrange matters. Robert Farnham was a Clerk in Holy Orders, with
considerable experience in the management of inconvenient debts and the best means of avoiding their
payment, having had considerable trouble with his own creditors. At first he seems not to have succeeded,
but on June 13, 1649, an order was issued discharging Edward Farnham from his assessment on his paying
£425 more to the County Commissioners.
Edward Farnham lived many years quietly at Quorndon after his troubles with the Parliament were over,
and at the Restoration in 1660 he subscribed #5 to the voluntary present to Charles II. as a proof of his
continued loyalty.
In 1668, on the occasion of the marriage of his eldest son Edward to Mary, the daughter of Peter
Chaveney of Quorndon, Edward Farnham settled his estate to trustees for himself for life, then to raise
sufficient funds by sale or otherwise to pay his debts and the younger children’s portions. Subject to the above
the Over Hall estate was settled on his son Edward in tail male.
Edward Farnham died in the month of April 1669 (not in 1654 as Nichols states). No doubt he was
buried at Quorndon, but the Register is not kept for that year. The inventory of his effects is dated April 28,
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House in Meeting St., Quorndon, bequeathed by Mrs. Margaret Kaye to Charles Farnham in 1691, demolished c. 1820.
Quorndon House, built in 1820 by Edward Farnham on the Site of the Over Hall,
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1669, and the Inquisition of such portions of his property as were manorially in Beaumanor are entered on
the Bcaumanor Court Roll of October Ist, 1669.
Isabel Farnham, his widow, survived him for many years and was buried at Quorndon on April 2nd, 1702.
Edward Farnham was succeeded at the Over Hall by his eldest son Edward, who was born in 1643, and
in 1668 had married Mary Chaveney, by whom he had issue one son Edward and five daughters, who
survived him. ,
Edward Farnham died in August 1680 at the early age of 37 years. He died intestate, leaving numerous
debts for his successor to settle, and his premature death doubtless averted a financial catastrophe at the Over
Hall similar to what was taking place at the Nether Hall at this time.
Edward Farnham was buried at Quorndon on September rst, 1680.
Mary Farnham, his widow, was granted Letters of Administration of his estate by the Leicester Probate
Court on September 16th, 1680.
Edward Farnham was succeeded at the Over Hall by his only son Edward, a boy of 8 years of age, who
was born in 1671. He was described by his trustee Henry Farnham at the time as a weakly sickly child.
Edward was strong enough, however, to be sent to school, and died of the smallpox at Repton School in the
month of December 1690, aged 19 years.
The body was brought home to Quorndon and laid to rest in the chapel which contained the remains of so
many of his ancestors. His mother’s Accounts give details of the payments in connection with the funeral.
A supper was provided on the day the corpse arrived at Quorn for many of the neighbours who had shewn
their respect for the deceased boy’s family by riding as far as Derby to escort his remains home. His mother
was granted Letters of Administration of his estate by the Leicester Probate Court on Feb. 21st, 1691.
By the premature death of young Edward Farnham the Over Hall estate under the Settlement of 1668
went away from his five sisters to his next male heir, who was his uncle,
Charles Farnham, the second son of Edward Farnham the royalist and Isabel his wife. Charles was born
in 1647 and married at Stanford Church, co. Notts, on October gth, 1683, Mrs. Rebecca Parry, widow, a daughter
of Mr. Lewes of Stanford. In 1691 Charles Farnham succeeded, under the Will of his cousin Mrs. Margaret
Kaye (relict of the Rev. Richard Kaye of Barmborough, co. Yorks, and daughter of John Brinsley by his
marriage with Constance the daughter of Adrian Farnham), to her house in Meeting Street in Quorndon
(a view of this house is given in Nichols’ “ Leicestershire ”), which from this date until 1820 was used as the
family residence instead of the ancient Over Hall. It is difficult to understand how Charles Farnham could
prefer an ugly modern house in the street to his ancient home on a more desirable site, to say nothing of the
interest attaching to the house in which his ancestors had lived for generations, but probably the modern
house was in a much better state of repair than the older one.
The Over Hall was let by Charles Farnham to his sister Mary and her second husband the Rev. Charles
Lewes, for nearly forty years Vicar of Prestwold, who continued as tenants until their respective deaths in
1716 and 1726.
Charles Farnham must have spent a somewhat worried existence after succeeding to the property, for he
was deluged with litigation by his nieces and from his various trusteeships. His nieces said he lived beyond
his means, and they did their best to help him to do so, as they were perpetually worrying him for money.
Charles Farnham died July r1th, and was buried in the Farnham Chapel on July 15th, 1722. He was
the last male of the Over Hall branch of the family, and being anxious that the old residence should remain in
the possession of a male member of the Farnham fainily (their name being a very ancient one in the
county of Leicester) he passed over his five nieces and selected his great-nephew Edward, the eldest son of his
niece Sarah Farnham by her marriage with Benjamin Farnham of the Nether Hall branch, as his successor,
after the death of Rebecca his wife, to whom he left all his property for her life. Mrs. Rebecca Farnham died
the 12th of October 1724 and was buried in the Farnham chapel under a slab (now moved from its original
position), with the following quaint inscription: ‘“ Here lyeth the body of Mrs. Rebeccah Farnham, relict of
Charles Farnham, Esqr., she departed this life the 12th day of October A.D. 1724. tat 72.
“ He first deceased ; she a little tried
To live without him, liked it not, and died.”
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Edward Farnham was born March 16th, 1704, and was baptized at Quorndon on the 7th of April. Under
Charles Farnham’s Will he was not to inherit the Over Hall estate until he was 24 years of age.
He married on March 3rd, 1725-6, at St. Benet’s Church, Paul’s Wharf, Loudon, Esther, the daughter
of Henry Lake, Esq., of Canterbury, by whom he had a large family of seven sons and four daughters, several
of whom died in infancy, but four sons and three daughters lived to grow up.
Edward Farnham continued to use the house in Meeting Street as his residence, and in 1747 he committed
the vandalism of pulling the old Over Hall down and converting the site into a farmhouse and yards, all of
which were swept away in 1818 to make room for the present house.
Edward Farnham did credit to his great uncle’s selection, for he was a careful owner of the small
property in Quorndon and Woodhouse to which he had succeeded. He educated his children well and lived a
useful and quiet life at Quorndon, contracting no debts and committing no extravagancies, in marked contrast
to many of his predecessors. His wife Esther Farnham died April 28th, 1767, aged 64, and on October 26th,
1773, he lost his eldest son John Farnham from the effects of an accident when shooting in the Grove at
Quorndon. John Farnham had been gazetted a Lieutenant in the Leicester Militia in 1760.
Edward Farnham died on June 3rd, 1775, and was buried by the side of his wife in the Farnham Chapel,
where also lie buried the remains of all their children, except Lady Denbigh, who was buried at Wistow by the
side of her first husband Sir Charles Halford, Bart.
Lady Denbigh died without issue on October 2nd, 1814, and by her Will bequeathed a sum of £600 to
be spent on a monument in the Farmham Chapel in memory of her parents and their family. Having no
children she left her property to her only surviving brother Edward Farnham and his three children.
Edward Farnham was succeeded by his eldest surviving son the Rev. William Farnham, who was born on
October 6th, 1738, and was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree in
1762. Inthe same year he was presented to the Vicarage of Sheepshead, and held that living until his father’s
death, when he resigned his living and came to live at Quorndon. In 1782 he was presented by his brother-in-
law the Earl of Denbigh to the Vicarage of Wistow, and held that preferment until his death at Quorndon on
June 26th, 1784. He was unmarried, and died intestate; administration of his estate was granted to his next
brother Thomas Farnham.
Thomas Farnham, Captain in the Royal Navy, was born on October 30th, 1743. He received the thanks
of the Admiral, Sir George Collier, for having on August 14th, 1779, burnt and destroyed several galleys of
the enemy (the revolting colonists of America) in the Bay of Penobscot. On June 4th, 1781, he was in
command of the Kite sloop and afterwards of the Winchelsea frigate. He died unmarried at Quorndon on
November 24th, 1793, aged 50 years.
Edward Farnham, the 7th and youngest son of Edward and Esther Farnham, succeeded his brother
Thomas. Edward was born on May 27th, 1753, and married on June tst, 1795, at St. George’s Church,
Hanover Square, London, Harriet, the younger daughter and coheir of the Rev. Durand Rhudde, D.D., Rector
of Brantham cum East Bergholt, also of Great Wenham, co. Suffolk, and Chaplain in Ordinary to King
George III. He was a magistrate for co. Leicester, Captain in the Leicester Yeomanry, and served as High
Sheriff in the year 1817. In October 1815 he purchased from the Hon. A. Butler-Danvers the house and part
of the estate which for several centuries had been the Quorndon residence of the old family of Chaveney.
In 1818 he commenced to build the present house nearly on the site of the old Over Hall, which was a
better position than the house in Meeting Street; but there seems to be no reason for dropping the old name
«Over Hall,” which was more appropriate to a house built on the old site than “Quorndon House” was, even
though the family connection with the Nether Hall had ceased in 1685.
Edward Farnham died Jan. 7th, 1835, leaving by Harriet his wife (who died July 27th, 1854) an only son
Edward Basil Farnham and two daughters.
Edward Basil Farnham was born on April rgth, 1799. He was a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for
co. Leicester, and Major in the Leicestershire Yeomanry. He represented the old Northern Division of the
county in Parliament from the first Parliament of Queen Victoria in 1837 until the General Election of 1859
when he retired on account of failing health. He married on July and, 1851, Gertrude Emily, the second
daughter of Sir William Cradock Hartopp, Bart., of Freeby, co. Leicester, and Four Oaks Park, co. Warwick.
Thomas Farnham, Capt. R.N.
Died 1793.
Edward Basil Farnham.
Died 1879.
Edward Farnham.
Died 1835.
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SKETCH PEDIGREE OF FARNHAM OF QUORNDON.
Ropert DE FARNHAM, had a grant of land in Quorndon from the heirs of Arundel between>=MaTHuanla, living in 1286
1243 and 1273; purchased the Manor of Rushall from Sir John Lestrange before 1275. | (De Banco Roll).
Joun ve FarnuaM, died before 1292 (De Banco Roll)==Marcery, living in 1292. RogerT DE Farnuam, died 1316 (Close Roll).
RoBeRT DE FARNHAM, living in 1332 (Leicester Assize Roll).==
|
RoBERT DE FARNHAM, fought at Crecy and Calais; died in 1349 (De Banco je aa living in 1348.
|
JOHN DE FARNHAM, a minor in 1349; died 1416 ;>==MARGARET BILLINGTON, living ISABEL DE FARNHAM, married
Founder of the Chantry in Quorndon Church. in 1417 (De Banco Roll). William de Nedeham 1348.
Joun FarnuAM, eldest son,=-KATHERINE JEKE, remarried Tuomas FarnuAM, younger son, died about 1460;>==Emmota or Maup
died 1415-16. John Arblaster of Cropston. founder of the Nether Hall branch, | Hercy,
Ropert FaRNHAM of the Over Hall, died==MarcareT WHATTON. Joun Farnuaw, died about 1509>-JOAN STRELLEY.
March 6th, 1467. Inq. P.M.
‘Tuomas FARNuHAM, born 1444; died March 18th >-Marcaret KINGSTON. Tuomas FARNHAM=.... KNIVETON.
1502. Ing. P.M. M.I. at Quorndon. | M.I, at Quorndon. died about 1525. |
RosBeRT FARNHAM, born 1484; died=-Mary LaNnGcHam. Witiiam FarRNuHaM, died May 6th,=-Dorotuy NEVILL,
March 21st, 1561. M.I.at Quorndon. | M.I,atQuorndon. 1548. M.I. at Quorndon. | alive in 1551.
Tuomas FARNHAM (2nd son),=-ANNE Eyre, buried at=HuMPHREY CATHERENS. MATTHEW FARNHAM=-LAURENTIA BARRET.
died April 2nd,1574. Inq. P.M.| Quorndon Jan. 23rd, 2nd husband. (3rd son). Will proved | rst wife.
M.1. at Quorndon. 1598. P.C.C. 1594.
ADRIAN FarnuaM, born Nov.==Constance Munpy, buried at Humpurey Farnuaw, died Jan. 19th,=-E.izaBeTH Diesy. Will
18th, 1568; buried at Quorn- | Quorndon Feb. 15th, 1640. 1620; buried at Quorndon. Ing. P.M. | proved 1646.
don Dec. 20th, 1632.
EDWARD FARNHAM, bapt.=-ISABEL VESTUE, buried at Tuomas FarNHAM (4th son), buried=-FRANCES WALDRON, buried at
at Quorndon March 3rd, | Quorndon April 2nd, 1702. at North Wheatley, co. Notts, Sep. | Quorndon Nov. 2oth, 1658.
1594; died April 1669. 7th, 1666.
Epwarp FaRNHAM,=>Mary CHAVENEY, 2. CHARLES FARNHAM,=REBECCA LEWES, Henry FaRNHAM,=-MartHA Mowstey,
born 1643; buried at | died May 27th, born 1647; died s.p, died at Quorndon buried at Quorn- | buried at Quorndon
Quorndon Sep. Ist, | 1703. July 11th, 1722. Oct. 12th, 1724. don Nov.gth, 1684. | April 5th, 1722.
1680.
| |
SarAw FarNHAM (2nd daughter), born Feb. 24th, 1675; married=-BENJAMIN FaRNHAM (4th son), born 1670; buried
May 14th, 1703; buried at Quorndon Aug. 1ogth, 1752. Js Quorndon Aug. 22nd, 1747. M.I. at Quorndon.
Epwarb FARNHAM, born March 16th, 1704; buried at Quorndon June 1775.3-EsTHER Lake, buried at Quorndon 1767.
M.I. at Quorndon. Succeeded to the Over Hall 1724. M.I. at Quorndon.
|
Epwarp Farnuam (7th son), born May 27th, 1753; died Jan. 7th, 1835 ;>=-HarrigT RHUDDE, died July 27th, 1854;
buried at Quorndon. M.I. buried at Quorndon. :
Epwarp Basit FaRNHAM, born April 19th ;>=-GEeRTRuDE Emity Harropp, daughter of Sir William
1799; died May 13th, 1879; bur. at Quorndon. 1] Eradock Hartopp, Bart., living in 1911.
GrorGE FRANCIS FARNHAM (2nd son), born Sept. gth, 1859; now of the Over Hall.
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Edward Basil Farnham died on May 13th, 1879, aged 80, leaving three sons, William Edward John Basil,
born July 18th, 1855, George Francis, born Sept. gth, 1859, the present owner of the Over Hall, and Charles
John, born July 17th, 1862.
The village of Quorndon has few remains of antiquity in it, except its ancient church, which has been
fully described by Nichols in his History. As already stated, the old Over Hall was partly or entirely pulled
down in 1747 and the farm house which replaced it was taken down in 1818. The Over Hall stood at the
back of the present house and is described by Nichols as a good old mansion, with a pair of large gates at the
entrance and a porch at the door as large as a room, with benches or seats round the inside of the porch. This
is all that can now be known about it, as no view of it exists. No doubt the hall faced towards the brook
through which carriages had to be driven, but there was a bridge for persons on horseback or on foot.
The Nether Hall was rebuilt by Henry Farnham about the year 1680, if not exactly on the site of the
earlier Nether Hall it is certainly on the site of an old house. Henry Farnham’s building only comprised the
hall in the centre and the two wings, since which time the whole has been raised by a story and Hugo Meynelt
added the rooms on the north-west centre; the same owner did away with the old mill on the river Soar nearly
opposite the Hall. He also moved the footpath from Quorn to Barrow from the south-east side of the
Hall to the north-west side where it runs at present.
The old house (now the property of Mr. Facer) near the east entrance to the churchyard was formerly
known as the Hall on the Green and was the property of the Farnhams of the Nether Hall, who used it as a
dower house. It was sold by Charles Farnham to John Willows in 1763 with the remnant of the Nether
Hall estate, but was bequeathed to Edward Basil Farnham by Esther Willows in 1835. The windows of this
house used to contain several shields of stained glass representing alliances of the Nether Hall Farnhams.
Mr. Farnham sold the house to Dick Burton, who had been huntsman to the Quorn hounds under Lord
Southampton.
The old house on the opposite side of the street also belonged to the Farnham family, and was used as a
dower house by the Over Hall branch. There is no available information as to when these old houses were
built or who built them, but they are both mentioned in the Farnham Deeds of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. The one now called “The Elms ”’ was stated by Francis Corfield (who married Mary Farnham) to
be a very old house in 1702 and then in bad repair, but then he was the tenant and it may have been in better
condition than he made out.
The house on the north side of Meeting Street now called “ White House” was purchased in 1680 by
Samuel Shalcrosse from the Earles, and was later the residence of William Stevens.
The Chaveneys were a very old Quorndon family, dating from the extreme end of the fourteenth century.
From 1400 to 1727 the Chaveneys held lands and resided in Mountsorell and Quorndon. After the death
of Heury Chaveney in 1727 the property became a bone of contention between various claimants. Eventually
the Courts decided in favour of his widow, who was to hold the house and lands for life, and the reversion was:
to go to Sir George Beaumont and Henry Andrews; the representatives of these sold the property to Sir John
Danvers, Bart., and in 1815 the Hon. A. Butler Danvers sold the house and adjoining land to Edward
Farnham. In 1866 Mr. Farnham restored the house with very little regard to its ancient character, and what
might have been an interesting feature of medieval Quorndon has but little to shew of its former importance.
The Sculthorpes were formerly considerable owners of land in Quorndon. They first appear in 1603 as
Copyholders of the manor of Beaumanor for lands in Quorndon which had been surrendered by the still older
family of Staples. Later in the same century the Sculthorpes enfranchised their Copyhold lands. Their
Copyhold residence appears to have been in Meeting Street, but their later residence was on the east side
of High Street, where the stables belonging to Mr. Wright now are, and where the tanpits used to be, for
several of the Sculthorpes were tanners by trade. The name Sculthorpe vanished from Quorndon in the early
part of the nineteenth century, but some land is still held by the Lewis family, descendants of the Sculthorpes.
The Stevens were considerable land-owners in Quorndon during the eighteenth century. They received
one of the largest allotments at the Quorndon Award in 1763. The family came to Quorndon in consequence
of a marriage which had taken place between William Stevens of London and a certain Roe Bonfoy,
a daughter-in-law (i.e., step-daughter) of Samuel Shalcrosse of Burton-on-the- Wolds, gent.
mo
The Nether Hall, Quorndon, rebuilt in 1680 by Henry Farnham of the Nether Hall.
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In 1680 Samuel Shalcrosse had purchased a house, two cottages, and 154 acres of land in Quarndon and
Woodhouse from John and Joseph Earle, gents., and in 1698, having no child of his own, Samuel Shalcrosse
made a settlement of his Quorndon property on William Stevens and the said Roe his wife.
William Stevens died in 1755, and his son Samuel Stevens (who had purchased with other lands the house
now called Quorn Place) died in 1781, after whose death the property was divided and gradually sold, and
before 1811 the name of Stevens disappeared from the list of freeholders.
When the Chapmans first came to Quorndon is rather obscure. The first mention of the name Chapman
in connection with Quorndon seems to occur in a List of Copyholders of the manor of Beaumanor, viz. :—
“A Coppy granted 13 April, 1642, of one messuage and 54 acres of land in Quarndon to Elisabeth
Hampe, William Chapman and Elisabeth his wife, all living.’ Also in the same list occurs: “ William
Chapman holdeth by the words of his Coppy, bearing date ...., of the grant of Sir William Herrick, one
messuage in Quarndon with an orchard and croft adjoining, containing 2 acres with common in the Fields
and Forest, and pays... .”
The Chapmans have been owners and o¢cupiers of land in Woodhouse, Barrow, and Quorndon ever since
1642, and the family still own Jand in Quorndon, though a considerable part of their property was purchased
by Mr. Farnham during the nineteenth century.
The name of Parnham first occurs in connection with Quorndon in a fine of 1623, but it is doubtful
whether the family came to reside in Quorndon before 1679, in which year William Parnham purchased
a messuage and 84 acres of land from Captain Henry Farnham of the Nether Hall; the messuage was probably
the house now called “ Brook House,” which certainly was for some generations the residence of the Parnhams
and their successors, the Stones. Thomas Parnham, who died in 1757, was the father of Mary Parnham,
who married John Stone of Thurcaston. She inherited her father’s property, and had a son, John Parnham
Stone, who was a celebrated breeder of sheep; tradition says that with the profits of his rams he built the
front portion of Brook House, besides buying considerable land in Quorndon. He died about 1835, and his
widow Lucy about 1847, when the property was sold, and Brook House was bought by Mr. Farnham, but
nearly all the land was bought by Mr. Herrick of Beaumanor. The family of Parnham seems to have come from
the Vale of Belvoir, where the name occurs in Plungar and other villages.
The names of Gamble, Fewkes, and Bostock are old ones in Quorndon, and representatives of these
families are still living in Quorndon.
Robert Gamble and Joan his wife occur in the Quorndon Register as early as 1576, and families of the
name have apparently continued in Quorndon ever since.
Robert Fewkes occurs in a fine of 1620 as purchaser of property in Wimeswold, and Richard of the same
name was assessed at £3 to the subsidy granted to Queen Elizabeth by Parliament in the year 1572 for goods
in the parish of Barkeby. In 1593 the same Richard Fukes was assessed £3 for goods in Syston, in which
place also they were landholders. The first of the name to come to Quorndon was Henry Fukes, who married
Dorothy Bestewe at Barrow on November 17, 1633 (see Barrow Register). Henry Fukes was a tailor by
trade, and a tenant of Edward Farnham of the Over Hall, and his name occurs among the list of tenants in
Quorndon given in the sequestration papers of Edward Farnham. Henry Fukes and Dorothy had a son born
in 1634, whom they christened “ Farnham ” (Quorndon Register, August 14, 1634).
The Bostock family is represented by Mrs. Dexter, now living at a very advanced age. I am rather in
fear of touching on the Bostock connection with Quorndon, as I understand they claim an antiquity of
residence here centuries before any document known to mention the place “Quorndon” was in existence.
I regret to say that three years of searching among the existing deeds relating to Quorndon has not furnished
me with any proof of the existence of the Bostock family in Quorndon at a date earlier than the seventeenth
century.
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ABSTRACTS FROM THE ORIGINAL DEEDS.
Patent Roll. A.D. 1217.
The King to his beloved uncle W. the Earl of Salisbury Greeting. Know ye that We have rendered to
Our beloved and trusty R. the Ear] of Chester, the Castle of Mountsorell, and therefore we command you to
deliver that Castle to him.
In witness of which, etc.
With witness the Earl at Lincoln the 23rd day of May in the first year of Our Reign.
By the Bishop of Winchester.
Patent Roll. A.D. 1220.
The King to all the knights, Free Tenants and others of the Honor of Leicester Greeting.
Know ye that We have granted to R. the Earl of Chester and Lincoln that he have seisin of the Honor
of Leicester with its appurtenances for as long as it shall seem good to us in the same manner as he held the
same on the day when the voyage which he made to the Holy Land stopped the same.
Patent Roll. A.D. 1229.
The King has taken the homage of Roger de Sumery, the brother of William Percival de Sumery, of all
the lands which Percival de Sumery held of the King in Chief and which belong to Roger by hereditary right.
The Sheriff of Worcester is ordered to give him seisin of all the lands which belonged to William Percival
de Sumery in his bailiwick, and of which Nicholas the son of William Percival de Sumery (whose heir
Roger is) died seised.
Saving the corn and chattells of R. earl of Chester which he may have in the same lands.
The same order is sent to the Sheriffs of Salop and Stafford.
N.B.—Roger de Sumery inherited the Barony of Dudley and a large inheritance from his nephew Nicholas de Sumery, who died
under age and whilst he was in the guardianship of Ranulph, Earl of Chester.
Patent Rolls. A.D. 1230.
The Honor of Leicester is restored to Simon de Montfort.
Close Rolls. A.D. 1232.
It is provided that the Manor of Barewe with its appurtenances remains to Hugh d’Albini, who is in the
custody of the King, as the Capital Messuage of the portion which comes to him of the inheritance of
Ranulph formerly earl of Chester and Lincoln, and that the Manors of Campeden, Coventry and Olney shall
for the present remain to the same Hugh as part of his inheritance, until a perfect partition of the inheritance
be made amongst the heirs of the said earl; so that if Hugh is not satisfied with his allotted share, he can
recover of the other parceners whatever may be found due to him, and likewise the other parceners can recover
from Hugh if he receives a greater share than may be found due to him.
And P. de Rivall is ordered to retain and guard the aforesaid Manors on behalf of Hugh, now in the
King’s hands.
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Close Rolls. A.D. 1233.
P. de Rivall is commanded concerning the demesne hay and mills of the Manor of Barewe, which Manor
is in his custody, together with the person of Hugh d’Albini, to give the tithes of the said Manor to the
Churches for as long as the said Manor was in the King’s hands, saving always the estate of the heir when he
comes to his age; so that on the said occasion he will be prejudiced in nothing.
By the King.
Close Rolls. A.D. 1235.
Leicester; Hugh d’Albini appoints Ralf de Wanc’ and John le Deveneis as his attorneys against Roger
de Quency and certain of his men contained in a Writ of the lord the King in a Suit which is before the King,
in that the said Roger and his men denied to the same Hugh, with force and arms, free entry into the wood
‘de la Chalench ” appertaining to Hugh’s Manor of Barewe, and impedes him from hunting in the same wood.
Patent Rolls. A.D. 1242.
Protection for Roger de Sumery for as long as he remains beyond the seas with the King.
Ancient Deeds. Record Office. Vol. IV., A. 7931. No date.
An Indenture being a grant by the Abbot Robert and the Monastery of Leicester to Sir Geoffrey le
Despencer and his heirs of License to build a Chapel within the bounds of their parish of Barowe, to wit, on
his estate (fundus) of Littlehawe, and to have a chaplain therein celebrating without beat of bell; also a grant
to the said Chaplain of their oblations accruing from the free household of the said Lord, such as knights,
esquires, and other his free servants (liberis servientibus cum dicto nobili militantibus), saving in all other
things the right of the mother Church of Barowe, and saving the due portion of the Vicar of the said Church
in the said oblations ; the residents in Littlehawe such as the Reeve and those who are not of the free house-
hold of the said Lord, let them acquit ecclesiastical rights to the mother church of Barowe and receive
ecclesiastical Sacraments therefrom; the said Chaplain to pledge himself to admit none of their parishioners
to oblation, confession or other Sacraments to the hurt of the mother Church; the Judgment of the Arch-
deacon of Leycestre to be invoked in case of dispute.
N.B.—Nichols (vol. iii., p. 119) thinks the date of the above grant is about 1235. The site of Littlehawe is not known now.
Nichols thought it might be at Beaumanor, but there is no evidence. Potter, in his ‘‘Charnwood Forest” (p. 91), thinks that Little
Haw was between Woodhouse Eaves and Broombriggs. The Chapel would probably be of no further use after the Church of Wood-
house was built by Henry and Alice Beaumont.
The free household mentioned above would refer to the men of gentle birth who in those days were attached to the retinue of
a noble, and might be described as “‘servientes,” though not “servants” in the modern sense. A military household was no doubt
a necessity to a noble in those days, both to follow the lord to war and to defend his possessions in time of peace.
Ouria Regis Roll, No. 120, m. 5. Trinity, 23 Henry III., A.D. 1239.
North; Juliana, who was the wife of William le Despencer, claims one third part of half a virgate of land
in Irfeld as her dower.
The same Roll, m. 20.
Leyc.; Roger de Quency, Earl of Winchester, was summoned to answer to Hugh de Albiniaco, Earl of
Arundel, in a plea wherefore, with force and arms, he denied him free ingress and egress in the wood which is
called “Le Chaleng” for the purpose of taking his estover; and why he impedes the same Hugh from
coursing with his hounds in the same wood which appertains to his Manor of Barewe, which descended to him
as one of the heirs of Ranulph, formerly Earl of Chester, of which liberty and estover the said Earl was seised
as pertaining to the said Manor of Barewe on the day (he died).
And Roger comes by his attorney, and seeks to see the title. Let him have it. A day is given them on
the morrow of Saint Martin.
The same day is given to Roger the son of Brian the forester, William de Whatton, Roger Busse, and
Matthew le Venour, who are named in the same Writ.
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The same Hugh offered himself against the same Roger in a plea wherefore, with force and arms, and
against the peace of the lord the King, he broke the Park of Luhtteburg, which is in the Custody of the same
Hugh, and took his game in the said Park.
Roger does not come, and he was to be here on this day without essoin. Judgment: Let him be
attached so that he be here at the same term.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Case 121, File 16, No. 234. Jan. 20, A.D. 1240.
This is the final Agreement made in the Court of the lord the King at Leicester, on the Octave of
Saint Hilary in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of King Henry, the son of King John.
Before Robert de Lexinton, Ralph de Sudley, William de Culeworth, Andrew Luterel and Robert de
Haya, Justices in Eyre, and other faithful men of the lord the King then and there present.
Between Hugh de Albiniaco, Earl of Arundel, plaintiff, and Roger de Quency, Earl of Winchester, defendant,
concerning this, that the aforesaid Earl of Arundel complained that the said Earl of Winchester hindered him
from having free entry and exit in the wood which is called “ Le Challenge” to take therein his estover, and
that he hindered him from coursing with his hounds in the aforesaid wood, and which liberty Ranulph,
formerly Earl of Chester, used as appertaining to the Manor of Barrow. And wherefore there was a plea
between them in the same Court, that is to say, that the aforesaid Earl of Winchester granted for himself and
his heirs to the aforesaid Earl of Arundel and his heirs a moiety of the estover of the aforesaid wood “ del
Chalenge” towards Barewe within the metes and bounds underwritten, that is to say,
From la Heywey south as far as the rock of Cerlega,
And from the rock of Cerlega unto Dunethornhull,
And from Dunethornbull through the middle of Birchewode as far as La Hore Croye,
so that the aforesaid Earl of Arundel and his heirs can give, sell, and do their will with their estovers in respect
of the wood “del Chalenge”’ which remains to him, and in respect of all his other woods appertaining to the
aforesaid manor of Barewe without gainsaying of the said Earl of Winchester and his heirs, saving to the said
Earl of Winchester and his heirs liberty to hunt in that part of the wood “ del Chalenge ” belonging to the
said Earl of Arundel and his heirs, and likewise in all the other woods of the said Earl appertaining to the
manor of Barewe, except the “ Park of Querendon.”
And that the aforesaid Earl of Arundel and his heirs shal] have their foresters in the aforesaid wood
« del Chalenge,”’ and all their other woods appertaining to the manor of Barewe, who shall guard those woods.
And it shall be lawful for them to carry bows everywhere in the said woods, and arrows genderez
and darts and shafts without the arrow being barbed, so, nevertheless, that the foresters, whosoever
they shall be, shall come there every year within the Octaves of Saint Michael to the ford of the park at the
summons of the said Earl of Winchester, and of his heirs or their bailiffs of Groby, and swear that they will
faithfully keep the venison and all other things which appertain to the forest. And that the aforesaid Earl of
Arundel and his heirs shall have in the forest of the said Earl of Winchester nine bows, to wit, five bows
which Ranulph, formerly Earl of Chester, had there of the gift of Robert, Earl of Leicester, and four bows of
the gift of the aforesaid Earl of Winchester to kill deer, and six hounds only for taking wounded deer, and
without a pack of dogs and harriers as often as the aforesaid Earl or his heirs shall wish to enter there in their
own persons. And that it shall be lawful for them to go everywhere with the aforesaid bows and hounds as
far as the road which comes from Wytewyk to Groby. And if any beast shall be hunted by them within the
metes aforesaid, and shall cross over the road towards Berdon, it shall be lawful for them to follow it with
hounds until it shall be taken.
And for this grant, fine and agreement, the same Earl of Arundel remised and quitclaimed for himself and
his heirs to the aforesaid Earl of Winchester and his heirs the whole part of the wood “del Chalenge”
towards Charley and towards the wood of the monks of Gerewedon for ever, by the boundaries above written ;
saving this, that it shall be lawful for the same Earl of Arundel and his heirs to enter that part of the forest
with the aforesaid nine bows and six hounds, as is aforesaid.
And the same Earl of Arundel granted for himself and his heirs that he will not permit any of his men or
of his fee to commit trespass in the aforesaid forest for taking venison. And if anyone shall be convicted
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thereupon the aforesaid Earl of Arundel has granted for himself and his heirs that they shall cause that
trespass to be amended without delay reasonably with all their power.
N.B.—Estover means wood for fuel purposes. The wood ‘del Chalenge” occupied a large portion of the centre of the forest
{see Potter’s Charnwood,” p.17). The ford of Quorndon Park is now in the filter-beds of the new Reservoir at Swithland. These
disputes concerning the rights of hunting in Charnwood Forest seem to have sprung out of the grant made by the third Earl of Chester
to King Henry I., who regranted the woods to Robert, Earl of Leicester.
Curia Regis Roll, No. 123, m. 7d. Easter, 26 Henry III., A.D. 1242.
Leycester ; Richard, the clerk of Barewe, was summoned to answer Nicholas Picott in a plea why he
disseised him of one third part of 11 virgates of land in Burton and one third part of 16 virgates of land,
4 acres of meadow and 5 shillings of rent in Barewe; and one third part of 4 virgates of Jand and one third
part of the fourth of one mill in Friseby; and one third part of 15 shillings of rent in Glen, etc.; other
premises being at Shelton in the County of Warwick; which the said Nicholas recovered in the King’s Court
before the Justices at Leycester against Henry Murdac and Thomas le Iireys and Agnes his wife.
And Richard comes and restores them to him. Let him therefore have his seisin.
Curia Regis Roll, No. 127, m. 14d. Hilary, 27 Henry III., A.D. 1248.
Leyc.; Serlo de Thorp demands against Hugh le Despencer, whom Adam Jago calls to warrant, one
messuage with the appurtenances (except 80 feet in length and 40 feet in width) in Lughteburgh as his right ;
and of which he says that a certain Amice (mother of the said Serlo) was seised in her demesne as of fee in
the time of King John, father of the lord the King that now is, by taking issues to the value of half a mark.
And from the said Amice the right descended to the said Serlo, who now seeks, as son and heir. And
that such is his right, etc.
And Hugh comes and denies the right, etc., and places himself on the Grand Assize of the lord the King
and seeks recognition whether he has not the greater right to the said messuage in demesne; because Serlo
quitclaimed it to William le Despencer, uncle of the said Hugh, whose heir he is .. . . or the said Serlo?
A day is given them on the coming of the Justices, and then let 4 knights come.
The same Roll.
Leyc. ; Cecilia, who was the wife of Gilbert Mallore, offered herself against Hugh de Turrevill in a plea
of one third part of 2 parts of one knight’s fee in Walton on the wolds which she claims in dower. He does
not come, and he was summoned.
Judgment: Let the third part be taken into the hands of the King, and a day given at Notingham on
Friday after the first Sunday in Lent.
DIVISION OF THE ARUNDEL INHERITANCE, a.p. 1243.
Patent Roll, Westminster. November 27th, A.D. 1243.
To Geoffrey de Langele.
Of the lands late of Hugh, Earl of Arundel, which were in the King’s custody, by order of the King, the King
has assigned to—
Robert de Tateshal, son of Robert de Tateshal, the eldest born of the heirs of the said Earl,
The Castle and Manor of Bukeham, as a Capital Messuage.
To John, the son of John, son of Alan, the second heir, who is in the King’s custody,
The Castle and Manor of Arundel, as a Capital Messuage.
To Roger de Sumery, who espoused Nichola, sister and one of the heirs of the said Earl,
The Manor of Barwe, as a Capital Messuage.
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To Roger de Muthaud (Monte Alto), who espoused Cecily, the second sister and fourth heir of
the said Earl,
The Castle and Manor of Rysinges, as a Capital Messuage.
And the King has taken their homage for the same, on condition that each shall be assigned their
portions of the lands and rents which are adjoining the said Manors. The King therefore has appointed
Geoffrey to do this, and to receive the portion falling to John, the son of John, son of Alan, and saving to
the Countess, late the said Earl’s wife, her dower.
N.B.—The above does not give the full amount of the properties eventually assigned to each of the Earl of Arundel’s heirs. Isabel,
Countess of Arundel, survived until the year 1282. John Fitzalan appears to have come off best of the four heirs, and as he wasa
minor in the custody of the King he would afford some pickings for the Royal purse before he would be allowed to have livery of his
Castle and lands.
Curia Regis Roll 130, m. 12. Trinity, 27 Henry III., A.D. 1243.
Leyc.; The suit between Serlo de Thorp, plaintiff, and Hugh le Despencer and others named in the
Writ, in a plea of cutting down a wood of the same Serlo’s at Thorp, is put in respite until the quindene of
Saint Michael by precept of the lord the King; because Hugh has gone on a pilgrimage to Saint James’s by
leave of the King. And the Sheriff was ordered in the meanwhile not to permit the said Hugh or any other
on his behalf to cut down or make destruction of the said wood.
N.B.—The above refers to Woodthorpe. At the time Hugh le Despencer was lord of the manors of Loughborough and
Beaumanor.
The same Roll, m. 2 d.
Derb.; Clementia, Countess of Chester, appoints Robert de Campeden or William de Percy as her
attorney against William, Earl Ferrars, and Agnes his wife, in a plea of a Fine made, etc.
N.B.—Clementia, the widow of Ranulph, sixth Earl of Chester, was dowered with lands in Quorndon (Assize Roll 487, m. 26).
William, Earl Ferrars, had married Agnes, one of the sisters and heirs of the sixth Earl of Chester, and received the Castle and Honor
of Chartley as part of the Chester inheritance in 1232.
Curia Regis Roll 139, m. 7. Easter, 34 Henry III., A.D. 1250.
Leyc.; R. de Quency, Earl of Winton, gives 5 marks for leave to agree with Roger de Sumery in a plea
of right of way.
The same Roger de Sumery gives 5 marks for the same agreement.
N.B.—The above agreement refers to the right of hunting in the wood of Chalenge and other parts of the forest of Charnwood.
Leicester Assize Roll 455, m. 6. Hilary, 31 Henry III, A.D. 1247.
Nicholas, the serjeant of Aldermanhagh, threw out Milicent le Daye from a certain threshold of an upper
chamber of Aldermanhagh, so that at the end of three weeks afterwards she died. And Nicholas immediately
fled and is suspected. Therefore let him be demanded and outlawed. He had no chattels, but he was’ in the
household service of the Prior of Berdmonsey in Aldermanhagh; therefore he (the Prior) is in mercy.
Afterwards the said Nicholas came, and he was a clerk in holy orders. And thereupon came an Official of the
Archdeacon, who demanded him as a clerk, and he was delivered to him. Therefore the Outlawry is annulled.
The same.
Walter le Mercer of Barwe appealed in Court Richard Kyvet, Thomas de Caham and Emma his wife,
Simon Belle, Ralph son of Simon, Henry Averel, Adam the reeve of Barrow, Gilbert Gingel, and Richard
Bene of the King’s peace and a beating. Walter did not come, therefore let him be taken and his pledges to
prosecute are in mercy, to wit, Roger Grage of Barwe and Roger Hemery of Querendon. And the said Henry
Avery], Adam the reeve, Richard Bene, and Gilbert Gingel did not come. And Henry was attached by Roger
the son of William of Barwe and Osbert Pridde of the same. And Adam was attached by Richard the son of
Thurstan and Richard the son of Aldewyn. And Richard was attached by Geoffrey Oye and Robert Oye his
brother. And Richard Kyvet and the others came. And Gilbert Gingel was attached by Gilbert le Cat and
Jordan le Messer of Barwe.
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The Jury testify that the defendants did beat Walter as he appeals them, therefore let all those who are
present be detained in custody.
Afterwards the said Richard Kyvet came and made a Fine for the said Simon and the others who came of
i mark, by the pledges of Ralph Dine of Querendon and Thomas Felch of the same.
N.B.—For an account of the connection of the priors of Berdmonsey with Aldermanhagh see Potter’s “Charnwood Forest,” p. 94.
The second suit is interesting for the number of names of residents in Barrow and Querendon at this early date.
Leicester Assize Roll 455, m.2 d. 31 Henry III., A.D. 1247.
Peter de Thorp wounded Geoffrey de Barwe with a hatchet on the arm so that he afterwards died of it.
And Peter fled and was suspected. Therefore let him be demanded and outlawed. He had no chattels. And
he was in the Frankpledge of Richard Scardepoke in Thorp Muntfort. Therefore he is in mercy.
The same Roll.
Agnes, who was the wife of German de Lughteburg, appeals in Court Ralph the forester of Querendon
and Randolph his son of the death of the said German her husband. And Ralph and Randolph are outlawed
in Court at the Suit of the same Agnes. The chattels of Ralph are worth 33s. 8d., for which let the
Sheriff account ; he also had land. The King claims “ Year and Wastage” 43 shillings and 8 pence, for which
let the Sheriff account.
Afterwards came Roger de Somery, the Chief lord of the Fee, and makes a Fine for the said “ Year and
Wastage ” 4 marks ; and it is witnessed that the same Roger de Somery took the same land and held it in
his own hands besides two tofts in Munsorel without warrant. Therefore he is in mercy.
And let him answer for the issues which are estimated at 30 shillings. And Gilbert de Segrave is to
answer for 4 shillings of the issues of the said two tofts which were delivered to him by the serjeant of the
lord the King, etc. Afterwards the said Gilbert comes and makes a Fine of 10 shillings for the “ Year and
Wastage”’ of the said tofts.
N.B.—The old customs in the above suits are interesting. In the first is shewn the responsibility of the village for the behaviour of
the inhabitants, and in the second the King’s claim in a murder to ‘‘ Year and Wastage,” the murderer’s goods are of course forfeited,
and his lands (if he had any) would escheat to the superior lord. Thorp Muntfort is the same place as Woodthorp.
Leicester Assize Roll 455. 31 Henry III., A.D. 1247.
m.5d. A certain stranger was found dead in the fields of Querendon. It was unknown who killed
him, and Richard the son of Balle of Querendon, who was the first finder, did not appear, and he was
attached by Hugh the son of Roger de Querendon, and Hugh the son of Serlo of the same place.
Therefore they are in mercy. No Englishry. Therefore the murder lies on Querendon, because he did
not participate in the hundred.
m. 4d. William de Cussington complains that Henry the Serjeant of Abingdon in Barwe, Roger Alfo,
Henry le Walur, William Osemund, and Ralph le Waried of Barwe took and imprisoned him at Barwe
against the King’s peace. And Henry and all the others, except Ralph, came. Ralph was attached by
Geoffrey de Barwe his brother, and Walter the son of Robert de Wudehouse, therefore they are in mercy.
They all pay fines.
Same. Stephen Tropmel of Swytheland appeals in Court Richard Martel and Adam the forester of
Roger de Sumery of the King’s peace and imprisonment. They paid fines.
Same. Roger the forester of Roger de Sumery in Barwe and Adam the forester of Roger de Sumery
appeal in Court William de Cussington for stealing certain trees in their custody in the wood of “ Oneclift.’”
And they came and were unwilling to prosecute, therefore their pledges are in mercy, to wit, Roger the son of
Stephen le Roper of Barwe and Henry de Cotes of the same. The pledges of Adam are Richard Herbert of
Querendon and Elias the son of the smith of the same.
William came, and the Jury testified that he truly said he took certain trees by “ misknawing” and
marked them with his mark, but he bought other trees in the said wood. They paid fines.
N.B.—The old custom of compelling the accuser in a suit to find pledges to prosecute was an excellent device for preventing.
frivolous or merely vindictive prosecutions.
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Leicester Assize Roll, No. 454, m.11d. 34 Henry III, A.D. 1250.
Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, was attached to answer to Robert de Tateshalle the younger, John
the son of Alan, Ralph the son of Roger de Sumery, Roger de Monte Alto and Cecily his wife, in a plea that
he holds for them a Fine made in the Court of the lord the King, before the Justices in Eyre at Leycester,
Between Hugh de Albiniaco, formerly Earl of Arundel, uncle of the said Robert, John and Ralph, and
brother of the said Cicely, whose heirs they are, plaintiffs, and the said Roger, Earl of Winchester, defendant—
Concerning the free ingress and egress of the same Earl of Arundel in the wood which is called “Le
Challenge,” and concerning his estover in the same wood, and concerning his hunting in the same wood, of
which a Cyrograph was made between them in the same Court before the same Justices. And whence the
said Ralph complains that Roger de Sumery his father, who holds the Manor of Barewe after the death of
Nichola, mother of the said Ralph, whose heir he is, ought to chase in the Forest of the said Earl Roger
of Groby with 9 bows and 6 hounds; the same Earl has enclosed a certain part of the same forest within his
park of Bradgate, one furlong in width and a league in length, by which he says they are damaged to the value
of 100 shillings.
And the Earl of Winchester comes and they are agreed, and the Earl gives 5 marks for leave to agree, and
Roger de Sumery gives another 5, and the Agreement is, that Roger de Sumery grants for himself and his heirs
that the said Earl and his heirs hold the said park of Bradegate so enclosed as it was in the Octave of
St. Hilary in the 31st year of King Henry III., with the deerleaps made in it.
And for this grant the same Earl grants for himself and his heirs to Roger de Sumery and his heirs that
they may come at any hour within the forest of the Earl to hunt in it with g bows and 6 hounds according
to the tenour of the said Cyrograph made between the said Earls of Arundel and Winchester.
N.B.—The Fine alluded to was the Fine of 1240 already given. This agreement shews that Nichola, the wife of Roger de Sumery, |
was dead before 1250. It is easy to understand that her son and heir Ralph de Sumery was interested in the hunting in Charnwood
Forest, as he would inherit the manor of Barrow after his father’s death, but it is not easy to see what interest his cousins and his uncle
and aunt had in the matter.
Potter’s “ Charnwood Forest,” p. 117, has the following agreement between Roger de Quincy, Earl of
Winchester, and Roger de Sumery. It is dated 1247 :—
This is the Agreement made at Leycester on the day of St. Vincent the Martyr in the 31st year of the
reign of King Henry, son of King John; before Sir Roger de Thurkilby, Master Simon de Walton, Sir Gilbert
de Preston, and Sir John de Cobham, Justices in Eyre,
Between Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, and Roger de Sumery—
To wit, that the said Roger de Somery hath granted for him and his heirs that the aforesaid Earl and his
heirs may have his park of Bradegate so inclosed as it was inclosed in the Octaves of Saint Hilary, a.p. 1247,
with the deerleaps then in it made.
And for this agreement and grant the same Earl hath granted for him and his heirs that the same Roger
de Sumery and his heirs may enter at any hour on the forest of him the Earl, to chase in it with 9 bows and
6 hounds, and if any wild beast, wounded by any of the said bows, shall enter the aforesaid park by any
deerleap or otherwise, it shall be lawful for the said Roger de Sumery and his heirs to send one man or two
of his, who shall follow the said wild beast, with the hounds pursuing that wild beast within the said park,
without bow and arrows, and may take it on that day whereon it was wounded, without hurt of other wild
beasts in the said park abiding; so that, if they be footmen, they shall enter by some deerleap or hedge; and
if they be horsemen, they shall enter by the gate if it shall be open, and otherwise shall not enter before they
wind their horn for the keeper, if he will come. And further the same Earl hath granted for him and his heirs
that they for the future shall every year cause to be taken a brace of bucks in the buck season, and a brace of
does in the doe season, and cause them to be delivered at the gate of the aforesaid park to any one of the men
of the said Roger de Somery and his heirs, bringing their letters patent for the said deer.
The aforesaid Earl hath also granted for him and his heirs, that they for the future shall make no park,
nor augment the park beyond the bounds of the hunting ground of the said Roger and his heirs, besides the
antient enclosures of the aforesaid forest.
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And the aforesaid Roger de Somery hath granted for him and his heirs, that they for the future shall
never enter the said forest to chase, save with g bows and 6 hounds, and that their foresters shall not carry
in the wood of the said Roger de Somery barbed arrows but pilettas. And that his men of Barwe and
foresters, within the Octaves of St. Michael, at the Park ford, shall do fealty every year to the bailiffs of the
aforesaid Earl and his heirs, and other things which to the forest belong, according to the purport of the
Cyrograph made between the said Earls of Arundel and Winchester. And this agreement is made between
the aforesaid Earl and the aforesaid Roger de Sumery, saving to the same Earl and his heirs all the articles in
the said Cyrograph made between the said Earls of Winchester and Arundel contained. And further, the said
Earl] hath granted for him and his heirs, that the one or two of the men of the said Roger de Somery and his
heirs, who shall follow the said wild beast wounded, with the hounds pursuing it, into the said park with the
said wild beast, whether they shall have taken it or not, may, with the aforesaid hounds, freely and without
hindrance go out through the gate of the aforesaid park. And the said Earl and his heirs shall cause some one
of their servants to give notice to the said Roger de Somery and his heirs at Barwe on what day he shall send
for the aforesaid deer to the aforesaid place at the said times, and this notice they shall cause to be given to
them six days before the aforesaid day.
In witness whereof each to the other’s writing hath put to his seal.
And it is to be observed, that the time of buck season here is computed between the feasts of St. Peter ad
vincula (August 1) and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14) ; and the time of doe season between
the feast of St. Martin and the Purification of the Blessed Virgin.
Curia Regis Roll 161, m. 5, Attorneys. Michaelmas, 43-44 Henry III., A.D. 1259.
Staff.; Robert de Fornham and Warener le Taylleur appoint as their attorney John le Messager against
Robert de Peleshal and William de Lemynster in a plea of trespass, etc.
The same Roll.
Staff.; Roger de Sumery appoints John le Messager as his attorney against Robert de Peleshal and
William de Lemminster in a plea of trespass, whence he complains, etc.
m. 24, Staff.; Robert de Fornham against Robert de Peleshal and William de Leminster in a plea
of trespass by his Essoin Philip de Penebrig.
Warner le Tayllur against the same defendants by his Essoin John le Messager on the morrow of
Saint Martin.
Staff.; Philip de Penebrig, the Essoin of Robert de Fornham, and John le Messager, the Essoin of
Warner le Tayllur, offered themselves against Robert de Peleshall and William de Leminster in a plea
wherefore, when the said Robert de Fornham and Warner le Tayllur came to Sedgley to the manor of
Roger de Sumery, and demanded Walter Ordrich, a villein of the said Roger de Sumery, who had been
abducted, in order to have restored him to Roger, they Robert de Peleshall and William de Leminster killed
the horse of the said Robert de Fornham, and having taken the said Warner they tied, bound, and carried him
off to Brigg, and there imprisoned him, illtreated him, and took away his harness (ie., armour) worth
10 shillings, and still detain him against the peace. And they do not appear.
And William was attached by Nicholas de Rugge and Robert the Reeve of Patingham. Let him find
better sureties and be here within 15 days of Saint Martin.
And concerning Robert de Peleshall the Sheriff returns that he is not found in his bailiwick, nor has
he land or chattels by which, etc. Therefore the Sheriff was ordered to arrest him if found and produce here
at the same term.
m. 13. Staff.; Roger de Sumery, by his attorney, offered himself against William de Lemminster and
Robert de Peleshal in a plea wherefore they, by night, entered the manor of the same Roger de Sumery
at Sedgley and took Walter Erdrich his villein, tied and bound him, and carried him off as far as Brugg,
and there imprisoned him, and beat and illtreated Walter’s wife and took away the goods found in his houses,
also a cow of John Leum, another villein of the same Roger, worth one mark. They do not appear.
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The Sheriff was ordered that William appoint better sureties and be here on this day. And likewise that
he arrest the said Robert de Peleshal, if found, and safely hold him so that he have his body here on this day,
And the Sheriff did nothing but returned that they are not found. It is, however, testified that the said
William remains at Drayton in the service of Ralph Basset. And likewise that the said Robert de Peleshal
has lands and tenements at Peleshall, and can there be found at any time. Therefore the Sheriff was ordered
to arrest the said Robert as well as William, and produce them here within a month of Easter.
N.B.—The above is an interesting case, for it proves that Robert de Farnham was in the service of Roger de Sumery, baron
of Dudley, from whom Robert received his gift of land in Quorndon. It is probable therefore that the gift of land was in return for
services rendered by Robert de Farnham to the Heirs of Arundel, 7.e., Roger de Sumery and his wife Nichola.
Curia Regis Roll 162, m. 12d. Hilary, 43 Henry III., A.D. 1259.
Leyc.; The Abbot of Seleby, by his attorney, offered himself against Robert de Curzun in a plea that he
warrant to him the manor of Queniburgh which he holds of him, and of which he has a Charter, and that
he acquit him of the service which the lord the King, Roger de Sumery and Annabel his wife and others
demand of him for the free tenement which he holds of Robert in Queniburgh, of which Robert is the
intermediary. He did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to attach him so that he be here on this day;
and the Sheriff witnesses that he has no lands in his bailiwick ; and it is testified that he has sufficient lands
in the county of Derby, therefore the Sheriff of Derby was ordered to attach him so that he be here within
15 days of Easter day.
Curia Regis Roll 167, m. 11. Easter, 44 Henry III., A.D. 1260.
Glouc. ; Roger de Sumery, by his attorney, offered himself against Daniel le Poer and Henry de Hodenet,
parson of the church of Weston, in a plea wherefore they entered Roger’s free warren at Campeden in the
county of Gloucester, and without his leave or wish hunted therein, and took and carried away hares. They
did not appear. The Sheriff of Hereford was ordered to arrest Daniel so that he be here on this day, and the
Sheriff did nothing but returned that the Writ came too late for him to execute. Therefore he was ordered to
attach and produce him within three weeks of St. John Baptist’s day. And as for the said Henry, he is
a clerk in Holy Orders and has no Lay Fee by which he could be attached. Therefore the Bishop of
Worcester was ordered to cause him to come here on this day, and the Bishop did nothing, nor did he send
the Writ. The Sheriff therefore was ordered to summon the Bishop to come here and to have the said Henry
at the same time.
Curia Regis Roll 171, m. 64d. Michaelmas, 45-46 Henry III., A.D. 1261.
Leyc.; Roger de Sumery was summoned to reply to Ralph de Leycester in a plea that he render him
two good bucks which he owes him, and whence the said Ralph complains that they are owing to him by a
grant on the part of the said Roger every year for the whole term of Ralph’s life, to wit, one from Roger’s
manor of Dudley and one from the same Roger’s manor of Barwe, but for two years he has not received them.
A day is given for the hearing of the Suit.
Curia Regis Roll 175, m. 12. Hilary, 50 Henry III., A.D. 1266.
Leyc.; Master William de Clifford, who sues for the lord the King, offered himself against Alan de
Trencheston, William and Robert the brothers of the same Alan, William the son of Reginald, John
Talyeboys, Warun Talyeboys, Ralf le Sergaunt, in a plea wherefore they came to the Forest of Charnwood,
which is in the hands of the King, because the lands and tenements which belonged to Roger de Quency,
formerly Earl of Winton, deceased, who held them of the King in Chief, are now in the King’s hands, the
said defendants took and carried away the game of the lord the King found there, and did other enormities
against the peace. They did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to distrain them.
The same Roll, m. 6.
Leyc. ; Robert Scot offered himself against Anketin de Martivaus, Ralph de Martivaus, and Robert the
brother of the said Ralph, and Walter de Billesdon in a plea wherefore, on the occasion of the disturbance in
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the Kingdom, they occupied his lands and tenements in Scrapetoft, and still hold them to Robert’s loss. They
did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to attach them, but he returned that the said Robert enfeoffed the
said Anketin with all his lands in Scrapetoft four years ago, and that Anketin has received thence two Vestura
by reason of the said enfeoffment, before the disturbance in the Kingdom. And Robert is present and
acknowledges this, but he says that the said Anketin ought to pay him 30 shillings and 10 quarters of
corn annually, and so far that he has paid nothing.
Judgment: Therefore let him acquire it for himself by another Writ if he wishes, and Anketin and the
others are without a day.
N.B.—The allusion to the disturbance in the Kingdom was the Baron’s war against King Henry III. Vestura was in this case used
to denote the cropping off the land.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, File 2 (6). A.D. 1273. (After the Death of Roger de Somery.)
Barwe; Extent of the Manor of Barue made at Barue on Saint Michael’s day in the first year of the reign
of King Edward I., by Hugh Herbert, Simon le Eyr, Gilbert Penman, Richard the son of Stephen, William
at the head of the Vill of Barue, William le Chauntur, John Tengy, Peter son of Adam, William son of
Elias, Hugh Daddy, John the Clerk of Munsorel, and Richard de Lewys, jurors,
Who say on oath that Roger de Somery, deceased, held the Manor of Barue, of the inheritance of Nichola
de Albiniaco his first wife, of the lord the King in Chief of the Honor of Chester by doing to the lord the King
the service of one knight in the army in Wales. They also say on their oath that there is there one messuage
well built which cannot be extended, but the garden and the dovecote in the said messuage are worth half a
mark yearly. Also there are in demesne 20 virgates of arable land with headrigs, each virgate being worth
half mark. There are also there 48 acres of meadow for mowing, and each acre is worth 2 shillings yearly.
Also there are there 4 small parcels of meadow which contain 4 acres, and each acre is worth 2 shillings.
Also there are there 6 acres of pasture, and each acre is worth two shillings yearly. Also there are
there two water mills, and they are worth £6 yearly. Also the fishery in the river of Sore is worth one mark
yearly. Also there is there one Park, and it contains 360 acres by the lesser counting, and the pasture of the
said Park is worth, if the deer be removed, 4o shillings yearly. Also the Pannage is worth one mark yearly.
Also there are there 1200 acres of foreign wood, the crop whereof cannot be extended, because the pasture is
common to the whole country, and the pannage likewise; nevertheless, the profit from housbote and heybote
is worth 40 shillings. Sum: £24 2s. 8d.
N.B.—This splendid Deed seems to have been unknown to Nichols or any other writer on the history of Barrow. Why the manor-
house could not be extended (z.¢., valued) is not very clear, unless there was no demand for houses of the size in those days. Housbote
was wood for fuel, and heybote was wood for fencing. The 20 virgates of arable land in demesne would equal about 600 acres. The 1200
acres of foreign wood means presumably planted trees as opposed to the waste which is not recorded, but must have been very large.
There are also there Free Tenants, namely :—
Gilbert, son of Emma, who holds one bovate of land and renders 15 pence yearly.
William, the son of Adam, who holds one virgate and renders 4 shillings yearly.
William Murdak holds 13 virgates of land and renders 5 shillings and 6 pence, or one young sparrow
hawk.
Walter le Saucer holds one virgate of land and renders one pound of pepper yearly.
Richard, the son of Stephen, holds one virgate of land and shall find cords of bast for the lord’s wagons
and carts.
Richard de Lewys holds one messuage and renders one penny yearly.
Hugh Herbert holds one bovate of land and renders 3 shillings yearly.
Nicholas, the son of Alice, holds one virgate of land and renders 3 shillings yearly.
Simon, the son of John, holds 4 virgates of land and renders nothing yearly.
Thomas le Fauconer holds one virgate of land and renders 4 pence yearly.
Gilbert Pedman holds one virgate of land and renders 4 pence or one pair of gilt spurs.
John Tengy holds one bovate of land and renders 15 pence yearly.
Peter, the son of Adam, holds 2 virgates of land and renders 7 shillings yearly.
Robert Martel’s son and heir holds 2 virgates of land and one assart and renders 12 pence and 20 barbed
arrows worth 10d,
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Roger Hurel holds one assart and renders 2 shillings yearly.
Robert, the son of Ralph, holds one bovate of land and renders 3 shillings and a halfpenny yearly.
Ralph Averey holds one virgate of land and renders 12d. yearly.
William Elys holds 3 bovates of land and one assart and renders 4 shillings and 4 pence yearly.
William Tengy holds one bovate of land and renders 15d. yearly.
Ralph Burd holds 3 bovates of Jand and renders 5 shillings and 5 pence, also he has one assart and
4 virgates of Jand for which he renders nothing.
Richard Blundel holds 3 bovates of land and renders 18 pence yearly.
Robert de Fornham holds 4 bovates of land and renders 3 shillings yearly.
Hugh Herbert holds one virgate of land and renders 6d. yearly.
The same Hugh holds 2 virgates of Jand and renders nothing.
Turgissius Berley holds one assart and renders 6d. yearly.
Richard le Brun holds 2 acres and renders 24d. yearly.
Ralph Wade holds one acre of land and renders 4d. yearly.
Alan at the head of the Vill holds half an acre and renders $d.
Nicholas, the son of Alice, holds half an acre of land and renders one halfpenny yearly.
Thomas Felawe holds one acre and renders one penny yearly.
Thomas de Burton holds one acre and renders one balfpenny yearly.
Roger le Saler holds half an acre and renders one penny yearly.
Adam le Clerk holds half an acre and renders one halfpenny yearly.
Walter le Sauser holds 14 acres of land and renders one penny halfpenny yearly.
Richard Ters holds half an acre and renders a halfpenny yearly.
William Chauntur holds 5 virgates of land and renders nothing.
John le Despencer holds one clearing and renders 6 pence or one pair of gilt spurs.
William Gerard holds 100 acres and one clearing and renders 8 shillings and 8 pence.
Also Elias de Bredemere holds 7 bovates of land in Wyleby, of the Fee of Morton, and renders 2 shillings
yearly.
William Clericus of Ravenneston and his partners hold 3 virgates of Jand and render 3 shillings.
_ Hugh Bossard holds the Vill of Thorpbossard for the fourth part of one knight’s Fee.
The heir of Henry de Hastingges holds the Manor of Nayleston and renders nothing yearly except Suit of
Court.
Also Preciosa de Staunton holds 6 virgates of land in Friseby and renders one quiver and 13 barbed
arrows, and they are worth 18 pence.
Ralph Tiers holds one smithy and renders 12 barbed arrows, and they are worth 6 pence.
They also say that the pleas and perquisites, reliefs and fines are worth 60 shillings yearly.
There are also there forty-five Customary Tenants who hold 444 virgates of land, and each virgate is worth,
with rent, works and tallage, one mark. The names of the Customary Tenants aforesaid are these :—
William at the Grove.
Richard le Walur.
William, son of Hauwyse.
Richard Piers.
William Bene.
William, son of Thomas le Cat.
William Je Doynur.
John Oy.
Robert de Bole.
Beatrice the widow.
Richard Gladewyn.
Emma de Gaham.
Richard Oy.
Emma Belle.
Matilda Saxy.
Adam Saxy.
Simon le Grage.
John Recheles.
Joseph.
Richard Tengy.
Roger Oy.
Richard ad frenas.
Simon de Aubere.
Richard Carpenter.
William Dune.
John Brid.
John Hervy.
Geoffrey Flori.
Adam Bene.
Gilbert, son of Thurstan.
John Alfo.
Robert Hemery.
John Azery.
Matilda Kyte.
William Wythladde.
William de Cotes.
Lecia de Cotes.
Simon Macer.
Richard Rouhevid.
Henry, son of Matilda.
Sum: £29 135. 4d.
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There are also there eleven Cottars, namely :—
Hugh the baker. Roger Bene. Roesia Danet.
Hauwyse at the Grove. Robert Tyleman. Henry de Cotes.
Matilda Brid. Henry Campiun. William Gladewyn.
Matilda Tucet. Henry le Plomer.
Each of whom renders yearly, with rent, work and tallage, 2 shillings. And the sum is 22 shillings.
FARMERS AT WILL.
Richard Rouwante holds one Cotseldum and renders 2 shillings yearly.
Matilda Hauberge holds one Cothold and renders 18 pence yearly.
Richard the smith holds one Cothold and renders 2s. yearly.
Simon Je Grage holds 5 selions of land and renders 10 pence yearly.
John Recheles holds one selion and renders 2 pence yearly.
William ad frenas holds one selion and renders 2 pence yearly.
Simon, son of John, holds one plot and renders 6 pence yearly.
Matilda Sturnel holds one Cothold and renders 18 pence yearly.
Robert Wynd holds one Cothold and one Croft and renders 8d. yearly.
Matilda Belle holds one Cothold and renders 2 shillings yearly.
Edith la Deye holds one Cothold and renders 16 pence yearly.
Hugh the carter holds one Cothold and 3 selions and renders yearly 3s. 4d.
John Alfo holds one croft and renders 2 shillings yearly.
Mariota Belamy holds one Cothold and 3} a bovate of land and renders 4s,
Richard Rouhevid holds one selion and renders 3 pence yearly.
Alan Hardlock holds one bovate of Jand and renders 2 shillings yearly.
Geoffrey and Roger Je Wal hold one Assart and render 12 pence yearly.
Geoffrey le Mercer holds two Cotholds and renders 3s. 4d. yearly.
Mariota Belamy holds one bovate of land and renders 3 shillings yearly.
Roger at the Hall holds one Cothold and renders 5s. 6d. yearly.
Matilda Averil holds one Cothold and renders 3s. yearly.
Thomas de Eminton holds one Cothold and renders 12 pence yearly.
Robert Dod and John le Pestur hold one bovate of land and render 25.
Hugh Godchep and Mabel Crouberd hold one bovate of land and render as.
Turgissius Rouhevid holds one bovate of land and renders 16 pence yearly.
John le Saler holds one bovate of land and renders 2 shillings yearly.
Thomas Felawe holds one bovate of land and renders 35. yearly.
Ralph Burd holds one Assart and renders 2 shillings yearly.
Walter, son of Stephen, holds 2 bovates of Jand and renders 2s. yearly.
John Herbert holds one Assart and renders 19 pence yearly.
Turgissius Berleye holds one acre of land and renders 6 pence yearly.
John Pouk holds one acre of land and renders 6 pence yearly.
Gilbert de Houton holds one virgate of land and renders gs. yearly.
Of Roger at the Hall for a Blundeld, 5 shillings.
Sum: 72 shillings,
W ODEHOUSES.
Hugh Hervy holds 3 acres of land and renders 3s. yearly.
Richard, son of Ivo, holds 6 acres of land and renders 6s.
Geoffrey Scot holds 3 acres. of land and renders 3s. yearly.
Ranulph, son of Geoffrey, holds 3 acres of Jand and renders 3s.
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John Hervy holds 44 acres of land and renders 4s. 4d. yearly.
Roger de Thurkeston holds 3 acres and renders 3s. yearly.
Simon Barun holds g acres and renders 9 shillings yearly.
Thomas Felawe holds 34 acres and renders 3s. 6d. yearly.
Emma la Croysere holds 2 acres and renders 2 shillings yearly.
Walter Tulle holds 24 acres and renders 2s. 6d. yearly.
Gyrecok holds 2 acres and renders 2 shillings yearly.
William de Cestreshire holds 3 acres and renders 3s. yearly.
William Barker holds 2 acres and renders 2s. 1}d. (also one rood of land omitted).
Thomas Felawe holds 3 acres and renders 3s. yearly.
Sum: 49 shillings and 54d.
The total annual sum in services and rents is £67 7s. 2$d.
They also say that Margaret the wife of Ralph de Crumbwell, Joan the wife of John Lestrange,
Mabel the wife of Walter de Sullye, and Matilda the wife of Henry de Erdington, the daughters of the
aforesaid Roger and Nichola, are the next heirs of the aforesaid Nichola, and are of full age.
Here follows in the original Inquisition the extent of the lands and tenements which belonged to
Sir Roger de Somery of his own inheritance.
The Inquisition at the end gives the following particulars: Of the lands which were of the inheritance of
Nichola de Albiniaco, the aforesaid Roger’s first wife, the manor of Barewe-on-Sore is extended at £67 7s. 24d.,
the manor of Campeden in the county of Gloucester at £61 4s. ofd. and one pound of pepper and one pound
of cummin.
The total sum of Roger de Somery’s inheritance was £240 145. 73d. This includes the manor of
Newport Pagnell, valued at #80, and the manor of Bradefield at £60, and his other manors according
to what they were formerly extended.
N.B.—The acreage of cultivated ground in the manor of Barrow, judging from the details given above, would amount to about 3000
acres, and 1600 for the park and the wood. It must be remembered that the lord of Beaumanor had manorial rights in Barrow manor
which would not be included in this return. The virgate comprised from 20 to 30 acres and the bovate 12 to 15 acres.
PARTITION OF THE MANOR OF BARROW-ON-SOAR, a.p. 1273.
We have already seen in these notes that on the death of Roger de Somery (who held the manor
of Barrow for life) the manor of Barrow-on-Soar was divided amongst his four daughters by Nichola d’Albini,
his first wife, one of the four sisters and heirs of Hugh, the fifth Earl of Arundel. The four daughters were :—
Margaret, the wife of Sir Ralph de Crumwell.
Joan, the wife of Sir John Lestrange of Knokyn.
Mabel, the wife of Sir Walter Sulley.
Matilda, the wife of Sir Henry de Erdyngton.
THIs 1S THE PARTITION.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, File 2, No. 6. A.D. 1273.
The King’s Writ, dated August 28, 1 Edward I., directed to the King’s Escheator on this side Trent
to enquire what lands Roger de Somery, deceased, held of the lord the King in Chief, and to enquire
concerning the lands of Nichola his wife, and who the heirs of the said Nichola are, and to assign the lawful
portions to her heirs.
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Extent of the Manor of Barwe (Barrow-on-Soar).
‘The share of Sir Ralph de Crumwell of the Manor aforesaid—
That is to say, 5 virgates of land, 12 acres of meadow on the bank and elsewhere, by particular one acre
and two and a half acres, the fourth part of 2 water mills, the fourth part of the Park, to wit, go acres in
extent, and 300 acres of foreign wood. (As each of the parceners received the above it is unnecessary to repeat
it again in each share.)
The Free Tenants of Sir Ralph were :—
Hugh Herbert, for 1 bovate of land, 3 shillings.
Gilbert Pedman, for 1 virgate of land, 6 pence.
William Elias, for 3 bovates and 1 assart, 4s. 4d.
Ralph Burt, for 3 bovates and 1 assart, 5s. 8d.
Hugh Herebert, for 1 virgate of land, 6 pence.
William, lord of Raveneston, and his partners, for 3 virgates, 3 shillings.
The fourth part of the service of Richard the son of Stephen.
And be it known—
That the service of Simon the son of John, William le Chantour, the heirs of Henry de Hastings and
Hugh Bossard, is not divided, because it is believed that they hold by Knight’s Service, therefore let partition
be made.
A certain villein holds half a virgate of land in Barwe for half a mark.
Geoffrey Scot, for 3 acres of land, 3 shillings.
Emma le Croysere, for 2 acres of land, 2 shillings.
The son of Walter Tulle, for 24 acres of land, 2 shillings and 6 pence.
The Free Tenants of Sir John Lestrange :—
William the son of Adam, for 1 virgate of land, 4 shillings.
The heir of Robert Martin, for 2 virgates of land and 1 assart, 42 pence and 20 barbed arrows
worth 10 pence.
Robert the son of Ralph, for 1 bovate of land, 3 shillings and 14 penny.
Robert de Farnham, for 4 bovates of land, 3 shillings.
Walter le Sawcer, for 1 virgate of land, 1 lb. of pepper worth 8 pence.
Roger le Erle, for 1 assart, 2 shillings.
Jobn le Despencer, for one clearing, 6 pence.
Preciosa de Staunton, for 4 virgates of land in Frisby, 1 quiver and 13 arrows worth 18 pence.
Turgisius de Berley, for 1 assart, 6 pence.
Walter le Sawcer, for 1 acre and a half, one penny halfpenny.
The Free Tenants of Sir Henry de Erdington :—
William de Murdak, for 13 virgates of land, 5 shillings and 4 pence.
Thomas Falconer, for 1 virgate of land, 12 pence.
Ralph Anfrey, for t virgate of land, 12 pence.
William Tengy, for 1 bovate of Jand, 15 pence.
William Gerard, for 7 bovates of land, 8 shillings and 8 pence.
Richard de Lewes, for one messuage, I penny.
Alan ad Caput Ville, for half an acre, a halfpenny.
Richard Brun, for 2 acres, 2 pence one halfpenny.
Nicholas the son of Alice, for half an acre, one halfpenny.
Roger le Saler, for half an acre, one halfpenny.
Adam the Clerk, for half an acre, one halfpenny.
Richard Ters, for half an acre, one halfpenny.
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The Free Tenants of Sir Walter Sulley :—
Gilbert the son of Emma, for 1 bovate of land, 15 pence.
Nicholas the son of Alice, for 1 virgate of land, 3 shillings.
Peter the son of Adam, for 2 virgates of land, 7 shillings.
John Tengy, for 1 bovate of land, 15 pence.
Roger Blundell, for 3 bovates of land, 18 pence.
Elias de Bradmere, for 7 bovates of land in Willeby, 2 shillings.
Ralph Ters, for 1 sheaf of 12 arrows, worth 6 pence.
Ralph Wade, for x acre, one halfpenny.
The fourth part of the service of Richard the son of Stephen. This was to find cords of bast for the
lord’s wagons and carts.
The fishing in the Sore remains common to the four parceners.
Each parcener’s share works out at a value of £16 16s. g}d. a year for services.
The foregoing names of the Free Tenants only are given here, omitting the Customary Tenants, Cottars,
etc. If the names of these are required they can all be found in the foregoing Inquisition of Roger de Somery,
which is transcribed in full.
Each of the four parceners received a fourth share of the manor of Campeden in the county of Gloucester,
where each share worked out at a yearly value of £15 6s. o§d.
In Sir John Lestrange’s portion at Campeden Robert de Fornham held a burgage, for which he rendered
a service of 10 pence.
N.B.—The complete partition of both Barwe and Campeden are printed in the “ Gloucestershire Inquisitions Post-mortem,” issued
by the Record Society in 1903, vol. iv., p. 77.
Coram Rege Roll 12, m. 25d. A.D. 1274.
Leyc.; Ralph Burt of Querendon, Richard Pakeman, and Thomas le Rus were attached to answer to
Adam the son of Ralph in a plea wherefore they broke into his house at Querendon, and found and carried
away his timbers and other his goods there, and did other enormities to the damage of forty shillings; whence
he complains that on Tuesday next before the feast of Saint John the Evangelist, in the 2nd year of the
now King, the said Ralph Burt and the others came to the house of the same Adam the son of Ralph in
Querendon, took and carried away his timbers and goods there found, whereby he says he is damaged to the
amount of 100 shillings, and thus he produces his suit.
And Ralph Burt and the other defendants came and defended force and injury, etc., and denied that
they took the timbers, goods and chattels found in the house of Adam the son of Ralph in Querendon. And
they put themselves on the Jury, and Adam the son of Ralph did likewise.
Therefore the Sheriff was ordered to have them here in 12 days. Afterwards the aforesaid Adam did not
prosecute, therefore he and his pledges to prosecute are in mercy.
N.B.—To carry away your neighbour's timbers from his house was a common offence. Houses were at this time mostly
built of timber,
Coram Rege Roll, No. 16, m. 66. Trinity, 3 Edward I., A.D. 1275.
Jobn Lestrange recognises that he has given, granted and released, and for himself and his heirs
has quitclaimed, and by this his charter has confirmed to Robert de Farnham and his heirs and assigns:
three shillings of yearly rent which he owed and was accustomed to pay in respect of the whole tenements,
with the appurtenances, which he holds of him (Sir John Lestrange) in the Village of Querendon in the manor
of Barewe in the County of Leycester, together with the suit of Court which he was wont to render in respect
of the said tenements ; so that neither he, nor his heirs, ever after can exact or demand “ suit of Court” from
Robert and his heirs in respect of the three shillings of rent; but he, and his heirs, their assigns and
QUORNDON RECORDS. 47
their heirs, shall be clear of all services issuing in respect of the said tenements in consideration of one garland
of Roses rendered annually to him and to his heirs on the Nativity of John the Baptist. And he and his heirs
will warrant, acquit and defend the aforesaid tenements to Robert de Farnham, his heirs and assigns, against
all men for ever.
N.B.—This seems to be the origin of the garland which was annually sent by the Farnham of the day to the Court at Beaumanor
until 1893, a period of nearly 620 years. Originally the garland would be sent to the Court of Sir John Lestrange at Barrow, but as
he parted with his share of the manor of Barrow to Hugh le Despencer and others, probably this service became due to the Court at
Beaumanor instead of Barrow.
Coram Rege Roll 18, m. 11. Michaelmas, A.D. 1275.
Leyc.; Henry de Erdyngton and Matilda his wife, by the attorney of the same Matilda, demand against
Ralph de Crumwell and Margaret his wife a fourth part of the Capital Messuage of Baruwe as their right, and
a reasonable part of the inheritance belonging to Matilda of the inheritance of Nichola, sister and one of the
heirs of Hugh de Albiniaco, formerly Earl of Arundel, after the death of Roger de Somery, who held
the Messuage according to the law of England, together with the other tenements of the said inheritance,
of which the said Ralph and Margaret hold all and Henry and Matilda hitherto nothing.
And Ralph and Margaret come, and they say that the said Henry and Matilda can have no claim
to a part of the said Messuage, for they say that, after the death of Roger de Somery, the whole inheritance
which the said Roger held of the inheritance of Nichola was divided amongst them as heirs of the said
inheritance by the Escheator of the King, so that there was assigned to Henry and Matilda, as the purparty
belonging to the same Matilda of the said Messuage, 10 shillings annual rent in the Manor of Barrow,
of which Henry and Matilda have seisin, namely, 2 shillings annually at the hands of Matilda of Barewe, and
4 shillings recompense which Henry and Matilda have from the said Ralph and Margaret from the same
Manor annually, and 4 shillings in allocation of a certain field called “Le Hold,” so that in each year
they receive 10 shillings rent in the said Manor as their purparty of the said Capital Messuage. And so they
put themselves on their country.
And Henry and Matilda say that there is nothing allocated to them in the said Manor in respect of the
said Messuage, and so they put themselves on their country.
Therefore the Sheriff was ordered to summon them to be here on the quindene of Holy Trinity.
BEAUMANOR MUNIMENTS.
The Account of Thomas Hemeri, serjeant of Beaumanor, from the feast of St. Michael in the fifth year
of King Edward I. to the same feast in the sixth year. A.D. 1277.
Arrears.
The same answers for #7 12s. 53d. of arrears of the Account preceding.
Rents.
30 shillings and 1 penny of Rent of les Wodehouses per annum.
£9 178. 44d. of rent of Barewe and of Querndon per annum.
£6 6s. 54d. of rent of Thorpe Muntforth per annum.
7 shillmgs of new rent from John Harvi of les Wodehouses for 2 messuages and 3 acres of land in
Wodehouses yearly, arrented to him.
4s. 6d. of rent for Alderman Hauwe.
And for 20s. of new rent for 20 acres of land in Alderman Hauwe of les Monkesleiges let to farm.
And for one halfpenny of new rent from Alice Blundel for one toft and one headland in Querndon.
And for 7 pence of new rent of Richard de Endirdeby of Querndon.
And for 20s. increase of rent from Drihurst.
And for 12d. from one plot of the waste, arrented to Serlo the son of Adam.
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And for 17s. 4d. from the tenement which Walter le Ferour held in Woodthorpe.
And for 8s. of new rent for 12 acres of land arrented at Monkesleiges, this year being the third.
And for 2s. of new rent of Thomas Jay for one cottage in Woodthorpe which belonged to Robert le Ster, this
being the second year.
And for 5s. of new rent from Henry de Pecco for one messuage in Woodthorpe which belonged to the said
Robert, this year being the second.
And for 4s. increase of rent for two parts of one bovate of land in the same place which belonged to the same
Robert, this year being the second.
Sum: £22 3s. 34d.
Issues of the Manor.
He answers for 2s. for 1 quiver and 12 arrows sold.
And for 2s. from one dovecote which belonged to Robert Whitglove in Querndon yearly.
And for 3s. 5d. for 41 works of customary tenants of cocking hay sold, the worth of each work one penny.
And for 5s. 13d. for 41 works of customary tenants for reaping corn sold, each work worth one penny halfpenny,
And for 22 pence of Chevage (head money) this year, pannage nothing this year, 3 pence for 10 fletches and
1 bozon sold.
And for 13s. 4d. of perquisites of the Court of Barrow put to farm.
And for 72s. 7d. of the Agistment this year, 3s. for young pigeons sold and 8 pence from the sale of 16 hides.
And for 14d. for 1 Ib. of Cummin sold.
Sum: 103s. 4d.
Pasture sold.
And for 7s. for one free plot which William Gerard sold.
And for 5s. 5d. for straw sold this year.
And for 2s. for the Ker sold and for 12 pence for the way beneath the park wall sold.
The meadow of Alderman Hawe is mowed this year.
Sum: 15s. 5d.
Corn sold.
38s. 4d. for 114 quarters of wheat sold, worth of the Qr. 3s. 4d.
32s. for 8 qrs. of wheat sold, worth of the Or. 4s.
228. 6d. for 5 qrs. of wheat sold, worth of the Qr. 4s. 6d.
25s. 8d. for 7 qrs. of wheat sold, worth of the Qr. 3s. 8d.
#11 18s. od. for 56 qrs. of wheat sold, worth of the Or. 4s. 8d.
20s. 5d. for 6 qrs. and 1 bushel of wheat sold, worth of the Or. 35. 4d.
34s. 6d. for 12 qrs. 74 bushels of beans and peas sold, the worth of the Qr. 2s. 8d.
58s. 4d. for 124 qrs. of barley sold, worth of the Qr. 4s. 8d.
45s. for 18 qrs. of oats sold, the worth of the Qr. 2s. 6d.
6s. 4d. for 24 qrs. of oats sold.
Sum: £26 os. 12d.
Stock sold.
36s. for the sale of 2 oxen sold at the feast of St. Martin.
And £6 for a certain part of the underwood sold in the park this year.
Sum: £7 16s. od.
Fines and Perquisites.
22s. from Ralph Blundel and Walter his brother, a Fine for holding 8 acres of land which Hugh le Saler held.
as. from Ralph the son of Margery, a Fine for holding 2 acres of land in Les Wodehouses which his mother
held.
15s. from William the Lambherd in Wodehouses for a Fine for holding 2 cottages and 3} acres of land in
Wodehouses which Emma, who was the wife of John Hervi, held.
6s. 8d. from William de Eaves for leave to marry Petronilla Satherie, and also for the land which the said
Petronilla held, to hold to him for the term of his life.
gs. for the heriot of John Bunting of Thorpe Muntforth for one cow.
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10s. 11d. of the perquisites of the Courts this year.
38. from Gilbert the son of Dulci, a Fine for holding 2 acres of land in les Wodehouses which her mother held.
. Sum: 68s. 7d.
EXPENSES.
Rents Resolute.
Rent resolute for the priory of Halderman hawe yearly 4os.
Rent resolute to Dominus Henry de Erdyngton for a tenement bought of Margery the daughter of Thomas
Felawe yearly 3s. 6d.
Decay of rent for the tenement which was John Hervi’s, because it is in the hand of the lord, 1d., this being the
3rd year.
‘Rent resolute’ to Lucy, who was the wife of Robert le Ster, for her dower of one cottage and one messuage in
Wodethorp 2s. 3d., and so from year to year for the term of life of the said Lucy.
Sum: 45s. rod.
Expenses.
In 22 pieces of iron bought for plough points 5s. 6d. Work of the smith 2s. gd. Making anew 2 ploughs
from the lord’s timber 3d. For clouts bought 7d. Making 4 yokes anew 2d. One piece of iron bought
for one foot of “temon” 3d. Work of the smith 14d. One ploughshare 63d. Mending an old
ploughshare 14d,
Sum: tos. 64d.
Expenses of Wagons. Sum: 23s. 114d.
Stock bought and Corn. Sum: £66 8s. 5d.
Cost of Houses.
One carpenter hired for 2 days for mending the Tumbril and for mending the wardrobe for the chamber by
the gate, 5d.
Two slaters pointing for 3 days on the Hall, the great chamber, and the guardrobe at the head of the Hall, 2s.
One and a half quarters of Lime bought for the same, gd.
One man tiling on the Chamber of the Esquires in the Porter’s house and on the Chamber by the Gate,
44 days, od. ;
One carpenter hired for 14 days for mending the turnstile of the Bridge, 4d.
One man hired for 3 days for covering the walls of the small grange and for twigs cut, 6d. (wattling).
Making anew one pair of gates against the Monksleies, 7s. 6d.
Two sawyers hired for 6 days for sawing boards for the same 2s. 6d., 5d. a day.
Six pieces of iron bought for hinges, vertivelles, plates, hasps and stapuls, 18d.
Wages of the smith, tod.
200 spikins, 5d. One padlock, 4d.
One lock for the post of the said gates and 2 keys, 6d.
One man digging the sites of the gates for 2 days, 4d.
Mending one lock for the chamber door outside the bridge, 1d.
One lock bought for the middle gate, 4d.
One lock bought for the gate against the Launde, 4d.
One lock bought for the stables by the bridge, 4d.
One lock bought for the door of the inner chamber, 4d.
A lock for the Slaughter-house, 2d., a lock for the gate house door, 2d.
Repairing one old ferrea of the window of the inner chamber, 2d.
Repairing one wall in the Pantry, 3d.
Repairing one wall in the Knight’s chamber, 2d.
Repairing one wall in the Knight’s chamber, 2d.
Mending one gate against the Waste, 1d.
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Making anew one hedge on both sides of the Gate-house, against Jes Monksleyes, 6d.
Two masons hired for 2 days for cleaning and mending the bridge within the manor, 12d.
Making anew one gate between the park and the Launde, 24d.
Mending the broken boards of the bridge, 1d.
For mending the Oven, 20d.
One key bought for the door of the Friar’s chamber, 1d.
Sum: 37s. 11d,
Wages.
One Serjeant at Ios. a year.
One carter at 5s. a year.
Two ploughmen at 8s. 6d. a year.
Two drivers at 7s. a year.
The food of one groom making porridge for the servants by the year, 4s. 4d.
For the same in the autumn, 12d.
The food and wages of one Reppereve in the autumn, 12d.
The wages of two shepherds, 6s.
Expenses.
Expenses of Sir Hugh the son 11s. 6d. in the month of January.
Expenses of Sir Hugh the son 27s. 5d. this side of the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul.
Expenses of Philip the lord’s son this side the feast of Saint Barnabas, 125. 8d.
Expenses of the same this side the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 115. 6d.
Expenses of Agnes Valoignes from the feast of St. Michael until the Monday after the feast of the Circumcision
of the Lord, 68s.
Expenses of the same from the Monday next before the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross until the feast
of Saint Michael, 63s. gd.
One pair of Caliges bought for Thomas de Sancto Valerico, 15d.
Two pair of “ Sotul”’ bought for the said Thomas, 12d.
Two pairs of linen “ telae”” bought for the same, 3s.
Two carpets bought for the same, 2s. 6d.
One lumbar, 3d. 2 sheets, 12d.
One robe for Agnes Valoignes, 25.
Flannel for the same Agnes, 2s.
Two chemises for the same Agnes, 25.
Three pairs of “ Sotuls ”’ for the same Agnes, 21d.
He accounts for seed upon 75 acres, namely—
8 acres in the clearing which is called “ Tuolfacre.”
43 acres in the clearing which lies between Tuolfacre and Querndon park.
24 acres in “ Le Lyng,” 19 quarters.
And so the acre takes two bushels and beyond.
The delivery to one serjeant 4 quarters, 7 bushells and no more, because he stood at the table for 13 weeks with
Agnes Valoignes.
And bread baked for the said Agnes from the feast of St. Michael to the Monday next after the feast of the
Circumcision of the Lord, when the wife of Philip the lord’s son came, 14 quarters.
In bread baked for the said Agnes from Monday next before the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross,
when Philip’s wife went away, until the feast of St. Michael, 2 quarters, 6 bushels.
Sale of 88 quarters, 5 bushels.
Delivery to the family, 6 quarters, etc.
Sum Total: 122 qrs. 6 bushels.
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Arrows and Quivers.
He accounts for—
One quiver and 12 barbed arrows of the rent of Roger Barry.
And for 20 arrows of the rent of Adam le Eyr.
And for one arrow from Robert Fornham.
Sum: I quiver, 33 arrows. Delivered on account 21 arrows.
N.B.—This interesting old Steward’s Account is the oldest document among the Beaumanor Muniments. The lord of the manor
of Beaumanor at this date was evidently Hugh le Despencer, to whom King Edward I. restored this manor which had been forfeited by
Hugh le Despencer who fell at the battle of Evesham fighting for Simon de Montfort in 1265.
De Banco Roll, No. 7, m. 17. Hilary, A.D. 1275.
Leyc. ; Emma, who was the wife of Maurice Audelyn, by her attorney, seeks against Henry de Rudington
4 virgates of land with appurtenances in Craft as her dower. And Henry comes by his attorney, and further
calls to warrant Ralph, son and heir of Nicholas de Turvill, who is under age, and whose body and lands are in
the custody of Robert de Farnham by charter, which he proffers under the name of the said Nicholas
de Turvill, father of the said heir, and which testifies that the said Nicholas gave the said premises to the said
Henry. And this he and his heirs will warrant. The Suit remains over until the day of his coming of age.
De Banco Roll, No. 9, m. 41d. A.D. 1275.
Leyc.; Master Roger de Seyton offered himself against Robert de Farnham, the guardian of the body
and lands of Ralph, son and heir of Nicholas de Turvill, in a plea that he warrant one third part of
one messuage and one virgate of land in Walton-on-the-Wolds, and one third part of the advowson of the
church of Walton, which Isabella, who was the wife of Nicholas de Turvill, claims as her dower against him.
And whence the same Roger calls the said heir to warrant against her. Andhe does not come. Judgment:
Let the third part of the land of the heir being in the custody of the said Robert be taken into the hands of the
lord the King to the value, etc. And a day be given, etc. In three weeks from the day of Saint Michael.
De Banco Roll, No. 11, m. 103. Michaelmas, 3 and 4 Edward I., A.D. 1275.
Leycester; Ralph de Folevill, by his attorney, offered himself on the fourth day against Robert de
Farnham, the guardian of the body and lands of Ralph de Turvill, son and heir of Nicholas de Turvill,in a .
plea that he warrant to him one third part of one messuage and one virgate of land in Walton-on-the-Wolds,
which Isabella, who was the wife of Nicholas Turvill, claimed in dower against him, and concerning which the
said Ralph calls the said heir to warrant against her, and he does not come, etc. Suit respited to the
Purification of the Blessed Mary.
De Banco Roll 11, m. 120d. Michaelmas, 3 and 4 Edward I., A.D. 1275.
Leycester; Joan, who was the wife of Robert de Monte Alto, by her attorney, offered herself on the
fourth day against Robert de Fornham in a plea of a third part of 4o shillings rent with appurtenances in
Russhall, which she claims as dower, etc. And he does notcome. And he was summoned, etc. Judgment:
The aforesaid third part to be taken into the hands of the lord the King, and a day given, etc. And he is
summoned to appear in the Octaves of the Purification of the blessed Mary.
De Banco Roll 11, m. 97d. Michaelmas, 3 and 4 Edward I., A.D. 1275.
Leycester; William Molore, by his attorney, offered himself on the fourth day against Robert de Farnham,
the guardian of the body and lands of Ralph, son and heir of Nicholas de Turvill, in a plea that he be here on
this day, and that the heir warrant to him a third part of one messuage and one virgate of land with
appurtenances in Walton-on-the-Wolds which Isabella, who was the wife of Nicholas de Turvill, claimed in
dowry.against him, etc. Suit respited to the Purification of the blessed Mary.
De Banco Roll 11, m. 51d. Michaelmas, 3 and 4 Edward I., A.D. 1275.
Leycester ; Isabella, who was the wife of Nicholas de Turvill, by her attorney, demands against Roger de
Seyton one third part of one messuage and one virgate of land in Walton-on-the-Wolds, and the third part
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of the advowson of the Church of the same village in dower. And Master Roger comes and further calls to
warrant Ralph, the son and heir of Nicholas Turvill, in the custody of Robert de Farnham being, who now
comes by summons and warrants to him, and by leave he renders to the said Isabella her dower. Therefore
let the said Roger hold in peace. And let Isabella have of the land of the said heir to the value, etc.
De Banco Roll, No. 11, m. 98d. Michaelmas, 3 and 4 Edward I., A.D. 1275.
Leycester ; Isabella, who was the wife of Nicholas de Turvile, by her attorney, demands against Henry
Ingeram the third part of one messuage and five bovates of land with appurtenances in Walton-on-the-Wolds
as domi: And the said Henry comes by his attorney, and he calls to warrant Roger de Martival, who now
comes by summons and warrants to him; and he further calls to warrant Ralph, son and heir of Nicholas
de Turvill, who is under age, and whose body and lands are in the custody of Robert de Farnham by charter
of the said Nicholas, father of the said Ralph, whose heir he is, which he proffers, and which witnesses that
the said Nicholas gave to a certain Anketil de Martival, father of the said Roger, whose heir he is, the
aforesaid tenements. And this he and his heirs will warrant. Let the said guardian be summoned here on
the morrow of the Purification of the blessed Mary. And let him be called to warrant, etc.
De Banco Roll, No. 31, m. 24. Michaelmas, 7 Edward I., A.D. 1279.
Leycester ; Roger de Martival, by his attorney, offered himself on the fourth day against Robert de
Farnham, guardian of Ralph, son and heir of Nicholas de Turvill, in a plea that he warrant to him a third part
of one messuage and four virgates of land with appurtenances in Walton-on-the-Wolds, and which Thomas
Russell and Isabella his wife claim as dowry of Isabella, ete. And whence Roger, etc. And he does not
come, etc. Summoned to appear on the Octaves of St. Hillary.
De Banco Roll 33. Attorneys, A.D. 1280.
Robert de Farnham, guardian of the person of the son of Nicholas de Turvin[II], appoints as his attorney
Richard Schelton or Roger de Teddingworth against Thomas Russell and Isabella his wife in a plea of
dowry.
De Banco Roll, No. 33, m.16. A.D. 1280.
Leyc.; Thomas Russell and Isabella his wife, by their attorney, demand against Leonine de Lek one-third
of one messuage and two virgates of land in Walton-on-the-Wolds ; and against John, the son of the same
Leonine, one-third of one messuage in the same Vill; and against Ralph Folevill one-third of one messuage
and one virgate of land in the same Vill; and against William Malure one-third of one messuage and one virgate
of land in the same Vill, as dower of the said Isabella, of the gift of Nicholas de Turvill formerly her husband.
And Leonine and the others come. And heretofore they call to warrant Ralph, son and heir of Nicholas
de Turvill, who is under age and in the custody of Robert de Farnham, which same Robert now comes by
attorney and says that the said Ralph has nothing by hereditary descent of the inheritance of the said Nicholas
his father whence he is able to warrant to them at the present.
And Leonine and the others say that the said Ralph has sufficient inheritance from the said Nicholas his
father, to wit, the land which the said Robert holds in custody by reason of the minority of the said Ralph, and
of which the said Nicholas died seised. And that after his death it descended to the said Ralph as son and
heir. And concerning this they put themselves on their country.
And Robert says that the said Nicholas, long before his death, enfeoffed the said Ralph his son and put
him in seisin thereof, so that nothing of the said inheritance descended to him by hereditary right. And he
puts himself on the country. Therefore the Sheriff is ordered to cause a Jury to come here on the Octaves of
Trinity unless, etc. Afterwards on the day of St. Michael in the roth year of the now King’s reign at
Haverbergh before Elias de Beckingham came the Jury, who say on oath that Robert de Farnham is right.
Therefore it is adjudged that Thomas and Isabella regain their seisin of the dower, and Leonine and the others
have of the land of Ralph when anything comes to him by hereditary descent whence he could make the said
Warranty.
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De Banco Roll 22, m. 27. Hilary, 6 Edward I., A.D. 1278.
Leyc.; The Assize comes to recognize whether John the Saler, father of Richard de Querendon, was
seised in demesne as of fee in one Messuage, 18 acres of arable land and 34 acres of pasture in Querendon on
the day that he died, and of which Henry de Erdyngton holds one Messuage and 13 acres of arable and
3% acres of pasture, and John Kynenaston holds 54 acres of arable.
And the said Henry comes, and heretofore he called to warrant John Lestrange, who now comes by
attorney, and seeks to be shewn by what reason he ought to warrant.
And Henry de Erdyngton says it was so agreed between himself and John Lestrange, father of the afore-
said John, that the said John gave to him all his tenements with their appurtenances which he had in Barewe
and Querendon in exchange for all the lands which the same Henry had in Campdene in the county of
Gloucester, by which exchange of the said John Lestrange the father, the said John the son is now in seisin,
and for that reason he calls him to warrant.
And John says that whatever lands his father had in Barewe and Querendon were his by the law of
England as heir of the same John, and he says that at the time of the said exchange he was under age.
And Henry acknowledges that John was under age at the time of the exchange, but he says that John is
now in seisin by virtue of the said exchange in Campedene.
A day is given in order that John Lestrange may come himself and declare whether he ratifies the
exchange or not.
N.B.—The above exchange between the brothers-in-law seems a most sensible arrangement, and from an Originalia Roll of 1375
(which see) the exchange did go through, but it seems also clear that the Despencers, lords of the manor of Beaumanor, also acquired
some of the property and some of the manorial rights in the manor of Barrow which had descended to Sir John Lestrange from his
mother-in-law Nichola d’Albini,
De Banco Roll 33, m. 34. Easter, 8 Edward I., A.D. 1279.
Leyc.; The Essoin of Richard Bagot of Querndon offered himself against John Lestrange, Hugh le
Despencer, William Gerard, John le Noreys, and Walter le Venour in a plea, whereas the same Richard was
accustomed to have the custody of the wood of the said John Lestrange of Charnwode, and the purparty of
the same John Lestrange in the Park of Querendon adjoining, and pasture for 6 oxen, 2 mares, 2 sows, and
their offspring of two years old in the said purparty of the aforesaid John Lestrange in the aforesaid Park for
the said custody, the same Richard and his heirs ought to have that custody and pasture by a Charter of John
Lestrange, the father of the said John, whose heir the said John is; the defendants however do not permit
him, to his great damage and disinheritance, to have the custody and pasture.
N.B.—Sir John Lestrange (the father) died in 1276, his son and heir John Lestrange being 22 years of age. Before his death Sir
John had got rid of some of his Barrow and Querendon estate to Walter le Venour. William Gerard and John le Noreys both held
under Sir John Lestrange land in or near the Park of Querendon. The Woods and Forest of Charnwode did, unfil the thirteenth
century, come right down to Mountsorell and Querendon.
Ancient Deeds, Record Office, volume 4, A 6525. Date about 1279.
Know present and to come that I, John Lestrange, knight, son and heir of John Lestrange, have given,
granted, and by this my present Charter have confirmed to Hugh le Despencer and his heirs and assigns all
my purparty in Driehurst and Radeleker in the Park of Querendon, with all the wood and soil and all its
appurtenances as fully as I hold without any withdrawals for myself or my heirs ; namely, that purparty which
lies between the purparty which Henry de Erdyngton and Matilda his wife hold on one side, and the purparty
which Ralph de Crumbwell and Margaret his wife hold on the other side, except a small piece of pasture which
William Gerard holds of me. To have and to hold of me and my heirs to the said Hugh and his heirs and
assigns freely, well and in peace by hereditary right for ever, with free ingress and egress through the aforesaid
Park and with all liberties and easements belonging to the said purparty.
Rendering annually to me and to my heirs one “ Clavum Galiofili” on the feast of the Nativity of Our
Lord for all services, customs, exactions, Suits of Court, fealties, wards, reliefs, escheats, marriages, aids and
demands.
And I, the said John and my heirs will warrant and defend all this purparty in Driehurst and Radeleker
with the free ingress and egress to the said Hugh and his heirs against all men for ever.
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In witness of which I have set my seal to these presents with these witnesses: Ralph Burt of Querendon,
John le Noreis of the same, Hugh Herbert of the same, William Gerard of Wodehus, Gilbert Pedman of
Barue, Serlo de Thorp, Geoffrey de Lutheburg, and Geoffrey the Clerk and others.
N.B.—The above Grant is undated, but the date of 1279 is approximately correct, judging from the witnesses’ names. Clavum
Galiofili, a clove Gilliflower. This was a common floral service at the time. The names “Driehurst and Radeleker" have quite
disappeared from the modern parish of Quorndon.
Ancient Deeds, Record Office, volume 1, A 178, January 22, 1280.
To all the Faithful of Christ to whom these presents shall come Hugh the Despencer Greeting in the Lord,
Know ye that I have granted to Robert de Fornham for as long as he shall live a Water Mill in the Vill of
Querendon, which is called “Le Middelmulne,” together with the millpond, with all its Suit and all its
appurtenances, reserving the right of free grinding therein for my own family while we stay at my Manor of
Beaumanor. To have and to hold to the aforesaid Robert de Fornham of me and of my heirs freely, quietly,
well, and in peace so long as he shall live. Rendering therefore annually to me and to my heirs 18 shillings
of silver in two payments, to wit, at the Exaltation of the Cross, g shillings, and at the feast of Saint Michael,
9 shillings, in satisfaction of all services, customs, exactions, and demands whatsoever. Nevertheless the said
Robert shall keep the premises in good repair, obliging his heirs when he shall have died to hand over the same
to me or to my heirs in as good a condition as they are in at the present; and I the said Hugh and my heirs
will warrant the said Mill, etc., to the said Robert de Fornham for so long as he shall live.
In witness whereof the parties have set their seals to the Deed made in the form of Chirograph. With
these witnesses: Serlo de Thorp, Gilbert Petemon of Barewe, Richard de Lewes, Richard Bagot, Hugh
Herbert and others.
Given at Luttheburg on the day of Saint Vincent the Martyr in the eighth year of the reign of King
Edward.
N.B.—The Middelmulne was situated in what was more recently called the Hall Carr near the site of the old Overhall. (See
page 437.)
Coram Rege Roll, No. 53, m. 24. Easter, 8 Edward I., A.D. 1280.
Leyc. ; Walter le Venour of Hunstanton acknowledges by this Charter in these words—
Know present and to come that I, Walter le Venour of Hunstanton, have given, granted, and by this my
present Charter have confirmed to Robert de Fornham of Queryngdon one wood enclosed which is called
Rowhelewood, which I had of the gift of Sir John Lestrange, lying in the precincts of the park of Querndon, in
the County of Leycester, and it extends on one side by the wood of Sir Ralph de Crombwell and Margaret his
wife, on another side by the wood of Sir Henry de Erdinton and Matilda his wife, on the third side by a Land
which is called “The Lyng,” which John Je Noreys holds of Sir John Lestrange, and on the fourth side by
the field which is between Querendon and Mountsorrell, to have and to hold the said wood of me and my heirs
or my assigns to the said Robert and his heirs and assigns with the soil as enclosed with hedge, palisade, and
ditch, and with all the appurtenances, freely, quietly, well and in peace and by hereditary right for ever.
Rendering therefore annually to me and my heirs or assigns one “Clavum Galiofili” on the feast of
St. Michael for all secular services, exactions and demands. And I, the said Walter, my heirs and assigns
will warrant, acquit and defend the said wood, its soil and appurtenances to the same Robert and his heirs and
assigns for the said service against all men for ever. For which gift, grant and confirmation of the present
Charter the said Robert has given me into my hands 4o marks of silver.
In witness whereof to this my charter I have affixed my seal with these witnesses: Domini William
Hamelyn, William le Waleys, Robert le Waleys, John le Faukoner, knights, Serlo de Thorp, William son of
Gerard, Richard de Lewes, Alexander Pycot, Hugh Herbert and many others.
N.B.—This is the hill on the east, opposite the house at Quorn. The central part of the present park was called “The Lings” until
1820 when the park was made.
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De Banco Roll 39. Easter, 9 Edward I., A.D. 1281.
Leyc. ; Walter de Sulley and Mabil his wife were summoned to answer the Prior of the Hospital of Saint John
of Jerusalem in England in a plea wherefore they, together with Ralph de Crumwell and Margery his wife,
John Lestrange, Henry de Erdyngton and Matilda his wife, made waste and sale of their woods in Barwe and
Querendon in such a manner that the Prior cannot have his reasonable estover in those woods as he ought and
is accustomed to have; and whence he complains that the said Walter and the others made waste and sale of
50 acres of wood in the said township of Barwe and Querendon which prevents him from having his reasonable
estover for “Housbot and Hedgbot ” for burning and fencing. By the which he says he is damaged, and
claims damages to the value of £500.
And Walter and Mabil came and defended force and injury and say that the said Prior has no right to
any estover in the said woods except in one carucate on certain days, of which carucate they say they have not
made waste or sale.
_ The Sheriff was ordered to distrain John, Henry and Matilda by their lands, and a day is given to Walter
and Mabil on the quindene of Saint Michael.
De Banco Roll, No. 36, m. 11. A.D. 1281.
The suit of Ralph, son of Nicholas Turvill, versus Robert de Queneby and Emma his wile, 3 is put in
respite till he comes of age.
The same Roll, m. 11. A.D. 1281.
The suit between Robert de Farnham, guardian of Ralph, son and heir of Nicholas de Turvill, whom
Roger de Martival called to warrant against Thomas Russell and Isabella his wife in a plea of dowry is
respited until the Octaves of Saint Hillary, unless E. de Bekyngham or John de Lovetoft before, etc. For
default of Jurors. Let the Sheriff have their bodies before the King at the same term.
The suits between Robert de Farnham, guardian of Ralph Turvill, whom Leonine de Leke and John his
son, Ralph de Folevile and William Malure call to warrant against Thomas Russell and Isabella his wife, are
respited to the same Term.
De Banco Roll, No. 42, m. 62 d. A.D. 1282.
' The suits between Roger de Martival, Leonine de Leke and John his son, Ralph Foleville and William
Malure, plaintiffs, and Robert de Farnham, guardian of the body and lands of Ralph Turvill, are respited to the
Octaves of Hilary.
De Banco Roll 50, m. 57 d. A.D. 1283. :
Leyc.; Adam Saxy, executor of the Will of Adam Saxy of Barewe-on-Sore, offered himself against the
Abbot of Garendon in a plea that he render him 74 shillings which he owes him and unjustly withholds. And
he did not come. And he was to be here on this day by his Essoin. Judgment. Let him be attached and
be at Westminster on the morrow of All Souls.
The same Roll, m. 17.
Leyc. ; Walter de Sulleye offered himself against Hugh Herberd of Querendon in a plea that he render him
the right and accustomed services which he should render to him for the free tenement which Hugh holds of
him in Querendon. And Hugh did not come. And he was summoned. Judgment. Let him ‘be attached
so that he be at Westminster on the morrow of All Souls.
Leicester Assize Rolls, No. 457, m. 26. October 6, A.D. 1284.
Pleas of the Juries and Assizes before John de Vallibus, William de Saham, Roger Loveday, John de
Metingham, and Master Thomas de Sadington, Justices in Eyre at Leycester on the Octaves of Saint Michael
in the twelfth year of the reign of King Edward I.
The Assize comes to recognise whether Robert de Farnham and Mathania his wife and Roger Martel
unjustly disseised William Hamelyn and Joan his wife of their common of their pasture in Querendon
and Barrow which belongs to their free tenement in those villages. Aud whence they complain. that they
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disseised them of common of pasture in 100 acres of arable land where they were wont to common with all
their cattle in the open time.
And Robert and the others come. And Robert de Farnham answers for himself and all the others as
tenant, and he says that it is not incumbent on him to reply to this Writ, because he says that the land which
the aforesaid William and Joan have placed in the View, and whence they complain they have been disseised,
is not in Barrow but in Querendon. And if he is convicted by the Assize that the said land is in Barrow and
Querendon then he further replies and says that he himself has done no injury or disseisin, because that
Ranulph, formerly Earl of Chester, while he was lord of Barrow, approved all the aforesaid land of the Waste
of the Forest of Charnwood and caused it to be inclosed with ditch and hedge and held it inclosed as separate
land all his life without anyone commoning there. And after the death of the Earl that the Countess of
Chester his wife was dowered with the same Manor. And after the death of the Countess that the “ Heirs of
Arundel,”” to whom the inheritance of the aforesaid Earl descended, held the aforesaid Manor and the afore-
said enclosure in their separate state UNTIL they enfeoffed the same Robert de Farnham of a certain part in
QuUERENDON together with the aforesaid Close. After which said Girt and ENFEOFFMENT he ever after held
that Close as HIS IN SEVERALTY ; without that, that the aforesaid William and Joan never did common there.
And concerning this matter he places himself on the Assize.
And William and Joan say that a certain Henry de Erdyngton and William Murdak, of whom they
purchased certain lands and tenements in the said village which they now hold, whilst they held those lands
and tenements were enseisined of the aforesaid common as pertaining to the lands aforesaid, and that they
(William and Joan) were likewise afterwards enseisined of the same common by reason of the aforesaid lands
and tenements until the aforesaid Robert de Farnham and the others disseised them as they complain, and
concerning this they place themselves on the Assize.
The Jurors say on oath that the aforesaid land is in Querendon and not in Barrow, and that the aforesaid
Ranulph, formerly Earl of Chester, approved for himself the aforesaid place whence the said William and Joan
complain that they are disseised, and that he (the Earl) enclosed it and held it enclosed as his in severalty all
his life; and likewise the Countess his wife, who was dowered of the aforesaid Manor, and after her death the
heirs of Arundel, to whom the inheritance of the aforesaid Earl descended, held the aforesaid Close in the same
state, and at one time when it did not please them to cultivate that Close, they sold the herbage, so that neither
the aforesaid William Hamelyn nor Joan his wife ever had common there.
Wherefore they say precisely that the aforesaid Robert de Farnham and the others did not disseise them
of the common, etc.
Judgment: Therefore it is adjudged that the aforesaid Robert de Farnham and the others are without a
day, and that William and Joan shall take nothing by this Assize, but are in mercy for making a false claim,
etc. And afterwards the aforesaid William Hamelyn is in mercy for a trespass, because he approached the
Assize whilst they were deliberating concerning their Verdict. And he is fined 100 shillings.
N.B.—Appointment of Attorneys in the above Suit. ‘Johanna uxor Wilhelmi Hamelyn ponit loco suo Wilhelmum de Graham
clericum vel Nigellum Pulemet versus Robertum de Farnham et Mathaniam uxorem ejus et Robertum Martel de placito Assise Nove
Disseisine,” etc.
The importance of the above Suit is obvious—it gives Robert de Farnham’s title to his land in Quorndon, also interesting
particulars as to the descent of the lords of the manor of Barrow, and furnishes an early attempt at bribing a Jury by William Hamelyn
when he saw that the weight of evidence was against him. Robert’s plea that the land was situated in Querendon and not in Barrow
was probably merely a technical defence.
Leicester Assize Roll 457, m. 46 d. Michaelmas, 12 Edward I., A.D. 1284.
John, the son of Leonine de Lek, Robert de Turvill, Robert de Osberton, Ralf, the son of Richard le
Clerk, and Robert Hawis of Walton, arrested for the death of a certain woman and two men killed at Walton
and for a robbery committed there, come and say that they are clerks (in holy Orders) and ought not to
answer to this. And thereupon the Dean of Christianity of Leycester came and demanded them as clerks,
but in order that the truth may be known why they are delivered to him, let enquiry be made by the country.
And the Jury say that all are guilty of the said felonies. Therefore for such they delivered them to him. The
chattels of John, the son of Leonine, are 3. 4d., for which let the Sheriff account. The chattels of the said
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Robert de Turvill are 17s. 7d. The chattels of Robert Hawys are 38s. 8d., for which let the Sheriff account.
And Robert de Osberston and Ralf the son of Richard Clerk had no chattels.
Leonine de Leck, taken for the death of a certain woman and other men killed at Walton, came and said
he was a clerk (in holy Orders) and ought not to answer to this. And because the said Leonine was a
Bigamist and will not stand to his right according to the custom of the Realm, therefore they commit him to
gaol, and let him have punishment according to the tenour of the Statute, etc. His chattels are £35 145. od.,
for which let the Vill of Walton be responsible.
N.B.—Leonine de Lek and John his son are probably the same persons who brought a suit against Robert de Farnham concerning
premises in Walton in the wolds, which were in his custody owing to the minority of Ralph de Turvill.
A clerk who was a “ bigamist” meant a clerk in holy orders who after the death of his first wife married a second—this was not
allowed by the Church. All ecclesiastical offenders were demanded to be tried in the ecclesiastical and not the civil Courts of Law.
Walton-on-the-Wolds was not the peaceful spot it now is, for I find that in a Curia Regis Roll 205, m. 24 d., a.D. 1272, Nicholas de
Turvill, Leonine de Leke, John de Osebeston, Robert Hawys and others were indicted by John Mallore for breaking into his house at
Walton, opening his chests, whence they carried away his Charters, wounding and ill-treating his servants, and doing other damage to
John Mallore to the amount of 4o marks.
Leicester Assize Roll 457. Michaelmas, 12 Edward I., A.D. 1284.
m. 21. Hugh Daddy offered himself against Walter de Suleye in a plea of one messuage, 3 acres,
1} roods of land in Barwe-on-Sore, which he claims as his right against him. He did not appear, and he also
made default here on the morrow of All Souls; therefore the Sheriff was ordered to take the said premises
into the hands of the King, and a day, etc. ‘And to summon him to be here on this day, to wit, Saint Martin’s
day. And the Sheriff testifies to the day of taking and that he was summoned. Therefore it is decreed that
the said Hugh recover his seisin by default and Walter is in mercy.
m. 24, Hugh Daddy demands against Gilbert Pedman 1 acre and 34 roods of land in Barwe-on-Sore ;
and against John the son of Simon le Provost 1 rood of land in the same Vill as his right by an Open Writ.
And John and Gilbert came. And John concerning the land sought against him called further to
warrant the said Gilbert, who warrants to him, and by leave he restores to Hugh the said land. Therefore let
him have his seisin. And let the said John have of the land of the said Gilbert to the value in a suitable
place. And Gilbert concerning the land sought against him says that he is not able to reply to the Writ,
because he says he only holds one rood there and that he holds at Will from a certain Alice. And Hugh says
that the said Gilbert holds the whole said Jand and the meadow which he demands from him and so held it on
the day of issuing the writ, to wit, the gth day of October, 12 Edward I. And concerning this he puts
himself on his country and Gilbert likewise. Therefore let the Suit be taken on the Sunday next after the
feast of St. Martin.
Afterwards an agreement was made by leave, and the agreement was that the said Gilbert acknowledged
the said premises, except 1 rood, to be the right of the said Hugh, and these he quitclaimed from him and his
heirs to the said Hugh and his heirs for ever. Therefore let him have seisin. And for this the same Hugh
granted to the said Gilbert the said rood of Jand, namely, that rood which lies inclosed in the garden of the
said Gilbert, and this rood he quitclaimed from him and his heirs to the said Gilbert and his heirs for ever.
Leicester Assize Roll 458. 12 Edward I., A.D. 1284.
m, 33, It is ascertained by an Inquisition on which the Prior of Aldermanhagh, plaintiff, and Richard
Tengy the elder placed themselves, that the same Richard on the Wednesday next after the feast of Saint
Dionis in the gth year of the now King’s reign in the Vill of Querendon took two nets in his fishery in the
water of Querendon.
m. 35. Geoffrey Bunting and Gilbert le Parker of Wodetorp killed Alexander the son of Alice by night
in the Town of Lutteburg at the house of the said Gilbert, and afterwards they carried the body of the same
Alexander from the house to the water of Sore ; and then they fled and are suspected. Therefore let them be
demanded and outlawed. And the chattels of Gilbert are worth 45 shillings, for which let the Sheriff account ;
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and Geoffrey Bunting has nothing. And they were in the tything of Roger le Pestur of Wodetorp, who did
not produce them to stand to their right, therefore he is in mercy. And the Vills of Wodetorp, Lutteburg,
Barewe and .... did not attend the Inquisition. Therefore they are in mercy.
Fines and Amercements in the pleas of the Crown before John de Vallibus and his fellows Justices in
Eyre at Leycester in the Octaves of St. Michael, 12 Edward I., a.p. 1284.
Hundred of Goscote.
The Vill of Barowe, for a false valuation, fined 20 shillings.
The Vill of Querendon, for the like, fined half a mark.
Alice, who was the wife of Hugh Strongbowe, for not prosecuting her appeal against Richard Balle of
Munsorell and Richard Roland of Barwe in a plea, was fined half a mark.
The Vills of Barwe and Querendon, for the escape of Richard the son of Matilda, are fined one hundred
shillings.
The Vill of Wodehus, for not attending the Inquisition, is fined half a mark.
Assize Rolls, No. 458, m. 9. A.D. 1284.
Pleas before J. de Vallibus and his fellows Justices in Eyre in the County of Leicester, in the 12th year
of the reign of King Edward, son of King Henry.
The Assize comes to recognize if Robert de Farnham, Ralph Turvill] and William le Provost unjustly
disseised John, son of Richard de Seyton, of his free tenement in Walton, after the first, ete. And whereforé
he complains that they disseised him of one messuage and one virgate of land, with the appurtenances.
Afterwards the aforesaid John did not prosecute. Therefore he and his pledges to prosecute are in mercy.
It is condoned because he is under age. Afterwards it was agreed between the aforesaid Robert, custodee of
the said Ralph, and the aforesaid John, that the aforesaid Robert should render the said tenements to the said
John, saving the right of the said Ralph when he shall come to his age.
N.B.—The Suit as on Roll 457 is also enrolled here, m. 13.
Leicester Assize Roll 457, m.43 d. Michaelmas, 12 Edward I., A.D. 1284.
Leyc. ; Gilbert Mallore concerning the day that he killed Henry Wytele in the fields of Barwe and
immediately after the deed he fled and was suspected. Therefore Jet him be demanded and outlawed. He had
no chattels. And John Messar, Robert Millet, John the son of John Molore, and John Scot were in the
fields of Barwe hunting hares, and they saw the said Gilbert wounding Henry and they did not take him when
they could have taken him, therefore let judgment be taken on them. And the Jury testify that the said John,
Robert, John and John Scot ran away from fear and are not suspected, therefore they may return if they wish,
but their chattels are forfeited in consequence of their flight. The chattels of Robert Millet are 2 shillings.
And they were mainprised by John Maulore, who did not produce them here as he ought, therefore he is in
mercy.
Leicester Assize Roll 457. 12 Edward I., Michaelmas, A.D. 1284.
m. 27d, John the son of Thomas Felawe of Querendon demands against John le Norreys of Querendon
1 messuage and 1 rood of land in Querendon as his right by a writ of Entry, and John comes and asks to see
the Title. Let him have it. A day is given in the octaves of Hilary.
m. 51d. The Jury present that Richard the son of John of Mountsorell by sitting in the house of
Roger Godman in Mountsorell heard a certain “ Hue and Cry ”’ raised in the fields of Mountsorell, in a certain
place there called “ Castelwro,” to which place came Richard together with others of Mountsorell. And there
came there Roger the son of Alan of Rothele, Walter Maunet, William Brun and Stephen le Messer, and they
threw stones at the said Richard and his companions, so that Richard was hit by a stone and died on the
fourth day following. And the Jury say that the said Roger son of Alan, Walter Maunet and the others
remain in the Vill of Rothele. Therefore the Sheriff was ordered to take them. And since the Jury concealed
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the names of the felons in their verdict, they are in mercy. No Englishry ; therefore the murder lies on the
Vill of Mountsorell.
Afterwards came the said Roger the son of Alan of Rotheley, Walter Maunet, William Brun and Stephen
le Messer, and for good or ill they put themselves on their country. And the Jury say that they are not guilty,
therefore they are quit ; but they say that a certain Adam de Arderne killed the said Richard the son of John
and fled, and is suspected. Therefore let him be demanded and outlawed. He had no chattels, but he was in
the mainprise of the Master of the Knights Templars in England, who did not produce him to stand to his
right. Therefore he is in mercy.
Leicester Assize Roll 463, m. 8. 12 Edward I., A.D. 1284.
Richard Mabil wounded Hugh Strongbowe with a certain knife in the Vill of Querendon so that half a
year afterwards he died, and Richard immediately fled and was suspected. Therefore let him be demanded and
outlawed. His chattels are worth 19 shillings, for which let the Sheriff account, and he was in the tything
of William Dove in Querendon, who did not produce him to stand to his right, therefore he is in mercy. And
the towns of Lutteburg, Sileby, Barwe and Walton falsely appraised his chattels before the Coroner, therefore
they are in mercy. Afterwards it was testified by the Rolls of the Coroner that Alice, who was the wife of
the said Hugh, appealed in Court the said Richard of the death of the said Hugh her husband, and that she
did not prosecute her suit against him, therefore Jet her be taken and her pledges to prosecute are in mercy, to
wit, Richard Balle of Mountsorel and Richard Rouland of Barwe, etc.
Afterwards it was testified that the said Richard Mabil was taken by the villagers of Barwe and
Querendon and escaped from their custody, therefore let the said villages answer for the escape.
Leicester Assize Roll 457. 12 Edward I., A.D. 1284.
m. 30. Richard the son of William Tengy demands against Roger the son of John Tengy one toft with
appurtenances in Querendon as his right by a Writ of Entry. And Roger comes and asks to see the title.
Let him have it. A day is given them at Warwick in the Octaves of St. Hilary.
m. 45 d. John le Westneys killed William Prille in the park of Querendon and straightway fled and
was suspected ; therefore let him be demanded and outlawed. His chattels are worth to pence, for which let
the Sheriff account, it is unknown by the tything. And the Vills of Thorp Mounford and Wodehouses did
not come to the Inquisition before the Coroner. Therefore they are in mercy.
Roger de Wodecote felled a tree in the park of Querdon, so that he promptly died. The first finder came
and was not suspected, nor any other person. Judgment: Death by a misadventure, by the fall of the tree,
of which the value is 8 pence.
Feet of Fines, Leicester, No. 106. A.D. 1284.
This is the final agreement made in the Court of the lord the King at Leycester on the morrow of Saint
Martin in the twelfth year of King Edward the son of King Henry.
Between William Hamelin and Joan his wife, plaintiffs, and William Murdak, defendant, of one messuage,
one carucate of land and 23 shillings and 7 pence and one halfpenny of rent with the appurtenances in Barwe
and Querndon; whence a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the same Court, that is to say,
that the said William Murdak acknowledged the said tenements to be the right of William Hamelin and Joan
as those which the same William and Joan have of the gift of William Murdak.
To have and to hold to them the said William Hamelin and Joan and the heirs of William Hamelin from
the said William Murdak and his heirs for ever. Rendering thenceforth annually one rose at the feast of the
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist for all services, Suits of Court, customs and exactions belonging to the
said William Murdak and his heirs, and performing for William Murdak and his heirs to the Chief Lords of
the Fee all the services which pertain to the said tenements. And William Murdak and his heirs will warrant
the said tenements for the said services to William Hamelin and Joan and the heirs of William Hamelin
against all men for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, warranty, fine and agreement the said William Hamelin and Joan have
given to William Murdak one young sparrow hawk.
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De Banco Roll 58, m. 27 d. A.D. 1285.
Leyc.; Roger the son of John Tengy offered himself against John Tengy in a plea that he warrant him
a toft in Querindon, which Richard the son of William Tengy claims against him. He did not come. Let
John’s land be taken into the hands of the lord the King to the value, etc. A day is given to them in Banco
on the quindene of Saint Michael.
De Banco Roll 60, m. 73. A.D. 1285.
Leyc. ; Robert de Farnham and Mathania his wife were summoned to answer to William Hamelyn and
Joan his wife in a plea that they permit them to have common of pasture in Querendon, which they ought
and are accustomed to have. And Robert and Mathania came. And thev ask to see the Title. Let them
have it. A day was given them on the quindene of Easter.
De Banco Roll 60, m. 147 d. List of Attorneys.
Robert de Farnham appoints as his attorney Richard de Turville against Petronilla, who was the wife of
Leo de Leke, in a plea of land.
De Banco Roll 61, m. 72. Hilary, A.D. 1286.
Leyc. ; Petronilla, who was the wife of Leo de Leyke, who brought a Writ of Entry against Robert de
Farnham, came and sought leave to withdraw from her suit and she has it.
Patent Rolls, Westminster. April 28th, A.D. 1286.
Letters of Attorney for Robert de Fornham, going beyond the seas with Edmund the King’s brother,
nominating Richard de Turvile as his attorney for one year.
Protection, with clause volumus, for Robert de Farnham, who is going abroad with Edmund the King’s
brother, for one year.
De Banco Roll 64, m. 60 d. A.D. 1286.
Leyc. ; Sarra, who was the wife of Thomas de Wesenham, by her attorney, offered herself against Robert
de Farnham and Mathania his wife in a plea of a third part of one carucate of land with the appurtenances in
Russhall, which she claims in dower. And they did not come.
Judgment: Let the third part be taken into the hands of the lord the King. And a day given. They are
summoned to be here on the quindene of Saint Hilary.
De Banco Roll 70, m. 21 d. Hilary, A.D. 1287.
Leyc.; A day is given to William Hamelin and Joan his wife, plaintiffs, and Robert de Farnham and
Mathania his wife, defendants, in a plea that they permit them to have common of pasture, etc.
On the quindene of Trinity by the prayer of the parties without essoins.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds, Leicester. Undated.
Know present and to come that I, John de Anisty, have given, granted, and by this my present Charter
have confirmed to Agnes my daughter one virgate of land in Barewe the same which descended to me by
right of inheritance from Edith my mother, the daughter of Vincent of Barewe, together with the toft and
croft and all the other appurtenances in the meadows, pastures, etc., in the limits and liberties of Barewe
belonging. To have and to hold from me and my heirs to the said Agnes and her heirs and assigns freely and
by hereditary right for ever. Rendering annually to me and my heirs one pound of pepper or 6 pence at
Easter for all secular services. And I the said John and my heirs will warrant and defend the said virgate of
land, toft, and croft, etc., to the said Agnes, her heirs and assigns for the said service for ever.
In witness of which I have to this my Charter affixed my seal with these witnesses: Dominus Robert le
Waleys of Swithelond, John le Fawcenor, knight, Richard de Lewes of Barwe, Gilbert Pedman of Barewe,
Hugh Herbert of the same, Alexander de Lewes of the same, and others.
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Leicester Assize Roll 1283. 17 Edward I., A.D. 1289.
m. 50. John Hervy of Wodehus who brought an Assize of “ Novel Disseisin”’ against Roger the son
of John and others in a Writ of tenements in Querendon did not prosecute, therefore he and his pledges to
prosecute, namely, Alexander Pygod of Barwe and William Blunt of Burton are in mercy, and Roger and the
others are without a day.
m. 51. The Assize comes to recognize whether William de Wasteneys, father of John de Wasteneys,
was seised in demesne as of fee of 7 virgates of land with the appurtenances in Burton in the Wolds on the day
that he died, etc. Which land Ralph de Turvill holds, who came and further called to warrant Hugh le
Despencer. Let him have him at Leycester on the Thursday next after the feast of Saint Hilary by the aid of
the Court, and let him be summoned in that Court. No one came. Therefore let the Sheriff attach their
bodies.
Patent Roll, Westminster. October 12th, A.D. 1289.
Protection until Easter for Edmund the King’s brother going beyond the seas, and for Robert de Farnham,
Laurence de Sancto Mauro, Geoffrey de Langele, William de Cughe and Walter de Bathonia going with him.
De Banco Roll 84, m. 20. Trinity, 18 Edward I., A.D. 1290.
Leyc. ; William Murdak in mercy after many defaults. The same William was summoned to answer to
the Prior of “ La Launde” in a plea that he acquit him of the service which Margery, who was the wife of
Ralph de Crumbwelle, John Lestrange, Walter de Sully and Mabil his wife, and Matilda who was the wife
of Henry de Erdyngton, demand of him in respect of the free tenement which he holds of the said William in
Frisby, of which William who is the intermediary between them ought to acquit him.
And the Prior came by attorney and said that he holds of the said William 3 bovates of land, two parts
of one toft and a rent of one pound of Cummin with the appurtenances in the said township by homage and a
service of 12 pence and a scutage of 40 shillings, as it happens it may be more and it may be less, for all
services, and for which services the same William ought to acquit him against anyone whosoever; the said
Margery, John, Walter, Mabil and Matilda, for default of acquittal of the same William, distrained him to
perform Suit at the Court of Margery and the others at Barwe from 3 weeks to 3 weeks, by which default of
acquittal of the same William he says he is damaged and has received loss to the value of £10. And thus
he produces his suit.
And William came and sought to be shewn why he should acquit the Prior. And the Prior says that a
certain Henry Murdak, father of the said William, whose heir he is, gave the said tenements to God and the
church of Saint John the Baptist of Launde and the Canons serving there to have and to hold of the same
Henry and his heirs for the said services, and obliged himself and his heirs to warrant and acquit, etc. And
this he proffers by a Charter under the name of the said Henry which witnesses thus.
And William well acknowledges the said Charter and whatsoever is contained in it, and that he is beholden
to acquit the same Prior by the said Charter against anyone soever. And for the future that he will acquit
him. Therefore the Sheriff is commanded to distrain William to acquit.
The said Prior remits the damages to him.
De Banco Roll 86, m.43. Michaelmas, 18-19 Edward I., A.D. 1290.
Leyc. ; Hugh the son of William de Barewe demands against Richard the son of Simon de Hatton and
Margery his wife one messuage and g acres of land in Querndon, as his right, and of which Roger le Cras,
grandfatheriof the said Hugh, whose heir he is, was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died, and of
which Roger died seised in the time of King Henry, father of the now King. And from Roger the tenements
descended to a certain Christiana as daughter and heir, and from Christiana to Hugh who now claims as son
and heir. And Richard and Margery come and heretofore they called to warrant Roger le Cras, who now
comes by summons and warrants to them, and afterwards Hugh seeks leave to withdraw from his Suit, and he
has it, because he is poor.
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The same Roll, m. 162.
Leyc. ; John le Faukener in mercy after many defaults. The same John was summoned to answer to
the Prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England in a plea wherefore he took two nets belonging to the Prior in
the water of Hathebrok near the bridge of Cropston to his own house in Thurketelston on the morrow of the
Ascension in the 17th year of the reign of the now King and there detained them, by which proceeding he has
received damages to the amount of 100 shillings.
And John comes and defends force and injury, and he well acknowledges that he took the said nets and
rightly so too; for he says that he found the Prior’s men fishing in his separate fishery in the said township
of Thurketelston, and finding them there to his detriment he took those nets.
And the Prior says that John took the nets from the common fishing-ground of the Prior and not in
John’s separate fishery. And both put themselves on their country ; therefore let the Sheriff summon a Jury
of 12 in three weeks from Easter-day.
De Banco Roll 93, m. 165, Attorneys. A.D. 1292.
Lincoln; Master Thomas de Luda (Louth) and John de Farnham his Serjeaunt appoint as their attorney
Robert de Likeburn against Robert de Warkeword in a plea of Capture of Cattle.
The same Roll, m. 165, Attorneys. A.D. 1292.
Leyc.; Margery, who was the wife of John de Farnham, appoints as her attorney William Touke or
John Batolf against Robert de Farnham in a plea of dower.
De Banco Roll 97. Michaelmas, 20 Edward I., A.D. 1292.
Leyc.; Thomas the son of Simon Le Eyr of Barwe and Gilbert Godsone in mercy after many defaults.
The same Thomas and Gilbert were called to answer William Burnel in a plea that Thomas render him
60 shillings and Gilbert render him 60 shillings which they owe him and unjustly detain. And of which
William, by his attorney, says that whereas he, on the Wednesday next before the feast of St. Hillary in the
18th year of the now King, at Leycester sold to them separately wool and corn, they were to be paid for by
the said monies to the said William at Easter next following. At which time Thomas and Gilbert did not
pay the said monies, but detained them and still do so. By which he says he has suffered damage to the
amount of ro shillings. And thus he produces his suit.
And Thomas and Gilbert come and defend force and injury and deny that they are bound to William in
any monies, nor do they owe him anything; and they are ready to defend this against him and his suit as the
Court shall acknowledge.
Therefore he is ordered to prove his claim in respect of each defendant by the twelfth hand.
Afterwards William remits the claim by two Jurors. Therefore it is adjudged that Thomas and Gilbert
are without a day, and that William takes nothing by his suit but is in mercy for making a false claim.
De Banco Roll 102, m. 66. A.D. 1293.
Leyc.; Ralph the son of Peter demands against Ralph Bythewater of Querndon, one messuage and
2 parts of one bovate of land in Querndon. He did not appear. The land is to be taken into the hands of
the King. And Ralph recovers his seisin and Ralph Bythewater is in mercy.
Leicester Assize Roll 464, m. 8. Michaelmas, 21 Edward I., A.D. 1293.
The Assize comes to recognize whether Hugh Herberd, the father of Hugh the son of Hugh Herberd,
who is under age, was seised in his demesne as of fee of 2 messuages, 544 acres, 1 rood of land, 14% acres,
1 rood of meadow, with the appurtenances in Querendon and Barwe on the day he died.
Of which the Abbot of St. Severus holds 14 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow and 2 parts of one messuage ;
Richard de Ruleye and Alice his wife holds 7 acres of land and half of 2} acres of meadow and a third
part of two parts of one messuage ;
John the son of Isabell holds 7 acres of land and half of 2 acres and a half of meadow and the third part
of 2 parts of one messuage ;
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Roger Tengy and Agnes his wife hold 7 acres of land and half of 24 acres of meadow and a third part of
2 parts of one messuage ;
And Alice who was the wife of Hugh Herberd holds 17 acres, 3 roods of land, 4 acres, 3 roods of
meadow and a third part of 2 messuages ;
And the said Abbot did not come, and he had this day to be here by his Essoin.
Judgment: Let the Assize be taken against him by default.
And on this came the Prior of Atham and said that he was perpetual Prior under the said Abbot ; and he
said that the said Hugh, concerning whose death, etc., held the said land sought against the said Abbot of
the said Prior by knight’s service, and he, after the death of the aforesaid Hugh, seised the said premises into
his hands by reason of the minority of the same Hugh, and he demands that he be admitted to the defence of
his premises and that the matter be enquired into by the Assizes, etc.
The Jury say on oath that the said Prior is removable at the will of the said Abbot, and that the said
Hugh held the said premises of the said Abbot by certain services and not by knight’s service. And they say
that Thomas (sic) died seised in his demesne as of fee, and that Hugh the son of Hugh is his next heir.
Therefore it is adjudged that Hugh recover his seisin by the view of the Recognators and his damages, which
are assessed by them at 2 marks, and the Abbot is in mercy.
Damages: 2 marks; half to the Court.
The result of the others was that he recovered his seisin and 21 shillings damages.
Leicester Assize Roll 464, m. 8 d. Michaelmas, 21 Edward I., A.D. 1293.
The Assize comes to recognize whether Adam, the son of Ralph le Clerk of Querendon, the brother of
Alice, the wife of Richard Bagot, was seised in demesne as of fee in one rood of meadow in Querendon on the
day, etc., which Stephen of Mountsorell holds, who comes and says that the said Adam did not die seised of the
fee, for he says that a certain Matilda Strangebogh, a long time before his death, recovered that tenement in
the King’s Court against the said Adam. And concerning this he puts himself on the Assize.
The Jury say on oath that the said Adam did die seised in the said tenement in his demesne as of fee.
Therefore it is adjudged that the said Richard and Alice his wife recover their seisin of it by the view of the
Recognators, and their damages, which they assess at half a mark.
And the said Stephen is in mercy.
And because Thomas le Latour, bailiff, handed over a certain Charter of Assize after that he had entered
and was under the custody of the Marshalls, let him be committed to gaol.
And because Richard Bagot delivered to the same bailiff the said Charter of Assize to be handed over,
without leave of the Court, therefore he is in mercy.
The same Roll. Easter, 22 Edward I., A.D. 1294.
m. 9, The Assize comes to recognize whether Ralph Treye, chaplain, Reginald Treye and Ena his
wife, Richard Bagot, Richard Barun, Adam Martel, Geoffrey de Saint Paul, Richard Belamy, Richard the son
of Robert Godchep, Richard the son of Robert le Carpenter, John Je Rous, and William Pygge unjustly
disseised Robert Stronghowe of his free tenement in Querendon, and of which he complains that they
disseised him of one messuage, 2 acres of land and one acre, one rood of meadow.
And the said Ralph, Reginald and Ena did not come, nor were they attached, because they were
not found.
And Richard and the others came, and all excepting Geoffrey said that they had done no injury or
disseisin, and concerning this they place themselves on the Assize.
And Geoffrey said that a certain Hugh Strongbowe, father of the said Ena, whose heir she is, died seised
of the said premises in his demesne as of fee, and after Hugh’s death she entered in as daughter and heir and
TF the same Geoffrey therewith, and he says if any wrong was done it was done by Ena herself and
not by him.
And the said Reginald said that he found Ena enseisined on the day that he married her, and concerning
this he puts himself on the Assize.
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And the said Robert Strongbowe said that as to one acre of meadow and one rood of land of the afore~
said tenements the said Hugh, long before his death, enfeoffed him (the same Robert), and as to the residue
of the said tenements, the same Hugh enfeoffed a certain John Strongbowe, and the same John enfeoffed him
(Robert) and so he was seised of all of those tenements of which the said Ralph and the others unjustly
disseised him, as he complains. And he demanded that this be enquired into by the Assize. Therefore let
the Assize be taken.
And Ralph the son of Peter de Asshefordeby, one of the Recognators summoned to make a view of the
said tenements, had not done so, therefore he is in mercy. Fined 20 pence.
The Jury say on oath that the said Robert was never seised of the aforesaid tenements, as of a free:
tenement so that he could be disseised.
It is therefore adjudged that the said Ralph Treye and the others are without a day, and that the said
Robert takes nothing by the Assize, but is in mercy for a false claim.
m. 22, Robert le Waleys, who brought a Writ of Assize of Novel Disseisin against Mabil de Suleye
and others in a writ concerning Common of pasture in Barwe super Sore, did not come. Therefore the said
Mabil and the others are without a day, and the said Robert and his pledges to prosecute are in mercy,
namely, John the son of Herbert de Swithland and Robert Svetyne of the same.
Same. Geoffrey de St. Paul, who brought a Writ against Ralph the son of Peter de Querendon, did not
come, therefore the said Ralph is without a day, and the said Geoffrey and his pledges are in mercy. He had
no pledges.
Palgrave’s Writs of Military Summons, volume 1, p. 620. A.D. 1294.
Robert de Fornham excepted from the general summons of persons holding by Military Tenure or
Serjeancy ordered to be made for the King’s expedition into Gascony, by Writs addressed to the Sheriffs of
the several Counties.
Tested at Westminster June 14, 22 Edward I.
De Banco Roll 108, m. 4. Easter, 23 Edward I., A.D. 1295.
Leyc.; John Jacob the Essoin of Roger Martel offered himself against Robert de Fornham in a is of
Account of all the things and goods belonging to the said Robert in Corndon (Quorndon). And he did not
appear. And he was the plaintiff, therefore the Essoin is without a day, and Robert de Fornham and his
pledges to prosecute, viz., Robert Bluet of Burton and John the carpenter of the same place, are in mercy.
De Banco Roll 108, m. 128 d. A.D. 1295.
Leyc.; Hugh le Despencer, by his attorney, against Geoffrey de Blaston, parson of the church of Blaby,
in a plea of debt. The bishop of Lincoln was ordered to produce him here on this day, and the bishop did
nothing nor did he send the Writ, therefore the Sheriff was ordered to attach the bishop so that he be here on
the octaves of Michaelmas, and that he have the clerk here too.
De Banco Roll 109, m. 89. Trinity, 23 Edward I., A.D. 1295.
Leyc. ; The Sheriff was commanded to collect 48 shillings from the lands and chattels of Ralph the son
of Ralph de Turvill in his bailiwick if he thinks it right, and have the money here on this day to restore to
Thomas Russell, which money Thomas Russel has recovered by the decision of the Court, and likewise
to collect 40 shillings in the same way for the same purpose. And the Sheriff did nothing, but returned that
there was no such person as Ralph the son of Ralph de Turvill in his bailiwick from whom the money could
be collected, but there is in the liberty of the Honor one who is called Ralph the son of Nicholas de Turvill,
and in the original writ he is called Ralph Turvill of Normanton by Craft. Therefore the Sheriff was ordered
to collect the money off the lands of the said Ralph the son of Nicholas for the debt, and to have him here
within 15 days from Saint Michael’s day.
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The same Roll, m. 91 d.
Leyc.; John de Wasteneys demands, by his attorney, against Ralph de Turvill 7 messuages and 7 virgates
of land in Burton juxta Prestwold as his right and inheritance, and into which Ralph has no right of Entry
except-by Hugh le Despencer, to whom Roger Bygod, Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England, and Alina his
wife demised them, who thence unjustly disseised William le Wasteneys the father of the said John, whose
heir he is. Ralph comes and asks to see the Title. Let him have it at Martinmas.
De Banco Roll 109, m. 36d. Trinity, 23 Edward I., A.D. 1295.
Leyc.; William Burdet of Louseby was attached to answer to Hugh le Despencer in a plea wherefore,
with force and arms, he had entered Hugh’s park at Beaumanor, and in the park without his leave or wish had
hunted his game, took and carried away game to his damage of the value of £40 against the peace, and whence
the said Hugh complains by his attorney that the said William on the Thursday next after the feast of the
Exaltation of the Holy Cross in the 12th year of the now King’s reign at Beaumanor with force and arms, to
wit, swords, bows and arrows, entered his park, hunted and carried away his game, by the which he says he is
damaged and claims £40. And thus he produces his Suit.
And William comes by his attorney and defends the force and injury and denies that he entered the park
or took or carried away game, etc., and he puts himself on his country and Hugh likewise. The Sheriff was
ordered to summon a Jury of 12 here on the morrow of All Souls to try the case, etc.
De Banco Roll 111, m. 128. Hilary, 24 Edward I., A.D. 1296.
Leyc.; Selona, who was the wife of William de Thorpe, recovers seisin of one acre of land in Querendon
from Emma the daughter of Mariota de Lughteburgh by the default of the defendant, who did not appear to
defend the case.
De Banco Roll 115, Attorneys. A.D. 1296.
Leye.; Ralph de Turvill appoints as his attorney Richard de Belegrave against Robert de Farnham in a
plea of debt.
De Banco Roll 111, m. 38.
Leyc.; Selona, who was the wife of William de Thorp, demands against Alice Bartolf of Little Thorp a
moiety of one acre of arable and one of meadow in Querdon on the Sore as her right and inheritance and into
which Alice has no right of Entry except by the said William, formerly Selona’s husband, who demised them
and in whose lifetime she could not withstand. And Alice comes and says that she has no claim except as
caretaker of the inheritance of John the son and heir of Geoffrey Barun, who is under age and not named in
the Writ. And she proffers a Charter under the name of William de Thorp, Selona’s former husband, which
testifies that William gave them to the said Geoffrey, the father, to hold the premises for himself and his heirs
in socage ; and Selona is not able to gainsay this, so she asks leave to withdraw her brief and she has it,
because she is poor. A.D. 1295.
The same Roll, m. 163.
Edward, by the grace of God, ete. To all our bailiffs and faithfull men to whom these present letters
come Greeting. Know ye that we have taken into our protection and defence our beloved and trusty Hugh
le Despencer, who is about to set out in our retinue to parts across the seas, His men, lands, things, rents
and all his possessions, etc. And therefore We command you to maintain, protect and defend the
said Hugh, his men, etc.
In witness of which We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, lasting until the feast of
Easter next to come; We will also that the same Hugh be quit of all pleas and suits, except pleas of dower,
quare impedit, Novel Disseisin and last Presentation unti] he returns into England. A.D. 1295.
As witness myself at Westminster 12th day of December in the 24th year of Our reign.
The same Roll, 162 d.
Leyc. ; Charter of Robert de Tateshal to Hugh de Vyenne of the Manor of Bredon for life. A.D. 1295,
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De Banco Roll 112, m. 51 d.
Norff.; John Lestrange, William de Setcheford and Adam de Pendere summoned to answer Michael de
Ponyngg for detention of cattle, etc.
And John comes by attorney and defends and says that a certain Robert de Aguylynn held the manor of
Flicham of Roger de Somery and Nichola his wife, of the inheritance of Nichola; the heirs being the same
John, Hen. de Herdington, Ralph Basset, and Reymund de Suleye, etc.
Palgrave’s Writs of Military Service, vol. 1, page 282. A.D. 1297.
The King to Our beloved and trusty kinsman Edmund, Ear] of Cornwall, Greeting.
Since for the purpose of preventing the Joss and damage which are likely to happen to Us and Our whole
Kingdom by the wiles of Our enemies, We lately ordered the Sheriffs singly to inform all those within and
without the liberties of their jurisdictions, as well those who hold of Us in Chief as those who do not so
hold, who have twenty pounds worth of land by the year or rents to that amount, To provide themselves with
arms and horses and prepare themselves without delay, so that they be prepared and ready to come to Us and
to go with Our person for the safety of themselves and the whole realm wherever We shall order them, and
We shall lead them to parts across the seas for the purpose of establishing this safety.
We require and demand that you assist as far as is necessary for the safety and common utility of the
said realm that they repair to Us at London on the Sunday next after the Octaves of Saint John the Baptist
next, to come prepared with horse and arms to cross with Ourself to the aforesaid parts to the honour of Our
and Your God for the safety and benefit aforesaid.
So that you will rightly receive for this Our thanks.
As witness at London the 15th day of May.
Here follows the list of those summoned :—
Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel. Robert Giffard. Lawrence de Sancto Mauro.
Robert de Hasteng. John de Bello Monte. Robert de Fornham.
Nicholas de Meygnel. John de Segrave. Hugh de Dodingseles.
William Trussel. Ralph Basset. Hugh le Despencer.
William de Cugho. John Marmyon. Geoffrey de Gresele.
Alan la Zousche. And many others.
The above seem to be all the names of those summoned who at that time or later had any connection
with the county of Leicester.
De Banco Roll 182, m. 193. Hilary, 28 Edward I., A.D. 1300.
Leyc.; Margery who was the wife of John le Norreys, by her attorney, offered herself against William
Martel in a plea of one-third part of 1 messuage and 3 acres of meadow and 1 acre of arable land in Barewe
and Querndon ; and against Adam Balle in a plea of a third part of 3 acres of land in Querndon and Mount-
sorell; and against John Tengy in a plea of a third part of 1 acre of arable and 1 rood of meadow in
Querndon; and against Roger the son of Ralph Burt in a plea of a third part of 1 messuage and 3 acres of
Jand in Querndon; and against Hugh le Despencer in a plea of a third part of 5 acres of land and 2 acres
of pasture in Querndon; and against Robert atte Stones in a plea of a third part of 2 acres of arable and
1 acre of pasture in Querndon; and against William de Waltham in a plea of a third part of 1 acre of land
in Querndon ; and against Robert Whytside in a plea of a third part of 1 acre of land in Querndon; and
against Richard de Lewes and Margery his wife in a plea of a third part of 1 acre of land in Querndon, which
she claims in dower.
And they did not come. Judgment: Let the third part be taken into the hands of the lord the King,
and a day fixed, and they are summoned to be here in 3 weeks from Easter-day.
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The same Roll, m. 188 d.
Leyc.; Blanche the Queen of Navarre, who was the wife of Edmund the King’s brother, Henry de Lacy,
Earl of Lancaster, and William de Grandisson, executors of the Will of the same Edmund, by their attorney,
offered themselves against Robert de Farnham in a plea that he render them £460 13s. tod. which he
unjustly detains. He did not appear. And the Sheriff did nothing, nor did he send the Writ. Therefore
the Sheriff was ordered to summon him here on the Octaves of Saint John the Baptist.
N.B.—Robert de Farnham had twice gone on service abroad with Edmund the King’s brother, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester,
who died on an expedition to Gascony in 1296. A search among the Duchy of Lancaster Records might reveal what position Robert
de Farnham held in the retinue of the Earl, as the sum of money demanded of him by the executors was a very large one for
those days.
De Banco Roll 139, m. 126 d. Trinity, 29 Edward I., A.D. 1301.
Leyc.; The Essoin of Countissa, who was the wife of Roger de Clifford, against Henry the son of
Henry de Erdyngton in a plea that whereas by the common utility of the realm it has been provided that no
one of the King’s realm should be distrained by his ploughing cattle or by his sheep for a debt of the King
or others, or on any other occasion by the bailiffs of the King or other men so long as he has other beasts by
which a reasonable distraint might be made on him for levying that debt, excepting always those beasts
which are found doing damage may be impounded according to law and the constitution of the King’s realm,
the same Henry took and impounded the ploughing beasts of the said Countissa at Barrowe-on-Soare, and
still holds them contrary to the law and the peace of the King. He did not appear. The Sheriff was ordered
to attach him, and he returned that he had nothing, therefore let him be attached by his person, so that he be
here on the Octaves of Saint Martin.
N.B.—The Statute quoted above sounds reasonable enough, but the Sheriffs return sounds absurd. Are we to believe that the
lord of the manor of Barrow had no goods or chattels which the Sheriff could attach? Probably Henry de Erdyngton was a more
difficult person to tackle than the widow, hence the prudent Sheriff.
Chancery Inquisition, volume 1, 175, Leicester. A.D. 1301.
Inquisition taken after the death of William de Bifield, who had married the widow of Sir Henry de
Erdyngton (Matilda de Sumery).
No details of the manor of Barrow are given, but the heir is stated to be Henry de Erdyngton the son of
Matilda by her first husband Sir Henry de Erdyngton, and his age is given as 24 years. Matilda his mother
was already dead.
Leicester Assize Roll 13827, m. 11 d. 30 Edward I., A.D. 1302.
The Assize comes to recognize whether Henry de Erdyngton, John Brid and Robert the Carpenter
unjustly disseised John Hamelyn of his common of pasture in Barewe-on-Sore, wherefore he complains that
they disseised him of common of pasture in 100 acres of arable and 200 acres of pasture for 8 oxen and
4 beasts from May 1 until the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula if the cattle of the said Henry there commoned.
And Henry de Erdyngton comes and the others are not found. And Henry replies for them as bailiff
and says he has done no injury or disseisin, and puts himself on the Assize.
And the said John Hamelyn says that a certain Henry de Erdyngton, father of the said Henry, granted
to William Hamelyn his father and Joan his mother and their heirs and assigns free pasturage for 8 oxen and
4 beasts annually from May 1 to August 1 in the fields of Barewe in writing, which he proffers, and which
testifies to the said gift and grant, by which he says William and Joan were seised of the common of pasture
all their lives and died seised thereof, after which he likewise was seised as son and heir of the said William
until Henry and the others unjustly disseised him of it. And he prays that enquiry be made by the Assize.
And Henry acknowledges the writing and says that the Assize ought not to be made, for he says that the
said tenements which John claims were the right and inheritance of a certain Matilda, mother of the said
Henry, and that the said Henry his father had no right in those tenements except by nomination of the said
Matilda, to whom the right and inheritance belonged. And he seeks Judgment as to whether Henry his.
father could deal with the tenements.
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And John acknowledges that the tenements were the right and inheritance of Matilda de Erdyngton,
mother of Henry, but he says the said Henry the father gave to William and Joan and their heirs, whose heir
he is, the said common of pasture by the said writing, and warranted it for his heirs, nor can the said heir
gainsay that the tenements descended to him from the said Henry his father, and also that he was seised of
the said common of pasture all the life of Henry the father, and for 15 years after the death of the father
Henry, during the lifetime of the said Matilda, and he seeks Judgment.
N.B.—As Sir Henry de Erdyngton died in 1282, the above suit would imply that Matilda, his widow, died in 1297.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 33 Edward I., A.D, 1305.
This is the Final Agreement made at Westminster on the morrow of St. John the Baptist before Ralph
de Hengham, William de Bereford and others, Justices, and faithful men of the:Jord the King there present.
Between Ralph de Turvill of Normanton and Ala his wife, plaintiffs, and Alexander Pygot of Barewe,
defendant, of 8 messuages and one virgate of land in Burton and Walton-on-the-Wolds. Ralph acknowledges
the tenements to be the right of Alexander as those which Alexander has of the gift of the said Ralph. And
for this acknowledgement Alexander granted the tenements to the said Ralph and Ala, to have and to hold
to Ralph and Ala of the Chief lords of the Fee all the lives of Ralph and Ala.
And after the deaths of both Ralph and Ala the said tenements shall wholly remain to Ralph the son of
the said Ralph and the heirs of his body, and if Ralph the son of Ralph die without heirs of his body, then
to the right heirs of Ralph de Turvill for ever.
De Banco Roll 152, Attorneys. 9 Trinity, 33 Edward I., A.D. 1305.
Leyc.; Robert the son of John de Fornham appoints as his attorney Roger de Querendon against Robert
de Forman in a Plea of Covenant.
Leyc. ; Robert de Fornam appoints as his attorney Walter de Thorp against Robert the son of John de
Forman in a plea of Covenant.
N.B.—The above appointment of attorneys shews the erratic spelling of the clerks of those days. It is unfortunate that the record
of the suit itself, if ever it came to a hearing, is not recorded.
Respecting the family of Pygot or Picott, Nichols says (vol. iii., p. 62) that Peter Picott had an inheritance
in Barrow in 1183, and in 1195 Gilbert, the son of Picott, knight, had fair possessions at Barrow, Segrave,
etc., and in 1219 had issue William, whose property, about the middle of the reign of King Henry III., passed
by daughters to Murdack and Iireys, and one third part to John Nicholas Picott, which came soon after to
Gilbert Petemon; yet Alexander and Robert Picott and others of the same family continued residents here till
the reign of King Edward II. Peter Picott, the Jast heir male of his family, died without issue in 1313,
Simon Senvile, the son of his sister Margery, and Isabel Touke his other sister being his heirs.
N.B.—Leicester Assize Roll 454, m.13 d. A.D. 1247.
The Assize comes to recognize whether Gilbert Picot, the uncle of Henry Murdak, of Agnes the wife of Thomas le lireys and of
Nicholas Picot, was seised in his demesne as of fee of 3 shillings of rent in Burton on the day he died, which rent Hugh de Bereghes
holds, who comes and well he allows that the said Gilbert, the uncle of the said Henry and the others, concerning whose death the
Assize is arraigned, died seised of the said rent in his demesne as of fee, as in the brief contained, and that Henry and the others are the
next heirs of the said Gilbert. And he renders to the said Nicholas his part of the said rent, namely, 12 pence,
De Banco Roll 158, m. 48. Hilary, 34 Edward I., A.D. 1306.
Idonea who was the wife of Ralph, son of Peter, offered herself, by her attorney, against Robert the son of
John de Farnham in a plea of a third part of one acre of land and one rood of meadow with the appurtenances
in Querndon ; and against John the son of Hugh de Querendon ina plea of a third part of 2 acres of land in the
same township; and against Ralph the son of Roger le Fevre in a plea of a third part of 2 acres of land and
one acre of meadow in the same township; and against Richard the son of Margery Blundel in a plea of a
third part of 3 acres of land and 1 acre of meadow in the same township ; and against Master Simon de
Anderdeby in a plea of a third part of half an acre of land in the same township, which she claims in dower.
And they did not come, and they were summoned. Judgment: Let the third part be taken into the hands
of the lord the King, and they are summoned to be here on the quindene of Easter, etc.
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The same Roll, m. 232 d.
Leyc. ; The Essoin of John de Segrave offered himself against Sarra who was the wife of Robert de
Farnham in a plea that the same John render her the third part of one messuage, one carucate of land and 100
shillings of rent with the appurtenances in Querndon, which the same Sarra claims in dower against him. And
she did not appear. And she was the Plaintiff. Therefore it was adjudged that the Essoin of the said John
may go without a day, and the said Sarra and her pledges to prosecute are in mercy. Let the names of her
pledges be enquired.
N.B.—Presumably Sarra was the second wife of Robert de Farnham, as his first wife’s name was Mathania.
Leicester Assize Roll 1332, m. 63. February 1, A.D. 1306.
Excuses taken at Eston juxta Rogingham Brigge before William de Mortui Mari and Roger de Bello
Fago, Justices appointed for holding the Assizes in the county of Leycester, on Tuesday the eve of Saint
Lawrence in the 34th year of the reign of King Edward, son of King Henry.
Robert the son of John de Farnham against William Dogel, William le Taylur, William de Sapecote,
William de Cortlingstoke, Stephen de Alcok, John Hemery and Emma his wife, William de Sywoldeby and
Robert Sweting of Mountsorel in a plea of Assize of “ Novel Disseisin”” on Monday next after the Feast of
the Purification of the Blessed Mary at Leycester.
Leicester Assize Roll 466, m. 12. June 26, A.D. 1307. (The Assize.)
Assizes held at Leycester before P. de Malo Lacu and his fellows, Justices of the lord the King appointed
for the purpose of taking Assizes in the aforesaid county, on Monday next after the feast of the Nativity of
St. John the Baptist in the 35th year of the reign of King Edward I.
The Assize comes to recognize whether William Dogel, William le Taillur of Mountsore], William de
Sapecote, William de Kirklingstok, Stephen de Alcok, William de Sywoldeby and Robert Sweting had
unjustly disseised Robert the son of John de Farnham from his free tenement in the Town of Mountsorel,
whence he complains that they disseised him of four messuages.
And William le Taillur, William de Kirkelingstoke, Stephen de Alcok and Robert Sweting come. And
the others do not come. And the aforesaid William le Taillur answers for them as bailiff. And he said that
they had done no injury nor disseisin. And he places this before the Assize. And Robert de Farnham
likewise places himself on the Assize. And the said William and the others say, nothing, wherefore. let the
Assize be taken. And let it be respited until Monday after the feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist on
account of the Recognators, because none came, therefore let the Sheriff attach their bodies. Afterwards on
that day came the said Robert the plaintiff. And the said William le Taillur and William de Sapecote
likewise came, also the Recognators. The said William Dogel and the others did not come, nor did anyone
answer for them. Let the Assize therefore be taken against them in default.
The Jurors say on oath that the aforesaid William Dogel and all the others named in the Writ did
unjustly and without judgment disseise with force and arms the aforesaid Robert de Farnham from the four
said messuages as the said Robert did complain.
Judgment: Therefore it is adjudged that the aforesaid Robert de Farnham recover his seisin by the view
of the Recognators, also his damages, which the Jurors assess at 50 shillings. And that the said William le
Taillur and William de Sapecote be committed to Gaol. And that William Dogel and the others be taken.
And afterwards William de Sapecote pays a Fine of 5 shillings by the pledges of Alexander Pigot,
Thomas Iires, Thomas le Hauker and Warren de Segrave, clerk. And William le Taillur pays a Fine of half
a mark by the same pledges, also each of the others pay respectively Fines of half a mark by the same pledges.
Coram Rege Roll 186, m. 52. 34 Edward I., A.D. 1306.
Leycester ; Reginald Coleman, Roger Belamy, Robert son of Walter, William de Sapecote, Reginald
Geffrey, Roger Boner, Stephen Hikedon, Richard le Barker and Stephen Dalcok of Mountsorel were attached
to answer to Roger de Querendon in a plea wherefore with force and arms they consumed the herbage of the
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same Roger at Querendon lately growing in his meadow at Querendon with their cattle, and took and carried
away his goods and chattels there found to the value of 100 shillings and other enormities; whence he
complains that on Wednesday next after the feast of St. Lawrence, in the 34th year of the reign of the now
King and for 15 days following, the said Reginald and the others, with force and arms, with their cattle,
namely, horses, oxen and cows, depastured the grass of the same Roger de Querendon in his meadow at
Querendon in a certain place called “ Outwordeholm and Le Stonysike,” and took and carried away his goods
and chattels, namely, hay and mown grass to the value of 100 shillings, and other enormities, whereby he
says he is damaged to the value of £10. And thus he produces his suit.
And the said Reginald and the others come and defend force and injury and whatever is alleged
concerning the hay and mown grass and they say they are in no wise guilty, for they say that on the day
mentioned they did not depasture any grass of the said Roger there, and they say that the villages of
Querendon and Mountsorel common together, and that they on Wednesday next after the feast of Saint
Bartholomew following after the mown grass and corn had been carried away, were depasturing their common
as is lawful for them to do without doing any trespass to Roger there. And concerning this matter they put
themselves on the country.
And Roger says that Reginald and the others did commit the trespass as he complains, and asks for an
inquiry into it.
De Banco Roll 163, m. 202. Easter, 35 Edward I., A.D. 1307.
Leye.; Richard the son of Richard de Roule, by his attorney, offered himself against Robert de Farnham
in a plea of one acre of Jand in Querndon which he claims against him. He did not appear, and he was to
be here on this day by his Essoin. Judgment: Let the land be taken into the King’s hands, and he is
summoned to be here in three weeks from Saint Michael.
The same Roll. Attorneys.
Leyc.; Richard the son of Richard de Roule appoints as his attorney Roger de Querendon or Roger
Bourt against Hugh the son of John Herberd, Robert atte Stones, Richard Saxi, Agnes Braunch, Robert the
son of John de Farnham and William Martel in a plea of land. ,
The same Roll. Attorneys.
Leyc.; Alexander Pygod of Barue appoints as his attorney Roger de Queryngdon against William the
son of John Je Fauken in a plea of debt.
The same Roll, m. 55 d.
Leyc. ; Gilbert the son of Gilbert Petman of Barewe gives 20 shillings for leave to agree with Alexander
Pygot of Barewe in a plea of Covenant concerning tenements in Barewe and Querendon. And they have
a Chirograph.
De Banco Roll 164, m, 339. Trinity, 35 Edward I., A.D. 1307.
Leyc.; Henry le Tailleur of Querendon offered himself against William de Caldewell of Mountsorell,
Roger Belamy, Roger Boner, Adam Ulle, Adam his son, Robert the son of Walkelein, Stephen Hikedon,
Reginald Geffrey, John Hikedon, Richard le Barkere, Stephen Dalcok, William le Lepere and William ad
Caput Ville of Mountsorell, in a plea of depasturing his herbage at Querendon and theft of goods and
chattels of Henry’s there found to the value of 100 shillings. They did not appear, and the Sheriff was
ordered to distrain them and produce them here on the quindene of St. Martin.
De Banco Roll 170, m. 195. Easter, 1 Edward II., A.D. 1308.
Leyc.; Richard the son of Richard de Roule demands against Hugh le Despencer one acre of land in
Querendon as his right by a Writ of Entry.
And Hugh comes by attorney and asks to see the Title; let him have it. A day is given them in 15
days from Michaelmas.
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The same Roll, m. 77 d.
Leyc.; Roger Bourt of Querendon offered himself against Margery the daughter of Thomas Felawe of
Wodehouses in a plea of one messuage in Wodehouses which he claims against her. She did not appear.
Judgment: Let the messuage be taken into the King’s hands and a day given them.
De Banco Roll 173, m. 166 and m. 268. A.D. 1308.
Leyc. ; Richard the son of Richard de Roule demands against Hugh the son of John Herberd and against
John le Rous of Querndon one acre of land each in Querndon.
De Banco Roll 175. Hilary, 2 Edward II., A.D. 1309.
Leyc; Alice who was the wife of Geoffrey Baroun demands against Roger the son of Richard Baroun of
Querndon two parts of one messuage and one virgate of Jand in Prestwold ;
And against Richard de Lewes of Querndon and Margaret his wife one third part of one messuage and
one virgate of land in Querndon as her right by a writ of Entry. And Roger, Richard and Margaret come by
attorney.
And Richard and Margaret say that as far as concerns the said third part sought against them, that they
hold it in dower of the same Margaret of the inheritance of the said Roger the son of Richard. And further
they call to warrant the same Roger, who is present in Court, and he warrants to them.
While as to the two parts sought against him, the same Roger calls further to warrant Robert de
Whatton and Sabina his wife, John Blankemeyn and Margaret his wife and Stephen the son of Geoffrey de
Wymunwold and Joan his wife.
Let him have them here by the aid of the Court on the morrow of the feast of Saint John the Baptist.
De Banco Roll 178, m. 103 d. Trinity, A.D. 1309,
Leyc.; Hugh le Despencer, by his attorney, offered himself against Geoffrey de Saint Paul in a plea that
he be here on this day to warrant to him one acre of Jand in Querendon which Richard the son of Richard de
Roule claims here in Court against him as his right. He did not appear, and he was summoned. Judgment:
Let there be taken into the King’s hands of the land of Geoffrey to the value, etc. And he is summoned to
be here on the morrow of Saint Martin ; the same day is given to Richard.
De Banco Roll 179, m. 399. Michaelmas, 3 Edward II., A.D. 1309.
Leyc.; John le Rus of Querndon offered himself against John the son of Hugh Daddy of Barewe in a
plea that he be here on this day to warrant to him one acre of land in Querndon which Richard the son of
Richard de Rougle claims here in Court as his right. He did not come. Judgment: Let the land be taken
into the King’s hands from the said John the son of Hugh to the value, etc. And a day is given in three
weeks of Easter.
De Banco Roll 182, m. 56. A.D. 1310.
Leyc.; Richard the son of Richard de Roule recovers one acre of land in Querndon against William
Martel of Querndon by default.
Palgrave’s Writs of Military Summons. A.D. 13810. ;
Robert de Fornham, one of the Sergeants performing military service due from the Bishop of Lincoln.
Muster at Tweedmouth on September 17th.
Close Rolls, Westminster. February 10th, A.D. 1310.
Robert de Farnham, who served the late King, is sent to the Prior and Convent of Kirkeby to receive
the necessaries of life in food and clothing according to the requirements of his estate for himself and a
groom.
N.B.—This was a cheap way of providing for old retainers, and was often used by the early Kings in the case of Abbeys of Royal
Foundation. Probably Robert de Farnham had no wife or children at home to look after him, so the King exercised the Royal privilege
for Robert’s benefit.
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In 1311 it was found by an Inquisition post mortem that Mabil de Sulley, deceased, held one quarter of
the Manor of Barrow-on-Soar of the King in Chief, as of the Honor of Chester, by the service of one quarter
of a Knight’s Fee, and that Raymund de Sulley, her son and heir, was then aged 40 years and more.
ex Escheats, 5 Edward II. No. 12. Leicester.
Patent Roll, Westminster. March 25, 1310.
Pardon after an Inquisition ad quod damnum taken by Walter de Gloucestre, Escheator this side Trent,
to Philip de Burley for acquiring for life, without the licence of the late King, from Reymund de Sulley, a
fourth part of the Manor of Barrow-on-Sore in the county of Leycester, and of Olney in the county of Bucks,
held in Chief as of the Honor of Chester, subject to a yearly payment to the grantor of the sum of £20 for
the former, and of its true value for the latter, with restitution of the same.
If the lands and tenements of the grantor fall into the King’s hands for any time, he is to pay the above
sums to the King.
By a Fine of 100 shillings for the King’s Letters.
Mandate in pursuance to Walter de Gloucestre, Escheator this side Trent.
In 1316 Raymund de Sulley died seised of £20 of rent, arising out of a quarter of the Manor of Barrow-
on-Sore, which Philip de Burley held for term of his life of the King in Chief as parcel of his earldom of
Chester by the service of a quarter of one Knight’s Fee, and Elizabeth the wife of William de Brewes was the
daughter and next heir of the said Raymund de Sulley, and then was aged 20 years.
ex Escheats, 10 Edward II. No. 52. Leicester.
N.B.—After this date we lose all trace of the Sulley family in connection with the Manor of Barrow.
Leicester Assize Roll, m. 11, 13850. 4 Edward II., A.D. 1811.
The Assize comes to recognize whether Henry, the son of Jordan de Barewe, and Ralph Boket of
Barewe unjustly disseised Thomas the son of Simon le Eyr of Barewe and Margery his wife from their free
tenement in Barewe-on-Sore, whence they complain that they disseised them of half of one messuage.
The Jury say on oath that Henry and Ralph did unjustly disseise Thomas and Margaret of the said half
of one messuage as they complain.
Therefore it is adjudged that Thomas and Margaret recover their seisin by the View of the Recognators,
and their damages, which they assess at 40 pence. And Henry and Ralph are in mercy.
De Banco Roll 188, m. 60. Michaelmas, A.D, 1311.
Leye.; Robert de Stokton, by William de Twyford his attorney, offered himself against Robert de
Farnham in a plea that he render him 7 marks and 10 shillings which he owes him and unjustly withholds.
He did not appear. Judgment: Let him be attached so that he be here on the quindene of Hilary.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Hilary, 4 Edward II., A.D. 1311.
Between Thomas the son of Roger de Sixtenby, plaintiff, and John de Halstede and Letitia his wife,
defendants, of 29 shillings and 8 pence of rent in Querndon. Thomas acknowledges the rent to be the right
of Letitia, and for this acknowledgement John and Letitia granted the rent to the said Thomas and his heirs
for ever, rendering annually therefore one Rose at the Nativity of St. John Baptist for all services. And
if Thomas die without children, then the rent shall revert to John and Letitia and the heirs of Letitia
for ever.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Quindene of Kaster, 4 Edward II., A.D. 1311.
Between Nicholas de Wydmerpol and Roger Burt, plaintiffs, and Master Robert de Wydmerpol (parson
of the Church of Swafeild), defendant, of 4 messuages, one carucate of land, and ten acres of meadow in
Quernedon juxta Barrowe. Nicholas and Roger acknowledge the tenements to be the right of Master Robert,
and for this acknowledgement Master Robert granted the said tenements to the said Nicholas for life, and
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after the death of Nicholas the premises will wholly remain to Roger, and after Roger’s death to Thomas the
son of Nicholas de Wydmerpol and his heirs for ever.
Leicester Assize Roll 1408. 5 Edward II., A.D. 1312.
m.8, Adam Martel of Querndon, who brought an Assize of “ Novel Disseisin ” against Adam the son
of Adam Martel of Querndon and others in a Writ of Tenements in Barewe-on-Sore, does not prosecute his
Suit, therefore both he and his pledges to prosecute, namely, John de Querndon and Adam Attebarre, are
in mercy.
And Adam the son of Adam is without a day.
m. 35 d. Margaret, who was the wife of Ralph de Arnhale, appoints Robert de Farnham or Roger
Bourt as her attorneys against John Child of Billesdon and others in a Writ of Assize of “ Novel Disseisin.”
m. 12d, The Assize comes to recognize whether Richard de Roughle, Matilda, who was the wife of
Thomas de Roughle, and John the son of the same Matilda, Thomas Chantour, John Hare and the Lambhird
unjustly disseised Alice the daughter (? sister) of Ranulph the son of Geoffrey from her free tenement in Nether
Wodehouses juxta Swythelond, and whence she complains that they disseised her of one messuage and 3 acres
of arable land with the appurtenances.
Matilda replies as Tenant of the third part of the said tenements placed in the View, and says she holds
the third part in dower of the gift of Thomas de Roughle, formerly her husband, as she is ready to prove.
And the said John the son of Matilda replies as Tenant of two parts of the tenements placed in the View,
and says that the Reversion after the death of Matilda belongs to him, for he says that Ranulph the son of
Geoffrey, brother of the said Alice, whose heir she is, gave those tenements to Thomas the son of Richard de
Roughle, father of the same John, whose heir he is, to have and to hold to the same Thomas and his heirs for
ever, and warranted those tenements for himself and his heirs to the said Thomas de Roughle and his heirs
against all men for ever, as the Charter of Ranulph certifies.
And Alice says that the said Ranulph died seised of those tenements in his demesne as of Fee, after
whose death she entered into those tenements as sister and heir, until she was unjustly disseised by Richard
and the others.
The Suit was respited to the Thursday after the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary at Leicester.
De Banco Roll 205, m. 120 d. Easter, 7 Edward II., A.D. 1314.
Leyc.; Roger Tengy of Querndon and Agnes his wife as well as Richard De Roule and John atte
Townsende of Barewe demand from John Boun of Querndon one messuage and one virgate of land which
Thomas le Prest gave to Matilda his sister and her issue, and which, after Matilda’s death and the deaths of
her sisters Alice and Isabel, should come to Agnes the daughter and to Richard and John as kinsmen
and heirs.
John Boun denies the gift, and the Sheriff was ordered to summon a Jury to try the case.
Close Rolls, Westminster. June 16th, A.D. 1316.
Robert de Karliolo is sent to the Prior and Convent of Monk’s Kirkeby to receive the necessaries of life in
the place of Robert de Farnham, deceased.
Feudal Aids, volume 5, p. 181. County of Leicester. A.D. 1316.
This return is printed under Warwickshire, the reason being that in those days the counties of Warwick
and Leicester were under one Sheriff.
Hundred of Goscote.
The King’s Writ.
Edward by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland and Aquitaine, to the Sheriff of Warwick
and Leycestre, Greeting.
Because for certain reasons We desire to be informed what and how many Hundreds are in your bailiwick,
whose they are, and who and what citizens, burgesses and townships may be in each of those Hundreds, and
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who the Lords of them may be; We command you strictly enjoining that by all means and ways whatever
you inform yourself more fully concerning the premises, so that you will be able more fully to inform Our
Treasurers and Barons of Our Exchequer on this matter in your next return to the Exchequer, and that you
yourself in your own person be at the said Exchequer at your next return for this purpose, unless you have Our
licence to be absent, in which case that you send such a person to make the said return as shall be in a position
to more fully inform the said Treasurers and Barons concerning the premises. So that no fault may be found
with the person you send to the Exchequer by which We should attach great blame to you, and that you have
there this Writ.
Witness myself at Clipston the fifth day of March in the ninth year of Our reign.
Baruwe and Querndon : Henry de Erdinton, Philip de Burle and Robert de Farnham.
Wodehus, Serlesthorp, Wodethorp and Knyghthorp: Hugh Je Despencer, Thomas de Thorp and Serlo
de Thorp.
Mountsorel : John de Segrave.
N.B.—The inclusion of Robert de Farnham among the lords of Barowe and Quorndon was probably on account of his ownership
of the little manor of Russhall, a reputed manor in Woodhouse parish now and known as Rushy Fields. Philip de Burle is included on
account of the lease of the fourth part of the Barrow inanor, which he held from Raymund de Sulley.
Close Rolls, York. November 29th, A.D. 1818.
Order to deliver to Thomas de Fournivall the younger and Joan his wife, daughter and heiress of Theobald
de Verdon, tenant in Chief, a Fee in Herteshorn in the county of Derby, which John de Shorthales and the
heirs of Robert de Farnham hold, of the yearly value of 10 marks.
Patent Roll, York. May 16th, A.D. 1322.
Commission of Oyer and Terminer to Roger Beler, Hugh de Prestwold and Ralph Beler on complaint by
John Hamelyn that Thomas Blaunfrount, Simon de Bereford and William his brother and Henry de Leekeburn'
and others entered his Manors of Wymondham, Burton St. Lazars and Barrowe-on-Sore in the county of
Leicester and committed divers trespasses in his parks there. By the King.
Patent Roll. May 28th, A.D. 1322.
Commission of Oyer and Terminer to Richard de Wylughby, Roger de Beler and William de Gosefeld
that William Trussel and William his son, Roger la Zouche and Ralph his brother, Thomas de Bredon,
Robert de Holand and Robert de Dalton and others entered the Manor of Loughborough, and Beaumanor and
Querndon in the county of Leycester, lately in the King’s hands, and committed divers trespasses there. By
Privy Seal.
Patent Roll, March 14th, 1323.
Commission of Oyer and Terminer to the same Justices, on complaint by Hugh le Despencer, Earl of
Winchester, that William Trussell and William his son, Roger la Zouche and Ralph his brother, William de
Bredon, Robert de Holand, Robert de Dalton, William de Staunton, chivaler, John the son of William de
Ferrers, Robert de Farnham, Walter de Busseby, John Mallesores of Lubbenham and William de Sileby
of Mountsorel and others entered his Manors of Loughborough, Beaumanor, Querndon, etc., in the county of
Leycester, broke the gates of the Manors and doors and windows of the houses therein and his chests there,
took away his horses, oxen, sheep, pigs and swans, and broke his parks.
ex Palgrave’s Writs, pp. 636—640. May 9th, 17 Edward II., A.D. 1324.
This is a List of the Knights and Esquires summoned to attend the Council at Westminster to deliberate
on the state of the Realm on the 30th of May A.D. 1324.
County of Leicester.
The King’s Writ.
Epwarp by the grace of God King of England, lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine, to the Sheriff of
Warwyck and Leycester, Greeting.
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Whereas on account of certain great and arduous concerns greatly touching us and the state of Our
Realm, We have commanded the Prelates, Earls, Barons and other Magnates of Our Realm that they be with
Us at Westminster on Sunday next after the ensuing feast of the Ascension, and there to treat with Us on
the matters aforesaid, and We would have the counsel and advice of the Knights of the various Counties of
Our said Realm on the said concerns. So We order you, firmly enjoining, that in your full County Court
and in the several places in your Bailiwick, as well within liberties as without, wherever you shall see it to be
expedient, you cause it publickly to be proclaimed on Our part.
“That all and singular the Knights of your said Bailiwick, as wel] within liberties as without, postponing
everything else and putting aside all excuse be with Us at the said House of Westminster on Wednesday
next after the said Sunday (i.e. May 30) there to treat and give counsel with Us, and with the Prelates, Earls,
Barons and Magnates aforesaid on the said concerns.”
Witness myself at Westminster g May in the 17th year of Our reign.
Those summoned are divided into Milites and Armigeri ad arma.
Robert de Veer, earl of Oxford.
William de Ferrariis.
William la Zouche.
Ralf Mallore.
Richard de Egebaston.
.... de Campania.
William Mottona, jun.
William de Verdun.
Thomas de Chaworth.
Hugo de Nevill.
William Wasteneys.
John Folevill de Asshby.
William le Blount.
William Brabazon.
John de Langeton.
....«la Zouche.
James de Audeley.
John de Boivill.
Philip de Columbers.
John Damory.
Robert de Diggeby.
Philip de Folevill.
Robert de Halleford.
Ralf Malesoures.
Will de Nevill.
Richard Ram of Thorp.
Edmund de Shirford.
Thomas de Thorp.
Thomas de Wenlesbergh.
By the King himself.
Milites.
Robert de Reygate.
Henry de Bello Monte.
John de Segrave.
.... de Harecourt.
John de Olney.
Philip de Nevil.
William de Nevill.
Edmund de Appilby.
William le Botiller.
Thomas Bardolf.
Reginald son of Reginald.
Ralf de Monhemer.
Ralf de Sica Villa.
Roger Beler.
William Bernack.
John de Harington.
Armigeri ad arma.
John Aungervill.
Robert Burdet.
William de Cotes.
Henry Danvers.
Robert Dosevill.
Albert de Grele.
John de Linle.
John Maunsel of Tirlinton.
Nicholas de Noveray.
Elias de Revede.
Geoffrey de Skeffinton.
Ralf Turvill.
Ralf Grym.
....de Stanlowe.
Richard le Grey.
.... de Penbrugge.
Roger Corbet.
....« Mallore.
William Mottona, sen.
Richard de Charnels.
William de Herle.
Hugo de Meynel.
Robert de Hausleyde.
William de Staunton.
John de Bakepuz.
John Hamelyn.
Robert de Wyvill.
Hugh de Prestwold.
. . de Wedon.
Simon Basset.
Edmund Burdet.
Will son of Stephen Cotes.
John de Diggeby.
Robert de Farnham.
John Hauclut.
Anketil de Martivaus.
William de Mousele.
John de Overton.
Richard de Shilton.
John Talbot.
Ralf le Weer.
De Banco Roll 253, m. 265. Michaelmas, 18 Edward II., A.D. 1324.
Leyc.; Roger Bourt of Querndon, by Hugh de Loughteburgh his attorney, demands against Walter le
Cat of Barewe 6 acres of land and appurtenances in Querndon. And Walter, by his attorney Reginald de
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Ingwardeby, came, and as before he asks to see the Title. Let him have it. A day is given them in 3 weeks
from Easter, at which day the Sheriff returned that he gave the order to Thomas de Walton, bailiff, of the
Honor of Winton, who did nothing. Therefore the Sheriff was ordered not to omit, and he was also ordered.
to produce the body of the bailiff.
The same Roll, Attorneys, m. 16.
Leyc.; William Rolland of Wodehouses and Clementia his wife, Thomas Agneys and Alice his wife,
Thomas Balle and Margery his wife, all of Wodehouses, against William the son of John de Kynwaston of
Wodehouses, Roger Martel and John his son of Querndon, and Henry Tengy of Wodehouses in a plea
of land.
The same Roll, Attorneys, 15 d.
Leyc.; Richard de Lewes of Querndon the elder appoints as his attorney Richard de Gadesby or Richard
Rouges of Benyngton of Barowe in an action concerning land.
Coram Rege Roll 259, m. 40 d. Hillary, 18 Edward II., A.D. 1325.
Leicester ; Richard de Perers, by his attorney, Edmond of Canterbury, offered himself on the fourth day
against Master Ralph de Querndon, parson of the Church of Norton, Robert de Farnham, Robert Freman of
Norton, William de Segrave, Roger Bolehered and Richard le Cowherde, in a plea whereas the same Richard
de Perers in his damage at Goupushill (Gopshall) by William de Tunford his servant, caused the cattle of the
aforesaid Ralph to be taken and wished to have impounded them according to the law and custom of this King’s
reign, the aforesaid Ralph, Robert, Robert, William, Roger and Richard with force and arms rescued those
cattle and there made an assault on his men and servants, and beat, wounded and illtreated them, whereby the
said Richard de Perers lost their services for some time, and did other enormous things, etc., to the “great
damage, etc., and against the peace, etc. And they do not come, etc. And the Sheriff was commanded to
attach them, and the Sheriff returned that the aforesaid Master Ralph de Querndon is attached by John Lark
and Robert Bare; and that Robert de Farnham is attached by John de Querndon and John Norman; and
Robert Freman by John de Norton and Richard Diconis, etc., so that they are in mercy. And the Sheriff was
commanded to distrain by all their lands, ete. And that the issues, etc. And that he have their bodies before
the King in three weeks from Easter, wheresoever, etc.
In the same Roll, m. 19, Robert de Farnham appears as bail for Peter, son of Peter de Gresley, and
Robert, son of Peter his brother, Joan the wife of Walter de Montgomery and William de Northfolke.
De Banco Roll 264, m. 4d. Michaelmas, 20 Edward II., A.D. 1326.
Leyc.; Thomas the son of Thomas lires of Barewe offered himself against William Belamy of Mountsorell
and Ada his wife in a plea of one acre in Barewe.
The same Roll, Attorneys, 7.
Leyc.; Isabel the wife of John Baroun of Querndon against Thomas de Roule.
The same Roll, Attorneys, m. 8 d.
Leyc.; Hugh the son of Hugh Herbert of Querendon, John Je Somenour of Barewe, Richard Hervy of
Barewe, William Bille, Henry Eyr of Barewe, John the son of John Daddy of Barewe, John Jouse and
William Hervy appoint as their attorney Hugh de Lughteburgh against Richard de Roule, John le Warde of
Barewe, John de Widmerpol and Matilda his wife, Adam Stulpe and Isabella his wife, Margery Herberd and
Isabel Tengy in a plea of land.
Close Roll, Westminster. February 10th, 1327.
To the Sheriff of Leycester,
Henry de Bello Monte and Alice his wife have shewn to the King, by their petition before him and
his Council in Parliament, that whereas John Comyn, sometime Earl of Boghan, uncle of Alice and of Margaret
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her sister, of whom they are the heiresses, died seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Whitewyk, and
the ]ate King caused the manor to be taken into his hands by reason of the minority of the heiresses, the late
King granted the custody thereof, during such minority, to the aforesaid Henry de Bello Monte, and afterwards,
when Alice and Margaret were of full age, he rendered Alice’s purparty thereof to Henry and Alice, and
granted to them Margaret’s purparty until he had taken the homage therefore due to him; but meanwhile
William de Boghan, falsely asserting that he had been enfeoffed of the manor by John Comyn, entered thereon
while the manor was in the late King’s hands, and made (while he held the same) a recognizance for £4000
before the Lord Mayor of London and the Clerk of Recognizances there to Hugh le Despencer the elder, which
recognizance by Hugh’s forfeiture has fallen into the King’s hands; and as William de Boghan had no right in
the said manor, nor to make the said recognizance, Henry and Alice have prayed the King to restore to them
the manor discharged of the said recognizance; the King therefore orders the Sheriff to deliver the aforesaid
manor to Henry and Alice discharged of the said £4000, as the King is bound to render to heirs when they
come of age their lands as much discharged as when they came into his hands or the hands of his progenitors.
N.B.—The above Roll entirely upsets Potter's suggestion (p. 74) that the proximity of Beaumanor to Whitwick resulted in the
marriage of Henry de Beaumont and Alice Comyn, for there was no connection between Beaumanor and Beaumonts before 1327, when
Henry de Beaumont had a grant of Beaumanor as a reward for his desertion of his King and benefactor Edward II., previous to which
the same Henry had received from Edward II. the custody of the Comyn heiresses. It is much more probable that Alice Comyn’s fortune
prompted Henry de Beaumont to ask for the guardianship with the intention of marrying her to himself as soon as possible.
Lay Subsidy Roll 133-1. 1 Edward III., A.D. 1327.
Collectors: Hugh de Prestwold and Roger de Belgrave.
Barwe (Barrow-on-Soar). ee. ep Querndon. Ss.
Henry d’Erdyngton . . . . 13 6 Ralf Basset F 10 0
Henry Daddy . . . ‘ « 4. 2 Robert de Farnham . 1 6
William Grage ‘ ‘ . ne Richard de Lewes 2 0
Hugh le Cat. : . ee 3 0 John Baron : : : 3.0
John Grage . ; : . .- 2.0 Roger Bourt . : ; . Io
Nicholas atte Asshe & 2 Pe ae: Adam Martel . Se o 8
John Hamelyn : 5 , 2 2 2 William Martel. ‘ , 2 6
Richard Rouges. : : - 5 0 Hugh Herbert . : : : 3.0
Thomas Daddi . 6 6 Richard de Boudon . ‘ : 2 0
Roger Hervy % 3 Ralph Blundel . : : 2 0
Henry ad pontem_.. é : ig Isabell Elys. : : . Io
John James. i ‘ . - 30 John Martel 2 0
John Somenour . ; : %. ie 38
John de Bradewey . : : » 8 5 oO,
Thomas Huy . B : F a W odehouses.
Robert de Onelep_ . ; . . 20 Henry de Bellomonte ‘ ‘ . 8 Oo
Simon de Rakedal . ‘i ‘ - 6 8 William Gerard . : . - 5 0
Thomas ad grana_ . ‘ js - 60 William Rouland. . : - 4 °=0
Richard Oy. . : 3 . 20 Richard Hare . . ‘ : * 40
John Jouce . F : . . 8 2 John Jonkyn ‘ i 1 6
Richard Jouce . : Z ‘ - 3 10 John Drenkes . : ’ . - 1 6
Gilbert atte Asshe . . 5 - 9g O William Lamb Hurd . . - 2 6
William Bile. . . . . 12,0 Thomas le Chatour. . . «. 2 6
John Hervy . : : : . 10 O William Joukyn ‘ . 20
—— Roger Rouland ‘ i , . § 8
£6 6 9g
— — #1 13 ©
N.B.—The Lay Subsidy Roll of 1327 is the earliest complete Subsidy Roll extant for the whole county of Leicester. It is difficult to
know on what principle the Assessments were based; probably the other taxation borne by the knights and men of high degree was
taken into consideration in arriving at the assessable value of a person’s effects.
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Close Roll, Nottingham. October 16th, A.D. 1327, 1 Edward III.
To William Trussel, Escheator beyond Trent.
Whereas Christiana, late the wife of John de Segrave, lately demanded from Alice, late the wife of
Stephen de Segrave, one third part of the manor of Dalby Chaucombe and rent in Dyseworth, Wheston,
Melton Mowbray and Oleby, etc., which plea was heard in the King’s Court and it was decided (after Alice
had called to warranty John the son of the said Stephen, kinsman and heir of the aforesaid John, which heir’s
body and lands were then in the late King’s wardship), that Alice should hold in peace the tenements, etc.,
demanded from her, and that Christiana should have the value of the tenements out of the heir’s land in the
King’s wardship, the King has assigned to Christiana, with the assent of Thomas, earl of Norfolk, the King’s
uncle, to whom the King has committed certain of Stephen’s lands during the minority of the heir, certain
lands in Segrave of the yearly value of £10 7s. 6}d., 18 pence of yearly value from rent in Barowe-on-Sore,
etc., etc.
Memorandum, the earl protested in Chancery that the custody of the aforesaid land was conveyed to him
for his costs and charges in the King’s company after the King’s arrival in England; wherefore he prayed that
recompense for the lands assigned to Christiana might be made to him elsewhere.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds, Leicester. A.D. 1329.
Know all men by these presents that I, Matilda, who was the wife of Thomas de Roule of Querndon,
have remitted, relinquished and surrendered to William Rouland and Clementia his wife all the right which I
have or by any manner of right I could have in one acre of land and meadow with the appurtenances in
Wodehous, lying by the Jand which Augustin Matony held, and it extends from the high way which is called
Stockinggate as far as Myrehirstwelle. So that neither I the said Matilda nor my heirs nor anyone in my
name can have any right or claim in the said acre of land in future for ever.
In witness of which I have to this my present writing and quit-claim affixed my seal, with these witnesses
—Robert de Farnham of Quorndon, Roger Bourt of the same, Richard de Lewes of the same, John Jonkyn of
Wodehous, William Jonkyn of the same, and others.
Given at Wodehous on Palm Sunday in the third year of the reign of King Edward the third after the
Conquest.
Leicester Assize Roll 471. 3 Edward III., A.D. 1329.
m.2, John le Baxtere of Querendon offered himself against Master Ralph Blundel, parson of the church
of Norton, and Matonia his sister, and John, Adam and Gilbert, brothers of the same Ralph, John le Rous of
Querndon, William Stoulp of Querndon, and Alice Blundel in a plea of Assize of Novel Disseisin. The
Assize was called and no one came. Therefore let the Sheriff have their bodies, etc.
m.2d. John the son of William Ate of Walton who brought an Action for Novel Disseisin against
Hugh Herbert of Querndon and Margery his wife, John le Somenour of Barewe and Beatrix his wife, and
John de Frisby of Querndon concerning a tenement in Querndon, is not prosecuting; therefore he and his
pledges to prosecute are in mercy, namely, Richard de Boudon of Querndon and Roger Bourt of the
same place.
m.2. Roger Bourt of Querndon offered himself against Richard Bourt of Querndon and Mabil who was
the wife of Thomas de Roule, John the son of Thomas de Roule, and Roger de Roule and John the son of
Richard Bourt of Querndon in a plea of Novel Disseisin at this Court. No one came and the Sheriff was
ordered to attach their bodies.
Close Roll. June 28th, A.D. 1829.
To the Sheriff of Leycester.
Whereas the King learns by Inquisition that the Abbot of Leycester bought a parcel of wood in
Halliwellehagh near Loughborough from Henry de Beaumont, long before Henry’s rebellion against the King,
to wit, on Monday the morrow of the Sunday in mid-Lent A.D. 1328, and that a certain part of the parcel
was taken into the King’s hands upon the rebellion of the said Henry with his other lands; the King orders
the Sheriff to permit the said Abbot to carry the wood that he has felled away.
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Close Roll. December 20th, A.D. 1330.
Further Orders to restore to Henry de Beaumont his lands, the Manor of Whitwick and the Manor of
Loughborough.
Close Rolls, Westminster. February 9th, 1329.
The form of the oath taken by Henry, Earl of Lancaster, and others written below, before the Recognizances
made by them before the King and his Council.
“Vous reconnissez, sur peine de perdre vie et membre, terres et tenementz, biens et chateux, et
quant que vous purrez forfaire, a nostre Seigneur le Roi, d’estre, et defaire, et d’affirmer tiele seurte
come il plerra a nostre Seigneur le Roi et a son Conseil a ordiner que vous face, que au corps nostre
Seigneur le Roi, mes dames les Roynes, ne des autres grantz ne petiz de leur Conseil, ne que sont
entour eux, ne ferrez ne procurez estre fait, en prive n’en apert, mal, moleste, ne damage, ne
assentirez estre fait.
“Et ceo jurrez vous sur Seintes Evangeles.”
Henry, Earl of Lancaster, acknowledges he owes the King £30,000, to be levied in default of payment of
his lands and chattels in co. Lancaster. (Cancelled by the King’s order as appears in the Writ under the King’s
Privy Seal, enrolled below, which remains on the files of the fourth year of the King.)
Memorandum, that all the underwritten Recognizances were made by reason of the riding with horses and
arms at Bedeford, and they are cancelled and annulled by the King’s order as appears below.
William Lovel, knight, acknowledges that he owes the King 200 marks, to be levied in default of
payment of his lands and chattels in the county of Leicester.
Thomas de Ferrariis, knight, acknowledges he owes the King 40 marks, to be levied in default of payment
of his lands and chattels in co. Leyc.
Robert Gobion acknowledges he owes the King #10, to be levied in default of payment of his lands
and chattels in co. Leycester.
Nicholas de Berkeswell acknowledges he owes the King £40, to be similarly levied in default.
Robert de Farnham acknowledges he owes the King £20, to be levied in default of payment of his lands.
and chattels in co. Leycester.
Geoffrey de Wallecote acknowledges he owes the King £10, to be levied in default of payment of his lands
and chattels in co. Leycester.
Robert Revel acknowledges he owes the King £20, to be levied in default of payment of his lands and
chattels in co. Leycester.
Henry Danet acknowledges he owes the King £100, to be levied in default of payment of his lands and
chattels in co. Leycester.
William Fraunk acknowledges he owes the King £200, to be levied in default of payment of his lands
and chattels in co. Leycester.
Philip de Folevill, knight, acknowledges he owes the King £200, to be levied in default of payment of
his lands and chattels.
December 4. Memorandum that the King sent his Writ under the Privy Seal to the Chancellor to
this effect :—
Edward, by the grace of God, King, etc., to J., Bishop of Winchester, our Chancellor.
“Whereas We, on December 4 last, by the assent of the Prelates, Earls, Barons, and other magnates of
the Realm in Parliament assembled at Westminster, have pardoned and acquitted Henry, Earl of Lancaster,
Thomas Wake, Henry de Beaumont and Thomas Roscelyn, and all others of their adherence and company, the
sums in which they were bound to Us for their Ransoms, because they were lately at Bedeford with horse and
arms with the intention of doing certain things against the estate of Us and Our Realm, as was surmised by
Roger de Mortimer, Our late enemy, We therefore order the Chancellor to cause them to have letters of
pardon and release of their Ransoms under the Great Seal, and to cause the Recognizances made in Chancery
for security for the said Ransoms to be cancelled at the suit of those who will sue for this against Us.
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“Given under Our Privy Seal, at Westminster, the 12th day of December, in the fourth year of
Our Reign.”
By pretext whereof all the preceding Recognizances made by reason of the riding at Bedeford are
cancelled and annulled.
Patent Rolls, Westminster. January 10th, 1331.
Pardon, with the assent of Parliament, to Robert de Farnham of a Recognizance in £20, wherein he
became bound, by order of the Council, on submitting himself to the King’s Will after the Rebellion at
Bedeford. By Privy Seal.
N.B.—The above refers to Henry, Earl of Lancaster's rising against the Queen Isabella and Roger de Mortimer.
Close Roll, Clipstone. August 6th, A.D. 1331.
To the Sheriff of Leycester: Order to restore to John Marthel of Querndon, clerk, his lands, goods and
chattels, which were taken into the King’s hands upon his being charged before William Trussel and his
fellows, Justices to hear and determine felonies and trespasses in the county of Leicester, with breaking the
house of John de Overton at Overton and beating and wounding the said John de Overton, and for taking and
carrying away his goods and chattels to the value of £20; as he has purged his innocence before H., Bishop
of Lincoln, the diocesan, to whom he was delivered by the Justices.
Gao] Delivery Roll 30, m. 7, Leicester. 4 Edward III., A.D. 1331.
John de Herdwyk, taken by Indictment before Roger de la Zouche, Sheriff of Goscote in his turn, in that
he feloniously despoiled John the Reeve of Barewe of eight pounds’ worth of silver by Woodhouse in the
wood of Barewe, comes, and having been asked how he wished to acquit himself of the aforesaid robbery, says
that he is a clerk in Holy Orders. And thereupon came William de Lec, vicar of the church of Billesdon,
bearing the Office of the Bishop of Lincoln by the Bishop’s Letters Patent, which he proffers here in Court
and demands him as a clerk, but in order that it may be known why he ought to be delivered to him let the
truth be enquired into by the country. The Jurors say that he is guilty, therefore he is delivered to
the Ordinary with the peril which is incumbent. He had no chattels.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 4 Edward III., A.D. 1331.
Between John the son of Thomas de Barkele and Isabella the daughter of Robert Burdet, plaintiffs, and
John Hamelyn, chivaler, defendant, of one messuage, one mill, 2 carucates of land, 18 acres of pasture,
24 acres of wood, and 79s. gd. of rent in Barewe and Querndon. John Hamelyn granted the aforesaid
tenements to John the son of Thomas and Isabella and the issue of John for ever, rendering yearly one Rose
at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist for all services, and by performing to the Chief lords of the Fee the
services hitherto due from John Hamelyn and his heirs. And if John and Isabella die without issue
the premises are to revert to John Hamelyn and his heirs for ever. And for this Grant, etc., John the son of
Thomas and Isabella gave to John Hamelyn 100 marks of silver.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds at Leicester. 5 Edward III., A.D. 1331.
To all by whom these letters may be seen or heard, John de Wodecroft and Thomas de Wodecroft,
brother of the same John, Greeting in the Lord everlasting.
Know all men that We have given, granted, and for ourselves and our heirs have quitclaimed to Adam,
the son of Adam Martel of Querndon, all the right and claim that we ever had, or by any means could have,
in all the lands and tenements with appurtenances which belonged to Richard le Sausir of Barwe-on-Sore in
the same Town and in the Fields of the same.
So that neither we the said John or Thomas, nor our heirs, nor any one claiming through us, can have
any claim in the said lands and tenements, either in part or in whole, for the future, but by this writing
we have excluded them from all action and demand of right or claim for ever.
And we truly the said John and Thomas will warrant and defend the said lands and tenements to the
said Adam, son of Adam Martel, and his heirs against all men for ever.
In witness of which to these presents we have affixed our seals.
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Given at Norhampton on Monday in the feast of Saint Martin the Bishop and confessor, in the fifth year
of the reign of King Edward III. after the Conquest.
With these witnesses: William Elys, then Mayor of the town of Norhampton; Philip Everard and
Gilbert le Baker, then Bailiffs of the same Town; John le Wedour; William le Hunte; John de Lungevile ;
William de Ludelawe; Walter de Burgo; Thomas de Staunford; Adam de Cotisbrok; Geoffrey de
Herliston ; and others.
N.B.—De Banco Roll 300, m. 4it., Leyc.; Adam Martel of Querndon the younger and John de Wodecroft offered themselves
against Simon Coupe in a plea of one acre in Barewe, which they claim as their right. A.D. 1334.
Leicester Assize Rolls 1408, m. 34. A.D. 1332.
Assize held at Shepey before Roger de Bauquell, Henry de Fenton, and Roger Hillary, convened by Writ
of the lord the King to the aforesaid Justices for holding an Assize, on a plea of Novel Disseisin for which
John Drenge of Barrow and Margery his wife have arraigned Robert de Farnham and others included in Our
original Writ concerning tenements in Woodhouse juxta Swithland, on Saturday the eve of Pentecost in the
6th year of the reign of King Edward III. after the Conquest.
The Assize comes to recognize whether Robert de Farnham and Robert his son, Richard Bertevill,
John le Somenour of Barewe, John the Shepeherd of Swythland, John de Wydmerpol of Querndon, and
William le Spicer of Mountsorel unjustly disseised John Drenge of Barewe and Margery his wife from their
free tenement in Woodhouse juxta Swytheland; and whence they complain that they were disseised from
one messuage, three carucates of land and six marks of rent, with the appurtenances, etc.
And Robert de Farnham came, and the others did not come. And the Sheriff returns concerning
Robert de Farnham that he is attached by one horse of the value of 3 shillings. Therefore the horse is
forfeited. And concerning Robert his son, Richard Bertevill, John le Somenour of Barewe, John le Shepeherd
of Swytheland, and John de Wydmerpol of Querndon, the Sheriff returns that they are not found, nor have
they bailiffs; and as for William le Spicer of Mountsorel the Sheriff returns that he is attached by chattels of
the value of 12 pence. Therefore the chattels are forfeited. And let the Assize be taken against them
in default.
The Recognators come, who say on oath that the aforesaid Robert de Farnham and Robert his son,
Richard Bertevill, John le Somenour, John le Shepeherd, and John de Wydmerpol did unjustly and with force
and arms disseise the said John Drenge of Barrow and Margery his wife from the said messuage, etc., and
that William le Spicer of Mountsore] has done them no injury or disseisin.
Judgment: Therefore it is adjudged that the said John Drenge of Barewe and Margery his wife recover
their seisin by the View of the Recognators in the said Assize, and their damages, which they assess at £20.
And let the said Robert de Farnham and the others be arrested. And the said John Drenge and Margery for
their false claim against William le Spicer are in mercy.
And the said John Drenge and Margery remit the damages.
Afterwards the said Robert de Farnham pays a Fine of half a mark. Robert his son pays a Fine
of 40 pence. Richard Bertevill, John le Somenour, John le Shepeherd, and John de Wydmerpol each
pay fines of 4o pence.
De Banco Roll 291. Attorneys. Trinity, 6 Edward III. A.D. 1332.
Leyc.; Robert the son and heir of John the son of Robert de Farnham, whom John Drench and Margery
his wife call to warrant, appoints as his attorney Richard de Lutterworth against Hugh Turvill in an action
concerning land.
N.B.—The above appointment of attorneys is a very valuable piece of genealogical evidence. The suit itself is not entered
on the Roll.
De Banco Roll 292, m. 303. Michaelmas, 6 Edward III., A.D. 1332.
Leyc.; Mary, who was the wife of William de Lindrich of Leycester, offered herself against John
Hamelyn of Wymondham in a claim for dower in Barewe, the third part of 13 shillings and four pence
of rent.
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Lay Subsidy 133-2, County of Leycester. A.D. 1332.
Barwe-on-Sore.
s. ad. Ss. d.
Henry de Erdyngton 16 0 John le Heyr . 4 6
Simon de Rakedale . 9 0 Richard Rouges 6 0
Gilbert atte Asshe . 9 0 Walter Cat 4.0
Henry de Gaddesbye 6 0 John Daddy 3 6
John son of Gilbert . 3.0 John Capellanus 7.0
John son of Robert . 1 6 Henry Daddy . 3 6
Thomas atte Grene . 7 oO Robert Bodeman 5 0
Henry atte Brig’ 3 6 Thomas Hervy 4 0
John Hamelyn Io oO Thomas lireys 6 0
Thomas Jouce 9 6 Thomas Daddy 6 0
Richard Jouce . 6 0 John de Barwe 5 0
Sum Total: £6 155. od.
Querendon.
Ralph Basset . 10 8 Roger Procuratour 4 4
Richard de Lewes . 2 0 Nichol Herberd % 4
Richard de Boudon . 2 0 Adam Martel . I 6
Nichol de Gaddesby . I 4 William Elys . 4 0
Isabell Elys 1 6 Roger Bourt 2 0
Robert de Farnham . 3.4 Robert Bras o 8
William Procuratour 2 4
Sum Total: 38s.
W odehous.
Henry de Bello Monte Io 0 William Joukyn I 4
Roger Rondeland 3 6 Simon in Cymmtrio Io
William Rondeland . 2 0 John Jukyn r 6
Simon Rondeland 2 0 William Fabr’. I 0
Ralph Blundel. 14.0 Thomas Catour r 8
Alan Lambert . 1 6 John Brown, jun. I oO
Sum Total: 4os. 6d.
Mounsorel Burg.
William de Caldewell 7 © John Hykedon 2 0
Isabell de Caldewell . . 5 0 William Walkeley . 3.0
William de Sapcote, jun. . 6 0 William Spicer 4 0
John de Lyndesbye . 6 0 Thomas Bagot 3 0
Walter de Rothele . 30 William Norice 2 0
Roger de Corby 6 0 Robert Adam . 2 0
Hug’ Purs 2 0 William Belamy 2 0
Reginald Yhoman 5 0
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Sum Total: 58s.
N.B.—This is the second Subsidy now extant which gives the names of the individual contributors from these villages, and there is
not another one now extant at the Record Office until the year 1525.
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De Banco Roll 292, m. 314.
Leyc.; Adam the son of Adam Martel of Querndon offered himself against Robert Betesone of Barewe in.
a plea of 3 acres and half a rood of meadow in Barewe-on-Sore; and against John le Somenour of Barewe
in a plea of one acre; and against John Judd of Barewe in a plea of one acre; and against Matilda le Taillour
and Alice her sister in a plea of one acre in Barewe, and against Gilbert le Cat of Barewe in a plea of one acre.
De Banco Roll 296, m. 399. Michaelmas, 7 Edward III., A.D. 1333.
Leyc.; The Essoin of Adam Martel of Querndon the younger and John de Wodecroft offered himself
against William Belamy of Mountsorell the elder and Alda his wife in a plea of one acre in Barewe.
De Banco Roll 300, m. 296. Michaelmas, 8 Edward III., A.D. 1334.
Leyc.; Roger Bourt offered himself against Matilda, who was the wife of Thomas de Roule, in a plea of
one messuage, one acre of arable and one acre of pasture in Querndon. Matilda came by attorney. A day is
given them in three weeks from Easter.
The same Roll. Attorneys, 3 d.
Leyc. ; John Drenge of Barewe and Margery his wife, Thomas the son of John de Thorp, Simon Purs of
Barewe, and John Hervy against Richard the son of John le Coupe of Barewe in a plea of land.
BEAUMANOR MUNIMENTS.
The Account of Henry del Peek, serjeant of Beaumanoyr from the feast of Saint Michael 8 Edward III.
to the same feast 9 Edward III., A.D. 1335.
Arrears.
£6 18s. 2d.
Rents.
£20 and 5d. of rent from Wodehouses, Thorpe Mountforth, Barwe, and Querndon yearly, at two terms,
namely at the Invention of the Holy Cross and at St. Michael’s day in equal portions.
Ward.
18 pence from the custody of the 3 daughters and heirs of John le Eyre of Woodthorpe.
New Rent.
10 shillings of rent from 7 acres of arable land in the Closefeld, which John Hervi formerly held, and arrented
to Henry del Peek by the year.
3 shillings from the same for the rent of one dovecote there arrented to him at the same term, this year being
the fourth.
Issues of the Manor.
5 shillings from the profit of one dovecote, which used to belong to Robert Whitglove in Querndon, sold for
this year.
2 shillings for one quiver and 12 arrows, sold for certain.
7 pence for 21 arrows sold, 3 pence for 10 fletches and one boson (shaft) sold.
Perquisites,
The perquisites of the Court of Barrow are not returned here because they are included in the Account of
Loughborough, and the rent of the same is in the hands of Robert de Farnham.
For the herbage of the Launde he answers nothing, because it is sold with the grass.
For the Fishery of the water of Barwe nothing here, because it is included in the account of Loughborough
(court) this year.
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Herbage.
2 shillings of rent for the herbage del Keer, sold in this year.
For the herbage under the park wall nothing, because it lay fallow this. year.
435. 4d. by the sale of the herbage of the lande of Thomas Boydel this year.
35. 6d. from the sale of the herbage and apples in the garden sold this year.
For the herbage of Breton medow nothing, because it lies fallow.
The medow del Closmedowe is mowed this year for the lord’s use.
14 shillings for 34 acres, 16 perches in the Stagnum of Wodethorpe, sold for this year.
The medow of “ Cotsetelmedowe ” is mowed for the use of the lord this year.
2 shillings for two mullons of hay of Geoffrey Satherey, sold this year.
Sum: 64 shillings and 10 pence.
Rents Resolute.
Rent resolute to Dominus Henry de Erdyngton for the tenement bought of Margery Felawe, 3s. 6d.
One penny in default of rent of the tenement which belonged to John Hervi, and it is in the hands of the lord,
Twelve pence decay of rent for one piece of meadow which Adam Sowryng held, and it is in the lord’s hand.
18d. decay of rent for one cottage and one rood of land which William Sarrator held, because the said
tenement is arrented to Robert le Mason for 2 shillings a year, which used to render in all 3s. 6d.
In decay of rent of pasture of one ditch by the plot of Hugh Herbert, 3d., because the said ditch is arrented to
the said Hugh for 3d., which used to render in all 6d.
In decay of rent for one plot in Querndon which Roger Bourt held, 8d., because the said plot is arrented to the
relict of Thomas de Rouleigh for 16d. yearly, which used to render in all 2s.
Fines and Perquisites.
gs. 1od. from the perquisites of the View of Frankpledge held on Wednesday next before the feast of
St. Dunstan.
14s. 11d. from the perquisites of the View of Frankpledge held on Thursday next before the feast of the
Apostles Simon and Jude.
Sum: 245. gd.
Foreign Receipts.
£7 55. od. received from Matthew Grave of Hucklescote in the month of May, by one tally.
Wages,
The wages of Henry del Peek, serjeant of the manor, by the year 60 shillings and 10 pence, taking 2 pence a day.
Foreign Expenses.
For one fisherman hired for 3 days in the month of March to fish against the advent of Sir John de Beaumont
going towards the Parliament being at Nottingham, 2s. 11d.
Given to the lord the King’s fisherman coming with the Commission of the same in order that he might not
destroy the fish in the lord’s fishpond, but take the fish (facessie) and without destruction, by the
command of Sir John Beaumont, 2s.
In the expenses of the same staying there for 3 days by the command of the abovesaid Sir John, 21 pence.
In the expenses of Sir John de Beaumont being at Beaumanor in the month of April, as appears by one tally
under the seal of Sir Edmund Barde, 4s. 10d.
In the expenses of Sir John de Beaumont passing the time there at the feast of Easter in the same month, as
appears by one tally under the seal of the said Sir Edmund, £9 8s. 3d.
Paid for the fifteenth penny granted to the lord the King in full Parliament, 6s. 8d.
And paid the fifteenth penny granted to the lord the King in the 6th year of the King who now is the
beginning and the 7th year ending, because it was not paid until the serjeant of the manor should have
the advice of the Auditors, and the Auditors supervening this year.
To Sir Manser Marmion and others from whom he had command without delay to pay the Taxors of the Vill
of Wodehouses as appears below, ten shillings.
Sum: £10 6s. 54.
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Delivered to Banco Deleer, attorney of the merchants of the Society of Peruchi, for rent of the term of the
Invention of the Cross and other profits of the manor, as appears by one tally, £10 os. 12d.
Delivered to the same in July, 20s. Delivered to the same in September, £4.
Quivers.
From 1 quiver and 12 arrows of rent from Roger Barry.
From 20 arrow heads of rent from Adam le Eyre.
From 1 arrow head of rent from Robert de Fornham.
N.B.—Concerning the merchants of the Society of the Peruchi I find in the Patent Rolls the following :—
Patent Roll, Woodstock. June 11th, 1332.
License for Henry de Beaumont and Alice his wife to lease the manors of Lutteburgh and Whitwyk in the county of Leicester, held
in chief, to whomsoever they will, for 12 years. By Privy Seal.
Patent Roll, Woodstock. July 6th, 1332.
Confirmation of a demise by Henry de Beaumont and Alice his wife of the manors of Lutteburgh and Whitwyk, co. Leycester, to
Reyner Perini and the merchants of the Society of the Peruchi of Florence.
Patent Roll, Newcastle-on-Tyne. July 1st, A.D. 1335.
Protection for one year for Walter de Bradeweye, vicar of the church of Barewe-on-Sore.
Patent Roll, Tower of London. August 6th, A.D. 1337.
Presentation of Walter de Bradeweye, Vicar of the church of Barewe-on-Sore in the diocese of Lincoln,
to the church of Stratford Tony in the diocese of Salisbury, on an exchange with John de Walton.
N.B.—In a Patent Roll of July 20th, 1330, John de Bradeweye was then Vicar of Barewe-on-Sore.
Patent Roll, Perth. July 20th, A.D. 1336.
Graut to the King’s kinsman Henry de Bellomonte and Alice his wife for the removal of a doubt felt in
some quarters in regard to the late Grant to them in tail, of the Manor of Loughborough, with the hamlets
and members, Knight’s fees, etc., which escheated to the King by the forfeiture of Hugh le Despencer, late
Earl of Winchester, to wit, the lands and rents of the said Hugh in Beaumanor, Barwe, Queryngdon, Mount-
sorell, Woodthorpe, etc., that they shall hold their lands and rents to them and to the heirs of their bodies as
fully as the said Hugh held them at the day of his forfeiture, by the services due before they escheated.
Leicester Assize Roll 1400, m. 162. 10 Edward III., A.D. 1336.
Assizes held at Lutterworth on Thursday next after the feast of St. Mary Magdalen in the tenth year of
King Edward III.
John le Rous of Querndon against Giles de Erdyngton, Master Ralph Blount of Querndon, John de
Farnham and Robert his brother, Roger Bay and Richard Blond of Querndon, in a plea of Assize of Novel
Disseisin on Friday next after the feast of Saint James at Leycester.
The rest of the Suit is missing.
De Banco Roll 308, m. 82, Attorneys. Michaelmas, 10 Edward III., A.D. 1336.
Leye.; John Martel the younger and Isolda, who was the wife of Roger Martel, offered themselves
against Robert the son of Robert Je Cras of Querndon in a plea of land.
The same Roll, m. 455 and m. 401 d.
Leyc.; Robert the son of Robert le Cras demands against Richard Perkyn one acre in Querndon ;
and against Richard the son of Serlo de Thorp one acre in Querndon ;
and against Richard le Honnere and Emma his wife one acre in Querndon ;
and against Roger Pegge and Margery his wife one acre in Querndon ;
and against John de Enderby and Isabella his wife one acre in Querndon ;
and against Robert Neel and Margery his wife one acre in Querndon ;
and against Richard Calf and Agnes his wife one acre in Querndon ;
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and against John le Leper of Mountsorell one acre in Querndon ;
and against Matilda de Roule one acre in Querndon ;
and against Giles de Erdyngton one messuage in Querndon ;
and against John Drenge and Margery his wife one acre of arable and five acres of pasture in Querndon;
and against Roger Bourt and Isabella his wife one acre of arable and one acre of meadow in Querndon ;
and against Alice the daughter of Gilbert Godchep two acres in Querndon ;
and against Richard the son of Serlo de Thorp and Matilda his wife one acre and one rood in Querndon;
and against Richard le Salter one acre in Querndon ;
and against Isabella Noreys and John her son one acre in Querndon ;
and against John Martel the elder two acres, and against John Martel the younger one and a half acres in
Querndon ;
and against Laurence Je Cok and Isabella his wife one acre in Querndon.
Patent Roll, Woodstock. September 10th, A.D. 1337.
John de Charnels, clerk, who is going beyond the sea with the King, has Letters of Protection for him-
self, and the like for the following going with him under the same date. He appoints Nicholas de Gresley
his attorney in England until Easter :—
John Maureward, knight. John de Farnham. William de Manston.
Henry de Walton. Nicholas Hunt. Thomas Falconer of Thurkeston.
John Charnes. William de Lodelowe of Norhampton. John de Baggeworth.
William de Donyngton. John the son of William de Upton. Roger E]nhale.
Walter Faukoner. John the son of Adam de Twynham. Richard de Lodelowe.
William de Hertwell of Barwell. John the son of Perceval Simeon. Richard de la Haye.
John de Dyngley. Francis le Spicer. Thomas Byllyng.
Simon Dosevill. Simon Hornedon. Robert Brown.
Oliver Daneys. William Maulore. John le Ken.
Richard de Me]bourne. Roger de Farnham.
N.B.—The above were mostly recruited from the counties of Leicester, Warwick, and Northampton. They were to join the army
led by King Edward III. on his first invasion of France.
De Banco Roll 316, m. 361 d. Michaelmas, 12 Edward III., A.D. 1338.
Leyc.; John Ate, by Thomas de Holt his attorney, offered himself against Robert de Farnham of
Querndon in a plea of one messuage and one bovate of land with the appurtenances in Querndon which he
claims as his right. And Robert de Farnham did not appear, and heretofore he made default by his Essoin,
to wit, on the quindene of Holy Trinity last past, so that the Sheriff was ordered to take the tenements into
the hands of the lord the King, and a day, and that he summon him to be here on this day, to wit, the
morrow of Saint Martin.
And the Sheriff testifies to the date of taking, and that he has summoned him.
Therefore it is adjudged that the said John Ate recover his seisin against Robert de Farnham by default,
and the said Robert is in mercy.
De Banco Roll 316, m. 400 d. Michaelmas, 12 Edward III., A.D. 1338.
Leyc.; Thomas the son of Thomas lireys of Barewe-on-Sore demands against Margery the daughter of
Thomas lireys one messuage, three acres and half a rood of Jand in Barewe; and against Emma the daughter
of Thomas lireys one messuage, three acres and half a rood of land in Barewe, which Agnes, who was the
wife of Thomas lireys of Arderne, gave to Thomas the son of Agnes Iireys and to the heirs of the body of
Thomas the son of Agnes, and which after his death ought to descend to the said Thomas the son of Thomas
lireys the son and heir of Thomas the son of Agnes by the terms of the gift.
Coram Rege Roll 318, m. 70 d. A.D. 1339.
Leyc.; The Sheriff was ordered to cause 24 knights of the View of Barewe to come here on this day,
and who have no affinity with Hugh Turvill or William Adcok, Stephen the son of William de Rothele,
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Gilbert Cat, John the son of Gilbert le Rene, John de Dalby, Thomas atte Abbotes, William Wyse, John
Chambleyn, Richard Holcok, Robert Hervy, Thomas Daddy, John Rous of Barewe, Simon Purs, William
Walkeleyn of Barewe, Walter Cat, Roger de Wolaton, John Holcok, chaplain, Robert Peteman, John le
Heyr, Richard Cordewan, chaplain, John Daddy, Hugh Cat, John le Wryght, Thomas Freeman, and Gilbert
Bryd to enquire whether the said William Adcok, together with the others and with Richard Jous, on
Thursday next before the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle in the 12th year of the now King, with force and
arms took and carried away goods and chattels belonging to the said Hugh Turvill found at Barewe, namely,
cloths both flaxen and woollen, gold and silver bowls and other jewels, purses and belts of silk, rings and
golden bracelets to the value of #10, and assaulted, beat, and wounded his servants so that Hugh Turvill Jost
their services for a long time, to wit, one quarter of the following vear.
The Sheriff returned that the King’s Writ came too late for him to execute, therefore he was ordered to
cause the 24 knights to come at Hilary wheresoever, etc.
Inquisition ad quod damnum 216-20. 6 Edward III., A.D. 1332.
Inquisition taken at Wymondham, co. Leycester, on Wednesday next before the Feast of Saint George in
the 6th year of the reign of King Edward III.
The Jury say that it is not to the damage or prejudice of the King or others if the King gives leave to John
Hamelyn who is desirous of alienating in mortmain one messuage and one virgate of land in Wymondham for
the purpose of giving them to a certain Chaplain to pray for the souls of the same John and his ancestors and
all the faithful in the Chapel of St. Peter at Burgh Kirke on certain days for ever.
The messuage and virgate were held of Henry, Earl of Lancaster, by the service of one Rose at the
Nativity of St. John the Baptist for all services, and they say that the said messuage and land are worth
annually, after all outgoings, according to the true value, ros.
There is no intermediary between the said John Hamelyn and the said Earl of Lancaster.
And they say that £20 of lands and rents in Wymondham, held of the Earl of Lancaster by Knight’s
Service, and £10 of lands and rents in Barrow-on-Sore, held of Sir Henry de Erdynton, knight, by a Service
of 6d. annually, will remain to John Hamelyn (after the proposed alienation), which they say are sufficient for
carrying out his duties to his Country.
N.B.—Respecting the above foundation of a Chantry by John Hamelyn, Nichols (vol. iii., p. 105) states that this foundation was at
Quorndon. This must be a mistake, for there is no mention of Quorndon throughout the whole Inquisition, neither is there any Chapel
dedicated to St. Peter in-Quorndon, nor is the date given by Nichols correct. Burgh Kirke may possibly mean Barrow Church, and John
Hamelyn had an estate there. As the possession of £20 a year rendered the owner liable to “ Distraint of Knighthood,” John Hamelyn
was a rich man in those days with £30 a year, and was therefore not likely to become a burden on his country or become disqualified for
serving on Juries and at Assizes or any of the other duties of his position by alienating the messuage and virgate of land, and to
ascertain which was the object of these Inquisitions ad quod damnum.
De Banco Roll 320, m. 414. Michaelmas, A.D. 1339,
Leyc.; Roger Bourt of Querndon demands against John Broun one acre of arable land and one acre of
pasture in Querndon, and against William Bertevyle one acre of pasture in Querndon, and against Roger
Herbert of Querndon and Margery his wife one acre of arable and one of pasture in Querndon as his right.
Coram Rege Roll 318, m. 174. Michaelmas, A.D. 1339.
Leyc.; John de Walton, Vicar of the church of Barewe-on-Sore, was attached to answer to the Abbot of
Leycester in a plea wherefore he together with John Golle, Thomas de Walton, John the son of John James,
with force and arms took and carried away the Abbot’s goods and chattels found at Barewe-on-Sore to the
value of #50, and did other enormities to his great damage and against the peace. Whence the said Abbot,
by Simon de Kegworth his attorney, complains that the said John de Walton and the others on Monday next
before the feast of the Apostle Bartholomew in the 13th year (A.D. 1339) of the now King’s reign, with force
and arms, to wit, swords, took and carried away the goods and chattels of the same Abbot, namely, corn,
barley, beans and peas, to the value of £20, by which he says he is damaged to the amount of £100, and thus
he produces his suit.
And the said John de Walton comes in his own person and denies force and injury, and he says he is in
no wise guilty, and puts himself on the country and the Abbot likewise. Therefore let a Jury come before the
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King on the Octaves of Hilary. John Golle and the others did not come. The Sheriff was ordered to attach
them, and he returned that they were not found in his bailiwick, nor have they anything in the same,
Therefore he was ordered to arrest them if found, and produce them before the King on the Octaves of Hilary.
De Banco Roll 324, m. 376. Michaelmas, 14 Edward III., A.D. 1340.
Leyc.; John de Walton, Vicar of the Church of Barewe-on-Sore, offered himself against Thomas de Thorp
of Barewe, John the son of Robert le Rene and Alice his wife, Reginald de Wolaton, John Hervy the younger, ;
Emma de Leke, John le Rous of Barewe, Richard Monk, Hugh Cat and Thomas Freman in a plea wherefore,
with force and arms they broke the close of the same John de Walton at Barewe, assaulted, beat and wounded
John de Walton there, took and carried away his goods and chattels found there to the value of £20, and did
other enormities. They did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to distrain and produce them here on the
quindene of Hilary.
Inquisition P.M. Henry de Beaumont. File 62, No. 24. 14 Edward III. 1340.
Inquisitions taken at Loughborough and Whytwyk on April roth, 1340.
The King’s Writ was directed to William Trussel, escheator this side Trent, and on the oaths of
Robert le Jors, Reginald Mauntel, Robert Attebouwes of Hatherne, William Brun of Burton, Peter Herberd
of Houton, Ivo de Prestwold, John de Kendale, Thomas Marchal, John Martel of Querndon, William
de Cotes, Thomas de Thorp and Adam Tyes, Who say on oath that Henry de Beaumont held the manor of
Whytewyk and its members, to wit, Shepeshed, Merkefeld, Wydyngton, Roteby, Neuton and Bocharston,
of the King in chief, by a service of half a knight’s fee, of the right and inheritance of Alice his wife,
still living, and they say that there is a Capital Messuage there worth 4od. a year, a Dovehouse worth
4s. yearly, a mill worth tos. yearly, one carucate of Jand worth 4os. yearly, 10 acres of meadow worth
ros. yearly; there is there from the rent of natives 4os. yearly, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by
equal portions.
The Agistment of the park is worth 1oos. yearly; the Pleas and Perquisites of the Court there are
worth 2os. yearly. Sum Total for Whytewyk #10 175. 4d.
At Shepeshed the rents of bond tenants were 1oos., and a certain park with underwood was worth
2s. yearly.
The Jury also say that Henry de Beaumont held, conjointly enfeoffed with Alice his wife, by a Charter of
the lord the King, the manor of Loughborough with its hamlets and members, to wit, Beaumanor, Burton,
Huclescote, Walton, Ernesby, Barowe, Cosynton, Raveneston, Quernedon, Mounsorel, Wodetorp and
Kyngesthorp, of the King in chief, by a service of one knight’s fee for all services, To hold to Henry and Alice
and their issue, and if they die without issue the manors, etc., will revert to the King.
At Loughborough the Capital Messuage is worth 6s. 8d. yearly ; the Dovecote there is worth 5s. yearly;
two watermills are worth 60s.; two carucates of land are worth yearly £4; twenty acres of meadow are yearly
worth 40s. ; the common Oven is worth 20s. yearly. There is there a Great Park with no underwood, but the
Agistment is worth 20s. yearly.
A market and a fair are held on the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula, which are worth 100s. yearly;
the rents of Burgesses are worth 100s. ; the Pleas and Perquisites of the Court with the Pleas of the fair and
market are worth Ios. yearly. Sum Total for Loughborough £22 15. 8d.
At Beaumanor there is a Capital Messuage worth 3s. 4d. yearly ; a carucate of land worth 4os. yearly;
ten acres of meadow worth 20s. yearly. There are there 7 natives, whose rent yearly is 70s. There is a Park
there, the agistment of which is worth ros., the underwood nothing. The pleas and perquisites of the Court
are worth 3s. 4d. Sum Total for Beaumanor #7 6s. 8d.
At Burton there is a rent of 10s. yearly from the Free Tenants there.
At Huclescote there is a Capital Messuage worth yearly 3s. 4d.; a watermill worth yearly 208;
a carucate of land worth yearly 403.; 6 acres of meadow worth 6s. yearly ; and the rent of natives 405. yearlys
At Walton there is a rent of 6s. arising from the glebe of the church.
At Barowe there is a rent of 8s. from 2 villeins.
At Quernedon the rent of the watermill is 5s. yearly.
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At Mounsorel the rent of the watermill is worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
At Wodetorp two natives render 13s. for 2 bovates of land.
At Cosynton there is a rent of 6s. arising from one bovate of land, part of the glebe there.
At Ernesby there is a Capital Messuage worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a windmill worth ros. yearly; a carucate
of land worth 60s. yearly ; six acres of land worth 6s. The pleas and perquisites of the Court there are worth
3s. 4d.; the oven is worth tos. yearly. Sum Total £16 18s.
The day of Henry de Beaumont’s death is not given. John de Beaumond is the son and heir, and was
aged 22 years on the day of the Nativity last past.
N.B.—The above is only a small part of the possessions of Henry de Beaumont and Alice his wife. She was the Comyn heiress,
and Henry had been given the guardianship of her and her sister Margaret; with the result that he married Alice the elder sister, and
thus got possession of her lands permanently.
Coram Rege Roll 319, m, 64 d. Hilary, 14 Edward III., A.D. 1340.
Leyc.; William le Spicer of Mountsorell, William Adcok, John Hikedon, Reginald Yoman, Robert
Daleok, Thomas Bagot, Gervase de Glapton, William Perys, John Roter, John de Cropston, William Belamy,
William the son of Roger de Belamy, Robert Odam, Hugh Dalcok, Elias Bakestere and Geoffrey his son,
Hugh Yoman, Robert Spicer, Roger de Corby and William de Sapecote were attached to answer Robert de
Farnham of Querndon in a plea wherefore they, together with Jobn Lorymer, with force and arms, to wit,
swords, had cut, and with their cattle had depastured and consumed the herbage of the same Robert
de Farnham lately growing at Querndon to the value of £10, and did other enormities to his great damage
and against the King’s peace on Monday next before the feast of Holy Trinity in the twelfth year of the
now King’s reign (A.D. 1338).
The defendants come, by John Chamberleyn their attorney, and deny force and injury, and say they have
done nothing against the King’s peace, for that the villages of Mountsorel and Querndon common together,
and that William Je Spicer holds 4 messuages and 12 acres of Jand, William Adcock 2 messuages and 10 acres
of land, John Hikedon 1 messuage and 4 acres of land, Reginald Yoman 2 messuages and 6 acres of land,
Robert Dalcok 1 messuage and 4 acres of land, Thomas Bagot 2 messuages and 2 acres of land, Gervase
de Glapton 2 messuages and 1 acre of land, William Perys 1 messuage and 1 acre of land, John Roter
1 messuage and 1 acre of land, John de Cropston 1 messuage and 1 acre of land, William Belamy 2 messuages
and 6 acres of land, William the son of Roger Belamy 1 messuage and 1 acre of land, Robert Odam
1 messuage and 1 acre of land, Hugh Dalcok 1 messuage and 1 acre of land, Elias Bakestere 1 messuage and
1 acre of land, Hugh Yoman 1 messuage and 2 acres of land, Robert Spicer 1 messuage and 1 acre of land,
Roger de Corby 2 messuages and 4 acres of land, William de Sapecote 3 messuages and 6 acres of land, in the
said village of Mountsorel, for which they have their common of pasture in the place where the said
Robert de Farnham complains of the trespass done to him as appertaining to his free tenement in the
said village of Mountsorel, and their common rights are for two years from Hay Harvest to Easter, and for
each third year for the whole year, when the fields adjacent lie fallow, of which common of pasture they, and
all their ancestors, and those whose estate the defendants now hold, were seised from a time beyond the
memory of man, as appertaining to each of the defendants’ free tenements in Mountsorel.
And the said Robert de Farnham says that the place where the trespass was committed was his separate
soil and not common, and prays for an enquiry. And the defendants likewise. Therefore let a Jury come
before the King within three weeks of Easter to ascertain the truth of the matter.
N.B.—This Suit lasted five years without any decision being recorded, In the same Roll Richard de Lewes of Querndon instituted
similar proceedings against the same defendants for the like offence to his separate soil. The number of messuages involved is thirty,
which must have represented a very large portion of the existing houses in Mountsorel at that time.
De Banco Roll 324, m. 586. Michaelmas, 14 Edward III., A.D. 1840.
Leyc. ; The Essoin of Anna, who was the wife of John le Rous of Querndon, offered himself against
Robert de Hatherne of Querndon in a plea of a third part of two messuages, one carucate of land, eight acres
of pasture, with the appurtenances in Querndon, which she claims as dower. He did not appear, and the
Sheriff was ordered to summon him, but he sent the Writ too late; therefore he is ordered to summon him to
be here on the Purification of the Blessed Mary.
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De Banco Roll 328, m. 178 d. Michaelmas, 15 Edward III., A.D. 1341.
Leyc.; The Sheriff was ordered to cause 12 men of the vicinage of Querndon to come here on this day,
and who have no afhnity with Roger Bourt, Geoffrey Coleman, Elias Bakestere and Geoffrey his son, Robert
le Spicer, William de Corby, Hugh Yoman the younger, Roger de Corby, William of Mountsorel, William
Sapecote, Thomas Bagot, William Honnere, Robert Dalcok, John Ketulburn, John Sapcote, Geoffrey de
Lyndeseye, Gilbert Smyth, John Lepere, Alexander Chapman, Thomas Sweting, Simon Roter, William
Walker and Hugh le Milner to enquire whether or no the same Geoffrey and the others on Monday next
before the feast of St. George in the 12th year of the now King’s reign, with force and arms rescued certain
cattle which the same Roger Bourt in his damage took on that day at Querndon and wished to impound there
according to the Law and Custom of the realm of England.
And the Sheriff did nothing, but returned that the Writ came too late, therefore he was ordered to cause
them to come on the Octaves of Hilary.
De Banco Roll 332, m. 586. Michaelmas, 16 Edward III., A.D. 1342.
Leyc. ; Thomas le Rous chivaler offered himself against Richard de Lewes of Querndon, Adam Martel,
Richard Herbert and Roger Herbert in a plea wherefore they took the cattle of the same Thomas le Rous and
unjustly detained them.
The same Roll, m. 2778.
Leyc. ; William de Mountsorel offered himself against Roger Bourt of Querndon, Richard de Lewes,
Adam Martel, John Ate, John de Enderby, Ingelram Poke, Henry Skel, Roger Herbert, Richard Herbert and
many others in a plea of damage done to William’s grass at Mountsorell.
The same Roll, m. 487.
Leyc. ; The suit between John Ate, plaintiff, and John the son of John le Somenour of Barewe, whom
Nicholas de Sitheston of Querndon and Margery his wife called to warrant is put in respite to three weeks
after Easter.
Leicester Assize Roll 1428. A.D. 1342,
Assizes held at Leycester before William Basset on Monday after the feast of Saint Lucy in the 15th
year of the reign of King Edward ITT.
m. 18, The Assize comes to recognize whether William le Coteler of Barewe and Isabella his wife and
Richard the son of the same William disseised John Belle of Barewe from his free tenement in Barewe-on-
Sore, whence he complains that they disseised him of one moiety of one messuage, two acres and three roods
of arable Jand and one rood of pasture.
And they did not appear. And William and Isabella were attached by one sheep of the value of 6d.
Therefore their chattels are in mercy. And Richard was not attached because he was not found.
Therefore let the Assize be taken in default.
The Recognators say on oath that William and Isabella did unjustly disseise the said Jobn of the said
moiety, as he complains.
Therefore it is adjudged that John recover his seisin by the View of the Recognators and his damages,
which they assess at one mark.
And William, Isabella and Richard are in mercy.
Assize held at Leycester on Thursday in the third week in Lent in the 16th year of the reign of King
Edward II.
m. 22. Simon le Tailleur of Querendon, plaintiff, against John the son of Gilbert in the lane of Barewe-
on-Sore and Isabella his wife, Thomas the son of John de Thorp of Barewe-on-Sore, clerk, and William
Wakleyn of Barewe-on-Sore and Margery his wife in a plea of Assize of Mort d’ Ancestor.
The Assize was called and no one came, therefore let the Sheriff arrest their bodies.
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De Banco Roll 336, m. 294 d. Michaelmas, 17 Edward III., A.D. 1343.
Leyc.; Robert the son of Sabine Baroun offered himself against Richard Herbert of Querndon in a plea
of one acre in Querndon, and against Robert de Rempston in a plea of one acre, and against Robert Bertevill
in a plea of three acres and one rood in Querndon, and against Robert Bartolf, chaplain, in a plea of one acre
in Querndon.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, File 70, No.59. 17 Edward III., 1343. (Ralph Basset of Drayton.)
Inquisition taken before Robert de Bereford, the Escheator of the lord the King for the county of Leycester,
on Saturday next before the feast of St. Simon and St. Jude in the 17th year of the reign of King Edward III.
And on the oaths of John de Wydmerpol, John de Stones, Nicholas le Spicer, Henry de Brehull, William
Poleye, James de Seagrave, .... Roter, Ralph Pauncefot, Robert Pacherne, Hamo de Hotoft, John Blake,
Roger Blake and Ralph Blake, jurors,
Who say on oath that Ralph Basset of Drayton, deceased, held a third part of one Knight’s Fee in
Overton Quartermars which John Maureward holds, and which is worth 4d. yearly, etc.
And a sixth part of one Knight’s Fee in Querndon, which Richard de Lewes holds, and which is worth
ad, yearly.
And a sixth part of a Knight’s Fee, which Thomas de Sixtenby holds in Querndon, and which is worth
ad. yearly.
And a sixth part of one Knight’s Fee in Friseby, which is worth 2d. yearly, and which John de Boyvill
and John Twyeres hold.
The Jury say that Ralph Basset died February 21st, 17 Edward III., and that Ralph Basset the son of
Ralph Basset the younger is his next heir, and was of the age of 8 years on the feast of St. Andrew last past.
De Banco Roll 337, m. 221. Michaelmas, 17 Edward III., A.D. 1343.
Leyc.; Joan, who was the wife of Ralph Basset of Drayton, offered herself against John Larcher in a plea
of a third part of one messuage, 100 acres of arable Jand and 12 acres of meadow in Querndon, which she
claims as dower of the gift of the said Ralph, formerly her husband. And John comes by his attorney and
says that he holds the said tenements for the term of the life of Sir Thomas le Rous by a demise of the said
Thomas, by a rent to the same Thomas of 10 marks per annum, and he called the same Sir Thomas to
warrant. Let him have him here in one month from Easter.
De Banco Roll 338, m. 248. Hilary, 18 Edward III., A.D. 1344.
Leyc.; Joan, who was the wife of Ralph Basset of Drayton, offered herself against William le Spicer in
a plea of a third part of one water mill in Barewe-on-Sore which she claims as dower of the gift of Ralph,
formerly her husband. And William le Spicer comes and further called to warrant Thomas le Rous. Let
him have him here on the morrow of St. John the Baptist.
Coram Rege Roll 338, m. 155. Michaelmas, 18 Edward III., A.D. 1344.
Leyc.; Thomas the son of Thomas le Rous, by his attorney, offered himself against Richard de Lewes,
Adam Martel, Roger Herberd and Richard Herberd of Querndon, in a plea wherefore, with force and arms.
they broke the close of the same Thomas at Querndon and took and carried away two cows of his of the value
of 40s., and did other enormities to his great damage. They did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to
attach them, and he returned that Richard de Lewes was attached by Adam Martel and Roger Bourt, and that
Adam Martel was attached by Richard de Lewes and Roger Bourt, and Roger Herberd by Adam Martel and
Richard Martel, etc. The Sheriff was ordered to distrain them by their lands and produce them here on the
morrow of the Purification, on which day he had not sent the Writ, therefore the suit was put in respite
to Easter.
De Banco Roll 338, m. 273 d. Hilary, 18 Edward III., A.D. 1344.
Leyc.; John Larcher offered himself against Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, guardian of the
body and lands of the heir of Ralph, the son of Ralph, the son of Ralph Basset of Drayton, the kinsman and
heir of Ralph Basset of Drayton, in a plea of warranty.
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De Banco Roll, No. 344, m. 30. Michaelmas, A.D. 1345.
Leyc. ; William de Meaux and Anna his wife offered themselves against Robert de Farnham and William le
Spicer of Mountsorrel in a plea of one third part of one messuage and one virgate of land with the appurtenances
in Countasthorpe which they claim as dower of the said Anna. And they do not come. And further they
made default here, to wit, in the Octaves of Saint Trinity last past when summoned. Therefore the Sheriff
is ordered to take the said meadow into the hands of the lord the King, etc. And to summon them to be here
in the Octaves of Saint Michael. And the Sheriff returns that he had instructed Robert de Wheston, bailiff of
the Honor of Leycester, who did nothing ; therefore the Sheriff is commanded that he do not omit, but that he
take the said third part into the hands of the lord the King. And let him summon them to be here on the
morrow of All Souls.
Coram Rege Roll 342, m. 5. Michaelmas, 19 Edward III, A.D. 1345.
Northants ; Margaret de Mounsorell, in her own person, offered herself against William Rybonus and
William le Clerk of Holwell in a plea of robbery and the King’s peace broken, of which she appeals them.
And they did not appear. And the Sheriff was ordered to attach them, and he returned that the said Margaret
had not found pledges to prosecute, whereupon the said Margaret found them in the Court, to wit, John Bagot
of Mounsorel and Robert de Farnham as her pledges to prosecute.
Therefore the Sheriff was ordered to attach William Rybonus and William the Clerk so that he have their
bodies before the King in the Octaves of St. Martin.
The same Roll, m. 161.
Leyc.; Robert de Farnham comes here in Court on Tuesday next after the Octaves of St. Martin in this
year and acknowledges that he owes to Simon de Kegworth, clerk, qos., to be paid in the Octaves of St. Hilary
next to come, and unless he performs this he agrees that the Sheriff shall obtain it from his lands and chattels.
De Banco Roll 344, m. 391. Michaelmas, 19 Edward III., A.D. 1345.
Leyc. ; John Waleys, by Geoffrey de Ayleston his attorney, offered himself against Geoffrey Satherey
and Amice his wife in a plea of 2 acres of land in Barewe;
and against Henry the son of Ralph and Agnes his wife in a plea of 3 acres ;
and against Ralph Rondeland and Matilda his wife in a plea of 3 acres;
and against William le Mason and Margery his wife in a plea of 2 acres;
and against William le Fyssher in a plea of 2 acres;
and against Simon Hare and Joan his wife in a plea of 4 acres;
and against Augustin Hare and Alice his wife in a plea of 3 acres;
and against Thomas Fleyke and Matilda his wife in a plea of 3 acres;
and against Robert de Gaddesby and Isolda his wife in a plea of 3 acres;
and against Henry Tengy and Clementia his wife in a plea of 2 acres;
and against Roger Ive in a plea of 2 acres;
and against William Hare and Elena his wife in a plea of 5 acres;
and against Simon Hebbe and Matilda his wife in a plea of one acre ;
and against William Joukyn and Aldousa his wife in a plea of 6 acres;
and against William de Neusom, chaplain, in a plea of one messuage, 6 acres of meadow and 60s, of rent;
and against Ralph le Got and Matilda his wife, and John the son of John de Wydmerpol in a plea of
one acre ;
and against John Joukyn and Margery his wife in a plea of 5 acres;
and against John de Wydmerpol and Joan his wife in a plea of 4 acres ;
and against John the son of John Joukyn and Agnes his wife in a plea of 6 acres;
and against John the son of William at the hill in a plea of one acre ;
and against John Hervy and Margery his wife in a plea of 4 acres,
all situated in the township of Barewe, as his right and inheritance, and into which the defendants have no
right of Entry unless by a Disseisin which Robert de Farnham unjustly and without judgment did to Robert
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Waleys, great-grandfather of the said John Waleys, whose heir he is, and of which premises the said Robert
Waleys, the great-orandfather, was seised in his demesne as of Fee and Right in the time of King Edward the
grandfather of the now King, by taking the issues to the value, etc.
And from Robert the great-grandfather the premises descended to Nicholas as son and heir, and from
Nicholas to Oliver as son and heir, and from Oliver to the said John Waleys as son aud heir.
And Geoffrey and the others came by Robert de Keworth, guardian of John the son of John de
Wvdmerpol, as attorney for them all.
And the said William the mason and Margery, Simon son of Ralph and Alice, Henry Tengy and
Clementia, and Thomas son of the same Henry, Simon Hebbe and Matilda, William Joukyn and Aldousa,
Ralph le Got and Matilda, and John son of John de Wydmerpol ask to see the Title. Let them have it. A
“day is given them on the quindene of St. Hilary.
And William de Neusom says that the tenements demanded are not, except only one messuage, 4 acres
of land and 4os. of rent, and further he calls to warrant Robert de Farnham. Let him have him here at the
same Term by the aid of the Court, and let him be summoned in the same Court.
And the said Roger Ive says that the land demanded against him is not, except one acre only and half
an acre.
And the said John Hervy and Margery his wife say that the land demanded against them is not, except
one acre only, and as much for themselves severally as tenants as for the said Geoftrey Satherey and Amice,
William le Fyssher, Simon Hare and Joan his wife, Augustin Hare and Alice his wife, Thomas Fleyke and
Matilda his wife, John de Wydmerpol and Joan his wife, John the son of John Joukyn and Agnes his wife,
and John the son of William at the hill, who, to the said tenements demanded severally against them, say
that they hold those tenements for the term of their lives by the demise of a certain Robert de Farnham,
which said Robert afterwards gave and granted the Reversion of the tenements to a certain William de
Neusom, vicar of the church of Wybenbury, and his heirs, by virtue of which grant they are attorned to the
same William, and so they say that they hold those tenements for the term of their lives from William de
Neusom, and that the Reversion of the tenements belongs to the same William, without whom they are not
able to answer John Waleys, and they seek the aid of the Court.
Therefore let him be summoned to be here at the same Term to answer together with, etc.
N.B.—John Waleys was lord of the manor of Swytheland; his daughter and heir married John Walcote.
De Banco Roll, No. 344, m. 26 d. Michaelmas, A.D. 1345.
Leyc.; The Suit between John, son of Walter, son of Richard de Broughton, plaintiff, and John de
Farnham and Agnes his wife, tenants of one messuage, one toft and half of five virgates of land and ten acres
of pasture with the appurtenances in Nether Broughton, which the same John, son of Walter, claims in this
Court as his right, remains without a day, because that the said John de Farnham is about to go to parts
beyond the seas with the King’s trusty and well-beloved William, son of Richard de la Pole, on the service of
the King, and has Letters of Protection from the King lasting until the feast of the Nativity next to come.
N.B.—This is probably the same John de Farnham who went abroad in 1337 with John de Charnels and others on the King’s service
in the war with France. He most likely was the brother of Robert de Farnham of Quorndon mentioned in the Assize Roll of 1336,
No. 1400, m, 162, Leycester.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 18 Edward III., A.D. 1345.
Between John Drenge and Margery his wife, plaintiffs, and William atte Chanones of Prestwold,
defendant, of two messuages, 17 acres of land and 4 acres of pasture in Barewe and Querndon. John Drenge
and Margery acknowledge the said tenements to be the right of William atte Chanones.
And for this acknowledgement the said William atte Chanones granted the aforesaid tenements to John
Drenge and Margery and the heirs of the said John Drenge for ever.
Feet of Fines, Leicester, No. 125. 18 Edward III., A.D. 1345.
. This is the final Agreement made in the Court of the lord the King at Westminster on the Octaves of
Saint John the Baptist in the 18th year of the reign of King Edward III.
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Between Richard de Stafford, chivaler, plaintiff, and John le Archer, defendant, of the Manor of Querndon,
whence a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the same Court, that is to say, that the said John
le Archer acknowledged the said Manor to be the right of Richard de Stafford as that which the said Richard
has of the gift of the said John, except 32s. and one penny halfpenny of rent and two parts of one messuage in
the same Manor, and he grants to the said Richard the said rent together with the homages and all the services
of Giles de Erdyngton, Roger Bourt, William de Neusom, Richard de Lewes and Robert Potemon and their
heirs from all the tenements which were before held of the said John in the said Manor, to have and to hold to
Richard and his heirs of the Chief lords of that Fee by the services which pertain to the Manor and rent
for ever.
And further the same John grants for himself and his heirs that the said two parts, as above excepted,
which Thomas le Rous, knight, holds for the term of his life of the inheritance of the said John in the said’
Manor on the day on which this agreement was made, and which after the death of the same Thomas ought to
tevert to the said John and his heirs, shall remain after the death of the same Thomas wholly to the said
Richard and his heirs, to hold together with the said Manor and rent of the Chief lords of the Fee for ever,
And the said John and his heirs will warrant the said Manor to the said Richard and his heirs against all men
for ever. .
And for this acknowledgement, warranty, fine and agreement, Richard gave to John 100 marks of Silver,
N.B.—Probably John le Archer and John Larcher mentioned in the De Banco Roll 338 are the same person,
De Banco Roll, No. 348, m. 471. Michaelmas, A.D. 1346.
Leyc.; The Suit between John Waleys, plaintiff, and William de Neusom, clerk, tenant of one messuage,
six acres of meadow, and 60s. rent with the appurtenances in Barewe, which the same John claims here in Court
as his right, remains without a day, because that Robert de Farnbam, whom the said William calls to warrant
in this Court, is setting out to parts beyond the seas with the King’s trusty and well-beloved Edward, Prince
of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester, the King’s dearest son, and he (Robert) has letters of
protection from the King lasting from the 6th day of July in the 2oth year of his reign of England and the 7th
year of his reign of France until the Feast of the Nativity next to come.
De Banco Roll, No. 352, m. 438. Michaelmas, A.D. 1347.
Leyc. ; John Waleys, by his attorney, seeks against William de Neusom, clerk, one messuage, six acres of
meadow, etc., in Barewe, and William comes by his attorney and denies the truth of the statement, and he
calls to warrant Robert de Farnham. Let him have him here in three weeks from Easter day by the aid
of the Court.
The same Roll, m. 299.
Leyc.; Johanna, who was the wife of William de Dalby, offered herself against Robert de Farnham in a
plea of one third part of premises in Mountsorrel which she claims in dower. And he does not come. And
further he made default here, to wit, on the Octaves of St. John Baptist next after having been summoned.
And the Sheriff was ordered to take the third part into the hands of the lord the King, and to summon him to
be here one month from the day of St. Michael. And the Sheriff gave the order to the Bailiff of the Honor of
Leycester who did nothing, therefore the Sheriff is commanded not to omit. Let him take the third part into
the hands of the Jord the King and summon him to be here on the quindene of Hillary.
Coram Rege Roll 340, m.6 Rex. Easter, 19 Edward III., 1345 to 1347.
Leycester; Robert de Farnham of Quorndon was attached by his body to answer to Ellen, the daughter
of Sir Thomas le Rous, chivaler, for robbery and the King’s peace broken, whereof she appeals him.
And the pledges of the said Ellen for the prosecution are Walter, the son of John le Cok of Haydon in
the county of Norfolk, and John de Dysseworth in the county of Leycester. And the reason wherefore the
same Ellen appeals the aforesaid Robert of the said robbery and the King’s peace broken, is that whereas
the said Ellen was in the peace of God and of the now King on Monday next before the feast of St. Peter in
cathedra (February 22nd, a.p. 1344), in the 18th year of the reign of the now King of England, in the
township of Barewe in the county of Leycester, in a certain place called “ Barewebrigg,”’ on the bridge which
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extends over the water of Sore, at the third hour of the said day in the middle of the same bridge, there came
the said Robert de Farnham feloniously, as a felon of the lord the King, assaulting and with assault
premeditated against the peace of the lord the King, his Crown and Dignity, the day, year, hour, township,
place and county aforesaid, and her the said Ellen, of 20s. 3d. sterling of the said Ellen’s money found in her
possession, feloniously did rob, and as soon as the aforesaid Robert had committed the said felony he fled ;
and the said Ellen recently pursued him from Vill to Vill until the said Robert is attached by the King’s Writ
at the suit of the said Ellen; and if the said Robert wishes to gainsay the felony aforesaid, the said Ellen is
ready to prove this against him as a felon of the lord the King, as the King’s Court shall adjudge, etc.
And the said Robert de Farnham denies all the felony, robbery and whatsoever is against the lord
the King’s peace, his crown and dignity, and he says he is in no wise guilty thereof, and for good or bad
he puts himself on his country, and the said Ellen does likewise. Therefore let a Jury come before the lord
the King on the Octaves of Holy Trinity wheresoever, etc.
And in the meantime the said Robert is committed to the prison of the Marshalsea.
Afterwards, the process having been continued between the parties aforesaid until the Octaves of
St. Martin in the 19th year of the reign of the now King, on which day before the lord the King at
Westminster came the said Robert de Farnham led by the Marshall.
And the aforesaid Ellen, although solemnly called on the fourth day of the plea, did not appear, nor did
she prosecute her appeal.
Therefore let her be seized, and her pledges to prosecute are in mercy.
And the aforesaid Robert, as regards the suit of the said Ellen, may go without a day, but at the suit of
the lord the King, being forthwith asked how he wishes to acquit himself of the robbery aforesaid, says that
he is in no wise guilty thereof, and for good or bad places himself on his country. Therefore let a Jury come
before the lord the King on the Octaves of Hilary wheresoever, etc.
And the said Robert is meanwhile committed to the Marshalsea.
Coram Rege Roll 343, m. 8 Rex.
Leyc.; The Sheriff was commanded to cause to come before the King on this day, to wit, the Octaves of
Saint Hilary, 24 knights of the vicinage of Barowe, by whom, etc., and who have no affinity with Robert de
Farnham of Querndon, in order to ascertain whether the said Robert is guilty of a certain robbery committed
on Elena, the daughter of Sir Thomas le Rous, to the amount of 20s. 3d. sterling, on Monday next before the
feast of St. Peter in cathedra in the 18th year of the now King, of which robbery the said Elena appealed him
in Court before the King, and afterwards did not prosecute her appeal against him. And the Sheriff returned
the names of the 24, none of whom came; therefore the Jury is put in respite till three weeks after Easter.
The Sheriff was ordered to seize Elena, the daughter of Sir Thomas le Rous, if he can find her, so that he
have her body before the King on this day, to wit, the Octave of Hilary, to satisfy the lord the King in respect
of her Redemption, for that she did not prosecute the appeal that she had made against Robert de Farnham of
Querndon for robbery and the King’s peace broken.
Afterwards in the same Term, before the King at Norwich, came the said Elena and made a Fine with the
lord the King for the aforesaid occasion, which Fine appears on the Roll of Fines of the same Term.
Afterwards on the Octaves of St. Martin in the 21st year of the reign of the now King, and before
the lord the King at Westminster, came the said Robert de Farnham and surrendered himself to the prison
here in Court, after that he had escaped from the Marshalsea, and he says that the lord the King of his special]
grace, on account of the good service which the said Robert did for him in his wars with France, had pardoned
the said Robert the suit of his peace, which to him appertains, for homicides, felonies, robberies and trespasses
whatsoever by him perpetrated in his realm of England against his peace before the 4th day of September in
the 2oth year of his reign of England, whereof he may be indicted, accused or appealed, and also outlawries
(if any were promulgated) against him, and granted to him His firm peace therein, etc., by his Letters Patent
which he proffers here in Court, and which testify to the same, the date whereof is the 22nd day of September
in the 21st year of his reign, given at Calais under the Testimony of the lord the King, and which
Letters Patent are more fully enrolled on the Roll of the Term of Saint Hilary in the roth year of the now
King’s reign. (See Roll g among the pleas of the King.)
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He proffers also the King’s Letters containing that the same lord the King, of his special grace and at the
request of his dearest son Edward the Prince of Wales, and also for the good service which the said Robert de
Farnham did to the King in his wars with France, had pardoned him the suit of his peace, which appertains to
him, in the case of having broken prison of the Marshalsea, wherein he was detained for the death of Thomas
Chamberlayn of the county of Essex, whereof he is indicted, accused or appealed, and also the outlawry (if any
was promulgated against him on that occasion), and had granted to him his firm peace by Letters Patent under
the Testimony of the King at Calais dated the 4th day of October in the 21st year of his reign of England
and the 8th of his reign of France. He proffers also divers of the King’s “ Writs Closed ” directed to the
Justices here for allowing the Letters aforesaid, which are filed among the Writs of Precept of the 21st year,
by pretext of which it was adjudged that the said Robert may go without a day, saving always the Action of
anyone, etc.; but nevertheless it does not seem good to let him go scot free, so he is dismissed by the pledges
of Simon de Kegworth, Robert de Keyworth, John de Keyworth, John de Paston and John Chamberlayn, who
-undertook to have him before the King whenever called upon, and to go bail for his good behaviour towards
the King’s people, to wit, body for body, and further from day to day, etc.
The Suit referred to in the other charge against Robert de Farnham is—
Coram Rege Roll 339, m. 9 Rex. Hilary, 19 Edward III., 1345 and 1346.
Essex ; The Sheriff was commanded to cause Robert, the son of Robert de Farnham of Querndon, and
Henry Stoke to be demanded from county to county until he find them, and they will be outlawed if not
found, then to arrest and safely hold them so that he have them before the King at this day, to wit, in 15 days
from Saint Hilary wheresoever, etc., in order to answer to Ellinor, who was the wife of Thomas Chamberlayn,
respecting the death of the said Thomas, formerly her husband, whereof she accuses them.
And they did not appear, and the Sheriff returned that at the County Court held on Tuesday next after
the feast of Saint James the Apostle in the 18th year of the now King (July 25th, A.D. 1344), the aforesaid
Robert and Henry were demanded for the first time and did not appear.
And four times they were demanded and did not come.
Therefore they are outlawed, and on that account let every enquiry be made concerning their lands and
chattels, etc.
Afterwards in 15 days from Easter in the rgth year of the reign of the now King came the said Robert
de Farnham, taken and brought by the Sheriff of Leycester here in the Court, who was committed to the
Marshalsea.
And it is asked of him if he has or knows anything to say for himself wherefore execution of the
Judgment of the Outlawry aforesaid on him ought not to be proceeded with, who says that the Outlawry
aforesaid ought not to harm him, for he says that the day and year aforesaid whereon the said Outlawry was
so promulgated in the county of Essex, and long before and after, he was detained and arrested at Roderham
in the county of York by Adam de Reresby, one of the King’s Coroners for the said county, and by the
Bailiffs of the said town of Rotherham on the occasion of a certain dispute between him the said Robert,
son of Robert de Farnham, and a certain William de Godale there arisen, that is to say, on the Saturday the
feast of St. Leonard (November 6th) in the 18th year of the reign of the now King. In whose custody the
said Robert, continuously so arrested, stayed at Rotherham from the day aforesaid until the feast of
St. Thomas the Apostle next following, when the said William Godale had become convalescent from the
wound which the said Robert had given him, and the said Robert, son of Robert, was then set at liberty.
And this he is ready to verify as the Court shall order, etc. But John Lincoln, who sues for the lord the
King, says that the aforesaid Robert, son of Robert de Farnham, on the day and year aforesaid on which the
outlawry was promulgated was at large and was not confined at Rotherham, and that he was committed to
the Marshalsea but escaped.
Coram Rege Roll 343, m. 23 Rex.
Ebor; The Jury .... who were called to enquire whether Robert, the son of Robert de Farnham of
Querndon, was arrested and detained at Rotherham by Adam de Reresby, one of the King’s Coroners in the
same county, and by the Bailiffs of the said town of Rotherham on Tuesday in the feast of Saint Edmond the
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Archbishop, on the occasion of a certain quarrel which had arisen between the same Robert and a certain
William Godale, so that Robert by no possibility could have been at the Court held in the county of Essex on
the same Tuesday, for which default a certain outlawry was promulgated in the same county of Essex on the
said Tuesday against the aforesaid Robert at the suit of Eleanor, who was the wife of Thomas Chamberlayn,
for the death of her husband Thomas, of which she appealed him, by which outlawry he says he ought not to
be harmed .... is put in respite to one month from Easter for default of Jurors, because none came.
Therefore let the Sheriff have the bodies of all the Jurors before the King at the same Term.
Coram Rege Roll 339 again.
Afterwards Robert de Farnham surrendered and said that the King of his special grace had pardoned him
for all offences, and quoted the Letters “ Patent and Closed” as before.
And further it is witnessed here in this Court that Robert, the son of Robert de Farnham, and Robert de
Farnham of Querindon are one and the same person.
N.B.—The above long and complicated suits occur in so many of the Rolls extending over a period of three years, that it is difficult
to arrange the story intelligibly. Sir Thomas le Rous had served as High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1321. Whether Robert de Farnham
really committed the enormities with which he was charged or not does not seem to have interfered much with his freedom, for he was
evidently at large making his preparations for departure with the Prince of Wales to the war in France, and he fought so well that the
King, on the Prince of Wales’s recommendation, gave him Letters of Pardon for any offence committed before the War.
It is quite probable that he was let out of the Marshalsea on purpose, on the condition that he volunteered to fight in France, as it
is well known that prisoners were often given their liberty on this condition.
Robert de Farnham had excellent reasons for fighting well, so his services were quite likely to be appreciated by his Commander.
It is unfortunate that he died in 1349, so soon after his return to England, as we should probably have heard more of his exploits.
The suit entered on the De Banco Roll 348, m. 471, printed on p. 94, seems to shew that Robert de
Farnham was at large and was known to be about to go to the War.
Nichols (vol. 3, p. 95) says that in 1346, Giles de Erdington (on the aid then granted for knighting
Edward of Woodstock, the King’s eldest son) was assessed 20s. for half a Knight’s fee in Barrow, Quorndon
and Woodhouse; Alice de Beaumont 5s. for half a quarter of one Knight’s fee; Robert de Farnham 3s. for a
twentieth part of one Knight’s fee, and Ralph Basset of Drayton 15s. for three half quarter parts of one
Knight’s fee; all in Quorndon and Woodhouse, and parcel of the fees of Chester and Huntingdon. (Roll of
Aids, 20 Edward III.)
French Roll, m. 8. June 20th, 20 Edward III., A.D. 1346.
Robert de Farnham of the retinue of Edward, Prince of Wales, the King’s son, had Letters of Protection
till Michaelmas.
French Roll. June 15th, 21 Edward III, A.D. 1347.
Robert de Farnham of the retinue of Edward the Prince of Wales, had Letters of Attorney on the
testimony of Richard de Stafford.
Norman Roll. November 16th, 20 Edward III., A.D. 1346.
Robert de Farnham of Queryndon, for good service performed in France, pardoned by the King, on the
testimony of the Prince of Wales, for all homicides, felonies, etc., perpetrated before the 4th of September last,
on condition that he did not withdraw from the King’s service without his permission.
Calais Roll. Dated at Calais October 4th, 1347, 21 Edward III.
Robert de Farnham of Querndon has a pardon for breaking out of the Marshalsea, where he had been
detained for the death of Thomas le Chamberlein of the co. of Essex.
N.B.—The first Division of the English Army at Crecy was under the nominal command of the Prince of
Wales, but was really commanded by the Earls of Warwick and Oxford and Godfrey de Harecourt. Among the
Knights in this Division General Wrottesley finds the name of Robert de Farnham of Quorndon (see Crecy
and Calais, Wrottesley, p. 32).
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Historical Manuscripts Commission, Tenth Report, Appendix, Part 4, p. 300.
Among the Manuscripts belonging to the Earl of Kilmorey there are Deeds relating to property at
Badington, co. Chester. Among them is a Grant by Robert de Farnham and Matilda his wife to William de
Nedeham and Isabel their daughter in free marriage, of lands in Countasthorp, Blaby and Glenmeadow,
22, Edward III., A.D. 1348.
De Banco Roll 356, m. 120. Michaelmas, 22 Edward III., A.D. 1348.
Leyc.; Giles de Erdyngton, by Roger Hughet his attorney, demands against Robert de Kyngesford,
Reginald Wencheharm, John de Wynneshurst, chaplain, Henry de Cobynton, chaplain, Hugh Swift and John
Ivernshay one messuage, 10 acres of land, 4 acres of meadow and 4s. of rent in Querndon, as his right and
inheritance, and into which the defendants have no right of Entry, except by a demise which Henry de
Erdyngton, formerly the husband of Matilda de Erdyngton the grandmother of the said Giles, whose heir he
is, whom Matilda in his lifetime could not withstand, made to John le Noreys, and of which tenements he says
that the said Matilda his grandmother was seised in her demesne as of fee in the time of peace by taking the
issues to the value, etc. And from the said Matilda the right descended to a certain Henry de Erdyngton as
son and heir, and from Henry the right descended to Giles as son and heir. And thus he produces his suit.
And Robert and the other defendants came by their attorney, and they restore the said tenements to the
said Giles.
Therefore it is adjudged that the said Giles de Erdyngton recover his seisin against the defendants, and
the defendants are in mercy.
The same Roll, m. 276 d.
Leyc.; Richard the son of Richard de Hampton offered himself against Roger Herberd and Margery his
wife, sister and one of the heirs of John de Querndon, and John Broun of Woodthorp, kinsman and one of the
other of the heirs of the same John de Querndon, in a plea of Warranty.
Coram Rege Roll 350, m. 32 d., and Roll 354, m. 8d. A.D. 1348.
Leyc.; John de Kegworth, clerk, in his own person, offered himself against Robert de Farnam of
Querndon in a plea of trespass. And he did not appear. And the Sheriff was ordered to attach him, and he
returned that Robert was not found nor has he anything to attach, therefore the Sheriff was ordered to have
him before the King on the Octaves of Hilary, but the Sheriff did not send the Writ, therefore he was ordered
to produce him on the quindene of Easter, on which day he had not sent the Writ, so he was further ordered
to have him in Court in the Octaves of St. Michael next ensuing.
De Banco Roll, No. 359, m. 33 d. Michaelmas, A.D. 1349.
Leyc. ; John Waleys, by his attorney John de Ayleston, seeks against William le Mason and Margery
his wife 2 acres of land in Barewe, and against Simon son of Ralph and Alice his wife 2 acres of land n
Barewe, and against Henry Tengy and Clementia his wife and Thomas son of Henry 2 acres of land,
and against Simon Hebbe and Matilda his wife 1 acre of land in Barewe, and against William Jonkyn and
Aldousa his wife 6 acres of land in Barewe, and against Ralph de Got and Matilda his wife and John son of
John de Wydmerpol 1 acre of land in Barewe, and against William de Neusom, clerk, one messuage,
6 acres of land and 60s. of rent, all in Barewe, as his right and inheritance, and into which the several
defendants have no right of entry, except after the disseisin which Robert de Farnham unjustly and without
Judgment did to Robert Waleys, the great-grandfather of the said John Waleys, whose heir he is, and
of which tenements he says that the said Robert Waleys, his great-grandfather, was seised in his demesne a
of fee, and by right in the time of peace in the reign of Edward, King of England, grandfather of the present
King, taking issues therefore to the full value, etc. And from the said Robert the great-grandfather the right
descended to a certain Nicholas as son and heir, and from Nicholas to Oliver as son and heir, and from Oliver
to John Waleys who now is, as son and heir. And thus be produces his suit.
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And the defendants come by their attorney, and heretofore they called to warrant Robert de Farnham
who was summoned in the same Court, so that the process having been continued from then to now,
viz., 15 days from Michaelmas, on which day the Sheriff returned that Robert de Farnham was dead.
And hereupon the defendants severally call again to warrant John, son and heir of the said Robert
~ de Farnham, which same John is under age, so that they ask that the Suit remain over until his coming
of age. And John Waleys is unable to gainsay this, therefore let the Suit remain over till his day of age.
De Banco Roll 360, m. 44 d. Hilary, 23 Edward III., A.D. 1350.
Leyc.; John Waleys, by John de Ayleston his attorney, seeks against Geoffrey Sacherey and Amice his
wife 3 acres of land in Barewe;
and against Henry son of Ralph and Agnes his wife 3 acres in Barewe ;
‘and against Ralph de Randelond and Matilda his wife 3 acres in Barewe ;
and against William Fyssher 2 acres in Barewe ;
and against Simon Hare and Joan his wife 4 acres in Barewe ;
and against Augustin Hare and Alice his wife 3 acres in Barewe ;
and against Thomas Fleyke and Matilda his wife 3 acres in Barewe ;
and against Robert de Gaddesby and Isolda his wife 3 acres in Barewe ;
and against Roger Ive 2 acres in Barewe ;
and against William Hare and Elena his wife 5 acres in Barewe;
and against John Jonkyn and Margery his wife 5 acres in Barewe ;
and against John de Wydmerpol and Joan his wife 4 acres in Barewe ;
and against John the son of William Othehill 1 acre in Barewe ;
and against John the son of John Jonkyn and Agnes his wife 5 acres in Barewe;
and against John Hervy and Margery his wife 4 acres in Barewe.
And Geoffrey and the others come, by William de Leycester their attorney, and heretofore they severally
called to warranty Robert de Farnham summoned in the same Court. And the process having been continued
to this day, to wit, the Octaves of St. Hilary, on which day the Sheriff returns that Robert de Farnham
is dead.
Whereupon Geoffrey and the others respectively call to warrant John the son and heir of the said Robert
de Farnham, and he is to be summoned in the same Court; which same John is under age, so they ask that
the Suit remain over until he comes to his age. And John Waleys cannot gainsay this; therefore the Suit is
postponed until John de Farnham comes of age.
Gaol Delivery Roll, Leicester, 187, m. 14 d. 26 Edward III., A.D. 1352.
- Before William de Skypwyth and John de Moubray, Justices for Gaol Delivery at Leycester, on Monday
next after the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle.
Goda the wife of William Godehusbonde of Querndon was taken with her handiwork, five sheep of the
value of 5s. at Querndon feloniously stolen, and for that, that she together with the said William her husband
on Friday next after the feast of St. Michael in the 26th year of the reign of King Edward III. at Belton,
feloniously stole 6 sheep of the value of 6s., of which she was indicted before the Sheriff in his turn.
Judgment: Not guilty, but the sheep are forfeited to the King.
De Banco Roll 371, m. 112. Michaelmas, 26 Edward III., A.D, 1352.
Leyc.; John Waleys, chivaler, by John de Ayleston his attorney, offered himself against John de
Makeseye of Wodehous and Thomas Balle of Wodehous in a plea wherefore, with force and arms they took
and carried away 6 horses of the same John’s of the value of 100s., found at Wodehous, and did other
enormities to his great damage and against the peace. They did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered
to distrain them.
The same Roll, m. 84 d.
Leyc. ; John Waleys, chivaler, by his attorney, offered himself against William de Sutton, John Gunne
of Mountsorell and John de Wygeston in a plea wherefore they took 16 pigs of the value of 100s. belonging
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to the same John Waleys, found at Querndon, and other enormities. They did not come, and they were
distrained by chattels of 10d. each, and the Sheriff was ordered to produce them here within 15 days
of Hilary.
Inquisition Post-mortem, File 124, No. 69. 27 Edward ITI., A.D. 18538. (John de Segrave.)
Inquisition taken before John de Wyndesore, escheator of the King in the county of Leycester, at Syleby
on the 20th day of April, A.D. 1353.
And on the oaths of Simon Germayn, John Ravens, Roger Somervill, Simon de Dranefeld, William
Robynet, Robert son of Nycholas, Ralph Weston, Henry son of Geoffrey, Henry Neusome, Thomas le
Neweman and Gilbert atte Grenesty, who say that John held no Jands in demesne or in service of the King
in Chief in the County of Leycester on the day he died, but they say that John held the Bailiwick of the
Hundred of Goscote conjointly enfeoffed with Margaret his wife, still living, of the King in Chief in fee farm,
rendering a service of roos. at the Exchequer of the lord the King by the hands of the Sheriff of Leycester.
They say that John de Segrave and Margaret his wife were conjointly enfeofied in the manors of Segrave,
Syleby, Mounsorell, Dalby Chacombe and Overton, and 30 messuages, 30 virgates of land and Joos. of rent in
Cotes, Thirneby, Smetheby, Wymundewold, Houby, Thorpe Sechevill, Twyford, Thurmaston, ba Bussard
and Melton, and the advowsons of the churches of Segrave, Syleby and Kegworth.
And the Jury say that the aforesaid manors were held of Edward, Prince of Wales, the Dule of Lancaster,
the Abbey of Leycester, John de Moubray and the lady Roos and other Jords by the right and accustomed
services, and are worth beyond all outgoings £100 yearly.
John de Segrave died on the first day of April last past.
And Elizabeth is the daughter and heir of the said John de Segrave, whom John the son of John de
Moubray of Axiholm took to wife, and she is of the age of 16 years and more.
De Banco Roll 408, m. 183 d. Hilary, 36 Edward III., A.D. 1362.
Leyc.; Robert Pulter of Querndon offered himself against Joan, who was the wife of Robert de Petymor,
and John Saresson, master of the Hospital of St. Leonard at Leycestre, executors of the Will of Robert de
Petymor, in a plea that they render him 10 swans of the value of £10 which they unjustly detain.
Leyc.; John Frankleyn, chaplain, demands against Robert Hervy 5 acres of land in Barewe, and against
Henry de Asfordeby and Margaret his wife one acre of land, and against John Bille and Alice his wife 8 acres
of land and one acre of meadow, all in Barewe, as his right by a Writ of Entry.
And Robert and the others come, and they severally call further to warrant John le Eyr. Let them have
him here in the Octaves of Holy Trinity by the aid of the Court. And let him be summoned in the
same Court.
The same John Frankleyn demands from William Cotiler half of one messuage in Barewe, and from ~
William the son of John Bille half of one messuage in Barewe, and from William Cobard one acre of land in
Barewe, and from John Makesome one acre of land in Barewe, which he claims as his right. They did not
appear and it was decided that John Frankleyn recover his seisin against the defendants by their default, and
the defendants are in mercy.
De Banco Roll 419, m. 8 d. Hilary, 39 Edward III., A.D. 1364.
Leyc. ; The Abbot of Leycester offered himself against Thomas Barker of Barewe and Robert Purse of
Barewe in a plea that each of them render him a reasonable Account for the time that each was bailiff and
receiver of monies for the said Abbot in Barewe. They did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered to
distrain them.
The same Abbot offered himself against John atte Grove of Barewe, Henry Saunders of Barewe and
Thomas Iireys of Barewe in a plea that each render him a reasonable Account as above. They did not appear
and were distrained.
De Banco Roll 418, m. 325 d. 38 Edward III., A.D. 1364.
Leyc.; Ralph Basset of Drayton, chivaler, by his attorney, offered himself against William Adcok of
Mountsorell, Richard Adcok, William Sapcote, John Fisshere, Richard Salter of Querndon, William Belamy,
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chaplain, and John Hunt of Swytheland in a plea, wherefore with force and arms they cut down and carried
away the trees belonging to the same Ralph Basset growing at Barewe-on-Sore to the value of #40. They
did not appear.
The Sheriff was ordered to distrain their lands, and he returned that John Hunt had nothing; let him be
arrested and produced with the others here at Michaelmas.
The same Roll, m. 287 d.
Leyc. ; Robert Pulter of Quernedon and Joan, who was the wife of Robert Petymor, executors of the
Will of Robert Petymor.
De Banco Roll 421, m. 230 d. Michaelmas, 39 Edward III., A.D. 1365.
Leyc.; Elisabeth, who was the wife of Giles de Erdyngton, chivaler, by her attorney, offered herself
against John Sulere, John atte Grene of Barewe, John Judde, Roger Milner of Barewe, Henry Saunders,
Wilham Attok, Richard Attok, William Belamy and John Reynald of Mounsorel in a plea wherefore with
force and arms they dug in Elisabeth’s soil at Barewe and fished in her fishery there, and took and carried away
thence fish, stones and soil to the value of roos., and with certain cattle depastured, cut down and consumed
her herbage growing there to the value of 4os., and assaulted her men and servants there, by which Elisabeth
lost their services for a long time, and did other enormities to her great damage and against the peace.
They did not come and they were distrained by chattels of 1od. value in each case. The Sheriff was
-ordered to distrain them by their lands and produce them here at Hilary.
De Banco Roll 425, m. 522 d. Michaelmas, 40 Edward III., A.D. 1366.
Leyc.; William de Ferrars, chivaler, offered himself against Nicholas Waleys in a plea wherefore he,
Nicholas, took away Elisabeth and Agnes the daughters and heirs of John Waleys, being under age and
found at Swythland, contrary to the said William’s wishes, as their marriage belongs to William de Ferrars.
De Banco Roll 429, m. 186 d. Michaelmas, 41 Edward III., A.D. 1367.
Leyc.; Richard Fitzherbert of Twycros, by Philip de Drayton his attorney, offered himself against
Robert de Staunton in a plea that he acquit him of the service which Henry Beaumond, chivaler, Ralf Basset
of Drayton, chivaler, and Elisabeth who was the wife of Giles de Erdyngton, chivaler, demand of him for the
free tenement which he holds of the same Robert in Fryseby on Wrekel, and of which Robert, who is the
intermediary between them, ought to acquit him.
He did not appear. Judgment: Let him be attached and be here within 15 days of Hilary.
The same Roll, m. 572.
Leyc.; Thomas Broun of Querendon offered himself against John Bole of Querendon and Agnes his wife
and Nicholas Butterton of Querendon in a plea wherefore, with force and arms they broke his close at
Querendon and took and carried away his goods and chattels there found to the value of 100s. and did other
enormities. The Sheriff was ordered to attach them and produce them at the quindene of Hilary.
De Banco Roll 432, m. 128 d. Michaelmas, 42 Edward III., A.D. 1368.
Leyc.; John the son of Thomas le Eyr of Barowe-on-Sore, the younger, offered himself against John
Wankeleyn of Barowe-on-Sore, chaplain, Henry Saunders and John Brese of Barowe-on-Sore in a plea of
one messuage and one virgate of land and eight acres of pasture in Barowe-on-Sore which William Pachet,
vicar of Ratcliff on the Wreke, gave to John the son of Thomas le Eyr of Barowe the elder and Margaret his
wife, and which, after the death of John the son of Thomas the elder and Margaret, should descend to John
the son of Thomas the younger as kinsman and heir.
The same Roll, m. 437.
Leyc.; Margery the daughter of Richard Perkyn of Barowe-on-Sore offered herself against John Bille of
Barowe in a plea of ro acres of arable land and 2 acres of meadow in Barowe, which she claims as her right.
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The same Roll, m. 445 d.
Leyc.; Matonia the daughter of Hugh Herberd of Querndon demands against John Bille of Barowe-on-
Sore one messuage and one carucate of land in Barowe as her right by a Writ of Entry. And John asks to
see the Title. Let him have it. A day is given them in the Octaves of Hilary.
De Banco Roll 436, m. 415 d. Michaelmas, 43 Edward III., A.D. 1369.
Leyc.; Henry Saunders of Barowe-on-Sore offered himself against Alice Martel and Margery Martel in
a plea wherefore they broke the close and houses of the same Henry at Querndon and cut down his trees
growing there and took away his timber to the value of #10 to his great damage and against the peace.
They did not appear, and they were attached by sureties and ordered to be here in 15 days from Hilary,
De Banco Roll 434, m. 161. Easter, 43 Edward III., A.D. 1369.
Leyc.; Elizabeth de Erdyngton offered herself against John the Abbot’s bailly of Barowe in a plea where-
fore he took and carried away 200 sheep worth £20 belonging to the same Elizabeth at Barowe-on-Sore,
also her goods and chattels there found to the value of £40. He did not appear.
De Banco Roll 436, m. 322. Michaelmas, 43 Edward III, A.D. 1369.
Leyc.; The Sheriff was ordered to summon Matonia the daughter of Hugh Herbert of Querndon and
John Bille of Barowe to ascertain whether a certain John the son of Gilbert in the Lane gave a messuage and
a virgate of land in Barowe-on-Sore to Hugh Herbert of Querndon and Margery his wife and the heirs of
their bodies which the said Matonia claims in Court as her right.
Ancient Deeds, Record Office, Volume 2, B. 2976, A.D. 1369.
Know present and to come that we, John Barowe of Querendonne and Robert de Lokynton of the same,
have granted and by this our Charter we have confirmed to Richard Boudonne of Querendonne and Elena his
wife, and to their heirs and assigns all the lands and tenements which we have of the gift and enfeoffment of
the said Richard in the Town and fields of Querendonne, to have and to hold the said premises to Richard,
Elena and their heirs and assigns freely, quietly, well and in peace of the Chief lords of that Fee by the
accustomed services. And we John and Robert will warrant the premises to Richard and Elena, their heirs
and assigns for ever.
In witness of which we have affixed our seals with these as witnesses, Richard Lewes of Querendon,
John Roule of the same, Richard Masonne of the same, William Rouse of the same, John Gaddesby of the
same, and other.
Given at Querendonne on Monday next before the feast of Saint Lawrence in the 43rd year of the reign
of King Edward III.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 48 Edward III., A.D. 1374.
Between Henry de Okee of Mountsorell and Agnes his wife, plaintiffs, and Robert Tayllour of Mount-
sorell and John de Lyndesey of Mountsorell, defendants, of one messuage, one acre and one rood of land in
Mountsorell.
Originalia Roll, m. 51. 49 Edward III., A.D. 1375.
Thomas the son of Giles de Erdyngton and Margaret his wife pay £20 into the Hanaper for pardon of
the trespasses which Henry de Erdyngton committed in acquiring the fourth part of the Manor of Barewe-
on-Sore which Ralph Basset held of the King in Chief and another fourth part of the same Manor which
John Lestrange held, for himself and his heirs.
And Giles de Erdyngton, now deceased, made a further trespass by entering that Manor without due
process or livery of the Court of the King, and by enfeoffing William le Walsh, late parson of the church of
Upton, and Thomas Wild, chaplain with the said Manor, to hold to the said William and Thomas under @
certain form. Which said William and Thomas afterwards, having had full and peaceful seisin in the said
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Manor, gave and granted the same to the said Giles and Elizabeth his wife to hold to the said Giles and
Elizabeth under a certain form, the Royal Licence for this purpose not having first been obtained.
Witness the King at Westminster. June 25.
N.B.—From this Deed it would seem that the Erdyngton family acquired the share of Sir John Lestrange in the Barrow Manor
mentioned in the Suit of 1278, also a quarter share from the Bassets.
ex Nichols’ History of Leicestershire, Volume 3, p. 63.
Inquisition made before Thomas Walsh, escheator of the lord the King in the county of Leycester, at
Leycester on Wednesday next after the feast of Saint Barnabas in the 49th year of the reign of King
Edward II]. (A.D. 1375).
And on the oaths of John de Knyghtorp, John Hikeling, John Martyn, Thomas Jeke, Robert Pegg,
William Baily, Thomas Warde, John Rowle, Ralf Calf, William Ellys, John Stevenson and Robert Clerk,
jurors, who say—
That Elizabeth, who was the wife of Giles de Erdyngton, held of the lord the King the Manor of Barewe-
on-Sore for the term of her life of the gift and grant of William le Walsh, formerly parson of the Church of
Upton, and Thomas Wilde, chaplain, which said Manor they formerly gave to Giles de Erdyngton, formerly
her husband, and to the same Elisabeth for the term of life of both Giles and Elisabeth, so that after the
deaths of the said Giles and Elisabeth the said Manor should remain to Thomas, the son of the said Giles
and Elisabeth, and to Margaret his wife and to the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten, and if they should
die without such heirs then the Manor shall remain to Giles and his heirs for ever.
And they say that the Manor is held of the King in Chief by a service of half a Knight’s Fee. And they
say that there are there many houses within the said Manor which are worth nothing beyond the outgoing
yearly.
And they say that there is there one dovehouse which is worth beyond outgoings 2s., and there are there
2 carucates of land in demesne which are worth annually beyond outgoings 535. 4d., because a greater part of
the said land lies broken and uncultivated for want of service. And there are there 20 acres of meadow worth
50s. annually, to wit 2s. 6d. per acre, and there are there 23 virgates with a messuage and toft adjacent, of
which the rent is £11 ros. in equal portions paid quarterly, each virgate having a messuage and a toft.
There is there a rent of 335. gd. payable from the Free Tenants at quarter days. There are 13 cottages
which are worth 19s. 6d. annually, and that a fourth part of the water mill there belonging to the same Manor
is worth annually 13s. 4d. beyond outgoings, and that the profits and perquisites of the Court there are worth
annually ros. beyond outgoings.
And they say that there is a carucate of land in demesne in Querndon and Woodhouse which are parcels
of the same Manor and it is worth 20s. annually, and there are 3 acres of meadow worth 6s. a year.
And there is there a separate pasture called “Querndon Medowe” which is worth 20s. a year. And
there are three acres of wood worth 5s. beyond outgoings. And there are there 6 cottages which are worth
gs. beyond outgoings. And there is rent issuing from the free tenements gs. 6d. paid quarterly. And that
there is there one rood of free Jand in Mountsorell which is parcel of the said Manor and is worth one penny
annually.
And they say that the said Elisabeth held in the same county the Manor of Nassington on the day she
died, etc., etc.
And that the said Thomas the son of the aforesaid Giles and Elisabeth is the son and next heir of the
same Elisabeth, and is of the age of 28 years and more.
In witness of which the jurors have affixed their seals.
De Banco Rolls, No, 472, m. 86. Michaelmas, 2 Richard II., A.D. 1378.
Staff. ; John de Farnham of Querndon, by Henry Broun his attorney, offered himself on the fourth day
against John Hycklyng of Wymondwold in a plea that he render to him 12 marks which he (Hycklyng) owes
him and unjustly withholds. And he does not come. And the Sheriff was ordered to take him, ete. And
the Sheriff now returns that he is not found, etc. And it is testified here in the Court that the said John
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Hycklyng lies hid and runs about in the Co. of Leicester, and therefore the Sheriff of Leicester is commanded
to take him, etc., and safely keep him, etc., so that he have his body here on the Octaves of Saint Hillary.
N.B.—John de Farnham of Quorndon was the son and heir of Robert de Farnham of Quorndon. In 1349, the year when the Black
Death decimated the population of England, Robert de Farnham died, leaving John his son and heir a minor, John de Farnham lived
to attain his majority, and married Margaret Billington of Billington and Levedale in the county of Stafford and heiress to her father's
estate there.
Coram Rege Roll 476, m. 66. Hilary, A.D. 1379.
Leyc.; John Hunte of Barewe, John Brown of Lughtburgh, Thomas de Erdyngton, chivaler, Thomas |e
Wyse, Roger Prychet and William Marchall were attached to answer to Ralph Basset of Drayton, chivaler, in
a plea wherefore with force and arms they broke the Park of the same Ralph at, Buddon, cut down and took
away his trees and underwood to the value of £10, and did other enormities to his great damage and against
the peace.
And whence the said Ralph complains that the said John Hunte and the others on Monday next after the
feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist in the first year of King Richard II. after the Conquest, with swords
broke the Park of the said Ralph at Buddon and cut down and carried away Oaks, Ash, Beech, Elms, Willows,
Thorns and 20 cartloads of underwood lately growing there, by which he says he is damaged to the amount of
#100, and thus he produces his suit.
And the said John Hunte and the others come by attorney and deny force and injury, and they seek leave
to imparl. Let them have it in three weeks from Easter wheresoever. The Suit was put in respite to
Michaelmas and further to Easter without being heard.
Coroner’s Roll 59, Leicester. 4 Richard II., A.D. 1381.
Inquest taken at Querndon before Thomas de Queneby, one of the Coroners of the lord the King for the
county of Leycester, on Monday next after the feast of St. Gregory in the 4th year of the reign of King
Richard II. after the Conquest.
To view the body of Alan (Cosour’s man of Derby) on the oaths of John de Gaddesby of Querndon,
Thomas Hebbe, Richard Mason, Henry Mateny, John Walwyn, John Elyn, Robert Rouland, William le
Wryght, John Grase, John de Waltham, Thomas Taillour and William de Bosworth,
Who say on oath that it chanced in the fields of Querndon under the Wood of Buddon on Saturday next
after the feast of Saint Gregory in the year above mentioned, at the hour of Vespers, a certain Thomas Cosour
of Derby and Alan his servant came riding on the Highway between the town of Loughteburgh and the village
of Querndon, wishing to go as far as Leycester, and there met three men “robbers ” and they believed that the
robbers were honest men, and one of the robbers said to Thomas Cosour, “ Whither are you going this night?”
And he replied, “To the Town of Leycester.” ‘“ We also would like to ride together with you,” they say to
Master Thomas Cosour. One robber says he knows a better way if Thomas will come with them, and took
the road leading from the High Road from Querndon to the Wood of Buddon.
And when they came to the gate of Buddon and were inside the Wood, one of the robbers said to another
of the robbers, “ Do what you know,” and immediately he pulled out a knife and struck Alan the servant of
the said Thomas Cosour, and the said Thomas Cosour saw the Deed, and by the grace of God he fled as far as
the village of Querndon and raised the “ Hue and Cry.” And the robbers feloniously killed the said Alan the
servant of the said Thomas and carried off three horses belonging to the said Thomas to the value of #10, and
immediately after the said felony they fled.
And the said Alan did not have the rites of the Church.
Thomas Cosour his master first found him and raised the “ Hue and Cry.” And let the “ Hue and Cry”
be raised through the four nearest villages, namely, Querndon, Barewe, Wodhouse and Thorp.
N.B.—The feast of St. Gregory was on March 12th, and the hour of Vespers was 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. The road from the High
Road would be the Beggarwell Lane, and in those days apparently the wood extended further towards Mountsorell than it does to-day. 4
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds at Leicester. 5 Richard II., A.D. 1381.
Know present and to come that I John Warde of Barowe have given, granted and by this my present
Charter have confirmed to John Colman of Barowe and Margery his wife, their heirs and assigns, all my
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tenements which I have in the town and fields of Barowe after my death and the death of Agnes my wife, to
have and to hold the said tenements to John Colman and Margery, their heirs and assigns, of the Chief Lords
of that Fee by the right and accustomed services. And I truly, the said John Warde and Agnes my wife, will
warrant and for ever defend the said tenements to the said John Colman and Margery, their heirs and assigns,
against all men.
In witness of which I have affixed my seal with these witnesses, John at Grove of Barowe, William Elys
of the same, Thomas Irysh of the same, John the Yer, John Byll and others.
Given at Barowe on Monday next after the feast of St. Michael the Archangel in the fifth year of the
reign of King Richard IT. after the Conquest.
Know all men that [ John Warde of Barowe-on-Sore have given and by this my present Charter have
confirmed to John Colman of the same place and Margery his wife, their heirs and assigns, one place in Barowe
and to acres of land and a half and one rood of meadow in the fields of Barowe, to wit, that place situate at the
end of the town next the place of John de Torp of Barowe and one acre of arable on Lambcroft next Robert
Baker of Barowe, and one rood of land on Benybryg next the land of Adam Tylly, one acre of arable on
Ryecroft next the land of the Abbot of Leicester, one acre in the same furlong next the land of Adam Tylly,
one half acre of arable on Hunwell next the Abbot’s land, one acre on Foxhill next Robert Baker’s land, a half
acre of arable on “beyond the stye ” next John de la Meyre’s land, half an acre in the same furlong next Adam
Tylly, and half an acre on Greneclyffe next John Daddy’s land, and £ rood on Hollandis next John Daddy’s
land, half an acre on Estowlands next John Byll’s land, 1 rood under Bydwell next John Byll’s land, half an
acre on Bydwell next Robert Baker’s land, 1 rood at the Cros next John Byll’s land, one rood at the town’s end
next the Abbot of Leycester’s land, 1 acre on Barlyby]] next John Daddy’s land, 1 acre on Estowlands next John
Daddy, 1 acre of meadow in Southolme and Daddyplowe, 1 rood of meadow in Lambecroft and Daddyplow,
1 half plowe in Ryecroft medowe next the Abbot’s land, 1 rood of meadow and 4 next John Daddy’s meadow,
1 rood more in the same. To hold to John Colman and Margery as before. 15 Richard II., A.D. 1391.
De Banco Roll, No. 491, m. 55 d. Michaelmas, 7 Richard II., A.D. 1383.
Leye.; John Farnham of Querndon, by John Ormesby his attorney, offered himself on the fourth day
against Agnes, who was the wife of John Hyclyng, and Nicholas Hiclyng, executors of the Will of John Hyclyng
of Wymondwold, in a plea that they render him 12 marks which they owe and unjustly detain. And they do
not come. And the Sheriff was ordered to distrain the said Agnes and to take the said Nicholas. And Agnes
was distrained by chattels to the value of rod. And let them be here on the Octave of Hillary.
Gaol Delivery Roll, No. 173, m. 25 d., Leicester. A.D. 1386.
Before the Justices at Leycester on Friday in the feast of St. Peter in Cathedra in the tenth year of King
Richard II.
Leye.; Robert Grage and William Grage his brother of Barowe-on-Sore were attached at the Suit of
John Bulle of Barowe for that they on Sunday next before the feast of St. Dionis in the tenth year of King
Richard II. at Barowe-on-Sore stole goods and chattels, to wit, two horses each worth 20s., two saddles
each worth 6s., a sword with a scabbard worth half a mark, two sheaves of arrows each of the value of 4cd.,
£33 and 125. of gold and silver in ready money belonging to the same John Bulle in the custody of John
Broune and John Davidson the servants of the said John Bulle, of which the said John Bulle now appeals
the aforesaid Robert and William before the Justices here, and finds pledges to prosecute, to wit, David
, Porthe and William Bispham.
And he says that as soon as Robert and William Grage had committed the felony they fled and the
said John Bulle pursued them from Vill to Vill as far as the four nearest villages until they were attached at
the suit of the same John Bulle, and if Robert and William wish to gainsay the felony, John Bulle is ready
to prove it against them in Court.
And Robert and William Grage come and defend all the felony, etc., and say that they are in no way
, guilty of the said robbery, and for good or bad they put themselves on the country, and John Bulle likewise.
: Therefore let the Suit be taken.
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The Jury chosen and sworn for the purpose say on oath that Robert and William Grage are guilty of the
said robbery brought against them by John Bulle. Therefore it is adjudged that Robert and William Grage
be hanged.
The Chattels of the said Robert are—
One horse worth 12s. Two cows worth 10s. One horse worth 4od. One ox worth 10s. Two cows
worth 13s. Three yearling calves worth ros. Four small calves worth 6s. 8d. Two pigs worth 5s. Two
qrs. of corn worth 5s. Twelve qrs. of barley 20s. Eleven qrs. of peas worth 12s. Beds and other neces-
saries worth 20s.
Of which the sum total is £6 7s. od.
For which sum Thomas de Erdyngton, chivaler, and the Township of Barrow-on-Sore are answerable to
the King.
And the Chattels of the said William Grage are—
One horse worth 8s. Three heifers worth 10s. A cow worth 6s. 8d. Two oxen worth 6s. 8d. Three
lambs worth 3s. Two qrs. of corn worth 55. Nine qrs. of barley worth 16s. Nine qrs. of peas worth gs.
One sow worth, with seven little pigs, 6s. 8d. One bacon pig worth 12d. One brass pot worth 12d,
Beds and utensils within his house 6s. 8d.
Of which the total sum is #3 19s. 8d.
For which sum Ralph Basset of Drayton, chivaler, and the Township of Barowe are answerable to the
lord the King.
N.B.—Thomas de Erdington of Erdington in co. Warwick was lord of the Manor of Barrow; he was son and heir of Giles de
Erdington by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Tolethorp. The manorial rights of Barrow had in part descended to Thomas de
Erdington from his great-grandmother Matilda, wife of Sir Henry de Erdington and daughter of Roger de Somery by his first wife
Nichola d’Albini, one of the co-heirs of her brother Hugh, Earl of Arundel.
Patent Roll. September 11th, A.D. 1387.
Commission of Oyer and Terminer issued at Westminster to Henry de Ferrers of Groby, Robert de
Swylyngton, William de Skipwith, William de Barrow, Thomas Walssh, William Flamville and Hugh de
Annesley, on complaint by John de Beaumont that Sir Henry de Erdyngton, knight, Thomas Wyse of
Barrow, Thomas Desford, chaplain, John Hunt, Thomas a servant of Sir Thomas de Erdyngton, Nicholas
Goodyere of Querndon, chaplain, John Chernock, Richard Furnival of Loughborough and other evil doers
broke his parks and warrens, felled his trees and underwood at Louse Carre, fished his several fisheries and
took away fish, trees, hares, coneys, pheasants and partridges, and assaulted his servant George Parkerman at
Loughborough.
N.B.—The above Suit had been going on for some time, for in a De Banco Roll 499, m. 460, A.D. 1385, we find that Thomas Wyse
sets up a technical defence to this complaint by saying that Lousykar is within Barrow and is not a place of itself, and that Barrow is
not mentioned in the Writ. ;
John de Beaumont says it is outside the Town of Barrow. No decision seems to have been arrived at, but it is a curious illustration
of the manners of those times to find two members of the Church accused of poaching and assault on the keepers in the discharge of
their duties, also to find the lord of the manor of Barrow among their company helping them to a breach of the law on the property of
his neighbour the lord of the manor of Beaumanor,
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 11 Richard II., A.D. 1387.
Between William Marschall, parson of the Church of Dixley, plaintiff, and William Boseworth of
Querndon and Christiana his wife, defendants, of 3 messuages, 30 acres of land, and 20 acres of meadow In
Querndon and Barowe-on-Sore. William and Christiana acknowledged the tenements to be the right of the
said William Marschall and his heirs for ever.
With warrant against the heirs of Christiana, ;
And for this acknowledgement, etc., William Marschall gave to William Boseworth and Christiana
20 marks of silver.
De Banco Roll 515, m. 618 d. Michaelmas, 13 Richard II., A.D. 1389.
Staff.; The Sheriff was ordered that if John de Farnham make him secure in the claim which
prosecuting, he then shall attach John de Stonele the elder, James de Morton, Richard Redwale, Thomas ©
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Walton, Henry Banastre and Richard his brother, Thomas Banastre and Richard his brother, Hugh Turnour,
William Bere and John Whytegrove, so that they be here on this day, to wit, the Quindene of Saint Martin, in
order to answer to the same John Farnham in a plea wherefore with force and arms they took and carried away
the goods and chattels of the same John Farnham to the value of #20, found at Bylyngton, and committed
other enormities to his great damage and against the peace.
The Sheriff now returns that the said John Farnham has made him secure in his claim by appointing
pledges Edward Love and Henry Cachepol of the County of Hereford ; therefore let him attach them so that
they be here within 15 days of Hilary.
De Banco Roll 519, Michaelmas, 14 Richard II., A.D. 1390.
m. 148, Leve.; John Farnham, by his attorney, offered himself against Simon Campe, John de Pykwell
and Robert his brother, Richard Boner, John Willy, William Dunbarre, Edward Webster, John Taillour,
William Jakkeson, Robert Borowebrigge, John Howes of Sileby, Reginald Golde, John Broun, Richard Hutte,
John Keys of Sileby, William Chirne and Thomas Milner of Sileby in a plea wherefore with force and arms
they assaulted John Jones the servant of John Farnham at Rotheley, beat, wounded and ill-treated him, so
that the same John Farnham Jost his services for a long time, and did other enormities to his grave damage
and against the peace.
They did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to attach them.
m. 174. Leyc.; Emma de Barowe, by William Herle her attorney, offered herself against Richard
Freeman and John Daddy of Quernedon in a plea wherefore with force and arms they reaped Emma's crops at
Querndon growing, took and carried away her grass and other her goods and chattels to the value of 1oos. to
her grave damage and against the peace. They did not appear, and the Sheriff returned that they had nothing,
therefore he is commanded to attach and produce them at Hilary.
Inquisition Post-mortem, File 62, No, 9. 14 Richard II., A.D. 1891. (Ralph Basset of Drayton.)
Inquisition taken at Lughtburgh on Tuesday next before the feast of St. Gregory the Pope in the 14th
year of King Richard IT.
Before John de Wodeforde, escheator of the King for the county of Leycester, by virtue of a Writ of the
King to the same escheator directed, and on the oaths of Thomas Kereby, John Folvill, William de Wilughby,
Robert Ulf, William Jurdan, William Kendale, William de Rotheley, Ralph Nevill, Ralph Thomson, John
Warde, Thomas Neel and Thomas Pachet, who say that Ralph Basset of Drayton, knight, held no lands or
tenements in the county of Leycester, either in service of the King or of others on the day that he died, because
they say Ralph Basset on Sunday next after the feast of St. Hilary in the 13th year of the now King enfeoffed
lord Walter Skirlowe the bishop of Durham, lord Richard Scroop the bishop of Chester, Richard Scroop,
Thomas de Aston, knight, John de Leyre, John Brown and John Outhorp, clerk, with all his lands and
tenements in the county of Leycester to have and to hold for him, his heirs and assigns. By virtue of which
enfeoffment they hold these lands and tenements.
The jurors say that the Manor of Barowe is held of the lord the King by Knight’s Service, and is worth
£12 ayear after all outgoings. The Manor of Rakedale and Wilowes is worth £13. The Manor of Ratcliff
is worth £12. The Manor of Dunton is worth £20, and these three manors are held of the heirs of Ralph
Basset of Weldon by Knight’s Service. Twenty-four virgates in Whatton are worth £10 a year, and are held
of John de Beaumont by Knight’s Service. A messuage and a virgate in Hoton are worth 65. a year, and are
held of the lord Duke of Lancaster by Suit of Court. The land in Thyrstyngton is worth 4s., and is held of
Katherine de Notingham, the lady of Thyrstyngton, by a service of 25.
And they say the said Ralph died May 11 last past, and that Thomas, Earl of Stafford, and Alice the wife
of William Chaworthe, knight, are kinsmen and next heirs of the Ralph Basset of Drayton, viz.,
The said Thomas is son of Hugh, son of Ralph, son of Margaret, one of the sisters of Ralph Basset, the
father of Ralph Basset, the father of the Ralph Basset just deceased. And Alice is daughter of Katrine,
daughter of John, son of Roger, son of John, son of Matilda the other sister of Ralph Basset, father of Ralph
Basset, the father of the Ralph Basset of Drayton who is just dead.
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De Banco Roll 523. Michaelmas, 15 Richard II., A.D. 1391.
m. 271, Leyc.; Thomas Herberd of Querndon in mercy after many defaults.
The same Thomas and John Daddy were attached to answer to John Stevenson of Mountsorell in a plea
wherefore, together with Thomas Joneson, they broke the closes of the same John Stevenson at Querndon
and Mountsorell and cut his herbage there growing, took and carried away his hay to the value of 1oos., and
with certain cattle depastured, trod down and consumed his herbage to the value of £10 and other enormities,
of which he complains that on Monday next after the feast of St. John the Baptist, 12 Richard II. (1388),
Thomas Herberd and John Daddy with force and arms, to wit, swords, bows and arrows, broke the closes of
the same John Stevenson at Quernedon and Mountsorell as above, by which he says he is damaged £20,
They did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered to summon a Jury of 12 to try the case at Hilary,
m. 518d. Leyc.; William Pykwell of Syleby, in his own person, offered himself against Thomas
Wyse of Barogh-on-Sore in a plea of #8, and against William de Keworthe of Burton in a plea of £3 6s. 8d.,
and against John Farnham in a plea of £8, and against John Jackson ina plea of £2, which they respectively
owe him and unjustly withhold. They did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered to attach them and produce
them at Hilary; while as for John Jackson the Sheriff returns that he has nothing to attach. Let him
produce him at the same term.
m. 493. Leyc.; Thomas de Erdyngton, chivaler, in mercy after many defaults.
The same Thomas, John Wryght and John Massy were summoned to answer to Thomas Eyr of Barowe
in a plea wherefore they took Thomas Eyr’s cattle and unjustly detained them against gage and pledge: And
of which he complains that on Wednesday next before the feast of Saint George, 14 Richard JI., at Barowe-
on-Sore in a place called “ The Hegh Strete”’ they took one horse, 3 cows, 2 bullocks and one calf belonging
to the same Thomas Eyr and unjustly detain them, by which he says he has suffered damage to the amount
of Loos.
And Thomas de Erdyngton, John and John come and deny force and injury, and well they admit the said
capture, and justly too; and Thomas de Erdyngton says that the said Thomas Eyr holds one messuage, one
croft and one carucate of Jand in the said township of Barowe of him the said Thomas de Erdyngton by homage
and fealty and a service of r1d. annually at Michaelmas and Saint Andrew the Apostle by equal portions and by
doing Suit of Court at Thomas de Erdyngton’s Court at his manor of Barowe-on-Sore twice annually, to wit,
at Michaelmas and Easter, of which services Thomas de Erdyngton was seised of Thomas Eyr as of a Free
Tenant, and because the said Rent for three years preceding the day of capture was in arrear, he Thomas de
Erdyngton in a certain place called ‘Thomas-place Eyr,” which is parcel of the tenements of Thomas de
Erdyngton and within his Fee, as was lawful for them, took the said cattle. And this they are prepared to
verify, wherefore they seek Judgment and that the retention of the cattle be awarded.
And Thomas Eyr does not recognize that he holds the said tenements of the said Thomas de Erdyngton
by the aforesaid services, or that any Rent for them is in arrear, and says that Thomas de Erdyngton, John
and John took his cattle in “The Hegh Strete”’ which is outside the Fee of the same Thomas de Erdyngton,
and not as the defendants allege. He prays for an Enquiry, and the defendants likewise.
Therefore the Sheriff was ordered to summon a Jury of 12 at Michaelmas to try the case.
Chancery Inquisitions ad quod damnum, File 421, No. 8. A.D. 1392. (The King’s Writ to enquire.)
Tbe Farnham Chantry in Quorndon Church.
Richard, by the grace of God of England and France King and Lord of Ireland to the Sheriff of
Leycester, Greeting,
We command you, on the oaths of approved and lawful men of your county by whom the truth of the
matter can best be ascertained, diligently to enquire whether or no it will be to the damage or prejudice of Us
or of others if We give to John de Farnham, John Smyth and John Herbert leave to alienate land and
cottages for the purpose of assigning them to a’ Chaplain to celebrate Divine Service in the Chapel of
‘Querndon every day for ever; of which land and cottages John de Farnham proposes to alienate one messuage
and two virgates of land (about 50 acres), John Smyth proposes to give a toft and a cottage, and John
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Herbert proposes to give a cottage. And if it is to the prejudice of Us or of others, then to how much
prejudice of Us or of others, and of whom and in what way; and in what manner, and of whom, the said
messuage, toft, cottages and lands are held and by what services, and what they are worth yearly, all outgoings
deducted, according to the true valuation of them, and who and how many intermediaries there are between
Us and the said John de Farnham, John Smyth and John Herbert in the said lands and tenements; and what
lands and tenements will remain to the said John de Farnham, John Smyth and John Herbert beyond the
proposed gift, their situations, and of whom held and by what services, and how much they are worth after all
outgoings, and whether the remaining lands and tenements of the donors are sufficient for carrying out the
services due in respect of the aforesaid messuage, toft, lands and cottages proposed to be given as well as the
services due on the other lands and tenements retained by them and for all the other burdens which they are
accustomed to discharge—such as Suits, Views of Frankpledge, Aids, Tallages, Vigils, Fines, Recoveries,
Amerciaments, Contributions and other dues—and for serving at Assizes and on Juries and as Attorneys—
as the same John de Farnham, John Smyth and John Herbert were wont to do and render before this proposed
gift and alienation; so that the Country shall not lose or be put to any charge or expense or be in any way
burdened by the default of either John de Farnham, John Smyth or John Herbert.
And you shall send the Inquisition distinctly and openly taken to Us in our Chancery under your seal
and the seals of the Jury at once and without any delay.
As witness myself at Beverly this seventh day of September in the 16th year of Our reign.
The Inquisition.
Inquisition taken at Leycester on Saturday before the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross in the 16th
year of the reign of King Richard II. after the Conquest.
Before John Mallore the Sheriff of the county of Leycester by virtue of a Writ of the lord the King to
the same Sheriff directed and attached to this Inquisition.
And on the oaths of John atte Stile, John Daddy, John Dyseworth, John de Thorp, Ralph Plomer,
Roger de Pyry, William de Bosworth, Richard Dokkeseye, John de Banycroft, John de Cotes, William
Taillour and Thomas Herbert, who say on oath that it is not to the damage or prejudice of the lord the King
or of others if the King gives leave to John de Farnham to alienate a messuage and two virgates of land in
Quernedon, and John Smyth a toft and a cottage in Quernedon, and John Herbert a cottage in Quernedon,
for the purpose of endowing a Chaplain to celebrate Divine Service in the Chapel of Quernedon every day for ever.
And they say that the said messuage, land, toft and one cottage are held of John de Bellomonte by a
service of 2s. yearly, and John de Bellomonte holds them of the King in Chief, but by what service they are
unaware, and that the other cottage is held of John de Farnham by a service of 6d. annually, and John de
Farnham holds it of John de Bellomonte by a service of Suit of Court twice in the year, aud John de Bello-
monte holds it of the King in Chief, but by what service they are unaware.
And they say that the said messuage, toft, land and cottages are worth, all outgoings deducted, 28s. yearly.
And they say that there are no more intermediaries between John de Farnham, John Smyth and John
Herbert and the lord the King, and that the different lands and tenements in the same village of Quernedon
and elsewhere remaining over and above the proposed gift to the said John de Farnham, John Smyth and
John Herbert are worth £10 yearly, but of whom or how they are held the Jury is unaware, and that the
remaining lands and tenements are sufficient in annual value for discharging the right and accustomed
services due from the said John de Farnham, John Smyth and John Herbert, so that they will not become a
burden on their country.
In consequence of the finding of the Jury the Royal Licence to alienate was immediately granted as
follows :—
The Licence.
Patent Roll, Leicester. September 17th, A.D. 1392.
Licence, for 100s. paid to the King by John de Farnham, John Smyth and John Herbert, for the aliena-
tion in Mortmain by the said John de Farnham of one messuage and two virgates of land, by the said John
Smyth of one toft and one cottage, and by the said John Herbert of one cottage, all in Querendon, not held in
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Chief, to a Chaplain for celebrating Divine Service daily in the Chapel of Querendon for the souls of all the
faithfull departed.
The object of the foundation was obviously to have daily service in the Chapel of Querndon. It will be
remembered that the mother Church of Barrow was to supply services thrice weekly in the Chapel of
Querndon in return for the grant of certain tythes to the Abbey of Leicester, which Abbey was responsible
for the services. Probably however the Abbey did neglect its obligations to Querndon by not compelling its
nominee, the Vicar of Barrow, to do his duty towards the Chapel, and it was to remedy this neglect that
John de Farnham and the others gave their respective donations towards the endowment of a resident Priest.
There is no indication in the Deeds that any building was done for the purpose of this Chantry, which
may have been situated in either the North or the South Aisle ; each would no doubt have its own altar, and each
was appropriated to the Farnham families of the Over and Nether Halls, but at the date of the Foundation of this
Chantry the Nether Hall did not exist, so, in default of any evidence to the contrary, the South Aisle has come
to be regarded as the Chantry founded by John de Farnham in 1392, on the supposition that this Aisle was
probably built by the Farnham family previous to the founding of the Nether Hall by Thomas Farnham in the
first half of the fifteenth century.
The possessions of this Chantry at its dissolution were of the yearly value of #4 14s. net, and the
Chantry Priest in 1534 had a salary of £4 6s. 8d. Sir Henry Darker was Chantry Priest, and died in 1515,
Ralph Crosby was Chantry Priest in 1534. William Raven was Chantry Priest in 1541.
Nichols, vol. iii., p. 105, “ Lands and possessions of the late Chantry of Quadrington within the parish
of Barrowe in the county of Leicester 7”?—
Rent of one house with certain lands there in the tenure of William Rafin, yearly 34s. 1od.
Rent of one messuage with certain lands there in the tenure of William Ellis by the year at Will, 16s. 14d.
Rent of another messuage with certain lands and tenements there in the tenure of William Symson,
yearly 135. 4d.
Rent of another messuage with certain lands and tenements there in the terure of William Lowe, yearly
145. 2d.
Rent of 6 acres of arable land there in the tenure of Agnes Hebbe, by the year at Will 3s.
Rent of one cottage in the tenure of Elias Boodde, by the year at Will 4s.
Rent of one other cottage in the tenure of William, at Will 6s. 8d.
The Chantry Mansion is worth, in profits of the mansion house with the garden before the Chantry, 5s.
From the above rents had to be deducted the following reserved rents :—
To the Marquis of Dorset a Chief rent for Rafyn’s house, 2s.
To Sir Walter Smyth, knight, a Chief Rent for Lowe’s, 2d.
To Lord Barkeley, a Chief Rent for William Ellis’s house, 14d.
To Lord Barkeley, a Chief Rent for William Rafyn’s house, tod.
N.B.—At the dissolution of Chantries the Farnham Chantry was applied for and obtained by Thomas Farnham of the Nether Half
on a Lease for 21 years from July 4th, A.D. 1548, at a yearly rent. Subsequently this Lease was altered March 13th, A.D. 1553, into
Grant in Fee for ever to the same Thomas Farnham and his heirs in consideration of a sum of money paid down.
De Banco Roll 527. Michaelmas, 16 Richard II., A.D. 1392.
m. 65. Leyc.; Thomas de Erdyngton, chivaler, offered himself against Henry Mataney of Woodhouse
in a plea that he render him a reasonable account for the time that he was his bailiff and receiver of monies at
Barrowe-on-Sore. He did not appear and the Sheriff returned that he was not found, therefore the Sheriff was
ordered to demand him from county to county, and if he does not appear he will be outlawed.
m. 66. Leyc.; William Pykwell, by Richard Friday his attorney, offered himself against John Farnham
in a plea that he render him #8 and 8d. which he owes him and unjustly detains. He did not appear. The
Sheriff was ordered to distrain his lands, and he returns that he has distrained his chattels to the value of 200s,
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and he is mainprised by Ralph Pare, Richard Jors, William Hunt and James Cok ; therefore they are in mercy.
Order to distrain them.
m, 327. Leyc.; John Smyth of Quernedon and William Bosworth, taillour, were attached to answer to
Thomas de Erdyngton, chivaler, in a plea wherefore with force and arms they broke Thomas’s close at
Quernedon and fished in his several fishery on the Monday in the first week in Lent in the gth year of the now
King (1386), and by continuing the same trespass for the six years next following, took and carried away
500 trout, 200 chubb, 1000 perch, 4000 golas (?), and 1000 eels, by which he says he has received damage to
the amount of #20.
And John and William, by Geoffrey Poutrell their attorney, come and deny force and injury, and say they
are in no wise guilty of the said trespass of which Sir Thomas Erdyngton complains, and concerning this
they put themselves on their country, and Sir Thomas likewise.
Therefore the Sheriff was ordered to summon a Jury to try the case at Hilary. And Thomas appoints
Hugh Bronage as his attorney in the plea.
m. 193d, Leyc.; Thomas de Erdyngton, chivaler, by Hugh Bronage his attorney, offered himself
against John Grage the elder in a plea wherefore with force and arms he assaulted, beat, wounded and
ill-treated Thomas’s servant Matthew Massy at Barowe, by which Sir Thomas lost his services for a long time,
and did other enormities. He did not appear.
De Banco Roll 531. Michaelmas, 17 Richard II., A.D. 1393.
m. 28. Leyc.; John de Leyre, clerk, and John Clifton, in their own persons, offered themselves against.
Richard Freman of Querndon in a plea of 20 marks which he owes them and unjustly detains.
m. 180, Leyc.; Thomas de Erdyngton, chivaler, offered himself against John Rychardes of Syleby in a
plea of stealing 20 sheep and 3 pigs of Thomas de Erdyngton at Barowe-on-Sore.
m, 247, Leyc.; Thomas Peeg of Lughtburgh, by Geoffrey Poutrell his attorney, demands against John
Tay of Haverburgh one messuage in Querndon as his right and inheritance. He did not appear, therefore
Thomas Peeg recovers his seisin by default.
m. 526 d. Leyc.; John Olney of Holt offered himself against John Rudde of Mountsorell in a plea
wherefore with force and arms he cut down and carried away John Olney’s trees growing at Quarndon to the
value of 10 marks.
m. 506 d. Leyc.; John Rowe of Radeclyf offered himself against Thomas Pocok in a plea wherefore,
together with John Reynald of Langham the younger, he broke John Rowe’s close at Quarndon and took
away 20 calves worth 1oos. belonging to John Rowe there found and did other enormities to his great damage
and against the peace. They did not appear and the Sheriff returned that they have nothing to attach,
therefore he is commanded to take them and produce them at Hilary.
Chancery Proceedings. 18 Richard II., A.D. 1394.
Sir Thomas de Erdyngton, knight, against Sir Hugh de Shirleye, knight.
To the very honorable Lord the Chancellor of Our Lord the King, sheweth Thomas de Erdyngton,
knight, and complaineth of Hugh de Shirleye, knight, and John Herberd, that whereas the said suppliant
prosecuted a Writ of Assize of Novel Disseisin against the said Hugh and others in the said Writ of Assize
named, of tenements in Barrow-on-Sore in the county of Leycester, and also delivered a Writ of Estrepement
to the said Hugh and others on the said Writ of Assize named, by the which Writ of Estrepement it was
commanded to the defendants in the said Assize that they should do no waste nor destruction of the tene-
ments that were in dispute between the parties aforesaid pending the said Writ of Assize. By reason of
which suits the said Hugh and John with 200 men at arms unknown, arrayed for war, on Wednesday next
after the feast of Trinity, 17 Richard IT., came to the town of Barrow with force and arms, that is to say,
with habergeons and helmets of iron, bows, arrows, swords, staves and bucklers broke and entered the close
and houses of the said suppliant at Barrow aforesaid about midnight and made an assault on one Thomas
Wyse and Christian his wife, and John Bifield, servants of the said suppliant, there lying in their beds, and
drew them naked out of their said bed, and beat, wounded and ill-treated them, so that they are in despair of
their lives; and moreover they took one William Kelle bailiff of the said suppliant of his manor of Barrow
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and dragged him out of bed naked, and laid his head on a plank to have beheaded him if he had not promised
them to open the door and the windows of the close and house where the said suppliant lay in his bed, so
that they might have free entrance to murder and kill the said suppliant.
And divers other servants of the said suppliant there being they beat and wounded, and with their horses
trod down six acres of wheat, and many of the tenants and servants of the said suppliant they menaced of
life and limb, so that they durst not dwell there, by reason of which menace divers lands and tenements of the
said suppliant are void and his works not done; and they threatened to cut off the head of one Richard Carter,
servant to the said suppliant, and bailiff of his franchise and keeper of his wood there growing, by reason of
which menace he dare not dwell in the said country.
May it please your very good lordship to ordain such remedy in this case as the said case requires for love
of God and in the way of charity.
Indorsed. Be it remembered that Thomas de Burton, John Charnel and Simon atte... . have under-
took for Thomas de Erdyngton chivaler within written to make satisfaction to the within named Hugh
Sherleye chivaler and John Herberd for the damages and expenses, which by reason of the suit within written
they may sustain, under the penalty in the Statute therefore edited, contained, in case it shall happen that the
same Thomas de Erdyngton does not prove his plaint.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds, Leicester. A.D. 1394.
Know present and to come that I, John Baxter, vicar of the Church of Thursyngton, have given, granted
and by this my present Charter have confirmed to John Grage of Barowe the elder one messuage, one virgate
of land with a toft, a croft, meadow and pasture and all other appurtenances in Barowe-on-Sore, To have and
to hold all the said messuage, land, toft, croft and parcels of meadow and pasture, to the said John Grage, his
heirs and assigns for ever of the Chief Lords of that Fee by the right and accustomed services. And I truly
the said John Baxter and my heirs will warrant the tenements to the said John Grage and his heirs against all
men for ever.
In witness of which to this my present Charter I have affixed my seal, with these witnesses—Thomas de’
Erdyngton, chivaler, William Mallore of Walton, John de Farneham, John Bylle, John atte Grene and others.
Given at Barowe on Sunday next after the feast of Saint Matthew the Apostle in the eighteenth year of
the reign of King Richard II. after the Conquest.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 18 Richard II., A.D. 1394.
Between John de Stathum and Agnes his wife, plaintiffs, and Robert Faukener of Ansty and Joan his
wife, defendants, of 6 messuages, 35 acres of land and 25 acres of meadow in Querndon and Barowe-on-Sore.
Robert and Joan acknowledge the tenements to be the right of John Stathum, and these they quit-claim
from them, Robert and Joan and the heirs of Joan, to the said John Stathum and Agnes and the heirs of John
de Stathum for ever.
And for this Agreement, etc., John de Stathum and Agnes gave Robert and Joan £100 sterling.
De Banco Roll 535. Michaelmas, 18 Richard II., A.D. 1394.
m. 27. Leyc.; Thomas de Erdyngton, knight, in his own person offered himself against John Boydel
of Norton in a plea that he render to Thomas de Erdyngton a reasonable account for the time that he was
acting as his bailiff and receiver of monies in Barowe-on-Sore. He did not appear and the Sheriff returned that
he was not found ; therefore he is ordered to demand him from County to County, and to outlaw him if he
does not appear at Hilary.
m. 27. Leyc.; The Suit between Thomas de Erdyngton, knight, and John Farnham in a plea of
trespass is put in respite till the Octaves of Hilary for default of Jurors, because none came.
m. 371. Leyc.; Thomas de Erdyngton, chivaler, in his own person, who sues for the lord the King as
well as for himself, offered himself against Richard Freman on a charge of taking away Thomas’s servant
Roger from his service at Barowe, against Thomas de Erdyngton’s wish and consent and against the Law of
the Realm in such cases provided. He did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered to attach and produce him
at Hilary.
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m. 502 d. Leyc.; Thomas de Erdyngton, chivaler, in mercy after many defaults.
The same Thomas was attached to reply to John Walcote, chivaler, in a plea wherefore he broke the close
of the same John Walcote at Swytheland and cut down and carried away trees to the value of 100s. there
growing on Thursday next after the feast of Pentecost in the 17th year of the now King’s reign with force and
arms, to wit, Swords, Bows and Arrows, the trees consisting of 100 oaks and 40 ash trees, by which he states
he has suffered 100s. worth of damage.
And Thomas de Erdyngton in his own person comes and denies force and injury and says he is in no
wise guilty of the said trespass complained of by John Walcote, and puts himself on his country and John
likewise. Therefore the Sheriff was ordered to summon a Jury of 12 at Hilary to try the case.
De Banco Roll 535. Michaelmas, 18 Richard II., A.D. 1394.
m. 403 d. Leyc.; John the son of Richard Gerard, in his own person, offered himself against Thomas
de Erdyngton, knight, in a plea that whereas it is ordained by the common council of the Realm of England
that guardians of lands and tenements which are held in socage for the heirs of such lands until they come
of age should render reasonable accounts for the issues arising out of such lands and tenements to such heirs
from the time when they had the custody by reason of the minority; the same Thomas de Erdyngton refuses
to render accounts to John Gerard for the lands and tenements in Woodhouse held by Thomas during John’s
minority, to wit, for the issues arising from one messuage, 128 acres of Jand and 4os. of rent in Wodehouse
and Querndon, which are held in socage of the said Thomas by a service of 6d. per annum for all services, and
the custody of which Thomas de Erdyngton had from the feast of the Annunciation of blessed Mary,
A.D. 1381, to the same feast in A.D. 1385, to wit, 4 whole years, whilst John Gerard was under full age.
Thomas has repeatedly been called upon to render accounts and has always refused and still refuses to
render any, by which proceeding John says he has been damaged 100s.
And Thomas, by Hugh Bronage his attorney, comes and denies force and injury, and he does not admit
that the land and rent are of the quantities stated, or that he held the tenements in custody for so long a time,
and says that all that John’s attorney states ought not to be maintained against him, because the premises where
John says he holds by a service of 6d. annually for all services are, Thomas says, held of him by homage and
fealty and a rent of one pair of gilt spurs or 6d. annually at the feast of St. Martin. And he seeks that this
be verified.
And John says that he ought not to be excluded from his action by any such allegation, and he denies
Thomas’s version of his service and demands an inquiry by his country and Thomas likewise. The Sheriff
was ordered to summon a Jury of 12 to try the case at Hilary.
N.B.—At the division of the Barrow manor in 1273 William Gerard held seven bovates of land of Sir Henry de Erdyngton by a
service of 8s, 8d. annually.
The above Suit is partly taken from Roll 531, m. 592.
m. 27d. Leyc.; Thomas de Erdyngton, by Hugh Bronage his attorney, offered himself against William
Coteler of Barowe in a plea that whereas it is not permitted by the common council of the Realm for anyone
to make waste, sale or destruction of any premises demised to them for term of life or of years, the same
William made destruction of the houses demised to him by Thomas de Erdyngton in Barowe, to wit, a house
called “ Insetehous ” by default of the roofing, by which the main timbers have become rotten and the damage
is 100s. ; also two rooms of the value of 4os. each; also one Grange and timbering taken and sold for the price
of 40s.; also one stable and timbering taken thence and sold for the price of 4os. to the disherison of the same
Thomas de Erdyngton and against the form of the said Provision; so that according to the Statute the Sheriff
was ordered to go in his own person to the said tenements and to cause 12 men to come before him by whom
he may diligently enquire what waste, sale or destruction the same William has done to those tenements, and.
to make his return under his Seal and the Seals of the Jury by the morrow of the Purification of blessed Mary.
N.B.—The above Suit would seem to prove that the houses in Barrow at this time were built of timber only, which was probably the-
case all over the country. The name seems to denote an inn of some sort, with seats for the frequenters.
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De Banco Roll 536. Hilary, 18 Richard II., A.D. 1395.
m. 175. Leyc.; John Virly of Leycestre offered himself against Robert Shepherd of Quernedon, Thomas
Blithe of Quernedon, John Thorpe of Barwe and John Yoman in a plea that they each render him 4os. which
they owe him and unjustly detain. They did not appear and the Sheriff returned that they were not found,
Order to take and produce them at Easter.
m. 365 d. Leyc.; John Farnham, by his attorney, offered himself against John de Thorp and Roger
James in a plea that they restore to him the chattels of the value of €10 belonging to the same John Farnham
which they unjustly detain. They did not appear and the Sheriff returned that they had nothing to attach,
Let him produce them within three weeks of Easter.
De Banco Roll 539. Michaelmas, 19 Richard II., A.D. 1395.
m. 480. Leyc.; John Farnham, by his attorney, offered himself against John Broun of Swythelond in a
plea wherefore with force and arms he broke John Farnham’s close at Wodehouse and took and carried away
his goods and chattels there found to the value of 1oos. to his great damage and against the peace. He did not
appear and the Sheriff returned that he had nothing to attach. Let him take him so that he be here on the
quindene of Hilary.
m. 364 d. Leyc.; John Herberd, by his attorney, offered himself against Henry Shepherd and Richard
Squier in a plea wherefore with force and arms they broke John Herberd’s close at Querndon and took and
carried away his goods and chattels there found to the value of 40s. They did not appear and the Sheriff was
ordered to attach, but he returns that they have nothing to attach. Let him take and produce them on the
morrow of the Purification of blessed Mary.
British Museum, Additional Charters, Quorndon, 24,215. 18 Richard II., A.D. 1395.
Know all men that I, Robert Fawkenor, have given, granted and by this my Charter I have confirmed to
John de Stathum and Agnes his wife all my lands and tenements in the fields, meadows and pastures with all
their appurtenances in Queryndon and Barowe, to have and to hold the said Jands to the said John and Agnes,
their heirs and assigns of the Chief lords of the Fee by the accustomed dues and services. And I the said
Robert wil] warrant the said lands for myself aud my heirs to the said John and Agnes against all men
for ever.
In witness of which Charter I have affixed my seal with witnesses: John de Farneham, Thomas Wyse,
Robert Breton, John Fawkes, Thomas Stevenson and others.
Given at Queryndon on Monday after the feast of Palm Sunday in the 18th year of the reign of King
Richard II. after the Conquest.
Inquisition Post-mortem, File 83, No. 15. 18 Richard II., A.D. 1895. (Thomas de Erdyngton.)
Inquisition taken at Loughborough on June 18th, A.D. 1395, before Alan Waldyene, escheator of the King
for the counties of Leycester and Warwick, and on the oaths of Ralf Calf, Thomas Hutte, Thomas Hawley,
Robert Iremonger, John Daddy, William Stowe, John Stevenson, John atte Yate, William Burbage, Richard
Freman, John Irrys and John Bullesote, jurors,
Who say on oath that a certain Giles de Erdyngton, knight, granted by his Charter to Thomas de
Erdyngton, his son named in the Writ of this Inquisition, and to Margaret his wife, who is still living, and to
their lawful issue,
His manors of Braundeston and Houghton in the county of Leycester with his woods, View of Frank-
pledge, etc., to have and to hold to Thomas and Margaret and their lawful heirs of the Chief lords of the Fee,
and in default to the right heirs of the said Giles for ever.
The manor of Braundeston was held of Thomas de Asteley by right of his late wife Elizabeth, and was
worth 20 marks.
The manor of Houghton was held of William la Zouche and worth 16 marks.
And they say that William le Walshe, parson of the church of Upton, and Thomas Wilde, chaplain, gave
by their Charter, dated at Barugh-on-Sore Wednesday next after the feast of St. Thomas the Martyr,
A.D. 1358, to Giles de Erdyngton, knight, father of the said Thomas, and to Elizabeth his wife, for the term
of their lives, all the Manor of Barugh-on-Sore in the county of Leycester, with the View of Frankpledge,
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etc., and after the death of both Giles and Elizabeth, to Thomas the son of Giles and Margaret his wife and
their lawful issue, to have and to hold of the Chief lords of the Fee by the right and accustomed services, and
in default to the right heirs of Giles for ever.
And they say that Giles and Elisabeth are now both dead.
And that the said Thomas named in the Writ on the day that he died was conjointly enfeoffed with
Margaret his wife, now surviving, of the manor of Barugh-on-Sore, etc.
And they say that Thomas and Margaret have a son Thomas, who is living. And they say that the
manor of Barugh is held of the King by a service of one quarter of one Knight’s Fee, and is worth beyond all
outgoings 27 marks 8s. 8d.
And they say that Thomas the son of Thomas and Margaret is aged 23 years.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, File 83, No. 15. A.D. 1395.
Inquisition taken after the death of Thomas de Erdington at Blandford in the county of Dorset.
The Jury say on oath that the said Thomas de Erdington named in the Writ held, for term of life, of the
gift and grant of Thomas Desford and John Howby, chaplains, the manor of Corf Moleyn in the county of
Dorset, so that after the death of the aforesaid Thomas de Erdington the manor wil] remain to Thomas the son
of Thomas de Erdington and Anne the daughter of Thomas de Harcourt and the heirs of the body of Thomas
the son of Thomas, lawfully begotten; and if it so happens that Thomas the son of Thomas de Erdington die
without issue, then after the deaths of both Thomas the son of Thomas and Anne the manor will remain to
the right heirs of Thomas de Erdington for ever, by a Charter dated the feast of Saint Michael A.D. 1391.
Thomas de Erdington died the 28th day of March 1395. And Thomas de Erdington, the son of the
aforesaid Thomas named in the Writ, is the next heir and aged 24 years and more.
N.B.—There is nothing in any of the Inquisitions taken after the death of either Thomas de Erdington or of Margaret his wife to
shew that she was the same person as Margaret de Brotherton, Countess and later Duchess of Norfolk in her own right. Nor do the
dates agree as to the day of decease of the two Margarets. It seems a curious mistake for Nichols to have originated, but there is
apparently no doubt that the idea of Margaret the widow of Thomas de Erdington being the same person as Margaret de Brotherton,
Duchess of Norfolk, is a fabrication of Nichols, and devoid of any authority.
Coroner’s Roll, Leycester, No. 61, m. 14. 19 Richard II., A.D. 1396.
Inquest taken at Barowe-on-Sore on Sunday the feast of Pentecost in the 1gth year of the reign of King
Richard II. after the Conquest.
The Jury say on oath that it chanced at Barowe on the Wednesday next before the feast of Pentecost
about the seventh hour after noon a certain quarrel arose between Jobn Howson and Richard Freeman his
master over their wives, so that the said John Howson wished to have killed the said Richard his master in
his own house. And afterwards the said Richard Freman went into the field of Barowe towards the
“ Lymputes” with a bottle in his band full of drink for his servants, and the said John Howson perceiving
this followed him with a certain stick in bis hand for tbe purpose of killing him as far as one of the Lymputes
of the same Richard, where there was a certain Robert Rolleston, also a servant of the said Richard Freman,
who seeing that John Howson meant to kill his master rose up from the Lime pit in order to help his master,
and feloniously struck John Howson on the left side of the head with a certain iron instrument called ‘‘ A rake”’
of the value of 2d., by which the said John Howson received a mortal blow and languished until the Saturday
next following, when he died, and he did not have the rites of the Church.
And the said Robert after the felony fled immediately and has goods and chattels worth 40s., for which
Jet the village of Barowe be answerable, as well as for the value of the instrument.
Afterwards before William Thyning and Robert Tirwhit, justices of the King of his gaol of Leycestre, the
said Robert Rolleston when asked how he wished to acquit himself of the aforesaid felony convinced the Jury
that he killed the said John Howson in self defence and that he could not otherwise escape his own death.
Quit. Deodand, 2d.
De Banco Roll 543. Michaelmas, 20 Richard II., A.D. 1396.
m. 271d, Leyc.; John Farnham in mercy after many defaults.
The same John was summoned to reply to William Pykwell in a plea of 60s. which he owes him and
unjustly detains, and concerning which the said William, by Richard Friday his attorney, says that the said
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John on the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle in the 8th year of the reign of the now King (1384) at Syleby
bought from the said William 20 ells of woollen clothing for 40 of the 60s.; and also the same John on the
same day borrowed of the said William 20s., being the residue of the 60s., to be paid back to the said William
at the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord next following. The said John Farnham, though repeatedly asked
has not paid the said Gos. to the said William but refuses to pay, by which William is damaged to the
amount of 40s.; and thus he produces his Suit.
And John Farnham comes by his attorney Thomas Horneby and denies the charge altogether, and he Says
that he is not bound to the said William in 60s. or in any other sum as William alleges in the Brief against
him, and he puts himself on his country and William likewise.
The Sheriff was ordered to summon a Jury of 12 at Hilary to try the case.
m. 233 d. Leyc.; John Walcote, chivaler, by his attorney, offered himself against Constantine in the lane,
Adam Keke of Querndon, William Burbach of Woodthorp, Thomas Clerk of Wodethorp, Thomas de Whatton of
Wodethorp, John Hebbe of Wodehous, William Aleyn, Thomas Aleyn, Richard Fyssher, William Hare,
John Blackburn of Ankerthorp, John Turnour, John Plummer and John Lord in a plea of breaking John
Walcote’s close at Swytheland and taking away his goods and chattels there found to the value of £20,
The Sheriff was ordered to distrain them and produce them at Easter.
Leicester Assize Roll 1508, m. 6. A.D. 1396.
Excuses of Jurors taken before William Thirnyng and Robert Tyrwhit, justices of the King appointed for
taking Assizes in the county of Leycester on Monday in the first week of Lent in the 21st year of King
Richard JI.
Robert de Aston and Joan his wife appoint John Farnham the elder of Quorndon as their attornev against
Thomas de Norton and others in a plea of Assize of Novel Disseisin.
De Banco Roll 543. Michaelmas, 20 Richard II., A.D. 1396.
m. 177, Leyc.; John Walcote, chivaler, in his own person, offered himself against William Hare of
Wodehouse in a plea wherefore with force and arms he took and impounded John’s cattle found at Wodehouse
without reasonable cause and detained those cattle thus impounded against the law and custom of the Realm.
He did not appear and the Sheriff returned that he was not found. Order to produce him at Hilary.
m. 247, Leyc.; John Berkele the younger, knight, in his own person, offered himself against Thomas
Wyse of Barowe-on-Sore in a plea wherefore, since by the common council of the Realm of England it is
ordained that no one shall make waste, sale or destruction of lands, houses, woods or gardens Jet to them for
term of life or of vears, the same Thomas concerning 3 houses and gardens in Barowe-on-Sore and Quernedon
which John Berkele, knight, the father of the said John Barkele the younger, whose heir he is, let to the same
Thomas for the term of life of Thomas, the said Thomas made waste, sale and destruction to the disherison
of John Barkele the younger and against the form of the said Provision. He did not appear and the Sheriff
was ordered to distrain him by all his land and produce him here at Hilary.
m. 591d, Leyc.; Margaret de Erdyngton, in her own person, offered herself against Nicholas Grage the
elder, John Grage the younger, John Purs and Roger his son, Richard Freman, John de Thorp, John Jaux,
Simon Jaux, and Isabella Bakere of Barewe in a plea of destruction of Margaret’s herbage by their cattle which
trod down and depastured 20 marks worth. The Sheriff returned that they have nothing. Ordered to produce
them at Hilary.
m,. 233. Leyc.; Thomas Walsshe, chivaler, offered himself against Thomas Webbester of Mountsorell
in a plea wherefore with force and arms he took and carried off Margery atte Yate the servant of Thomas
Walsshe, in his service at Anlep being, by which Thomas lost her services for a long time, through which he
says he has been damaged to the amount of 100s.
The Sheriff returned that he had nothing. Order to produce him within 15 days of Hilary.
Miscellaneous Chancery Inquisitions, File 260, No. 1383. A.D. 1398.
Writ dated at Westminster 26 February in the 20th year of King Richard IT. to enquire by the oaths of
a Jury what goods and chattels belonged to John Wadyngham, late vicar of the church of Barowe-on-Sore, 00
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the day that he drowned himself in the fishpond of Sore, and touching the worth and true value of them, and
to whose hands the said goods and chattels came, which the King is given to understand ought to appertain to
him as being forfeited.
Inquisition taken at Barowe-on-Sore on Friday next after the feast of the decollation of St. John the
Baptist, 21 Richard II. (August goth, 1398), before Hugh Dalby, escheator of the King in the county of
Leycester.
And on the oaths of Robert Wylkyne, John Cook, William Pakyngton, John Wryth, William Prat,
Thomas Walker, Thomas Herbert, John Hebbe, William Burbage, Thomas Clerk the younger, Thomas le
Eyre and Thomas Honeyman,
Who say on oath that John Wadyngham, late Vicar of the Church of Barowe-on-Sore, wilfully and
feloniously drowned himself on Wednesday the vigil of St. Clement last past (January 22nd, 1397) in a certain
water called Sore, at the bridge of Barowe.
And they say that he had the following goods and chattels, viz. :—
Four qrs. of wheat in sheaves, the worth of the qr. 45. 6d.
Three qrs. of rye in sheaves, the worth of the qr. 35. 4d.
Thirty qrs. of barley in sheaves, the worth of the qr. 35.
Twelve qrs. of peas in sheaves, the worth of the qr. 35.
Three loads of hay worth 6s. One horse and saddle worth 13. 4d.
Two cows worth tos. One sow with 10 young pigs worth Ios.
Three quarters of beef worth 3s. Four bacons 55. 4d.
Two Fatts worth 5s. Three tubbes worth 10d. One trowe worth 6d.
One So worth rod. One Stryk worth 2d. Two kymelynes worth 2s.
One small brass pot worth 12d. One dish worth 6d.
Four quarters of malt worth 12s. Sea coals worth 12d.
Three pairs of old sheets worth 3s. Three coverlettes with a carpet 55.
One matras worth 12d. Two whyteles worth 8d. One cofur worth 18d.
Three wooden beds with two forms worth 12d. Two fleeces worth 8d.
One gown with a hood worth 5s. Eight pounds of candles worth 8d.
One basin with a laver worth 10d. One cart out of repair & harness 25.
Two sheepskins worth 3d. Two loads of underwood worth 2s.
One table with a trestle worth 6d. Two old chairs worth 8d.
One screne worth 12d. One dosur with banquers and three quishens out of repair and partly torn worth
12d., also they say he had in ready money 68s. 6d., whereof 20s. 11d. came to the hands of Ralph Calf of
Loughteburgh, and 26s. 8d. came to the hands of Thomas Belgrave of Belgrave, and 20s. 11d. came to the
hands of Roger Milnere of Bochereston, and he had one pair of knives worth 3s. 4d., which came to the
hands of the aforesaid Ralph.
N.B.—Fatts, vats. Trowe, trough. So, a tub holding twenty to thirty gallons, and carried by two men on a pole (sow, with
two ears). Stryk, a bushel. Kymeslynes, brewing vessels. Whyteles, quilts. Dosur, basket. Banquers, cloth.
N.B.—John Wadingham had obtained the Vicarage of Barrow by exchange with Stephen de Siresham in 1389 (see Patent Roll,
12 Richard II., Part 2, m. 13).
De Banco Roll 551, m. 516. Michaelmas, 22 Richard II., A.D. 1398.
Leyc.; Gilbert de Kyghley offered himself against Thomas Wyse of Barowe in a plea wherefore with force
and arms he broke the close of the same Gilbert at Barowe and took away his goods and chattels there found
to the value of 1oos., and other enormities to his great damage. And he did not come and the Sheriff was
ordered to attach him, and the Sheriff returns that he has nothing, therefore let him take and produce him here
at Hilary.
The same Roll, m. 536 d.
Leye.; Gilbert de Kyghley offered himself against John de Byfield in a plea wherefore with force and
arms he broke the close and houses of the same Gilbert at Barowe and took away his horse worth 100s. which
he found there and did other enormities to Gilbert’s great damage.
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He did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered to attach him and he has nothing, therefore let him be
taken and produced here at Hilary.
The same Roll.
Leyc.; Hugh de Byngham, by his attorney, offered himself against Edward Webster of Querndon in a
plea wherefore with force and arms he took and impounded certain cattle belonging to Hugh at Querndon
without reasonable cause, and so impounded, Hugh de Byngham was compelled to pay a Fine of 4os. in order
to get delivery of those cattle, and did other enormities to his great damage and against the peace.
Webster did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered to produce him at Hilary.
Papal Letters at the Record Office. 10 Boniface IX. 3 Id. December, A.D. 1398.
St. Peter’s, Rome; John Farnam, a layman in the diocese of Lincoln, has permission to have a portable
altar.
N.B.—Until the nineteenth century Quorndon was in the diocese of Lincoln. Perhaps the permission to have the portable altar was
conceded by Pope Boniface to John Farnham in return for his piety in founding the Chantry in Quorndon Church six years hefore,
Papal Letters of the same date.
St. Peter’s, Rome; Relaxation of 3 years and 3 quadragene of enjoined penance to penitents, who on the
feast of the Nativity of St. Mary the Virgin and on the feast of St. Bartholomew, and the Octave of the said
Nativity, and of one hundred days to those who on the octave visit and give alms for the fabric and conserva-
tion of the Chapel of Querndon in the parish of Barrow in the diocese of Lincoln.
The oblations are to be wholly devoted to such conservation and repair.
Coroner’s Roll 61, m. 18, Leicester. 22 Richard II., A.D. 1398.
Inquest taken at Querndon on Thursday next before the feast of St. Martin in the 22nd year of the reign
of King Richard IT.
Before John Folvill, coroner of the county of Leycester, to view the body of John de Lancastre of
Querndon, and on the oaths of John Daddy, William Brown, John Bylby, Robert Ormeston, Richard Fysher,
William ...., John atte Yate, William Boseworth, Roger Prychet, Richard Doxey, Richard Freman, and
Thomas le Eyr, jurors, who say on oath that it chanced at Querndon in a field in a certain place called
“ Flaggymere” on Friday before the feast aforesaid in the morning that the said John de Lancastre was
proceeding towards Dalby on the woulds in order to pay John Bele of the same place some money which he
owed him, certain robbers unknown to them lay in wait to rob John de Lancastre, and him the said John they
did there feloniously rob and struck the same John with his own sword (value 12d.) on the body to the heart,
of which blow the same John languished from the Friday until the Wednesday next following, on the morning
of which day he died, and he had the rites of the Church. And the Jury say that robbers feloniously killed
John de Lancastre and that these unknown robbers fled immediately after the felony and have no goods
or chattels.
The Coroner viewed the body and buried it. And the village of Querndon is answerable for the value of
the sword. Deodand, 12d.
Coroner’s Roll 61, m. 8, Leicester. 1 Henry IV., A.D. 1399.
Joan the daughter of William de Brampton, aged two years, fell into a certain well at the “ Littelbrugge”
at Querndon and was accidentally drowned on the vigil of All Saints.
Inquisition Post-mortem, File 18, No. 72. 1 Henry IV., A.D. 1400. (Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk.)
Inquisition taken at Loughborough on Thursday after Candlemas day in the first year of the reign of
King Henry IV.,
Before Henry Wychard, escheator of the King in the county of Leycester.
The Jury say that Margaret died on Monday next before the feast of the Annunciation of the blessed
Mary last past.
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And they say that Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, who outlived John de Segrave and Margaret his wife, late
Duchess of Norfolk, was the kinsman and heir of the said John de Segrave and Margaret, to wit, son of
Elizabeth the daughter of the said John de Segrave and Margaret, and was aged 33 years and more at the time
of Margaret’s death, and afterwards died on Monday next before the feast of St. Michael the Archangel last
past, and that Thomas de Moubray, knight, now living, is the son and heir of the same late Duke and
kinsman and heir of the said John de Segrave and Margaret, to wit, son of Thomas, late Duke, son of Elizabeth,
daughter of the said John de Segrave and Margaret, and they say that Thomas de Moubray, now living, was
aged 14 years at the feast of Saint Lambert last past.
They say that Margaret held the manors of Segrave, Syleby, Mounsorell, Dalby Chacombe, Wytherdeley
and Overton, etc.
N.B.—The above Inquisition is not necessary to the history of the manor of Barrow except to shew the mistake made by Nichols
in his history in confusing Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk, with Margaret the widow of Thomas de Erdyngton, lord of the manor of
Barrow. It is much more probable that Margaret, who was the wife of Sir Thomas de Erdyngton, was Margaret the daughter
of Thomas Corbet, as given by Dugdale (‘‘ Warwick,” vol. ii., p. 889).
Leicester Assize Roll 1514. 2 Henry IV., A.D. 1400.
m. 55. The Assize comes to recognize whether William Blount unjustly disseised Ralph Ode, chaplain,
Giles Jurdan and John Faukes, clerk, from their free tenement in Querndon, whence Ralph, Giles and John
complain, in their own persons, that he disseised them from 2 roods of arable land, 3 roods of pasture and
58. of rent.
And William, though solemnly called, did not come, and the Sheriff was ordered to attach him, and he
returned that he was attached by a window of the value of 2d., which is forfeited to the King.
The Jury decide that he did disseise the plaintiffs and damaged them to the amount of 4os., therefore it is
adjudged that the plaintiffs recover their seisin and their damages, which they assess at 40s.
m. 62 d. The Assize comes to recognize whether William Brown of Querndon and Nicholas Godeyere,
clerk, unjustly disseised Robert Broun of Leycester from his free tenement in Querndon, and whence he
complains that they disseised him of one messuage, 24 acres of arable and 8 acres of pasture.
William Brown came in person and Nicholas did not come, but Ralph Forster answers for him as bailiff
and denies force and injury, and puts himself on the country and the plaintiff likewise.
William says he holds the property jointly with Joan his wife by a Deed of feoffment of a certain Robert
Clerk of Loughborough by the name of all his property which he held of the gift and feoffment of Alice Broune
and William Broune her son in the Town and fields of Wodthorp and Querndon, which Joan is living and is
not mentioned in the Writ, etc.
And he proffers the Charter under the name of Robert Clerk of a date in the tenth year of King
Richard II. at Thorp.
Robert Broun denies and says that William was the sole tenant.
Judgment: Robert Broun recovers his seisin and his damages in triplicate, 30 marks, and William is
sentenced to one year’s imprisonment from the time he was taken for false information.
De Banco Roll 563, m. 493 d. Easter, 3 Henry IV., A.D. 1401.
Staff.; John Farnham the younger sued William Deye of Levedale for taking his goods and chattels from
Bylyngton with force and arms to the value of 6 marks. William did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered
to arrest and produce him on the Octaves of Hilary.
Coram Rege Roll 588, m. 29. Michaelmas, 3 Henry IV., A.D. 1401.
Leyc.; The Suit between Gilbert Kyghele by Thomas de Whatton his attorney, plaintiff, and Thomas
Herbert, concerning a conspiracy and trespass committed on the said Gilbert by the said Thomas Herbert,
together with Simon Holt, John de Farnham, Robert Porter of Sutton, Thomas Wyse of Pollesworth, Edward
Bernill, Roger Fouler of Barrow-on-Sore, John de Howeby, clerk, John Preest of Erdyngton, Baldwin de
Wyrlay, Robert Wyse of Erdyngton, and Henry Dexter of Erdyngton, is put in respite before the King until
the quindene of St. Hilary.
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The same Edward Bernill, Roger Fouler of Barrow-on-Sore and Henry Dexter were attached to answer
the aforesaid Gilbert in a plea that they, together with the aforesaid Thomas Herbert, Simon Holt, John de
Farnham and the others, by a conspiracy arranged between them at Querndon beforehand, falsely and
maliciously did procure the said Gilbert to be indicted, for that he, on Tuesday next after the feast of the
Epiphany immediately after midnight in the 2oth year of the reign of King Richard IT., late King of England,
feloniously broke and entered the house of Margaret, late the wife of Thomas de Erdyngton, knight, at
Barowe-on-Sore, with many others unknown, and her the said Margaret there found did feloniously and with
force and arms carry away in a certain cart, against the peace of the lord the King, and thus procured that the
said Gilbert was arrested on that occasion and detained in the prison of the Marshalsea until he was acquitted
thereof before the King, to the great damage of the said Gilbert and against the form of the Ordinance in such
cases provided. Whereby he says he has received damage to the amount of £1000. And thus he produces
his suit.
And the said Edward, Roger and Henry, came by attorney and deny force and injury, etc. Therefore let
a Jury come before the King on the quindene of Hilary.
And Simon Holt, John de Farnham, Robert Porter and the others did not appear, so the Sheriff was
ordered to distrain John de Farnham and Robert Porter by all their lands, and to arrest the others.
And the Sheriff returned that he had distrained John de Farnham by issues of 4od. and Robert Porter by
issues of 25., and they are mainprised by John Daddy, Robert Broun, Richard de Thwyeres, and Giles
Maynall, therefore let the Sheriff produce them at Hilary, and regarding the others the Sheriff returned that
they are not found, nor have they anything to attach. And the Suit is respited to Easter and then to
Michaelmas.
Feudal Aids. 3 Henry IV., A.D. 1402.
Inquisition taken at Loughborough in the county of Leycester on Tuesday next before the feast of
St. Valentine in the third year of the reign of King Henry IV.
Before Thomas Maureward, sheriff of the county of Leycester, John Boteler, escheator of the said county,
Sir Henry Nevill, knight, and Robert Langham, collectors in the said county of an Aid for the King on the
Marriage of his eldest daughter Blanche, by virtue of Letters Patent of the said King directed to the
above collectors.
And on the oaths of John Farnham, John Stathum, William Langton, Thomas Hut, Ralph Crispe, John
Payn, John Brabazon, John Purley, Roger de Waltham, Nicholas Joye, William Assheby and Thomas
Michelson, who say on oath—
Hundred of Goscote.
Gilbert Kyghle, knight, holds in Barowe, Querndon and Wodehouse, half a Knight’s Fee of the King
in Chief.
Joan, who was the wife of Ralph Basset of Drayton, holds in Barrowe, Querndon and Woodhouse, three
eighths of a Knight’s Fee of the King in Chief.
Henry de Bellomonte, who is under age and in the custody of the lord the King, holds in Barowe,
Querndon and Wodehouse, one eighth part of one Knight’s Fee of the King in Chief.
N.B.—Under the Feudal system the Tenants in Chief were compelled to give an Aid to the King—
1, When he married his eldest daughter.
2. When he knighted his eldest son.
Inquisition Post-mortem, File 37, No. 38. 4 Henry IV., A.D. 1402. (Joan the widow of Ralph Basset
of Drayton.)
Taken at Loughborough on Monday next before the feast of St. Clement the Pope, A.D. 1402.
Before John Boteler the escheator of the King in the county of Leicester, and on the oaths of Thomas
Pachet, Robert Jowce, John Daddy, William de Bosseworth, John Irreys, Thomas Irreys, John Hauchard,
Ralf Irnemonger, John Banycrofte, John Dawe, Robert Dunneham and Ralph Jonson,
Who say on oath that Joan, who was the wife of Ralph Basset of Drayton, held for the term of her life
of the demise of Walter Skirlowe, Bishop of Lincoln, Richard Scroop, late Bishop of Chester, Richard Scroop,
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Thomas de Aston, knight, John de Leyre, John Broun and John Outhorpe, clerks, the fourth part of the manor
of Barowe-on-Sore, worth beyond outgoings £10, and that the Reversion belongs to the aforesaid Bishops
and the others.
- The manor of Barowe was held of the lord the King in Chief by Knight’s service.
They say that Joan also held in dower a quarter of the manor of Rakedale and Willowes and a third part
of the manor of Radclyffe-on-Wreke, worth beyond outgoings #7 6s. 8d. The Reversion as before.
The manor of Rakedale, etc., were held of the heirs of Ralph Basset of Weldon by Knight’s service.
And further they say that Joan held in dower a third part of 12 virgates of land in Whatton, worth
beyond outgoings 4os., and held of Henry, Lord Beaumont, by Knight’s service. Reversion as before.
And further they say that Joan held no other lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the Jord the
King or of anyone else in the county of Leycester on the day that she died.
And they say that Joan died on Thursday next after the feast of Saint Martin last past. And that she
had no heirs.
N.B.—Ralph, the last Lord Basset of Drayton, had died in 1390 without leaving any issue by Joan his wife. Joan was the sister of
John, Duke of Brittany.
De Banco Roll, Staffordshire, No. 563, m. 4938 d. 3 Henry IV., A.D. 1402.
John Farnham, senior, by his attorney, offered himself on the fourth day against John Stonley of
Longrugge in a plea wherefore he (John Stonley) had with force and arms damaged and carried away trees
and underwood belonging to the said John Farnham at Bylyngton to the value of 10 marks and done other
enormities contrary to the peace of the lord the now King of England. And he does not come. And the
Sheriff was ordered to attach, and the Sheriff returns that he has nothing. Let him have him here on the
Octaves of St. Hillary.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds at Leicester. May 25th, A.D. 1403.
Know present and to come that we, Thomas de Thorpe of Barowe and Isabella my wife, have given,
granted and by this our present Charter have confirmed to John Grage the elder of Barowe one plot of ground
lying in the Vill of Barowe between the plots of John Colman on one side and the plot of John Herbert which
the said John Herbert bought from John Northeren of Leycester on the other side, to have and to hold the
said plot with all its appurtenances to the said John Grage, his heirs and assigns, for the term of 100 years
next following after the date of this present agreement and beyond, freely, quietly, well and in peace of the
Chief lord of the Fee by the right and accustomed services. And we truly the said Thomas and Isabella, our
heirs and assigns, will warrant and defend the said plot to the said John Grage and his assigns to the end of
the term of 100 years and more against all men.
In witness whereof to this present Charter we have affixed our seal with these witnesses: John Bille,
Thomas Ires, John Ires, John Colman, John Virly and others.
Given at Barowe on the feast of St. Mary Magdalen in the fourth year of the reign of King Henry IV.
after the Conquest.
De Banco Roll 571. Michaelmas, 5 Henry IV., A.D. 1403.
m. 544d. Leyc.; John Olney offered himself by his attorney against Roger Fouler of Barowe-on-Sore
in a plea wherefore with force and arms he cut the herbage of the same John Olney growing at Barowe and
took and carried away his hay there to the value of 1oos. and other enormities. He did not appear and the
Sheriff returned that he had nothing to attach. Let him take and produce him in 15 days from Hilary.
m. 303 d. Leyc.; Gilbert Kyghley, chivaler, by his attorney, offered himself against William Forster,
chaplain, William Bosworth, taillour, and John Dadde of Querndon, in a plea wherefore they broke the close
and houses of Gilbert at Barowe-on-Sore and took and carried away a bull and 8 cows of Gilbert’s of the value
of £10 there found, and did other enormities to his grave damage, etc. They did not appear and the Sheriff
returned that they had nothing to attach. Ordered to take and produce them here at Hilary.
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De Banco Roll 570, m. 394. Trinity, 4 Henry IV., A.D. 1403.
Leyc.; John Farnham of Querndon the elder offered himself against Thomas Purchet of Querndon in a
plea wherefore with force and arms he broke the close of the same John at Querndon and took and carried
away 60 rabbits of John Farnham’s there found of the value of 40s., and did other enormities to his great
damage and against the peace.
He did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered to attach him, and he returned that he had nothing. Let
him take and produce him here within 15 days of St. Michael.
The same Roll and Membrane.
Leyc. ; John Farnham the younger offered himself against William Godeman of Mountsorell in a plea
wherefore with force and arms he broke the close of the same John at Wodehous, and with certain cattle
depastured, trod down and consumed his herbage there growing to the value of 4os., and did other enormities.
He did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered to attach him, and he returned that he had nothing to
attach. Ordered to produce him at Michaelmas.
De Banco Roll 571. Michaelmas, 5 Henry IV., A.D. 1403.
m. 303. Leyc.; Gilbert Kyghley offered himself, by his attorney, against John de Farnham of Querndon
in a plea wherefore with force and arms he broke the close of the same Gilbert at Barowe-on-Sore and
upturned his soil there with certain pigs by which the same Gilbert lost the profits of the soil aforesaid for a
long time, and did other enormities to his grave damage and against the peace. He did not come and he was
attached by Richard Ive and William Hert. The Sheriff was ordered to distrain him by all his lands, and
have his body here in 15 days from St. Hilary.
m. 330 d. Leyc.; Gilbert de Kyghley, chivaler, who sues, etc., in his own person, offered himself
against Simon Jause of Barowe-on-Sore and William Salt, carter, in a plea wherefore, whereas it was-ordained
by the Jord Edward (grandfather of the present King) and by his Council for the utility of the said Kingdom
that if anyone retained in the service of anybody withdraws before the end of the time agreed upon without
reasonable cause or leave he may undergo the penalty of imprisonment, and that no one should presume to
receive or retain one under such penalty in his service, the said Simon, without reasonable cause or leave of
Gilbert, withdrew the said William (Gilbert’s servant) before the end of the term between them agreed, into
the service of the said Simon, although requested bv the said Gilbert to restore him, in contempt of the King
and to the grave damage of Gilbert and contrary to the form of the Ordinance aforesaid. They did not appear
and the Sheriff returned that Simon had nothing to attach and that William could not be found, therefore he
was ordered to take and produce them at Hilary.
m. 142 d._ Leyc.; Robert Leeke, in his own person, offered himself against Thomas Colman of Barowe-
on-Sore, Hugh Bosse of Burton-on-le-Wold and Robert Hendeman of Barowe-on-Sore, in a plea that each
of them render him 4os. which they owe him and unjustly withhold. They did not appear and the Sheriff was
ordered to take and produce them here at Hilary.
The same. Leyc.; Thomas Hutte of Loughtteburgh, in his own person, offered himself against
Elizabeth Walcote the lady of Switheland, John Herberd of Querndon and John Walcote, in a plea that each
of them render him £40 which they owe him and unjustly withhold. They did not appear. The Sheriff was
ordered to distrain them, and he returned that he had distrained Elizabeth by chattels of the value of 10s, and
John Herberd by chattels of the value of 12d., and as for John Walcote the Sheriff returned that he was not
found, therefore let him take and produce him at Hilary.
N.B.—Elizabeth Walcote, the lady of Swithland, was daughter and heir of Sir John Waleys, knight, and had married John Walcote.
Coroner’s Roll 61, m. 2, Leicester. 5 Henry IV., A.D. 1404.
Inquest at Querndon on Tuesday next after the feast of the Nativity of the blessed Mary the Virgin in the
fifth year of the reign of King Henry IV. after the Conquest, before John Folville, one of the Coroners of the
lord the King for the county of Leycester to view the body of Richard Warde of Querndon by the four nearest
QUORNDON RECORDS. 123
villages, to wit, Querndon, Wodehouse, Barowe and Wodethorp, and on the oaths of Thomas le Eyr, William
Brown, Thomas Walker, Robert Ormeston, Richard Squier, John Hebbe, John Prychet, Alexander Lokynton,
William Bryght, John de Lewes, John Lewyn and Roger de Pyrys, jurors, who say on oath that it chanced at
Querndon on Monday in the feast of the Nativity in the year before mentioned at night that John Mason of
Querndon, of malice aforethought, lay in wait with a certain sickle for the purpose of killing the said Richard,
and as the said Richard came from the house of John Brewester to his own house the said John Mason
feloniously struck him from behind on his neck with the said sickle (of the value of 12d.) so that the said
Richard immediately died without the rites of the Church. And they say that the said John immediately after
the felonious deed fled, and in fleeing was captured and led to the King’s gaol at Leycester, and they say that
Alice Love first found the said Richard and raised the Hue and Cry. Richard’s goods and chattels are worth
1oos., for which the village of Querndon is answerable.
And the body is viewed by the Coroner and buried.
And the same village of Querndon will have to answer for the value of the aforesaid sickle. Deodand, 12d.
N.B.—The Nativity of the Virgin Mary was September 8th.
De Banco Roll 574, m. 400. Trinity, 5 Henry IV., A.D. 1404.
Leyc. ; William Wytherley, clerk (by Richard Friday his attorney), offered himself against John Taillour
of Barowe and Walter Shawe of Syleby in a plea of 40s. each. They did not appear and the Sheriff returned
that they were not found, therefore he was ordered to demand them from county to county, and they will be
outlawed if they do not come.
The same Roll, m. 462 d.
Leyc.; John Pykwell offered himself against Robert Burbrygge of Barowe-on-Sore in a plea of #4. He
did not appear, etc.
‘The same Roll, m. 303 d.
Leyc. ; Thomas Stevens, by his attorney, offered himself against Robert Hendeman of Barowe, John Bille
of Barowe, John Holand of Burton-on-le-Wold, John Sclater of Mountsorell, Richard Bridde of Whitwyck,
John Blackfordby of Swanyngton and Thomas Colman of Barowe, in a plea that each of them render him
40s.; and against Robert Chaloner of Mountsorell in a plea that he restore to him his chattels worth 4os.
which he detains. The Sheriff returned that they had nothing, therefore he was ordered to take and produce
them on the quindene of St. Michael.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 5 Henry IV., A.D. 1404.
Between Laurence the son of John de Berkeleye, knight, and Joan his wife, plaintiffs, and John
de Berkeleye, knight, the son of John de Berkeleye, knight, and Isabel his wife, defendants, of 10 messuages,.
2 tofts, 4 carucates of land, 30 acres and 3 roods of meadow, and 24s. 4d. of rent and a fourth part of one mill
in Barugh-on-Sore, Quernedon and Burton Lazars.
John and Isabel granted the premises to Laurence and Joan and the issue of Laurence for ever, and if
Laurence die without issue the premises are to revert to John and Isabel and their heirs for ever.
And the plaintiffs gave the defendants 100 marks of silver.
De Banco Roll 575, m. 45. Michaelmas, 6 Henry IV., A.D. 1405.
Leyc.; John Farnham, in his own person, offered himself against John Hauberam, John de Leythum and
John de Sutton, in a plea wherefore with force and arms they bad cut down and carried away trees belonging
to the same John Farnham lately growing at Quernedon to the value of #20, and had done other enormities
to John Farnham’s great damage and against the King’s peace. And they did not appear and the Sheriff was
ordered to arrest them, and he returned that they were not found, therefore let him take and produce them here
on the Octaves of Hilary.
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124 QUORNDON RECORDS.
De Banco Roll 578, m.65. Trinity, A.D. 1406.
Leyc.; John Farnam the younger, Richard Salter of Querondon, John Dadde of Querondon, John Luys
of Querondon, Robert Ormiston of Querondon and Richard Squier of Wodhous were attached to answer to
Richard Turvill in a plea wherefore, with force and arms they had reaped the corn and mown the hay of the
same Richard Turvill growing at Wodhous, and had cut and carried away corn, hay, etc., to the value of £10;
of which the same Richard Turvill complains that from the 12th day of August in the 5th year of the now
King’s reign the defendants, with swords, bows and arrows, had come and cut corn, barley, beans, peas and
oats at Wodhous belonging to the same Richard, and had carried away his hay to the amount of 60 cartloads
and corn worth £10, and had continued the trespasses at divers times from the said 12th day of August until
the feast of St. Michael next following. By which he claims to have received damage to the amount of £20,
The defendants appear and plead not guilty, and John Farnam says that Richard Turvill’s action ought
not to maintain, because he says that long before the time of the supposed trespass, to wit, on the feast of
St. Michae] next preceding, Richard Turvill had demised the said land, by name of all his lands and tenements
which he had in Wodhous, to the said John Farnam and his assigns for the 12 vears next following from the
said Michaelmas at a rent to Richard and his heirs and assigns of 20s. payable yearly, half at Easter and half
at Michaelmas; by which John Farnam entered on the said lands, ploughed the arable land and sowed it with
divers grains, and later on cut and carried off the crops as was well lawful for bim to do. The other
defendants pleaded that they were employed in John Farnam’s service to help and assist him in getting in the
crops, the which they are ready and able to prove.
And Richard Turvill says be ought not to be excluded by any allegation from having his action, because
he says he had not demised the said lands to the said John Farnam at the time the trespasses were committed,
as John Farnam and the others allege in their plea, and he is prepared to verify this as the Court shall
adjudge.
The defendants repeat their statement and pray for judgment.
The Sheriff was ordered to cause a Jury of 12 to come here on the quindene of St. Michael, by whom the
truth, etc.
Inquisition Post-mortem, File 49, No. 27. 6 Henry IV., A.D. 1405. (Margaret the widow of
Thomas de Erdyngton.)
Inquisition taken at Levcester on Saturday next after the feast of St. Vincent the martyr in the 6th year
of the reign of King Henry IV.
Before William Ilshawe, escheator of the King in the county of Leycester and on the oaths of John
German, Alexander Meryng, John Farneham, John Herberd, John Stevenson, William Burbache, John
Daddy, John Bille, Thomas Errys, William Brown, Richard Doxey and William Boseworth,
Who say on oath that Margaret, who was the wife of Thomas de Erdyngton, chivaler, named in the
Writ, held on the day she died the Manor of Barowe-on-Sore in the county of Leycester for herself and her
issue by the said Thomas, formerly her husband, and that the Manor was held of the King in Chief by
Knight’s Service and was worth, beyond all outgoings, 40 marks annually.
They say that Margaret died on Wednesday on the morrow of Saint Hilary, and that Thomas de
Erdyngton, the son of the said Thomas de Erdyngton, chivaler, and the said Margaret is their lawful son and
next heir, and is of the age of 30 years and more.
N.B.—Nichols states in his “‘ History of Leicestershire,” under Barrow (vol. iii., p. 64), that ‘‘ Thomas de Erdyngton had the honour
of marrying (as her third husband) Margaret, the daughter of Thomas de Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk, who in her own right succeeded
to the title of Countess of Norfolk on the death of her father. She had married first John, Lord Segrave ; secondly, Sir Walter Manny,
etc.” Whence Nichols derived his information I cannot say, but it does not appear to be true in fact, and he seems to have merely
confused the two Margarets in his mind.
Margaret, Countess and later Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter of Thomas de Brotherton, died on Monday before the Feast o!
Annunciation in the year 1400. See Inquisition Post-mortem.
Margaret, the widow of Sir Thomas de Erdyngton, died on the day after St. Hilary (January 14) in the year 1405. And had she
been Duchess of Norfolk surely this title would have appeared on the King’s Writ to the Escheator. There is nothing in the Inquisitions
taken after Margaret de Erdyngton’s death to shew that she was the same person as Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk.
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QUORNDON RECORDS. 125
Coram Rege Roll 580, m. 52. Easter, 7 Henry IV., A.D. 1406.
Leyc.; William Wylloughby of Barkeby was attached to answer to John Herberd of Querndon in a plea
wherefore he took, imprisoned and ill-treated the same John at Querndon with force and arms. And of which
John Herberd, in his own person, complains that the said William on Monday next after the Feast of
St. Michael in the Third year of the Reign of King Henry IV. with force and arms, to wit, Swords, took and
imprisoned him John Herberd at Querndon, held him for the day next following, ill-treated him and did other
enormities, by which he says he has received damage to the amount of 100 marks. And thus he produces
his Suit.
And William comes by his attorney and says that it is not incumbent on him to reply to this Suit,
because he says that the said John is his “ Bondman,” and that he and all his ancestors and all those whose
estate William now has in the said John and his ancestors, from a time when memory does not exist, were
seised of the said John and his ancestors as their Bondmen; and because John did not permit him to do
justice on him the said William took the same John and imprisoned him, as was lawful for him to do, and on
this account he seeks judgment.
And the said John says that he ought not to be excluded by any allegation from his action, because he
says that he is a “ Freeman” and of a Free Condition and not a “ Bondman of the said William” as William
alleges above; and he prays that enquiry be made concerning this by the Country. And the said William
likewise. Therefore let a Jury come before the lord the King in the Octaves of Holy Trinity wheresoever, etc.
The process having been continued between the parties until, before William Thirning and William
Waldeby, Justices of Assize for the county of Leicester, there came both John Herberd in his own person
and William Wylloughby by his attorney. And the Jury come, and having been chosen and sworn they say
on oath that the said John Herberd is a “ Freeman ” and of a Free Condition in the form in which the said
John hitherto alleged, and is not a “ Bondman of the said William ” as the said William alleged, and they
award damages to the same John for the occasion of the above trespass to the amount of 10 marks.
Therefore it is adjudged that John recover his damages from William Wylloughby. Whereupon John
remits the damages.
N.B.—No doubt the above suit is a manumission,
Beaumanor Muniments.
The Account of John Godewyn, bailiff of the manor of Beaumanere, from the morrow of Saint Michael,
7 Henry IV., until the morrow of the same feast in the 8th year of the same King, A.D. 1406.
Arrears.
£45 55. ofd.
Rents of Assize with Increase.
£6 19s. 74d. of rent of Thorp Mounford.
92s. rent of Barrow.
£4 gs. 54d. of rent of Querndon.
635. rent of Wodehous.
14d. increase of rent of William Smyth for 7 acres of land in Thorp Mounford, formerly Thomas Broune’s,
so demised to the same William for 3s. 6d. yearly.
And 3d. increase of the rent of Adam Kekke of Querndon for 2 roods of land there, so demised to the same
Adam by Court Roll.
4d. increase of the rent of John Lewelyn of the same for 1 rood of meadow there in “ Le Netherbarrebrygge ”
yearly, so demised to him by Court Roll.
2s. rent of Thomas le Eyre of Barowe-on-Sore granted by him to the lord and his heirs by his Deed indented,
to be taken yearly from all his lands and tenements in Barowe.
55. 4d. increase of the rent of Thomas Iveson of Baggeworth yearly for Newclose, which used to render 8s.
only, and now is demised to the same Thomas for 13s. 4d. yearly for 10 years, this year being the eighth.
126 QUORNDON RECORDS.
2d. increase of the rent of Richard Squyer of Querndon for one vacant messuage, formerly belonging to John
Attelburgh, late tenant there, which used to render 6d. only by the year and now is let for 8d.
4d. increase of the rent of William Pynchebek for t croft in Querndon, formerly John Prest’s, which used to:
render only 8d., and now is let to the same William for 12d. by Court Roll yearly.
8d. increase of rent of John Squyer for one garden in Querndon, formerly William Boseworth’s, which ieee
to render only 4d. and now is let for 12d. yearly by Court Roll.
3d. increase of the rent of John Lewelyn of Querndon for one vacant messuage, formerly John de Gaddesby’ S,
which used to render gd. only, and now is let for 12d. yearly by Court Roll.
2d. increase of the rent of John Squyer for the moiety of one croft in Querndon, which John de Banycroft
formerly held, which used to render only 2d., and now is let for 4d. yearly by Court Roll.
Sum: £18 145. od.
Farm of the Mills.
£7 farm of the watermills of Beaumanere, Querndon and Mountsorell this year, so demised to John Reynold
and Thomas Walker with 6s. 8d. of increase of the rent of the mill of Mountsorell.
Sum: £7,
Sale of Herbage and Pasture.
For 61s. 8d. For the herbage of the Lande of Beaumanere nothing this year, because it is depastured by the
mares, horses and foals of the lord’s Stud. But he answers for 8s. for 44 acres 16 perches of meadow
called ‘“‘ Fysshepole ” yearly by Court Roll.
And for 14s. for 4 acres 14 roods of meadow at Grenes (gs.) and Cossetles (55.) nothing here this year, because
the Grenes are given by the lord to Elizabeth Baskervyll, and Cosseteles are mowed for the lord’s use
this year.
16d. for the meadow of Flagges called “ Spencercarre,” so demised to Richard Squyer yearly by Court Roll.
as. for one acre of meadow at Mountsorell called “‘Spencermedewe,” so demised to John Chavney by the
year to hold with other tenements.
5s. for the herbage of the Orchard of the manor, and of one garden to the same Orchard annexed, nothing this
year, because it is in the lord’s hands.
5s. for “ Chapelweway,” so demised to Thomas Clerk and Robert Clerk by the year.
For Wodewys there nothing this year, because nothing happened.
For Ferne nothing this year, because none was sold for lack of buyers.
7s. for 14 acres of land on le Mydellewong, so let to John de Burton (5 a.), John Daddy, John Lewys of
Querndon (6 a.) and Thomas le Eyr (3 a.), by the year at 6d. the acre.
For Flagges in the pool nothing this year, which used to be sold for 2s., because none were sold, etc.
Sum: £4 1835.
Demesne lands. Sum: 13s. 11d.
Perquisites of Courts and Sale of Estrays and Thorns.
41s. 1d. of the perquisites of Views and Courts held at Beaumanere this year.
228. 84d. of the perquisites of Views and Courts held at Barowe falling to the lord for his pourparty.
For waifs and estrays, viz., 3s. for two colts issuing from the driving of the Waste, so sold to John Burbache
this year.
16d. for one colt sold to John Rowtherne this year.
2s. 4d. for thorns sold in le “ Farwod ” this year by the bailiff.
For croppis of willows nothing this year, because none were sold.
For pannage of pigs in the Park there nothing this year, because none happened.
Sum: 68s. 54d.
Small and Foreign Expenses,
Parchment for Court Rolls, etc., 6d.
Fee of the clerk making and writing accounts, 2s.
Expenses of men of the lordship driving the Waste within the Fee of Chester for estrays, 4d., etc.
Sum: 49s. 1d.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 127
Quivers and Arrows.
One quiver and 12 arrows of rent for the tenement of Roger Barry in Frisbye.
From 20 arrow-heads of rent for the tenement which Adam Ayre holds in Querndon.
One arrow-head of rent for the tenement which John Farneham holds in Querndon.
De Banco Roll 582. Trinity, 8 Henry IV., A.D. 1407.
m. 286, Leyc.; Amice Dode, executrix of the Will of Thomas Clerk of Asfordeby, offered herself against
John Gladwyn of Barowe, Thomas Grys of Barowe, Richard Wynd of Barowe, John Taillour of Barowe,
Thomas Alot, chaplain, and Thomas Burgh of Barowe, in a plea that each of the defendants render her 405.
-which they owe and unjustly withhold. They did not appear and the Sheriff returned that they were not
found. Ordered to appear at the following term.
m. 481. Leyc.; John Farnham, by his attorney, offered himself against William Broune of Quernedon
in a plea wherefore with force and arms he took and carried away the goods and chattels of him John Farnham
found at Quernedon, and did other enormities to John Farnham’s great damage and against the peace. He
did not appear. The Sheriff was ordered to attach, and he returned that he had nothing to attach, therefore he
was ordered to produce him within 15 days of St. Michael, on which day the Sheriff had not sent the Writ,
therefore he was ordered to take and produce him within 15 days of St. Hilary, on which day the Sheriff had
not sent the Writ, therefore he was ordered to take and produce him within 15 days of Easter day.
m, 397 d. Leyc.; Beatrice Shirley, by her attorney, offered herself against Richard Freman of Barowe,
in a plea that he render her 66s. which he owes her and unjustly withholds. He did not appear. The Sheriff
was ordered to produce him within 15 days of St. Michael.
m, 296 d. Leyc.; John Eynesford, chivaler, by his attorney, offered himself against Thomas Grys of
Barowe, William Smyth of Barowe and John Taillour of Barowe in a plea that each of them render him 4os.
which they owe him and unjustly withhold. They did not appear. The Sheriff was ordered to produce them
at Michaelmas.
Coram Rege Roll 590. Michaelmas, 10 Henry IV., A.D. 1408.
m. 20. Leyc.; William Broune of Wodehous was attached to answer to Thomas Joukyn of Mount-
sorell in a plea wherefore with force and arms he mowed Thomas Joukyn’s grass growing at Woodehous and
took and carried away hay and grass to the value of 100s. to the great damage of the said Thomas, and of
which he complains, in his own person, that the said William Broune on Monday next after the Feast of the
Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the third year of the reign of King Henry IV. with force and arms, to wit,
“Pitchforkes, swords and cutlasses,” mowed his grass, corn, beans and peas, and carried them away, by
which he received damage to the amount of 40 marks. ;
And the said William comes and denies the said trespass and force and injury and put himself on his
country. And Thomas likewise. Therefore let a Jury come before the King in the Octaves of Hilary to try
the case.
m. 98. Leyc.; Thomas Erdyngton, in his own person, offered himself against William Hare of Wode-
hous in a plea of trespass. He did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered to attach and produce him.
m. 93d, Leyc.; John Farnham, in his own person, offered himself against Roger Proketour of
Lughtburgh and Alice Aleyn of Querndon in a plea of trespass. And they did not appear. The Sheriff was
ordered to attach and produce them in the Octaves of Hilary.
Ancient Deeds, Record Office, B. 2972. A.D. 1410.
This Indenture witnesses that Elena Boudon, formerly the wife of Richard Boudon of Querendon, living
at Islywalton, has bargained and to farm let to John Boudon of Loughborowe all the lands and tenements
which she has of the gift and feoffment of Richard Boudon in the Town and the Fields of Querendon. To
have and to hold the said premises from the day of this present Agreement for the term of life of the said
Elena to John Boudon, his heirs and assigns, rendering therefore annually to the said Elena and her assigns
58. 6d. at the Feast of Easter and the Feast of Saint Michael in equal payments of 2s. 9d.
128 QUORNDON RECORDS.
In witness of which the said parties have affixed their seals with these as witnesses: John Smythe, clerk
of Querendon, John Banicrofte, John Daddi, Robert Ormeston of the same place, John Smyth of Loughborow
and others. :
Given at Querendon on Sunday next after the Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Mary in the twelfth
year of the reign of King Henry IV.
De Banco Roll 598, m. 442. Trinity, 11 Henry IV., A.D. 1410.
Leyc.; Richard Hosewyff of Rotheley offered himself against John Farneham the elder and John Godman:
of Radclyff-on-Wreke and William Byspham of Thrussyngton in a plea of 20 marks each which they owe him:
and unjustly withhold. They did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered to attach John Farneham and John
Godeman and also to take William. And the Sheriff did not send the Writ, so he was ordered to send the
Writ and summon them to be here at Hilary.
De Banco Roll 606, m. 72. Trinity, 13 Henry IV., A.D. 1412.
Warr.; John Farneham the elder, John Goodman of Radeclyff-on-Wreke and William Byspham of
Thrussyngton against Richard Hosewyf in a plea that he render them 20 marks which he owes them and
unjustly withholds. He did not appear and was not found. Sheriff was ordered to produce him at
Michaelmas.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds, Leicester. A.D. 1413.
Know present and to come that I, William Fauconer of Thurkeston, knight, have given, granted and by
this my present Charter have confirmed to John de Dunham, Robert Castleford, chaplain, and John
Salmonby, chaplain, my messuage in Swithelond with the garden and croft adjoining and all its other
appurtenances, to wit, that messuage that William Ladbroke lately held of the gift and enfeoffment of Sir John
Fauconer, knight, my father, To have and to hold the whole said messuage, garden, croft and all the other
appurtenances to the said John, Robert and John, their heirs and assigns of the Chief Lord of that Fee by the
right and accustomed services for ever. And I truly the’aforesaid William and my heirs will warrant the said
messuage, garden, croft and appurtenances to the said John, Robert and John and their heirs and assigns and
defend them against all men for ever.
In witness of which [ have to this my present Charter affixed my seal with these witnesses: John
Farnam of Quarndon, John Herberd of the same, Richard Wyhfeld of Mountsorrell, Thomas Whatton of the
same, John Alblaster of Cropston and others.
Given at Swythelond aforesaid on the tenth day of February in the fourteenth year of the reign of King
Henry IV. after the Conquest.
Coroner’s Roll 61, m. 6 d., Leycester. A.D. 1413.
Inquest taken at Querndon on Thursday next after the feast of Saint Valentine in the fourteenth year of
the reign of King Henry I'V., before John Folville, one of the Coroners of the lord the King for the county of
Leycester to view the body of Robert Walker of Querndon by the four nearest villages, to wit, Querndon,
Barowe, Wodehous and Wodethorp, and on the oaths of John Bille of Barowe, John Colman, Thomas Harvy,
John Wysowe, John Purse, Thomas Bulle, John Daddy, Richard Doxey, Robert Ormeston, William Bose-
worth, Thomas Herberd, John Lewyn, jurors, who say on oath that it chanced at Querndon on Tuesday in the
feast of Saint Valentine the Martyr in the year above mentioned at one hour after Noon that as the said
Robert Walker, miller of the lower Mill of Querndon, was oiling the wheel of the Mill called “ Le
Coggewhele” his sleeve got fastened among “ Les Cogges ” and he was suddenly involved in them by the said
wheel, by which his body was so lacerated that he immediately died without the rites of the Church.
And they say that the said wheel and a certain other wheel called “ Le Watwhele” and “ Les Trendelow,”
of the value of 13s. 4d., killed him and were the cause of the death of the said Robert Walker, and nothing
else, whence the village of Querndon will answer. Deodand, 13s. 4d.
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De Banco Roll 611, m. 546. Michaelmas, 1 Henry V., A.D. 1413.
London ; John Plummer offered himself against John Farnham in a plea of 4os., and he did not appear,
and the Sheriff was ordered to arrest and produce him in the Octaves of St. Martin. And on this a certain
John Farnham of Querndon comes here, in his own person, and demands that John Plummer narrate the facts
against him, on which John Plummer says that the said John Farnham of Querndon, who now appears, is
not the same John against whom he brought the Writ, but a certain John Farnham of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Therefore the Sheriff was ordered to demand John Farnham of Newcastle-on-Tyne, etc.
Inquisition Post-mortem, Henry de Beaumont, 4-45. 1 Henry V., A.D. 1413.
Taken before James Belers, Escheator of the King for the county of Leycester, at Leycester on Monday
next after the feast of St. Janes the Apostle, 1 Henry V. On the oaths of John German of Cosington, John
atte Vykers of Belton, John Tyrington of Cosington, Robert Adynet of Assheby de la Zouch, John Walton of
the same, John Daddy of Querndon, John Doxey of the same, Thomas Halle of Overton, John Chambleyn of
Hathern, Robert Jorce of Whatton, John Henton of Walton and William Herdewyn of Nailleston,
Who say that Henry de Beaumont, chivaler, named in the Writ, died seised in demesne as of fee of the
manor of Loughborough and its members, viz., Beaumanor, Ernesby, Merkefield, etc., etc., which were held
of the lord the King in Chief by Knight’s Service.
The said Henry de Beaumont by his Letters Patent granted an annuity of £4 115. out of the manor of
Loughborough to Giles Jurdan for life, and also to Isabel Pegge 4os. annually from the same manor for life,
and that 4 messuages in Loughborough are in decay for want of repair and tenants and are now worth nothing
which used to return £4 yearly, and that the Site of the manor which used to return 100s. yearly is now let
for 4os. only, and that the water mills of Beaumanor and Querndon are in decay and in Henry’s hands for
want of repair and tenants which used to return £4 yearly and now nothing, etc.
The manor of Loughborough, etc., is now therefore only worth £62 173. 8d. annually.
And that the capital messuage of Ernesby, etc., which used to return 12 marks yearly are now let for
5 marks, they being parcel of the Loughborough manor.
And they say that the same Henry died seised of the manor of Whitwyke and its members, held of
the King in Chief as parcel of the Honor of Wynton, by what service is unknown, and worth, beyond
all outgoings, £43 6s. 8d. and no more, because 4 messuages in Whityndon are in decay and in Henry’s
hands for want of repair and tenants, and they return nothing now, but formerly used to render £5 6s. 8d.
The manor of Beaumanor is worth 10 marks a year beyond outgoings. The advowson of the church
of Loughborough is worth 20 marks.
Henry de Beaumont died on Thursday before the feast of St. Barnabas last past. And John de Beau-
mont is the son and next heir, and was 3 years old on the morrow of the Assumption of the Blessed Mary.
N.B.—August 18, 1413. I, James Belers, have assigned as dower to Elizabeth, who was the wife of Henry de Beaumont, the
manor of Beaumanor with its appurtenances, viz., Woodhouse, Querndon, Barrow and Mountsorell, which are worth £6 13s. 4d. Also
the manor of Whytwyk and its members worth £27 16s. 4d. per annum, and all the lands and tenements in Hoklescote and Donyngton>
parcels of the manor of Loughborough, worth £6 14s. gd. per annum,
Elizabeth the widow of Henry, 5th Lord Beaumont, was the daughter of Lord Willoughby de Eresby.
John, son and heir of Henry, 5th Lord Beaumont, and Elizabeth his wife, was born in 1409, and was created Viscount Beaumont
12 February 1440. He married first Elizabeth, dau. and heir of Sir William Phelip by Joan his wife. Secondly John, Viscount Beau-
mont, married Katherine, dau. of Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmorland, and widow of John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk.
The foregoing is only a small part of the Inquisition taken after Henry de Beaumont’s death. He owned large properties in other
counties besides Leicestershire,
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds, Leicester. A.D. 1413.
Know present and to come that I, Thomas Ferneham of Quernedon, have given, granted and by this my
present Charter have confirmed to John Grache of Barrowe one messuage with the appurtenances situated in
the Vill of Barrowe between the land of John Colman on one side and the land of the said Thomas Ferneham
on the other side, To have and to hold the said messuage with its appurtenances to the said John Grache, his
heirs and his assigns, freely, quietly, well and in peace for ever, of the Chief Lords of that Fee by the right and
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accustomed services. And I truly the said Thomas and my heirs will warrant the said messuage with appur
tenances to the said John Grache, his heirs and assigns, against all men for ever. :
In witness of which to this my present Charter I have affixed my seal, with these witnesses: John
Ferneham the younger of Quernedon, Thomas Hardewyne of Leycester, John Vyrly of Barrowe, John Grache
the younger, Join Colman, John Daddy of Quernedon, John Wyssowe of Barrowe, and others.
Given at Quernedon on Monday next after the feast of All Saints in the first year of the reign of King
Henry V. after the Conquest.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds, Leicester.
Know All men by these presents that J, John Ferneham of Quernedon, the elder, have remitted and
altogether for myself and my heirs have quitclaimed to John Grache of Barrowe all my right and claim which
I have or in any way which I might have in one messuage with the appurtenances situated in the Vill of
Barrowe between the land of John Colman on one side and the land of Thomas Ferneham on the other side,
So that neither I the said John Ferneham nor my heirs nor any other nominated by them can have any right
or claim in the said messuage with the appurtenances nor in any part of them in future, but J have excluded
them from all action of right or claim by these presents for ever.
In witness whereof to this present writing I have affixed my seal with these witnesses: John Ferneham
the younger of Quernedon, Thomas Hardewyn of Leycester, John Vyrly of Barrowe, John Grache the younger,
John Colman, John Daddy of Quernedon, John Wyssowe of Barrowe and others.
Given at Quernedon on Monday next after the feast of All Saints in the first year of the reign of King
Henry V. after the Conquest, A.D. 1413.
De Banco Roll 611, m. 7d. Michaelmas, 1 Henry V., A.D. 1413.
Leyc.; Alice who was the wife of Thomas Stafford, chivaler, by her attorney, offered herself on the fourth
day against John Farnham of Querndon, in a plea that he render her roos. which he owes her and unjustly
withholds. And he did not appear. And the Sheriff was ordered to attach him, and he returned that he is
attached by Richard Hone and Walter Sone, therefore they are in mercy. And the Sheriff was ordered to
distrain and produce him here on the octaves of Hilary.
De Banco Roll 619, m. 91 d. Michaelmas, 3 Henry V., A.D. 1415.
Leye. ; John Chaveney of Mountsorell gives to the Lord the King 6s. 8d. for leave to agree with William
Paket and Joan his wife in a Plea of Covenant concerning 6 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow in Quernedon
and Mountsorell. :
And they have a Chirograph. Before William Haukeford, Chief Justice of the King.
N.B.—This refers to the Fine of 1416.
Feet of Fines, Leicester, No. 6. 3 Henry V., A.D. 1416.
This is the Final Agreement made in the Court of the lord the King at Westminster on the morrow of
All Souls in the third year of the reign of King Henry V. ;
Between John Chaveney of Mountsorell, plaintiff, and William Paket and Joan his wife, defendants, of
6 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow in Quernedon and Mountsorell.
William and Joan acknowledge the premises to be the right of John Chaveney, and these they grant and
quitclaim for themselves and their heirs to the said John Chaveney and his heirs and assigns for ever.
And for this acknowledgement John Chaveney gave to William Paket and Joan 20 marks of silver.
De Banco Roll 618, Charters iii.d. Trinity, A.D. 1415.
Ralph Shirley, knight, came here in Court on Friday after the morrow of John Baptist’s day and
acknowledges this Writing to be his deed and seeks that it be enrolled, and it is enrolled in these words:
“Know all men by these presents that I, Ralph Shirley, knight, have for myself and my heirs altogether qui
claimed to Richard Elvet, clerk, Beatrice, who was the wife of Hugh Shirley, my mother, Joan, who was ihe
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wife of William Thyrnyng, kt., William Babington, Gerard Meynell, Geoffrey Powtrell, John Hornyngwold
and Thomas Hynters all my right and claim which I have or in the future can have in the manors of Colston
Basset, Rakedale, Ratcliffon Wreke, Barogh on Sore, Dunton and Whatton in co. Leicester, and Thrumpton,
and in all the lands, tenements, rents, reversions and services in those Vills, which said manors, lands and
tenements the same Richard, Beatrice and the others lately had of the gift and enfeoffment of me the said
Ralph,” etc.
In witness of which, etc. Given the 27th day of June, 3 Henry V.
Originalia Roll, No. 180. 3 Henry V., A.D. 1415,
Henry, by the grace of God of England and France King and lord of Ireland, to Our beloved John Somerby
of Garthorp, John Olney of Holt, Robert Chesylden of Braunston, Robert Temple of Whellesburgh, John
Wener of Walton, John Farnham of Quernedon, Hugh Blaby of Blaby, William Broun of Kybworth and
Simon Blackfordby of Blackfordby, Greeting.
Whereas the Commons of Our Realm of England have granted to Us, to be levied in the ordinary way,
Two whole Fifteenths ; and the citizens and burgesses of cities and boroughs of the same Realm, Two whole
Tenths, of all their moveable goods, in Our Parliament held at Westminster in the second year of Our Reign,
with the Assent of the lords spiritual and temporal, to be paid to Us, as to one whole Fifteenth and Tenth of
the said Two Fifteenths and Tenths at the feast of the Purification last past, and the other whole Fifteenth
and Tenth at the feast of the Purification next to come.
And We have appointed you as Collectors of the same Fifteenths and Tenths, to levy them to Our use in
‘the county of Leicester, as well within liberties as without, as in similar cases before were wont to be levied,
and to answer to Us concerning such Fifteenths and Tenths at the said feasts in the said form at Our
Exchequer or elsewhere, wherever We appoint, as is contained more fully in Our Letters Patent.
Whereas nevertheless the Commons of Our Realm in Our present Parliament, of the great affection they
have to Our Person and for the quicker and safer prosecution of Our journey into France, of their free will,
and with the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal in this present Parliament assembled, desire and grant
that the said Fifteenth and Tenth which ought to be paid to Us at the feast of the Purification (February 2)
next to come be levied and faithfully paid at the feast of St. Lucy the Virgin (December 13) next to come.
We therefore command you personally to levy and collect such sum of money from place to place within
your said county, as you may see best, so that the sum which was due to be paid at the Purification next to
‘come be now paid at the feast of St. Lucy into Our Exchequer or elsewhere, as We shall order, and that you
answer faithfully according to the form and effect of the said Grant in Our present Parliament already made.
As witness John, Duke of Bedford, guardian of the realm of England, at Westminster the 7th day of
November in the grd year of Our reign.
N.B.—This Subsidy was raised to meet the expenses of the expedition to invade France, which resulted in the victory for England
at Agincourt.
De Banco Roll, No. 626, m. 274 d., Staffordshire. Trinity, A.D. 1417.
Margaret, late the wife of John Farnham the elder, by Thomas Farnham her attorney, offered herself
on the fourth day against Katrine, late the wife of John Farnham the younger, in a suit concerning
3 Messuages, one carucate and 24 acres of land with the appurtenances in Bilyngton and Levedale, which the
said Margaret claims here in the Court of the King as her right against her, etc., and she (Katrine) does not
come: And further she made default here, to wit, on the Octaves of the Purification of the blessed Mary last
past after she was summoned, etc.: So that the Sheriff was ordered to hold the said tenements with the
appurtenances in the hands of the lord the King, and a day, etc.: And that he should summon her to be here
on this day, namely on the Octaves of Saint John the Baptist then next following, etc.: And the Sheriff
testifies accordingly the day of taking possession, and that he had summoned her.
The Verdict is that it is decided that the said Margaret recovered her seisin against the said Katrine in
the aforesaid tenements with the appurtenances by default, etc.: And the aforesaid Katrine is in mercy.
; N.B.—In the De Banco Roll, No. 624, m. 390, Hilary, 1416-17, the same Suit occurs with the additional information that Margaret
“applies by a Writ of the lord the King of “Cui in vita.” It is probable therefore that John Farnham the elder, the husband of
Margaret, had: enfeoffed his son John Farnham the younger in Margaret’s lands in Billington and Levedale against the wishes of
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Margaret. The use of the Writ ‘‘Cui in vita” was to enable a widow to recover lands which her husband had dealt with during his life
against her wishes, and was based on the supposition that the wife was not sufficiently strong to withstand her husband's action while
he was alive, so that directly he was dead she could apply by a Writ of ‘‘Cui in vita” to upset his act.
In the above case Katrine, who was one of the executors as well as the widow of John Farnham the younger, had probably taken
possession of the property at Billington and held it forcibly against Margaret.
De Banco Roll 624, m. 455. Hilary, A.D. 1416-17.
Leyc.; Thomas Preston, in his own person, offered himself against Thomas Pegge of Wykingeston in
the County of Leicester, gentilman, Henry Jeke of Tamworth in the County of Stafford, gentilman, and
Katrine Farnham of Querndon in the same County of Leicester, widow, executors of the Will of John
Farnham the younger, in a plea that they render him 4os. which they unjustly detain. And they do not
come. And the Sheriff was ordered to attach them, and he returns that they are attached by Thomas Hunt
and Richard Hore, therefore they are in mercy. Let him distrain and have them here on the quindene
of Easter.
N.B.—On Roll 625, m. 205 d., Leicester, the above Suit is repeated, and the Sheriff returns that he has distrained them by chattels
to the value of 12d.; they are mainprised and ordered to appear on the octaves of Trinity.
John Farnham the younger married Katherine the daughter of John Jeke. The Visitation pedigree states that John Jeke was of
Wikington, co. Stafford. This is probably a mistake for Wikingeston (Wigston), co. Leicester, for there is no place in Staffordshire called
Wikington.
The name “Jeke” occurs in connection with Wigston, Cropston, Thringston and Prestwold, co. Leicester, and Tamworth, co,
Stafford.
In 1391 Ivo Jeke, the son of Thomas Jeke of Prestwold, applied to the Crown for licence to give 3 messuages and 66 acres of
land and meadow at Thringston to the Priory of Gracedieu. (Ing. A.Q.D., File 412, No. 32, 15 Richard II.)
By a Fine, Michaelmas, 16 Richard II., between Thomas de Strelley of Woodburgh, co. Notts, and Ivo Jeke of Prestwold and Elena
his wife (daughter of William de Strelley), a Settlement of the Woodburgh estate was made on Thomas de Strelley and his issue males,
in default on Ivo Jeke and Elena for lives, and the heirs of Elena for ever.
In 1415 William Clynton, chivaler, sued Henry Jeke of Tamworth, co. Stafford, and William Jeke of Wyggeston, co. Leicester, for
assaulting his servant at Tamworth. (De Banco Roll 617, m. 225 d.)
In 1423 Thomas Farnham of Querndon, co. Leicester, gent., and Henry Jeke of Tamworth, co. Stafford, gent., sued each other for
the sum of £100. (De Banco Roll 655, m. 433 and 550.)
De Banco Roll 626, m. 235. Trinity, 5 Henry V., A.D. 1417.
Leyc. ; Thomas Erdyngton offered himself against William Smith of Barowe-on-Sore and Margaret his
wife in a plea of one messuage and 7 acres of land in Barowe which Thomas claims in Court as his right.
The land is to be taken into the King’s hands and a day given in the Octaves of St. Martin.
The same Roll, m. 247 d.
Leyc.; Henry Haytelay of Loughteburgh, by Thomas Farnham his attorney, offered himself against
Robert Iremonger of Loughteburgh, chaplain, in a plea of #40 which he unjustly withholds. He did not
appear. Ordered to be here at Hilary.
De Banco Roll 629, m. 293 d. Easter, 6 Henry V., A.D. 1418.
Leyc. ; The suit between William de Ferrars of Groby, chivaler, plaintiff, and John Shepey and Alice his
wife, one of the daughters and heirs of John Walcote, chivaler, and John Danvers and Margaret his wife, the
other daughter and heir of the same John Walcote, whom Alice (by the default of John Shepey) calls to
warrant, being herself admitted to the defence of her right, is put in respite to the quindene of St. Michael.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 6 Henry V., A.D. 1419.
Between Thomas Whatton of Mountsorell and Ralph Aleyn, plaintiffs, and John Kynton of Raveneston
and Alice his wife and Nicholas Skevyngton of Syleby and Margaret his wife, defendants, of 2 messuages,
14 acres of land and 3 roods of pasture in Mountsorell and Barowe-on-Sore.
The defendants acknowledge the premises to be the right of the plaintiffs, and for this acknowledgement
the plaintiffs gave to the defendants 100 marks of silver.
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Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 7 Henry V., A.D. 1419.
Between Philip Morgan, clerk, Thomas Derby and John Bathe, clerk, plaintiffs, and John Barbour of
Quarendon the younger and Joan his wife, defendants, of 18 messuages, 12 virgates of land, 20 acres of
pasture in Frisseby-on-the Wreek, Grymmeston and Retherby.
The premises are declared to be the right of John Bathe and his heirs for ever, and the plaintiffs gave the
defendants 100 marks of silver.
Coram Rege Roll 634, Fines. A.D. 1419.
Leye.; John Barbour of Querndon in the county of Leycester, gent., and Joan bis wife, for a Fine in an
Action for certain trespasses done to Bartholomew Brokesby with force and arms and against the peace, of
which they are convicted by a Jury, whence the damages are £30, by the pledges of Thomas Preston of
Querndon and Thomas Farnham of the same place, 55.
Inquisitions Post-mortem, Hugh Burnell. A.D. 1421.
Taken at Leycester on Thursday after the feast of Hillary.
Hugh Burnell was seised in his demesne as of fee in (among many other lands) the manor of Ashby-
de-la-Zouch.
The manor is held of the lord de Beaumont by Knight’s service, and is worth 20 marks.
The Jury further say “ that Hugh Burnell died 27 November last past.”
And that Joyce the wife of Thomas Erdynton, Margery the wife of Edward Hungerford and Katrine
Burnell are kinswomen and heirs of the said Hugh Burnell, to wit, the daughters of Edward Burnell, knight,
deceased, the son of Hugh ;
And that Joyce is aged 24 years, Margery is aged 11 years and Katrine is aged 14 years.
Coram Rege Roll 642, m. 13. Michaelmas, 9 Henry V., A.D. 1421.
Leyc.; John Barbour of Querndon, in his own person, offered himself against Ralph Iremonger of
Loughtburgh in the county of Leycester, husbondman, in a plea wherefore, when the same John was buying
a horse from the said Ralph at Querndon, the said Ralph knowingly sold him a horse smitten with various
infirmities and unfit for work, and by fraudulently warranting him sound and fit for work he induced the said
John to buy that horse for a large sum of money to the great damage of the same John to the amount of 100s.
and against the King’s peace.
Ralph did not appear, and the Sheriff, who was ordered to arrest him, returned that he was not found.
Therefore let him produce him here on the morrow of St. Martin.
De Banco Roll 643, m. 295. Michaelmas, 9 Henry V., A.D. 1421.
Leyc.; Thomas Farneham, by his attorney, offered himself against John Faukes of Wykyngeston,
husbondman, John Ormesby of Wykyngeston, yoman, and John German of Wykyngeston, husbondman, in
a plea that they render him roos. that they owe him and unjustly withhold. They did not appear and they
were summoned to be here at Hilary.
The same Roll, m. 295.
Leyc.; Thomas Farneham, by his attorney, offered himself against Thomas Petymore of Thorp juxta
Lughteburgh in the said county, gentilman, Thomas Wolsey of Thorp in the same county, husbondman, in a
plea that they render him £20 which they owe and unjustly withhold. They did not appear and the Sheriff
was ordered to attach Thomas Petymore. Thomas Wolsey was not found; let them both be here at Hilary.
The same Roll, m. 255 d.
Leyc.; Thomas Farneham, by his attorney, offered himself against Reginald Burgh of Melton in the said
county, bailiff, William Stone of Lutterworth, bailiff, John Totenhale of Barwell, bailiff, and Richard Barley
of Stanton in county Derby, bailiff, in a plea that each of them render him a reasonable Account for the
monies of the same Thomas for all the time that they acted as his receivers of monies. They did not appear
and the Sheriff was ordered to arrest them but they cannot be found. Let him produce them here on the
Octaves of Hilary.
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De Banco Roll 651, m. 337 d. Michaelmas, 2 Henry VI., A.D. 1428.
Leyc.; John de Wydmerpole of Wydmerpole demands from Thomas de Stafford, Esq., three messuages,
1 carucate of land and 10 acres of meadow in Querndon juxta Barewe-on-Sore, which Master Robert de
Wydmerpole, parson of the church of Swafeld, gave to Thomas the son of Nicholas de Wydmerpole and the
heirs of the body of the same Thomas, son of Nicholas; and which, after the death of the said Thomas, son
of Nicholas, and Robert the son of the same Thomas, and Nicholas the son of the same Robert, ought to
descend to John the son of the said Nicholas, son of Robert, and kinsman and heir of the said Thomas the son
of Nicholas, according to the form of the gift.
And concerning which he says that Robert gave them to Thomas the son of Nicholas de Wydmerpole,
by which gift he was seised in demesne as of fee and right in the time of peace in the reign of Richard II,
King of England, by taking issues to the value, etc.
And from Thomas the son of Nicholas the right descended to Robert as son and heir, and from Robert
to Nicholas as son and heir, and from Nicholas to John, who now seeks as son and heir.
And Thomas de Stafford comes by attorney and calls further to warranty Thomas de Stafford the son
and heir of Thomas Stafford, knight.
Let him have him here in the octaves of Hilary by the aid of the Court.
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N.B.—The above is a good instance of the value of the De Banco Rolls for genealogical purposes.
De Banco Roll 650, m. 478 d. Trinity, 1 Henry VI., A.D. 1423.
Leyc.; Thomas Farnham, in his own person, offered himself against William Burton of Leycestre,
gentilman, in a plea that he render him 40 marks; and against Richard Barly of Melborne in the county of
Derby, bayley, and John Haryngton of Leycestre, bailly, in a plea that each of them render him 4os. which
they owe him and unjustly withhold.
De Banco Roll 651, m. 510 d. Michaelmas, 2 Henry VI., A.D. 1423.
Leyc. ; Thomas Maureward, knight, by his attorney, offered himself against Thomas Farnham of
Querndon in the county of Leycester, gentilman, in a plea that he render him a reasonable Account for all the
time that he was receiver of monies of Thomas Maureward’s. He did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered
to summon him, and he returned that he had summoned him. Judgment: Let him be attached so that he
be here on the quindene of Hilary.
Coram Rege Roll 654, m. 9 Rex, Leicester. A.D. 1424.
The Sheriff was ordered to demand Stephen Farneham of Quernedon in the county of Leycester, gentil
man, John Prychet of Quernedon in the said county, yoman, and William Saunder of Barough-on-Sore in the
said county, husbondman, from county to county, and they will be outlawed if they do not come, and Fe
them before the King in the Octaves of St. Michael to answer the King concerning certain felonies of whic
they are appealed. h
They did not come and the Sheriff had not sent the Writ, therefore he was ordered to produce them here
at Trinity.
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Gaol Delivery Rol], No. 31-13, m. 5, Leicester. January 24th, A.D. 1424.
Inquisition taken at Swythelond on Wednesday next after the feast of St. Wolstan in the first year of the
reigu of King Henry VI.
Before John Blaby of Blaby and John Danet, Coroners of the lord the King assigned to the county
of Leycester.
And on the oaths of John Sclater of Swythelond, William Sclater of the same, Thomas Wyse of the
same, John Broun of the same, John del Grene of Cropston, John Hule of the same, Thomas Saunder of
Bradvate, Richard Smyth of Ansty, Robert Odde of the same, John Mylner of Rotheley, Thomas Symond
of the same, Robert James of the same, Simon Breton of Loughborough, Robert Sadeler of the same, John
Cok of the same, John Grange of the same, William Howson of Thurkaston, William Gowgh of the same,
John Smyth of Bradegate, William Jeke of Austy, Thomas Seman of the same, Henry Skote of Swythelond,
William Donne of the same, John Wales of the same and John Nyk of the same,
- Who say on oath that it happened at Swythlond on Friday the feast of St. Maur the Abbot in the year
aforesaid in the fourth hour after Noon, Stephen Farneham of Quernedon (he puts himself on his country.
Quit) in the county of Leycester, gentilman, John Prychet of Quernedon in the same county (he puts himself,
ete. Quit) and William Saunder of Barough-on-Sore, husbondman (he puts himself, etc. Quit), at Swyth-
Jond, in a certain close called “ Le Carre” with force and arms lay in wait and made an assault on John
Mapylton of Swythlond, Esquire, and beat, wounded and feloniously murdered and killed the said John
Mapylton there, the day, year and place above written.
But they say that Peter Carter of Waltham in the county of Leycester, ‘‘ Irysman,” killed the aforesaid
John Mapylton.
Leicester Assize Roll 1537, m. 29. 2 Henry V., A.D. 1424.
The Assize comes to recognize whether George Nowers, knight, and Joan his wife disseised Katrine the
wife of Robert Rokesdon from her free tenement in Barowe-on-Sore, Querndon and Mountsorell, and whence
Robert and Katrine complain, by Thomas Whatton their attorney, that Katrine was disseised of the half of
6 messuages, I toft, 10 virgates of land, 30 acres of meadow and 30 acres of pasture.
And George Nowers and Joan did not come, but a certain Ralph Forster answers for them as bailiff,
and says,
That the premises are wrongly described, and that he was not the Tenant of the tenement in the Brief
“ named on the day of issue (and other technical objections), also that a certain Robert Petman was long ago
possessed of that tenement, after whose death the premises descended to a certain Isabel as daughter and heir
of Robert, which Isabel married John Olney of Holt, who had issue Joan, now the wife of Sir George Nowers,
to whom the premises descended as daughter and heir of Isabel.
The Recognators came and were sworn, and they disallowed the technical defence, also they said that
Robert Petman was long ago possessed of the property in dispute, but that his daughter Isabel, to whom the
property descended, married a certain Edmund de Stapulton and had by him a daughter Joan who married
Alan Moton and had by him a daughter, the plaintiff Katrine, now the wife of Robert Rokesdon, and that
after the death of the said Edmund Stapulton his widow Isabel married John Olney of Holt, and by him had a
daughter, the said Joan, now the wife of Sir George Nowers.
And that after the deaths of both John Olney and Isabel the property descended to Joan (who married
Alan Moton) as daughter and heir of Isabel, and to Katrine as granddaughter of the same Isabel, by pretext
of which Sir George Nowers and his wife Joan entered on the property as in right of both Katrine and Joan,
and when once they had taken possession they occupied the property for themselves entirely, and expelled the
said Katrine from her share.
Judgment: Therefore it is adjudged that Robert and Katrine recover their seisin by the view of the
Recognators and damages of the amount of 20 marks, and George Nowers and Joan his wife are in mercy for
the said disseisin.
N.B.—It was a common practice to give two daughters the same Christian name, and in this case the two Joans were only half-
sisters, but it often creates great confusion in tracing descents.
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Beaumanor Muniments.
Account of John Kyrkeby, bailiff of Elizabeth, the lady of Beaumont, by reason of her dower from the
feast of St. Michael 3 Henry VI. to the feast of St. Michael next following, A.D. 1424.
Rents.
£6 19s. 74d. rent of Thorp Mountford at the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross and St. Michael by
equal portions as appears by the rental there A.D. 1424.
72s. rent of Barrow at the same times as by the rental there.
£4 9s. 54d. rent of Querndon yearly.
63s. rent of Wodehouse yearly.
14d. increase of rent of William Smyth for 7 acres in Thorp Mountford, formerly Thomas Brown’s, so
demised to William Smith by Court Roll, which used to render 2s. a year only, and now demised for
35. 6d.
And increase of rent 3d. of Adam Kek for 2 roods of land in Querndon Jet to him by copy of Court Roll.
4d. increase of rent of Thomas Lewelyn for one rood of meadow in Nether Barbrygge let to him by Court
Roll.
as. received of Thomas Eyr granted to the lady and her heirs by Deed thereof, to be taken from all his lands
and tenements in Barrow.
And 8s. increase of rent of Thomas Iveson of Baggeworth in this year for a close called ‘‘ Newclos,”’ which
' used to render but 8s. and now let to Thomas for 20 years at 16s. yearly, this year being the 14th by
Court Roll.
And 2d. increase of rent of Richard Squyer for a vacant messuage formerly John Attilburgh’s, which used to
render but 6d. yearly and now let to him for 8d.
And 4d. rent from William Pynchebek for a croft in Querndon, late John Prest’s, formerly let at 8d. and now
let to William at 12d. by Court Roll.
And 8d. increase of rent of John Squyer for a garden in Querndon, late William Boseworth’s, the former rent
4d., and now let to John at 12d.
And 3d. increase of rent of John Lewelyn of Querndon for a vacant messuage, formerly John Gaddesby’s,
the former rent being gd. and now 12d.
And 2d. increase of rent of John Squyer for half a croft in Querndon, formerly John Banycroft’s, the former
rent 2d. and now 4d. by copy of Court Roll.
And 5d. of new rent for one croft which John Olney holds in Querndon.
60s. rent from William Coupere, mylner, for the rent of the water mill of Querndon and Beaumanor, let to
him by Indenture for 10 years, of which this is the fifth, and which used to render 66s. 8d. yearly.
And £4 13s. 4d. from John Chaveney for rent of the water mill of Mountsorell, let to him by copy of Court
Roll.
85. for 4 acres and a half of meadow called “ Le Fysshepoll,”’ let to Thomas Burbache by copy of Court Roll.
1os. for 7 acres 3 roods of meadow in Wellehaugh.
16d. for rent of the meadow “del Flagges,” called “Spencer Kar,’’ sold to John Saunders the younger for
this year.
2od. for 1 acre of meadow at Mountsorell called “ Spencer’s Meadow,” let for this year to John Yoman.
3s. 4d. for the half of 4 acres of meadow in Redliker sold to John Abell.
16s. for the herbage of Muklyng, let to John Godewyn by copy of Court Roll.
One quiver and 12 arrows of rent from Roger Bery in Friseby.
20 arrow heads of rent from the tenement which once was Adam le Eyre in Querndon.
One arrow head of rent formerly John Farnham’s.
N.B.—Elisabeth, the daughter of Lord Willoughby d’Eresby, married Henry, Lord Beaumont, who died in 1413, leaving a son John,
aged three years. The widow Elisabeth held the manor of Beaumanor in dower, The extracts given here do not, of course, represent
the whole contents of the Account.
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De Banco Roll 659, m. 485. Michaelmas, 4 Henry VI., A.D. 1425.
Leyc.; Thomas Farnham of Querndon, by his attorney, offered himself against Roger Cook of Oudeby
in a plea that he render him 10 marks. He did not appear, and he was distrained by chattels of 12d. The
suit was put in respite to Trinity.
De Banco Roll 658, m. 474. Trinity, 3 Henry VI., A.D. 1425.
Leyc.; John Masham, by Thomas Farnam his attorney, offered himself against Thomas Randyll of
Barewell in a plea of 40s., and against William Norys of Walton-on-the-woids, shepherd, and against William
Frysby of Walton, shepherd, in a plea that they restore to him 40 sheep worth 60s., which they unjustly detain.
They did not appear. The Sheriff was ordered to demand them from county to county, and they will be out-
lawed if they do not appear.
Inquisition Post-mortem, File 35, No. 49. 6 Henry VI., A.D. 1427.
Taken at Lutterworth on Thursday before the feast of St. Andrew after the death of Elisabeth, who was
the wife of Henry de Beaumont, knight.
Before Ralph Bellers, escheator of the lord the King in the county of Leicester, and a Jury, who say on
oath,
That Elisabeth held no lands of the King or of anyone else in co. Leicester, in Chief or in service, on
the day she died.
But they say that she held in dower of the gift of Henry de Beaumont, knight, formerly her husband, of
the inheritance of John de Beaumont, son and heir of the said Henry,
The manor of Beaumanor and its members, and that the manor extends into Woodthorp, Wodehouse,
Querndon, Barough, Mountsorell and Fryseby.
Also the manor of Whittewyk, with its members, which manor extends into Raveneston, Swanyngton,
Merkefeld, Bocharston and Donyngton.
Also the manor of Hokelescote, the advowson of the church of Raveneston as pertaining to the manor of
Whittewyk, which is assessed annually at 10 marks.
Also the Jurors say that the manor of Beaumanor and its members are held of the lord the King in chief
by Knight’s service, to wit, by a service of one Knight’s fee. And that there are on the Site of the same
manor of Beaumanor divers houses and edifices built on the same, to wit, one Hall, eight chambers, one Chapel,
one Kitchen, two Granges, one Granary, one Stable, and one Cowhouse, which are worth nothing yearly
beyond the repairs and maintenance of the same.
One park containing 12 acres of pasture and wood, and the pasture is worth nothing beyond the salary
of the park keeper and the fence repairs for keeping the deer. And the underwood in the park is worth 2s.
One water-mill, ruinous, which is worth nothing yearly.
Two ponds, one called “ Le Mote” and the other “ Beaumanor Pole,” which are worth 12d. yearly.
One close called “ Farewode,” containing 6 acres and worth yearly 25s.
Another close called “ Newclose,” containing 2 acres worth 12d. yearly ; another close called “ Well-
haugh,”’ containing 3 acres and worth 3s. yearly; another close called ‘ Thorpe Launde,” containing 3 acres
and worth 2s. yearly ; two hundred acres of waste land in Charnwode which are worth nothing yearly, because
the tenants there and divers other tenants of the different adjoining villages have common of pasture in them
all the year for all manner of beasts and cattle.
And there are there 80 acres of arable land, of which each acre is worth 3d. yearly. Six acres of meadow,
of which each acre is worth 12d. yearly.
And there is there a View of Frankpledge held every year within one month of Easter and Michaelmas.
And a certain Court there called “ Court Baron,” held annually from 3 weeks to 3 weeks, which View and
Court are worth nothing yearly beyond the Fee of the Steward of them.
They say that there are in Wodethorp 17 messuages, of which each is worth 6d. yearly. Twelve bovates
of Jand, of which each bovate is worth 3s. yearly. Thirty-two works of men, called “Benys,” to wit, 16 works
for taking up and making the lord’s hay and 16 works for reaping the lord’s corn in August time yearly ; each
of which works is worth one penny. One common Oven, which is worth yearly, beyond outgoings, 6d.
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And there is there a Rent of Assize of 10s. 4d. payable by divers tenants there at the feasts of St. Michael
the Archangel and the Invention of the Holy Cross by equal portions.
There are in Wodehouse, parcel of the manor of Beaumanor, 17 messuages, ruinous, which are worth
nothing yearly, because they are vacant for want of tenants. Thirty-eight and a half acres of arable land, of
which each acre is worth 3d. yearly. One dovehouse, ruinous, worth beyond repairs 2s. yearly.
There are there 26 works of men called “ Benys” for reaping the lord’s corn yearly at August time, of
which each work is worth one penny yearly.
They say that there are in Querndon 12 messuages which are worth nothing yearly beyond the outgoings,
Three tofts, of which each toft contains in itself half an acre, and each toft is worth 2d. yearly.
And there are there 4 virgates of land, of which each virgate is yearly worth 6s. And there are there
18 works of men called “ Benys” for reaping the lord’s corn yearly in August time, of which each work is
worth one penny yearly. One water-mill, ruinous, which is worth ros. yearly.
There is there a Rent of Assize of 12s. 3d., payable by divers tenants there at the feasts of St. Michael
and the Invention of the Cross by equal portions.
They say also that there are in Barough 4 messuages which are worth yearly nothing, and 4 virgates of
land, of which each virgate is worth yearly 4s. 3d. A rent of Assize of 4s. payable as before.
There is there also a rent of one pound of pepper or 18d. issuing from one messuage and one virgate
of land which John Grage holds, payable at Michaelmas yearly.
There are in Mountsorell 4 messuages, of which each one is worth 2s. Two tofts, of which each toft is
worth 5d. One acre of meadow worth 12d. yearly. One acre of land lying on Knyghts Stokynge which is
worth 6d. yearly. One water-mill which is worth yearly, beyond outgoings, 36s. 8d. Twelve pence rent of
Assize issuing from one messuage which John Chaveney holds, payable at St. Michael and the Invention
of the Cross by equal portions.
They also say that Thomas Kendale holds .... in Fryseby by fealty and a service yearly of one quiver
and 24 arrows or 2s., payable at the feast of St. Michael.
They say that the manor of Whittewyk was held of the lord the King in chief as parcel of the Honor of
Wynton, but by what service the Jurors are ignorant.
And that there is there in the Site of the same manor a Castle, old and ruinous, in which are no buildings,
and worth nothing yearly.
There are there 31 messuages, of which 12 are in the lord’s hands for want of tenants.
There is there a certain Court called “ Swannymot” held in Charnewode yearly, once a year, to wit, on
the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, which is worth per annum ? xvid., etc.
They also say that Elisabeth held the third part of the profits of 2 Views of Frankpledge called
““Wynchestre Courts.”
The Jurors say that Elisabeth died on Friday after the feast of Saint Martin last past and that the said
John de Beaumont is the son and heir of Henry de Beaumont and Elisabeth, and was 18 years of age on the
feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Mary the Virgin last past.
N.B.—The above is only a part of the Inquisition. Elisabeth de Beaumont was the daughter of Lord Willoughby d’Eresby. Her
husband Henry de Beaumont died in 1413.
De Banco Roll 675, m. 565. Michaelmas, 8 Henry VI., A.D. 1429.
Leyc.; William Bisshop, by his attorney, offered himself against Thomas Purse of Querndon,
husbondman, in a plea wherefore with force and arms he took and carried away a boat of William’s found at
Querndon worth 4os., and went fishing in his separate fishery there and took and carried away fish to the value
of 4os., and assaulted, beat, wounded and illtreated John Walker his servant, so that the same William
Bisshop lost bis services for a long time, and did other enormities to his great damage and against the King’s
peace. He did not come, and the Sheriff was ordered to attach him, and he returned that he had nothing,
therefore let him arrest and produce him here within 15 days of Saint Hilary.
De Banco Roll 679, m. 131 d. Michaelmas, 9 Henry VI., A.D. 1430.
Leyc.; Thomas Erdyngton of Erdyngton, the elder, in the county of Warwick, Esquire, and John
Gladewyn of Barough in the county of Leycester, yoman, were summoned to answer to John Cokk of
QUORNDON RECORDS. 139
Barough-on Sore, yoman, in a plea wherefore they took the cattle of the same John Cokk and unjustly
detained them against gage and pledge, and of which the same John Cokk, by his attorney, complains that the
said Thomas Erdyngton and John Gladewyn took his steers in the seventh year of the now King’s reign in
the township of Barough-on-Sore in a certain spot called “ Holme” and unjustly detained them, by which he
suffered damage to the amount of £10.
And thus he produced his suit.
And Thomas Erdyngton and John Gladewyn came by attorney and deny force and injury, and they ask
for leave to plead here in the Octaves of Hilary. And they have it by the assent of John Cokk. On the
appointed day they ask for an adjournment, and the suit stands over.
Lay Subsidies, co. of Leicester. 6-7 Henry VI., A.D. 1428.
The church of Barough with the Vicarage is taxed at an assessment of £38, on which the tax payable
to the Subsidy is 77s. 4d.
Hundred of Goscote: Thomas Erdyngton, for half a Knight’s Fee in Barough, Querndon and Wodehous,
which Giles de Erdyngton lately held, 3s. 4d. Ralph Shirley, for 3 parts of half a Knight’s Fee in Barough,
Querndon and Wodehous, which Ralph Basset formerly held, 25. 6d.
In the Subsidy of the year 1431 the village of Querendon was taxed at 40s., Wodehous at 4os. and
Mounsorell at 6os., but the names of the individual contributors are not recorded.
Inquisition Post-mortem, No. 23. 12 Henry VI., A.D. 1484. (Thomas de Erdyngton.)
Inquisition taken at Birmingham on Tuesday in the Vigil of St. Matthew in the twelfth year of King
Henry VI. after the death of Thomas de Erdyngton.
The King’s Writ is dated at Westminster February 15, A.D. 1434, and is directed to the Escheator for
the counties of Warwick and Leycester.
The Jury find that Thomas Erdyngton, Esquire, is the son and next heir, and aged 30 years and more.
N.B.—The portion relating to his Warwickshire estates is complete, but the portion relating to the manor of Barrow is only
a fragment.
De Banco Roll 695, m. 217. Michaelmas, 13 Henry VI., A.D. 1434.
Leyc. ; Robert Farneham, by his attorney, offered himself against John Lewys of Querndon in the said
county, husbondman, and against John Brooke of Querndon, laborer, in a plea wherefore they had cut down
trees and underwood growing at Querndon, the property of Robert Farnbam, and took and carried away his
goods, chattels, trees and underwood to the value of 100s., and did other enormities to his great damage and
against the King’s peace. They did not come, and the Sheriff was ordered to arrest them, and he returned
that they were not found. Let him take and produce them on the quindene of Hilary.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, File 69, No. 23. Henry VI., A.D. 1434. (After the death of
Sibilla de Erdyngton.)
Henricus D. G. Escaetori suo in Com. Warr. et Leyc., Salutem.
Quia Sibilla quae fuit uxor Thomae Erdyngton armigeri quae quasdam terras et quaedam tenementa,
quae de nobis tenentur in capite, tenuit in dotem de hereditate Thomae filii et heredis predicti Thomae patris
diem clausit extremum, ut accepimus, tibi precipimus quod omnia terras et tenementa quae eadem Sibilla
tenuit de hereditate predicta in balliva tua die quo obiit sine dilatione capias in manum nostram et ea salvo
custodiri facias, donec aliud inde precepimus, et per sacrum proborum et legalium hominum de eadem balliva
tua per quos rei veritas melius sciri poterit diligentur inquiras quae terras et tenementa eadem Sibilla tenuit in
dotem de hereditate predicta in dicta balliva tua dicto die quo obiit et quantum inde de nobis tenetur in capite
et quantum de aliis et per quod servitium et quantum terrae et tenementa ia valeant per annum in omnibus
exitibus et quo die predicta Sibilla obiit et Inquisitionem inde distincte et aperte factam nobis in Cancellarium
nostram sub sigillo tuo et sigillis eorum per quos facta fuit sine dilatione mittas et hoc breve.
Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium quinto die Februarii anno regni nostri tertio decimo.
140 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Inquisition taken at Leyvcester on Wednesday next after the feast of Saint Matthew the Apostle
13 Henry VI., before Richard Hotoft the younger, Escheator of the lord the King for the county of Leicester,
by virtue of a Writ of the same lord the King to the said Escheator directed, and to this Inquisition attached ;
and on the oaths of William Nicholl, John Nicholl, John Norland, Richard Flekeney, Thomas Glen, John
Smyth, Richard Parsons, John White, John Northern, John Gladewyn, John Bayle and John Neel, Who say
on oath
That Sibilla, who was the wife of Thomas de Erdyngton, esquire, held in the said county on the day she
died, in dower for the term of her life, of the inheritance of Thomas, the son and heir of Thomas Erdyngton,
esquire, deceased, formerly the husband of the said Sibilla, of the gift of the said Thomas Erdyngton the
father,
The third part of the manor of Barowe, which third part is worth per annum beyond all outgoings 515. 24d,
And they say that the said manor is held of the lord the King by a service of a fourth part of one Knight’s
Fee.
They say also that Sibilla held in the said county in dower on the day she died, for the term of her life,
of the inheritance aforesaid, after the death of Thomas Erdyngton, the father, formerly her husband, of his
gift,
The third part of the manor of Braunston, which third part is worth per annum, after all outgoings, 5s.
And that the said manor of Braunston is held of Robert Harecourt, but they know not by what service.
And further they say that Sibilla held in dower the third part of the manor of Hoghton, and that the said
third part is worth, beyond all outgoings, 27s. gd. And the manor of Hoghton is not held of the King, but
of others, but of whom and by what service they are unaware.
Sibilla also held in dower the third part of the manor of Knossington, which third part is worth yearly,
after all deductions, 25s. 6d.; and is held of Ralph, Lord Cromwell, by a service of one fourth part of one
Knight’s Fee.
Also they say that Sibilla held in dower the third part of one messuage and 2 virgates of Jand in Sextenby,
which third part is worth, beyond all deductions, 6s.; and they are held not of the King, but of others, but of
whom and by what service the Jury is unaware.
And they say that Sibilla died 3 January Jast past holding no other lands or tenements of the King or
anyone else in dower or in any other manner in the county of Leicester.
And that Thomas Erdyngton the son is aged 31 years and more.
In witness of which the Jurors have placed to this Inquisition their seals the day and year above written.
N.B.—No authority seems to know the maiden name of this Sibilla de Erdington. The Latin Writ to the Escheator is merely given
as an example of the usual form of the King’s Writ to enquire, and it is addressed to the Escheator of the counties of Warwick and
Leicester, which counties at that time had one Sheriff between them.
In Dorsetshire Sibilla held the third part of the manor of Corfmoleyn, and a third part of a capital messuage there worth nothing,
etc,
In Warwickshire Sibilla held a third part of the manor of Erdyngton, which manor was held of Joan Beauchamp, lady of Bergavenny,
and of Maurice de Berkeley, knight, as of his castle of Weley, etc.
De Banco Roll 699, m. 7. Michaelmas, 14 Henry VI., A.D. 1435.
Leyc.; Thomas Farnham, by John Palmer his attorney, offered himself against Robert Walker and
Eleanor his wife in a plea wherefore, since by the common counsel of the Realm of England it is provided
that it is not lawful for anyone who is a tenant for a term of years to make waste, sale or destruction of the
lands, houses, woods or gardens so leased to them, the said Robert and Eleanor made waste, etc., of houses
and gardens in Loughborough which they hold for the term of life of the said Eleanor (of an assignment made
to her by John Bowes, Thomas Pegge, Thomas Assheby, John Danet and others), to the disherison of Thomas
Farnham. They did not appear. They were distrained.
And Thomas Farnham says they made waste thus, by permitting one hall, one chamber, one kitchen, one
bakehouse, one stable and one grange, the value of each 1oos., to stand unroofed, whereby the great timbers
thereof became rotten and corrupt by the rain-storms descending on them, also by felling in the garden there
20 ash trees, Io pear trees and 10 apple trees, the worth of each 12d.
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The Sheriff was ordered to go to the wasted tenements and to enquire by a Jury what waste the said
Robert and Eleanor had made.
And the Sheriff sent the result of this Inquisition dated at Loughborough on Saturday next after the
feast of the Apostles Simon and Jude in the 14th year of the reign of King Henry VI.
The Jury say on oath that Robert and Eleanor did make waste by permitting the hall and timbers worth
30s., one chamber and the timbers worth 3os., the Stable and the timbers there to the value of ros. to stand
unroofed. They say further that they did not make waste of the house and gardens.
Therefore it is adjudged that Thomas Farnham recover his seisin of the wasted premises and his damages
in triplicate, viz £12. And Robert and Eleanor are in mercy. Likewise Thomas Farnham is in mercy for
a false claim as far as regards the residue of the plaint.
De Banco Roll 703, m. 94d. Michaelmas, 15 Henry VI., A.D. 1436.
Leyc. ; Thomas Farnham, Esquire, by his attorney, offered himself against Robert Farnham of Quarendon
in the said county, Esquire, in a plea that he render him 20 marks that he owes him and unjustly withholds.
And he did not come. The Sheriff was ordered to attach him, and he returned that he is attached by Thomas
Bure and Thomas Hall. Therefore they are in mercy. Let him be brought here on the Octaves of Hilary.
De Banco Roll 707, m. 244d. Michaelmas, 16 Henry VI., A.D. 1487.
Leyc.; Thomas Farneham, by Simon Burton his attorney, offered himself against William Shawe of
Rothley, laborer, Ralph Shawe of Naylston, servant, Isabell Shawe of Leycester, singlewoman, and John
Shawe, late of Nayleston, baker, in a plea that they render him one bundred shillings which they owe him and
unjustly withhold. They did not come. And the Sheriff was ordered to arrest them and produce them on the
Octaves of Hilary.
Lay Subsidy 133-71, Leicester. 18 Henry VI., A.D. 1440.
Henry, by the grace of God, King of England and France, lord of Ireland, to bis Justices assigned for
preserving the peace in the county of Leicester, and for hearing and determining divers felonies, trespasses
and other misdeeds, by pretext of Our commission heretofore caused to be made to whom these present letters
shall come, the prelates specified in the same commission (if there shall be any) altogether excepted, Greeting.
Know ye that whereas the commons of Our Realm of England being in Our last Parliament, by the
advice and assent of the lords spiritual and temporal being in the same, have granted to Us by the authority of
the said Parliament, for the safe custody and defence of the Seas, a certain Subsidy to be levied and paid in
manner and form following: that is to say, that every person holding a house not born an Englishman within
Our Realm aforesaid, the men and women born in Wales and others made indigenous excepted, shall pay to
Us yearly 16d.
And that every other person not holding a house and not born in England, except the before excepted,
shall pay to Us yearly 6d., at the feasts of Easter and St. Michael by equal portions.
And if it shall happen that any such person not born within Our realm of England shall die or be removed
chargeable of such payment, so that the levying of such money from him who so shall die and be removed
cannot be made, then they who make account in Our Exchequer for the levying of such money shall have
therein for their charges a due allowance upon their accounts. |
Provided always that the women not English born married to any English or Welsh man, religious,
obedientiaries, and infants within the age of 12 years shall in no way be comprehended within this present
ordinance and grant, and that the present ordinance last and remain in force from the beginning of the said
Parliament until the end of three years then next following, as in the grant aforesaid more fully is contained.
We, wishing of and upon the premises by you more fully to be certified and because in your next session
of the Peace which by right ought altogether to be held in the quindene of Easter, at which session all and
singular the Constables of every Vill in Our county aforesaid by reason of the cessation of popular vexation
ought to assemble, have assigned you the Justices aforesaid, except the before excepted, jointly and severally
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to enquire by separate Inquisitions of the Constables aforesaid of and upon all and singular the names of
persons specified in the said grant, to wit, concerning the names of persons holding houses, by themselves,
and concerning the names of the other persons aforesaid, by themselves.
We command you that you diligently be aiding about the premises, and do and execute them in form
aforesaid.
Aud the Inquisitions thereof distinctly and openly made do you send to the Treasurer and Barons of the
Exchequer, under your Seals or of one of you, and the Seals of those by whom they shall be made, before the
month of Easter next to be, and this Writ We give as well to the Sheriff of the County aforesaid, as to all and
singular the mayors, bailiffs, constables, ministers and other Our faithful subjects whomsoever by tenor of
these presents firmly in command, that you and everyone of you in execution of the premises obey, be obedient
and aiding, as is fitting.
In witness whereto We have caused these Our letters to be made Patent.
Witness, Ourself at Eltham the 28th February in the 18th year of Our reign. By Writ of Privy Seal,
(Endorsed on the back.) The Answer of Thomas Palmer, Richard Hotoft, Thomas Whatton and
Thomas Farnam, justices of the lord the King, assigned for preserving the peace.
The execution of this Commission appears in divers Inquisitions annexed to this Commission.
Inquisition taken at Leicester on Monday next after the close of Easter, 18 Henry VI., before Thomas
Palmer, Thomas Whatton, Richard Hotoft and Thomas Farnham, Justices of the lord the King, assigned to
preserve the Peace in co. Leicester, and to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdeeds,
by virtue of the Letters Patent of the lord the King therein directed to them and sewn to this Inquisition, by
the oaths of Thomas Grafton, constable of Assheby la Zouche,
Geoffrey Steven, constable of Pakyngton,
Robert Dreury, constable of Whytewyk,
Robert Barnevyle, constable of Threngeston,
John Herry, constable of Worthyngton,
William Payte, constable of Bredon,
John Howes, constable of Wymondeswold,
John Wyley, constable of Prestwold,
John Swayne, constable of Walton,
William Smythe, constable of Barowe,
Giles Halywell, constable of Wodehouse,
Ralph Payle, constable of Syleby,
Who say upon their oath that John Baker of Wymondeswold, born in Flanders, James Weyver of
Rotheley, born in Germany, Henry Brabane of Queniburgh, born in Flanders, Robert Rose of the same, born
in France, John Gauter of Reresby, born in France, and Adam Rede of Belgrave, born in Ireland, hold houses
but have no sons or daughters of the age of 12 years or more.
Item, they say that Nowell Mychill of Newebold, born in France, Nicholas son of John Baker of
Wymondeswold, born in Flanders, John Frencheman of Prestwold, born in France, John Scotis of Howeton,
born in Scotland, Simon the son of John Dewy of Neweton, born in France, John Frencheman of Dalby-on-
the-wold, born in France, Peter Webester of Houby, born in Flanders, John Frencheman, the son of Richard
Cosseby of Queniburgh, born in France, Juliana Montgommery of Brokesby, born in Ireland, James Pycard of
Retherby, born in Picardy, Robert the son of Walter Kybbell of Reresby, born in France, Thomas Frenche of
Assheby Folvyle, born in France, John Lyre of Dalby Magna, born in Flanders, James the son of John
-Taillour of Overton-on-the-Hyll, born in France, and Joan the daughter of Lawrence Wright of the same,
born in France, and Lawrence Pavyer of Loughtburgh, born in Ireland, are single men and have no houses
nor have sons or daughters of the age aforesaid or more. .
In witness whereof the Constables aforesaid have alternately put their seals to this Inquisition.
N.B.—The Inquisitions taken before the same Justices in the other Hundreds of the county of Leicester are also given in the same
Subsidy Roll, but are too long to print here.
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Patent Rolls.
The Justices of the Peace for the county of Leicester from a Patent Roll, dated at Westminster the 12th
day of April 1442.
W.., Bishop of Lincoln. John, Viscount Beaumont.
Henry de Grey. John Talbot, knight.
William Ferrers of Groby, knight. William Lovell, knight.
William Ascogh. John Portyngton.
Bartholomew Brokesby. William Heton.
William Babthorp. Thomas Palmer.
Thomas Whatton of Mountsorell. Thomas Barkeley.
Thomas Farnam, Fernam (sic). Richard Neell, Nell (sic).
John Bellers. Laurence Sherard.
Richard Seell. Richard Hotoft.
Except Sir John Talbot and the two last, most of the others were still serving in 1445, according to
a Patent Rol] dated at Westminster 4 January, A.D. 1445.
N.B.—Justices of the Peace seem to have been appointed only for a year and then re-summoned if required to serve again. Thomas
Farnham served until the year 1457.
De Banco Roll 729, m. 344. Easter, 21 Henry VI., A.D. 1442.
Leyc. ; Ralph Shirley, knight, who sues for the King as well as for himself, offered himself against Thomas
Erdington of Barogh-on-Sore, knight, in a plea wherefore, since by a Statute passed in Parliament in the 5th
year of the reign of King Richard II. it was enacted that no one should make an entry into any lands or
tenements where such entry is not by Law given, and in such case not by main force nor with a multitude of
people, but lawfully and quietly only, and if anyone does to the contrary he may be punished by imprisonment
of his body during the King’s pleasure, the said Thomas made forcible entry into divers lands and tenements
of the same Ralph at Barogh-on-Sore where entry was not lawfully given, in contempt of the lord the King
and to the great damage of the said Ralph and against the form of the aforesaid Statute.
Thomas did not appear, and he was attached by Richard More and Edmund Lech, therefore they are in
mercy. And he is distrained to be here on the Quindene of Trinity.
De Banco Roll 731, m. 25. Michaelmas, 22 Henry VI., A.D. 1443.
Leyc.; Thomas Assheby the younger, executor of the Will of Thomas Assheby the elder of Lowesby, by
his attorney, offered himself against John Danet of Gaddesby in the county of Leycester, Esquire, Geoffrey
Poutrell of Ratcliff in the same county, gentilman, Thomas Farnham of Querndon in the same county,
gentilman, Thomas Pegge of Wykingeston in the same county, busbondman, in a plea that each of them
render him ¥i10 which they owe him and unjustly withhold. They did not appear, and the Sheriff was
ordered to distrain them by their lands and have them here at Hilary.
Patent Rolls, February 8th, 1443, Westminster.
Commission to Bartholomew Brokesby, Thomas Palmer and Thomas Farnham to make Inquisition in the
county of Leycester touching the escape of felons from the gaol of Leycester.
Patent Roll, November 10th, 1444. Westminster.
. Pardon to John Lewes of Quarndon in the county of Leycester, husbondman or yoman, of the King’s
suit against him touching his indictment before John Danet, Coroner in the county, on view of the body of
Thomas Prychet of Quarndon, of having struck the said Thomas in the breast to the heart with a dagger
worth 4 pence and slain him on Tuesday after the feast of Relics, 15 Henry VI., at Quarndon at the fourth
hour after Noon, at which hour Thomas died without ecclesiastical Rite or Sacrament, and of any consequent
outlawry. By Privy Seal.
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Patent Roll, July 7th, 1444. Westminster.
Licence for 40 marks paid in the Hanaper for Thomas Erdyngton, knight, to grant to Thomas Stevenson
clerk, Robert Ryggchy, Hugh le Howe, William Smyth and John Gladewyn the Manor of Barogh-on-Sore,
held in chief, and for them to regrant the same to Thomas and Joyce his wife and the heirs of their bodies,
with remainder to the heirs of the body of Thomas, with remainder over to John, Viscount Beaumont, Richard
Byngham, Thomas Staunton, John Trenthal] and William Ermeyn, and the heirs and assigns of the
said Viscount.
De Banco Roll 735, m. 181. Michaelmas, 23 Henry VI., A.D. 1444.
Leyc.; Thomas Farnham offered himself against Thomas Waryn of Leycester, yoman, John Cort of
Leycester, servant, and Thomas Hekeling of Leycester, servant, in a plea wherefore with force and arms they
took and carried away Thomas Farnham’s greyhound at Leycester. They did not come. i
De Banco Roll 747, m. 344. Michaelmas, 26 Henry VI., A.D. 1447.
Leyc. ; Thomas Farnham, Esquire, by his attorney, offered himself against John Bellers of Eyeketilby in
the county of Leycester, Esquire, Robert Clay of Melton Mowbray in the same county, yoman, William
Kytilton of Burton in the same county, fletsher, in a plea wherefore they with force and arms broke into the
houses of the said Thomas Farnham at Wartnaby, and took and carried away his goods and chattels to the
value of £40 and did other enormities to his great damage and against the peace. They did not come, and
the Sheriff was ordered to attach them, and he returned that they were not found. Let him take them and
have them here on the Octaves of Hilary.
The same Roll, m. 618. Thomas Farnham and Thomas Banerey, by their attorney, offered themselves
against William Marshall of Rotheley in the said county, yoman, in a plea that he render them 100s. which
he owes them and unjustly withholds. He did not come. And the Sheriff was ordered to summon him, ané
he returned that he has nothing; let him be produced at Hilary.
De Banco Roll 751, m. 373 d. Michaelmas, 27 Henry VI., A.D. 1448.
Leyc.; Thomas Farnham and Thomas Banerhey, by their attorney, offered themselves against William
Pratour of Groby in the said county, yoman, and Richard Jeke of Cropston in the said county, husbondman,
in a plea wherefore with force and arms they broke into the close and houses of the same Thomas and
Thomas at Cropston and Bradgate, and took and carried away their goods and chattels to the value of £10.
The same Roll, m. 398 d. Leyc.; Thomas Farnham, in his own person, offered himself against
Giles Squyer, husbondman, John Halywell, John Spaldyng, Thomas Edde, William Doucke, husbondman,
Thomas Clerke, husbondman, Ralph Yonge, husbondman, all of Wodehouse in the county of Leycester, in
a plea wherefore with force and arms they had carried away without reasonable cause and impounded
200 sheep belonging to Thomas Farnham at Wodehouse, and had depastured those sheep there against the
Law and peace of the King of England, and other enormities. They did not come. The Sheriff was ordered
to attach them, and he returned that they have nothing. Let him take them and have them here on the
quindene of Hilary.
De Banco Roll 751, m. 397 d. A.D. 1448.
Leyc.; Robert Farneham of Quarndon, by his attorney, offered himself against John Shortelonde of
Helmendon in the county of Northampton, husbondman, and against Thomas Shortelonde of the same, in
a plea that each of them render him 10 marks which they owe him and unjustly withhold.
They did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to summon them, and he returned that they were not
found. Let him produce them on the quindene of Hilary.
Feet of Fines, Leicester, Case 126, File 76, No. 67. A.D. 1449.
This is the final agreement made in the Court of the lord the King at Westminster in fifteen days from
the day of St. Martin in the 27th year of the reign of Henry VI., King of England and France,
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Before Richard Newton and his fellows, justices of the lord the King, and afterwards granted and recorded
there on the Octaves of St. Hilary in the aforesaid year of the reign of the same King before John Prysot and
his fellows, justices and other faithful men of the lord the King then present there.
Between Richard Vernon, knight, Thomas Staunton, Esquire, Thomas Loughtburgh, clerk, Robert
Sheffeld, Walter Kebyll, Richard Willughby, John ‘Trenthall, John Dandesey the elder, and Thomas
Farnham, plaintiffs,
And John Keynsham and Joan his wife and Jobn Borard and Elizabeth his wife, defendants, of the
manor of Blaston, with the appurtenances, and of the advowson of the chapel of St. Giles in Blaston aforesaid.
Whereupon a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the same Court, that is to say, that the
aforesaid John Keynsham and Joan and John Borard and Elizabeth have acknowledged the aforesaid manor,
etc., to be the right of the said Richard Willughby and the other plaintiffs, and these they have remised and
quitclaimed for them the said John Keynsham and Joan and John Borard and Elizabeth, and the heirs of the
said Joan and Elizabeth, to the aforesaid Richard, Thomas, Thomas, Robert, Walter, Richard, John, John
and Thomas Farnham, and to the heirs of the said Richard Willughby for ever, and moreover the same
defendants have granted for themselves and the heirs of the said Joan and Elizabeth that they will warrant
the said manor and advowson to the said plaintiffs and the heirs of the said Richard Willughby against all
men for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, etc., the same Plaintiffs gave to the said defendants £100 sterling.
Patent Rolls, Westminster. June 23rd, A.D. 1448.
A list of the Justices of the Peace in the county of Leycester for the year 1448.
John Viscount of Beaumond, knight. James Dormond, knight.
Henry de Grey. Edward Grey, knight.
William Lovell, knight. William Ascogh.
John Portyngton. Leonard Hastynges, knight.
Bartholomew Brokesby. John Bellers.
William Heton. Thomas Palmer.
Thomas Whatton of Mountsorell. Thomas Berkeley.
Thomas Farnam. Richard Nell.
Richard Hotoft. William Fyldyng.
Patent Roll, Westminster. April 8th, A.D. 1448.
Appointment of Edward Grey, knight, Thomas Farnam, Richard Neel], Richard Hotoft and William
Feldyng to deliver the gaol of Leycester of David Whytyngton, Richard Shytte, Richard Spicer and John
Wever.
Patent Roll, Westminster. November 25th, 1451.
Appointment of Ralph Poole, Richard Neell and Thomas Farnham as Justices to deliver the gaol of
Leycester of John Clement, late of Colde (sic), co. Leicester, clerk, James Huddresfeld alias Bythebroke,
canon, alias late prior of the priory of Bredon, Robert Barnvile of Threngeston in co. Leyc., yoman, John
Smyth alias Hamond of Orwell in co. Cambridge, leche, and John Pendebowe of Erdyngton in co. Warwick,
yoman.
Patent Roll, Westminster. December 8th, 1451.
Appointment of Rychard Byngham, Robert Danby, Thomas Palmer, Richard Nele and Thomas Farnham
as Justices to deliver the gaol of Leycester of John Clement alias Cleymond, late of Market Overton in co.
Leycester, chaplain, and Robert Barnvile, late of Thryngeston in co. Leycester.
De Banco Roll 763, m. 148 d. Michaelmas, 30 Henry VI., 1451.
Leye. ; Robert Farnham, by his attorney, offered himself against Robert Bukstede of Lughtburgh in the
county of Leycester, yoman, in a plea wherefore he with force and arms found, took and carried away 200
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little lambs of the value of 6 marks belonging to Robert Farnham at Prestwold, Cotes, Burton and Howeton,
also his goods and chattels to the value of £20, and did other enormities to Robert’s great damage and
against the peace.
He did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to attach him, and he returned that he had nothing. Let
him take and produce him here at Hilary.
The same Roll, m. 466 d.
Leyc.; Thomas Farnham and Thomas Banerey, by their attorney, offered themselves against William
Marshall, late of Rothley in the county of Leycester, yoman, in a plea that he render them £4, and against
John Tapton of the town of Nottingham, holy water clerk, in a plea that he render them 7 marks which he
owes them and unjustly withholds. They did not come, neither are they found. The Sheriff was ordered to
arrest and produce them on the Octaves of St. Martin.
De Banco Roll 767, m. 551. Michaelmas, 31 Henry VI., A.D. 1452.
Leyc.; Richard Preston, in his own person, offered himself against Robert Farnham of Querndon,
gentilman, in a plea wherefore with force and arms he broke the close of the same Richard at Wodehouse and
turned up his soil with certain ploughs, by which the said Richard lost the profits of the soil for a long time,
and did other enormities to Richard’s great damage and against the peace. He did not appear. And the
Sheriff was ordered to attach him, and he returned that he is attached by the pledges of John Mount and
Richard Sorell. Therefore they are in mercy. Let Robert be distrained and appear here on the quindene
of Hilary.
Patent Roll, Westminster, m. 28. May 8th, 32 Henry VI., A.D. 1453.
Pardon to Robert Farneham of Quernedon, co. Leicester, gentilman, for not appearing before the Justices
of the Bench to answer Henry Ruston, prior of Bolyngton, touching a debt of 5 marks.
Patent Roll, Westminster, Part I. October 23rd, 33 Henry VI., A.D. 1454.
Appointment of Thomas Everyngham, Esq., Richard Neel, Robert Staunton and Thomas Farnham,
Esquires, as Justices to deliver the gaol of Leycestre of Robert Bocher of Bottesford, co. Leycester, bocher,
Robert Cardeswell, late of Assheby de la Zouche, co. Leycester, walker, Thomas Daukes of Amesby, co.
Leycester, husbondman, and others.
Early Chancery Proceedings, Record Office, Vol. I., Bundle 24, No. 9. 1454.
To the Right Reverend and full gracious lord the Earl of Salisbury, Chancellor of England.
Right meekly beseecheth your gracious lordship your poor bedeman Robert Farnham, that whereas he was
in possession of divers lands and tenements with the appurtenances in Byllyngton and Levedale within the
Shire of Stafford to the yearly value of 5 marks, to which lands and tenements one Thomas Farnham, uncle
to your beseecher, made claim; upon which claim it was put in arbitrament (notwithstanding that your
beseecher had recovered the same lands and tenements afore that time by a “ Formedon ” by force of an old
deed of entail made to one of the Ancestors of your said beseecher of the said lands and tenements) so that it was
awarded that your said beseecher should pay to the aforesaid Thomas 23 marks in money and forgive him
40 marks which he owed him ; and that then the same Thomas should make a sufficient Deed of Release of
all the right and claim that the said Thomas had or might have in the aforesaid lands and tenements to your
beseecher ; which Award your said beseecher hath performed on his part and the said Thomas made a Release
to your beseecher the which, as the same Thomas saith, is not sufficient in law to bar him of his right, as he
noiseth all about the Country.
And so the same Thomas, who is a clerk and a writer, a maker of Deeds and a great courtholder, hath
subtly imagined to beguile your said beseecher, who is no clerk nor knows no skill of the Law, for the which
Subtlety your said beseecher can have no remedy at the Common Law.
Wherefore your said beseecher humbly beseecheth that it would please your good lordship that there
might be a Writ directed to the same Thomas commanding him to appear before the King Our Sovereign lord
in his Chancery at a certain day and upon a certain pain by you to be limited, in order to answer to the
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premises, and thereupon that he be compelled to make a sufficient Release to your said beseecher according to
the Award, or else that your beseecher might be restored to the said sum of money that he hath given, and
pardoned to the said Thomas for the same Release to be made.
And this in the reverence of God and in the way of charity.
N.B.—Robert Farnham of the Over-hall evidently distrusted his uncle Thomas Farnham of the Nether-hall. Too much attention
must not, however, be paid to the expressions used in these pleadings as it was the usual custom in those days to vilify your opponent
at law.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds, Leicester. A.D. 1454.
Know present and to come that I, Robert Jouse, perpetual vicar of the Parish Church of Barow-on-Sore,
have given, granted and by this my present Charter have confirmed to John Grage, son of John Grage the
elder of Barow-on-Sore, his heirs and assigns, one messuage situated on the North of Barow between
the tenement of Thomas Farneham on the one side and the tenement of Thomas Colman on the other side, and
extending from the King’s way as far as a certain place called Bancrofte, and half of one virgate of arable land
and meadow which I had of the gift and enfeoffment of the said John Grage, father of the said John Grage the
younger, of which one half acre lies in Bancrofte between the land of Thomas Erdynton, knight, on both sides,
and one acre lies in Burleyhille between the land of the said Thomas and the land of Roger Grege, and one
acre lies on Strancliffe between the land of Thomas on both sides, and one acre lies on Lamcrofte, the land
of the said Thomas on one side and the land of Thomas Farnaham on the other side, and one acre lies in
Ricrofte between the land of the said Thomas on one side and the land of William Roxton on the other side,
and one half acre lies on Bydewelhyle between the land of the said Thomas on one side and the land of Thomas
Farnaham on the other side, and one half acre lies on Redelandes between the land of the said Thomas on one
side and the land of the Abbey of Leycester on the other side, and one half acre lies Betwenedyke between
the land of Thomas Gres on one side and the land of Thomas Farnaham on the other side, and half an acre
lies on Brokefurlong between the land of the said Thomas on one side and the land of Robert Bryne on the
other side, and one rood of meadow in Lamcrofte between the pasture of the said Thomas on both sides, and
one rood lies on Lamcroft between the meadow of the said Thomas on one side and the pasture of Thomas
Farnaham on the other, and one rood lies in Rycrofte between the pasture of the said Thomas on each side,
and one rood lies in Ricrofte between the pasture of the said Thomas on one side and the pasture of John
Bylle on the other, To have and to hold the said messuage, the said half virgate of arable land and meadow
with the appurtenances for him, his heirs and assigns of the Chief Lord of the Fee by the right and accustomed
services, rendering annually to the right heirs of Vincent de Barow the half of one pound of pepper at Easter
or 3d. of silver at the will of Walter of Ansty and his heirs for all services and exactions pertaining to the said
Vincent and his heirs.
In witness whereof to this present writing I have affixed my Seal with these witnesses: Thomas
Erdyngton, knight and Chief Lord of Barow, Thomas Farnaham and John his son, esquires, Robert Farnaham
and Richard Pryor of Quorndon, Richard Chaveney and John his son of Mounsorell, Robert Eyre of Barow,
Thomas Smythe of the same, William Gladewyn of the same, and others.
Given at Barow aforesaid on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary in the 33rd year of the reign
of King Henry VI. after the Conquest.
N.B.—Robert Jouse, priest, was presented by the Prior and Convent of Leicester, the patrons, to the vicarage of Barrow on the
death of the previous vicar, Sir Henry Chare. Admitted at Stamford 17th June, A.D. 1437. Robert Jouse died about 1465.
De Banco Roll 779, m. 250. Michaelmas, 34 Henry VI., A.D. 1455.
Leye. ; Robert Aresby and Mabill his wife, executrix of the Will of John Lambarde, by their attorney,
offered themselves against Robert Farnham of Querndon in the said county, gentilman, in a plea that he render
to them 6os. that he owes them and unjustly withholds.
He does not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to summon him, and he returns that he has been
summoned.
Judgment: Let him be attached so that he be here on the quindene of Saint Martin.
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Originalia Roll 220. July 27th, 34 Henry VI., A.D. 1456.
Justices of the peace for the Co. of Leycester.
The Bishop of Lincoln. Richard, Duke of York. Richard, Earl of Warwick. ~
James, Ear] of Wiltshire. John, Viscount Beaumont. Henry de Grey.
Edward de Grey, knight. William Lovell, knight. Peter Ardern.
Robert Danby. Leonard Hastinges, knight. John Bellers.
William Heton. Thomas Palmer. Robert Staunton.
William Fyldyng. Thomas Walshe. Thomas Berkeley.
Thomas Farnam. Richard Nele. Richard Hotoft.
Close Roll, m. 12. 37 Henry VI., A.D. 1458.
To all the faithfull of Christ to whom the present writing comes, Henry Putrell of Quaryndon in the
county of Leycester, yoman, Greeting in the Lord.
Know ye that I the said Henry have given, granted and by this my Charter have confirmed to Sir Thomas
Erdyngton, knight, Thomas Staunton, Esquire, William Parker, yoman, and Richard Chaveney, yoman, all my
lands and tenements and rents and all my goods and chattels which J have within Quaryndon in the county
of Leycester or elsewhere in the Kingdom of England on the day of making these presents, to have and to
hold all the said lands, tenements, rents and services, to the aforesaid grantees and their assigns, so that
neither I, the said Henry, nor my heirs, nor anyone claiming through me, can have any claim in any part
thereof for ever, but are shut out by these presents for ever.
In witness of which to this present writing I have affixed my seal. Given May 1st, 36 Henry VI.
And be it remembered that the said Henry came into the King’s Chancery at Westminster on May 4th
in this present year and acknowledged the said writing and all the contents in the same form.
De Banco Roll 795, m. 326. Michaelmas, 38 Henry VI., A.D. 1459.
Lincoln; Robert Farnam, late of Quaryngton in the county of Leicester, gentilman, was summoned to
answer to the Prior of the church of the Blessed Mary at Bolyngton in the county of Lincoln on a Bond of
£10 for which the Prior claims payment.
Robert Farnam came and denied that he owed the Prior the money, for he says that the Prior, by the
name of Henry Rushton, released the Bond at Cambridge on the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross in the
36th year of the now King of England. This the Prior denies, and says that it is not his Deed, and prays that
a Jury be appointed to enquire as to the Release.
The case is adjourned.
N.B.—The above is a short summary of a very long original. In many of the suits about this date the suitors are described as
“late of” such and such a place. This does not mean that they have changed their place of residence, but is a legal fiction signifying
that the suitors are at the time in Court, therefore are “late of their own homes.
Patent Roll, Part I., m. 14 d, Coventry. 38 Henry VI., December 21st, 1459.
Commission of Array directed to John, Viscount Beaumont, William Bardolff, knight, John Grey, knight,
Thomas Palmer, Robert Staunton, William Fildyng, Thomas Walssh, Thomas Everyngham, Thomas Berkeley,
Thomas Fernam and Richard Hotoft in the County of Leicester to resist the rebellion of Richard, Duke of
York, Edward, Earl of March, Richard, Earl of Warwick, Richard, Earl of Salisbury, and Edward, Earl of
Rutland, attainted of High Treason by authority of the Parliament held last at Coventry.
De Banco Roll 802, m. 148 d. Michaelmas, 1 Edward IV., A.D. 1461.
Notingham ; William, Lord Bardolff, and William Annesley, by their attorney, offered themselves against
Thomas Farnham of Quaryndon in the county of Leicester, gentilman, John Farnham of Quaryndon, Esquire,
and Henry Blakemore of the city of London, merchant, in a plea that each of them render #100 which they
owe them and unjustly withhold. They did not appear, and the Sheriff returned that they had nothing. Let
them be taken so that they be here on the Octaves of Hilary.
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De Banco Roll 806, m. 148. Michaelmas, 2 Edward IV., A.D. 1462.
Notingham ; William Annesley, by his attorney, offered himsclf against Thomas Farnham of Quaryndon
in the county of Leycester, gentilman, John Farnham of Quaryndon, Esquire, and Henry Blakemore of the city
of London, merchant, in a plea that each of them render him #100 which they owe and unjustly withhold.
They did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to take them, and he returned that they are not found. Let
him have them here in 8 days from Saint Michael.
N.B.—It was not very likely that Thomas Farnham or John Farnham would have anything to attach in the county of Nottingham.
The Sheriff of Notts would have to apply to the Sheriff of Leycester if he really wanted to attach anything.
Ancient Deeds, Record Office, Vol. 3, D. 560. January 26th, 1462.
Know all men by these presents that we, William Jud, otherwise called Cooke, of Barowe-on-Sore in the
county of Leycester, and Henry Jud, otherwise called Tylly, of the same place in the said county, have granted
and altogether for ourselves and our heirs have quitclaimed to Thomas Daddy of Barowe aforesaid, chaplain,
all our right in one messuage in Barowe between the messuage of William Smyth of Barowe on the East and
a path which leads to the church on the West (erased is, “ and the street which leads from the tenement of
‘Thomas Farnam to the stile of the Churchyard on the East”).
To have and to hold the messuage to Thomas Daddy, his heirs and assigns, of the Chief lord of the Fee by
the right and accustomed services for ever.
Signed with our seal with these witnesses: Hugh Hogh of Barowe, John Gladewyn of the same, Richard
Sawsy of the same, John Byll, John Rous, William Smyth and others.
Given at Barowe aforesaid on the 26th day of January in the first year of King Edward IV. after the
Conquest.
Early Chancery Proceedings, Bundle 28, No. 493, Record Office. Between 1460—1464.
To the right Reverend Father in God the Bishop of Exeter and Chancellor of England.
Meekly beseecheth your good and gracious lordship Richard Chambre and Alianore his wife, John Sandy
and Elizabeth his wife, daughters unto John Danet, late of Gaddesby in the county of Leycester, Esquire, and
Thomasine his wife, that whereas the same John and Thomasine were jointly seised of 3 messuages, 300 acres
of land, 9 acres of meadow, 20 acres of pasture with the appurtenances in Gaddesby aforesaid in their demesne
as of fee, and they so seised enfeoffed upon great trust Thomas Farnham of Querndon in the county of
Leycester, gentleman, Richard Boteler, clerk, and others, in all the said messuages, meadows, and pastures,
to have and to hold to them and to their heirs to the use and behoof of the said John Danet and
Thomasine and their heirs, by virtue of which enfeoffment they were seised in their demesne as of fee;
and afterwards the said John died and the said Thomasine outlived and afterwards died, after whose death
your said beseechers required the said Thomas and Richard to make a state of the messuages, meadows and
pastures to the said Alianore and Elizabeth according to the intent of the feoffment abovesaid. The which so
to do they utterly refused and yet refuseth against all good faith and conscience, wherein your said beseechers
have no remedy at the common Jaw without your gracious succour in this behalf.
Wherefore please it your good and gracious lordship the premises tenderly to consider, and to grant unto
your said beseechers several writs of subpcena to be directed unto the said Thomas Farnham and Richard
Boteler, commanding them upon a certain day and upon a certain pain by you to be limited, to appear before
the King in his Chancery, and there to do and obey as the Court will award, according to good faith and
conscience.
And your said beseechers shall pray to God for you.
Ricus Reynold.
Pledges to prosecute John Palzner.
De Banco Roll 806, m. 40 d. Michaelmas, 2 Edward IV., A.D. 1462.
Leyc.; Richard Chambre, in his own person, offered himself against John Farnham of Querndon in the
county of Leycester, Esquire, and John Sandy of Gaddesby in the same county, yoman, in a plea wherefore
with force and arms they broke the house of the same Richard at Gaddesby and took and carried away his
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goods and chattels there found to the value of roos., and did other enormities. They did not appear, and the
Sheriff was ordered to distrain them, and he returns that he has distrained their chattels to the value of ag,
They are mainprised by John Hoke and Henry Moke. Let them be here on the Octaves of Hilary,
The same Roll.
Leyc.; Richard Chambre and Eleanor his wife, and John Sandy and Elizabeth his wife, for the lord the
King as well as for themselves, offered themselves against John Farnham of Querndon in the county of
Leycester, Esquire, in a plea whereas those disseised by force may, by virtue of a Statute of Parliament passed
in the reign of Henry VI., de facto but not de jure, King of England at Westminster, recover their seisin and
damages in triplicate from the disseisor, the aforesaid John Farnham did with force and arms disseise the
plaintiffs in one messuage, 200 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow, and 20 acres of pasture in Gaddesby, and by
main force expelled them and held them out of the premises in contempt of the said Statute, to the great
damage of the plaintiffs. He did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to distrain him, and he returned that
he had distrained him by chattels of the value of 2s. Let him be here in the Octaves of Hilary.
Chancery Inquisitions, File 318, No. 30. 3 Edward IV., A.D. 1468. (William, Viscount Beaumont)
Inquisition taken at Leicester in the fourth year of the reign of King Edward IV.
Before William Ashby, Esquire, the escheator of the lord the King for the county of Leicester, and on the
oaths of John Kent, Richard Langham, John Nichol, Richard Syde, Roger Chamberleyne, Roger Bowlet, John
Syde, Jobn Bailly, John Frysby, Thomas Dorman, Richard Manhowe and Richard Warde, jurors, who say on
oath that William Beaumont, knight, late Viscount Beaumont, who by an Act of Parliament at Westminster,
4th November 1 Edward IV., was of High Treason convicted, was seised in demesne as of fee
Of one messuage, two cottages, 52 acres of land and 17 acres of meadow in Quarndon in the county of
Leycester which are worth annually, beyond outgoings, 30s.
And of 34 acres of land and 3 roods of meadow in Barrow-on-Sore, which late belonged to John Herbert,
and which are worth yearly, beyond outgoings, Ios.
And they say that Katherine, Duchess of Norfolk, on the 4th day of March last held in dower, of the
inheritance of the said William and of the gift of John, late Viscount Beaumont, formerly her husband,
the Manor of Beaumanor (among other possessions), which manor is worth yearly, beyond outgoings,
£39 125. od., the Reversion of which belonged to William and his heirs, etc.
N.B.— William, Viscount Beaumont, was taken prisoner in the battle of Towton Field (March 2gth, 1461), fighting on behalf of
King Henry VI., for which he was attainted in Parliament and sentenced to forfeit all his estates. He was a very large landholder at the
time, and held in the county of Leicester the manors of Loughborough, Ashby de la Zouch, Whitwick, Shepshead, Donington,
Markfield, Ratby, Beaumanor, etc., besides large estates in other counties. In 1485, on the accession of King Henry VII., he was restored
to some of his ancestral possessions in consideration for his loyalty to the house of Lancaster.
John, Viscount Beaumont, who was killed at the battle of Northampton in 1459, left a widow Katherine, whose first husband was
Duke of Norfolk, and whose title she retained ; she held Beaumanor in dower, and married Sir John Woodville, brother of the Queen
of Edward IV. ‘
Patent Rolls, Leicester. May 30th, A.D. 1462.
A Grant for life to Thomas Erdyngton, King’s knight, and Joyce his wife, of the manor or lordship of
Bordesley by Aston, co. Warwick, late of James, Earl of Wiltshire, in the King’s hands by reason of an act
of forfeiture in Parliament at Westminster, dated 4th November, with all issues and profits from the 4th day
of March, A.D. 1461.
Patent Rolls, Westminster. July 2nd, A.D. 1464.
Whereas Robert Harecourt of Stawnton Harecourt, co. Oxford, knight, Thomas Erdyngton of Barowe-
on-Sore, co. Leicester, knight, William Browninge of Milburye, co. Dorset, Esquire, and Richard Harecourt
of Combe, co. Oxford, Esquire, by writings obligatory, dated 8th June 1462, are bound to the King in
£133 11s. g}d. to be paid at Easter then next following, and in £133 1s. 9$d. to be paid at Xmas 1463, the
King releases the said William Browninge from all liability.
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Patent Rolls, Wycombe. October 26th, A.D. 1464.
A Grant to the King’s knight William Hastynges, King’s chamberlain, whom the King has raised to the
rank of a Baron, and the heirs of his body, in consideration of his good service against Henry VJ. and Jasper,
Earl of Pembroke, James, Earl of Wiltshire, and other rebels, and the nearness of blood to the King of
Katherine his wife, daughter of the King’s uncle Richard, late Earl of Salisbury, and for the better maintenance
of his estate, of the Castle, Honor, manor and lordship of Folkyngham and its members, and the manor and
lordships of Lavington and Aslakby, co. Lincoln, the manors and lordships of Welburn, etc., all the Pourparty
late of William Beaumont, knight, late Viscount Beaumont, of the Honor called “ Winchestre Fee” in the
counties of Leicester and Warwick ; the manor of Bolton Percy, co. York ; the manors of Birthorp, Repynhale,
Sapyrton and Ropesley, co. Lincoln, the advowsons of Walton-on-the-Wolds and Cosyngton, co. Leicester,
and all lands, rents, etc., late of the same William Beaumont in Folkyngham, Lavington, Aslakby, Lough-
borough, Shepeshed, Welburn, etc., and in Barowe and Quarndon, co. Leicester, the manor of Stoke Daubeney
and Sutton, co. Northants, the Honor, Castle, Manor and Lordship of Bevour, with the park there, and its
members of Wolsthorp, co. Lincoln, and Barkston, Plungar, Redmyld and Hardeby, co. Leicester, with the
advowson of the Priory of Bevour and the churches of Hardeby, Wolsthorpe and Redmyld, the advowson of
Bottesford and all the lands, rents, etc., in the aforesaid places, late of Thomas, Lord Roos, in the King’s
hands, by reason of an Act of Forfeiture in Parliament at Westminster, 4th November, 1 Edward IV.
(A.D. 1461).
Also the Reversion, on the death of Katherine, Duchess of Norfolk, of the manor and lordship of
Beaumanor, the manors of Barowe and Querndon, the lordship and manor of Whitwyk and its members, the
manors and lordships of Rotby, Bocheston, Neuton, Hokelscote, Donyngton, Merkefield and Whityngton,
co. Leicester, with all the profits, knight’s fees, advowsons, wards, marriages, reliefs, escheats, Courts leet,
Views of Frankpledge, parks, woods, warrens, chaces, fairs, markets, waters, fisheries, etc.
To hold all the above by fealty only, with licence to enfeoff any persons for life of the above or any
parcel thereof.
By the King.
N.B.—In the Patent Roll, dated August oth, A.D. 1467, at Westminster, occurs the same grant. By Privy Seal.
De Banco Roll 813. Michaelmas, 4 Edward IV., A.D. 1464.
Leycester; William Brette gives to the lord the King 13s. 4d. for leave to agree with John Farnham and
Joan his wife in a plea of Covenant concerning 11 messuages, go} acres of land, and 83 acres of meadow with
the appurtenances in Loughborough and Quarendon.
Feet of Fines, Leicester, Case 126, File 78, No. 9. A.D. 1464.
This is the Fina] agreement made in the Court of the lord the King at Westminster in three weeks from
the day of Saint Michael in the fourth year of the reign of King Edward IV. after the Conquest.
Between William Brette, William Saddok and John Chauncy, plaintiffs, and John Farnham and Joan his
wife, defendants, of 11 messuages, 903 acres of Jand and 84 acres of meadow in Loughborough and Quarendon.
Whereupon a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the same Court, that is to say, that the
aforesaid John Farnham and Joan acknowledged the aforesaid tenements to be the right of the said William
Brette as those which the same William Brette, William Saddok and John Chauncy have of the gift of the
said John Farnbam and Joan, and those they have remised and quitclaimed for them, the said John Farnham
and Joan, and the heirs of the same Joan, to the said William Brette, William Saddok and John Chauncy, and
the heirs of William Brette for ever.
And moreover the same John Farnham and Joan granted for themselves and the heirs of Joan that they
will warrant the aforesaid tenements to the defendants and the heirs of William Brette against all men for ever.
In consideration of which agreement, etc., the defendants gave to the plaintiffs £40 sterling.
N.B.—In spite of Thomas Farnham’s attempt to prevent his son from selling the estate he had so carefully put together, it seems
from the above Fine that very soon after old Thomas’s death John Farnham and his wife Joan began to part with their inheritance.
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De Banco Roll, No. 817, m. 207. Michaelmas, A.D. 1465.
Leyc.; Robert Farnham, by his attorney, offered himself against Robert Bovey of Wodehouse in the co,
of Leycester, husbandman, John Halywell of the same, husbandman, Robert Paternoster of the same, husband-
man, John Byrde of the same, husbandman, John Scarlet of the same, husbandman, in a plea wherefore they
with force and arms broke into the close of the same Robert Farnham at Wodehouse and cut and carried away
underwood to the value of toos., and other enormities to his grave damage and against the peace, etc. And
they do not come. The Sheriff was ordered to take them and have them here on the quindene of Saint Martin.
De Banco Roll, No. 817, m. 207. Michaelmas, A.D. 1465.
Leyc. ; Thomas Erdyngton, knight, by his attorney, offered himself against John Farnham of Querendon
in the County of Leycester, gentilman, John Paynell of the same, gentilman, Richard Howes of the same,
yoman, John Saunder of the same, husbandman, William North of the same, laborer, and Thomas Shepherd
of the same, shepherd, in a plea wherefore they with force and arms took and carried away a certain horse
worth 40s. belonging to the same Sir Thomas at Barrow, and assaulted, beat, wounded and ill-treated
his servant John Shakespeare there, so that Sir Thomas lost his services for a long time, and did other
enormities to his grave damage and against the peace. And they did not come. And the Sheriff was ordered
to attach them. And he found nothing. Let him take them and have them here in the Octaves of Hillary.
De Banco Roll, No. 817, m. 213.
Leyc.; Thomas Saundyr, clerk, by his attorney, offered himself against John Farnham of Quernedon in
the County of Leycester, gentilman, Richard Howes, yoman, John Smyth, smith, John Doxey, husbandman,
Robert Purse, husbandman, Robert Lombe, husbandman, William Walker, husbandman, all of Querondon,
in a plea wherefore they with force and arms took and carried away 60 lambs belonging to Thomas Saundyr
at Quernedon worth 4os., and did other enormities to his grave damage and against the peace. And they did
not come. The Sheriff was ordered to take them, and he returned that they are not found. Let him take
them and have them here in the Octaves of Hillary.
N.B.—Sir Thomas Sawnder, priest, was presented by the Prior and Convent of Leicester to the living of Barrow-on-Soar on the death
of Sir Robert Jouse. Admitted at Bukden 18th April 1465, and resigned the vicarage in the same year, when Sir Roger Vyrley, priest,.
was presented to the vicarage by the same patrons. Admitted 7th October 1465 at Peterborough.
Feet of Fines, Leicester, Easter, A.D. 1476. Roger Virley, Vicar of the Church of Barewe-on-Sore, granted messuages and other
premises in Leicester to Richard Preston and Elizabeth his wife.
British Museum, Additional Charters 7,242, Mountsorrel. A.D. 1466.
Know all men that We, Thomas Glen and Agnes my wife of Mountsorrel, have given, granted and by this
present Charter have confirmed to William Payle and Robert Moreton one messuage, two acres and a half of
arable land, and one and a half rood of pasture lying in the Town and fields of Mountsorrel and Rothley, which
the said Agnes, together with William Wyngerworth, had of the gift of Henry Rowthorn, to be held for ever of
the Chief lords of the Fee by the accustomed services.
In witness whereof we have affixed our seal to this Charter. Witnesses to the same: Robert Fernaham
of Mountsorrel, Thomas Chaveney of the same, Thomas Smyth of the same, William Standysh of the same,
Thomas Adcok of the same, and many others.
Given at Mountsorrel on Saturday next before the feast of St. George the Martyr in the sixth year of the
reign of King Edward IV. after the Conquest.
Patent Rolls, Westminster. February 14th, A.D. 1466.
Whereas Robert Harecourte of Stawnton Harecourt, co. Oxford, knight, Thomas Erdyngton of Barowe-
on-Sore, co. Leicester, knight, William Browninge of Milburye, co. Dorset, Esquire, and William Harecourt
of Maxstoke, co. Warwick, Esquire, by writings obligatory, dated 8th June 1462, were bound to the King 10
two sums of £133 11s. g#d., the King hereby pardons the said Thomas Erdyngton the said sums.
By Privy Seal.
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Patent Rolls, Westminster. December 10th, A.D. 1466.
A Grant to John, lord of Duddeley, knight, and his issue males, of the lordship of Bordesley, co. Warwick,
and 2 closes containing 200 acres and all other profits on the death of Thomas Erdyngton, knight, and Joyce
his wife, to whom the same were granted for term of their lives by Letters Patent dated 8th November 1464
(this was merely an extension of the grant of 1462), or as soon as the same shall come into the King’s hands
by surrender of the said Letters.
Patent Rolls. Commission of the Peace and Array, County of Warwick.
Thomas Erdyngton, knight, was summoned to serve on this Commission 14th July 1461, 8th June
1464, 5th August 1465, 11th March and 16th May 1466.
Inquisition Post-mortem, No. 10. 7% Edward IV. (Robert Farnham.)
Inquisition taken at Loughborough in the Co. of Leycester on the 26th day of October in the 7th year of
the reign of King Edward IV. after the Conquest, A.D. 1467.
Before Baldwyne Porter, the Escheator of the lord the King in the said County, by virtue of a writ of the
same King, and on the oaths of John Page, Robert Myrell, John Palmer, William Willy, Thomas Aldbold,
Thomas Daffarn, William Godeby, Joho Baker, Thomas Nycoll, John Webbe, Richard Judde and Richard
Smith, who say on oath that the said Robert Farnham, gentleman, named in the said Writ, held no tenements
or lands of the lord the King in Chief, nor of any one else in demesne or in service in the County aforesaid, on
the day that he died.
And they say that the said Robert died on the 6th day of March last past, and that Thomas Farneham is
son and next heir of the said Robert and is 23 years of age and more.
In witness of which the Escheator and Jury affixed individually their seals on the day and year above
written.
N.B.—From the above Inquisition it would appear that Robert Farnham had transferred his Quorndon estate to his son Thomas
some time before his own death, though as a rule such transfers are mentioned in the Inquisition post-mortem. It is quite clear from
the Terrier of the possessions of Leicester Abbey in Quorndon that Thomas the son of Robert Farnham possessed his father’s property
in Quorndon, and there is no evidence to lead us to suppose that Robert Farnham had sold it, unless he had done so to his son Thomas
in his own lifetime on purpose to avoid the expenses of succession. In 1466, in the Charter of Thomas Glen, Robert Farnham is a
witness, and is described as Robert Ferneham of Mountsorrel, which looks as if he had transferred his Quorndon estate to his son, and
was living himself on his wife’s estate at Mountsorrel, she being the daughter and heir of Robert Whatton of Mountsorrel.
Robert Whatton was the younger son of Sir Richard de Whatton by Elisabeth or Alice the daughter and heir of Thomas Beler, who
married Margaret the daughter and coheir of Sir Richard de la Riviere by Matilda the daughter and heir of Sir John de Heriz. Thomas
Beler was the second son of Roger Beler of Kirby Bellers.
Patent Rolls, Westminster. October 31st, A.D. 1467.
Pardon to Joyce, late the wife of Thomas Erdyngton, knight, of all grants, alienations, and perquisitions
of Jand without licence.
By Privy Seal, and for 20s. paid in the Hanaper.
N.B.—The above extract out of the Patent Rolls for the year 1467 settles the date of the death of the last Sir Thomas Erdyngton,
whose end was involved in considerable uncertainty in the minds of the Leicestershire historians. Burton, in his “ History of Leicester-
shire,” says he forfeited his lands by attainder, presumably as an adherent of the fallen house of Lancaster. This cannot be right, as we
can see by the other extracts from the Patent Rolls. Had Thomas Erdyngton taken an active part against the Yorkists it would have
been hardly likely that Edward IV. would have forgiven him his debts to the Crown, granted him the manor of Bordesley, and have
pardoned his widow any fees on the transfer of his estates, which should have been paid in the past to the Royal Exchequer, After the
death of Joyce, widow of Thomas Erdyngton, the Barrow manor and estates probably went to William, Lord Hastynges.
Nichols says that Sir Thomas Erdyngton, before his death, enfeoffed Sir Richard Nele in the Barrow manor as trustee for-
Sir Thomas for life, with remainder to William, Lord Hastynges, in default of issue of Sir Thomas, but this Deed (if it ever existed) is,
not apparently now in existence.
As far back as 1444 Sir Thomas Erdyngton had paid 40 marks into the Hanaper for leave to settle his Barrow manor on himself and
Joyce for their respective lives, with remainder, in default of issue, to John, Viscount Beaumont. The Beaumonts were then at the height-
of their prosperity, but by taking the side of Henry VI. in the wars of the Roses. they lost all their possessions by attainder. It would,
therefore, have been a politic move to revoke the Settlement on the fallen Beaumonts, and curry favour with the powerful house of
Hastings by settling the manor on the new King’s great favourite William Hastynges.
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De Banco Roll 833, m. 7 d. Michaelmas, 9 Edward IV., A.D. 1469.
Leyc.; John Roberdes, otherwise called John Roberdes of Leycester, by his attorney, offered himself
against Thomas Farnham late of Mountsorell in the county of Leycester, gentilman, in a plea that he render
him 40s. 9}d. which he owes him and unjustly withholds. He did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to
distrain him, and he returns that he has distrained him by chattels of the value of 2s., and his pledges are in
mercy. Let him be here in the Octaves of Hilary.
De Banco Roll 848, m. 499. Michaelmas, 13 Edward IV., A.D. 1473.
City of Coventry ; Thomas Warde, by his attorney, offered himself against John Farnham of Quarndon
in the county of Leicester, gentleman, in a plea that he render him 40s. which he owes him and unjustly
withholds, etc. And he did not appear, and the Sheriff was commanded to take him, etc. And the Sheriff
returned that he was not found.
And hereupon it is witnessed in the King’s Court that he lies hid, wanders and runs about in the county
of Leicester, etc. Therefore the Sheriff is commanded to take him if, etc., and safely, etc., so that he have him
here in fifteen davs from St. Hilary, etc.
The same Roll, m. 2, Attorneys.
John Bellers, late of Ketylby in the county of Leicester, Esquire, John Farnham of Sutton by Bosworth
in the county aforesaid, gentleman, Thomas Farnham of Sutton by Bosworth in the said county, gentleman,
Roger Farnham of Sutton by Bosworth in the said county, gentleman, Nicholas Flessher of Sutton by
Bosworth in the said county, yeoman, John Byrdeley of Bosworth, labourer, Thomas Carter of Bosworth,
labourer, and William Curteys, late of Great Shepey, co. Leicester, yeoman, appoint as their attorney Thomas
Hervy against Thomas Waldyene in a plea of trespass and contempt done and perpetrated against the form of
the Statute against those who entered into any lands and tenements, except in cases where entry is given by
the Law lately made and provided.
N.B.—John Farnham was a Trustee for John Bellers; see Inquisition Post-mortem, John Beler, A.D. 1476. Thomas and Roger
Farnham were no doubt his sons.
Patent Roll. February 12th, A.D. 1474.
Jobn Farnham, late of Querndon alias Quarendon in the county of Leicester, gentleman alias Esquire, for
not appearing before Robert Danby and his fellows, late Justices of the Bench, to answer Richard Isam, John
Lambard, citizen and mercer of London, and William Harecourt, knight, late Sheriff of Warwick, touching
debts of £5, £10, and £2 respectively.
Early Chancery Proceedings, Record Office, Bundle 55, No. 250. Date about A.D. 1475.
To the Right Reverend Father in God the Bishop of Lincoln, Chancellor of England.
Humbly sheweth unto your good and gracious lordship your humble suppliant Agnes Chestre, widow.
That whereas William Chestre, late husband unto the same Agnes, in his lifetime bargained and bought
of one John Farnham four messuages and 40 acres of Jand in Loughborough for a certain sum of money
between them agreed, and truly by the same William to the said John Farnham paid and contented.
And thereupon it was between them appointed and accorded that Richard Neale, one of the King’s
justices of his Common Pleas, and John Danvers, which at the time of the said bargain stood feoffees to the
use of the said William, and to make estate unto him or to his heirs of and in the said lands and tenements
at such time as they thereto should be required.
And afterwards the said William made his last Will, and by the same devised that your petitioner should
have the said lands for the term of her life, the remainder thereof, after her decease, to John Chestre, son to the
said William and his heirs for ever, and died.
And now it be that your said petitioner often times since the death of the said William hath required the
said feoffees to make her a state of the said lands according to the last Will, the remainder thereof to the said
John Chestre, and that they have at all times refused to do this contrary to truth and good conscience.
Wherefore please it your good lordship the premises tenderly to consider and to grant several writs of
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Subpeena direct to the said Richard Neale and John Danvers, commanding them by the same to appear before
the King in his Chancery at a certain date and under a certain penalty by your good lordship to be limited,
there to answer to the premises, and therein to do and receive that according as right and conscience shall
require for the love of God and in the way of charity.
John Grene of London, Barber.
Pledges to prosecute William Blake of the same, yoman.
Endorsed: Before the lord the King in his Chancery on the quindene of Easter next to come.
This is the answer of Richard Nele, one of the King’s justices of the Common Pleas, to the Bill of
Agnes Chestre.
The said Richard by protestation sayeth that he neither knoweth the bargain subinitted in the Bill of the
said Agnes Chestre to be made between John Farnham and the same William Chestre her husband, nor that
the same William made any such Will as in the Bill is surmitted, he saith that the matter contained in the
said Bill is neither certain nor sufficient in law to be answered unto, but for declaration of the truth in
the premises and for answer saith that one Thomas Farnham, father to the said John Farnham, was seised
of the said messuages, lands and tenements in the same Bill specified in his demesne as of fee, and now of late
John Danvers, named in the said Bill, shewed unto the said Richard a Deed of feoffment, by which it appeareth
that the said Thomas Farnham enfeoffed the said Richard and the same John Danvers and divers others of all
his lands and tenements, rents and services, with their appurtenances in Querndon, Loughborough, Barrow
and Mountsorell in the county of Leicester,
To have unto the said Richard, John and their co-feoffees, and to their heirs for ever. And upon the back
of the same Deed it appeareth that the same Thomas Farnham made his Will, viz.,
That the said John Farnham shall not alienate nor do away with any of the said lands and tenements, nor any parcel of them, by
which alienation his issue and their heirs should be disinherited, and if so be that the same John Farnham and his issue of his body
lawfully begotten die without issue of their bodies lawfully begotten, then the said feoffees to have full power to sell all the said lands and
tenements and to dispose of the money received for the health of the souls of the said Thomas Farnham, Emmota and Maud his wives,
and all their good doers.
And the same John Danvers hath notified to the same Richard that the said feoffment and Will of the
said Thomas Farnham is good and true, notwithstanding whether they be true or not, or whether he had ever
anything in the said lands and tenements to the use of the said John Farnham, or any other, the same Richard
knoweth not for certain; but, and if, he be so enfeoffed or have anything to the use of the same John Farnham
he is ready to do as this Court shall award, and prayeth to be dismissed of this Court with bis reasonable
costs and expenses for his vexation in this behalf.
This is the Answer of John Danvers to the Bill of Agnes Chestre.
The said John Danvers by protestation, etc. (same as in Sir Richard Nele’s answer), saith,
That one Thomas Farnham, father to the said John Farnham, was seised of the said messuages, lands and
tenements in the same Bill specified in his demesne as of fee, and so seised thereof and of other lands and
tenements by his Deed enfeoffed the said Richard Nele and John Danvers and divers others, now dead, by the
name of all his lands and tenements, rents and services with their appurtenances in Querndon, Loughborough,
Barrow and Mountsorell in the county of Leicester, to have unto the said Richard, John and their co-feoffees
and their heirs for ever. By force of which they were seised thereof in their demesne as of fee, and after that
the same Thomas Farnham, lying sick and likely to die, sent for the same John Danvers, and when he had:
come to him the said Thomas Farnham said to him,
Cousin Danvers, | know well that John my son is disposed to sell his lands that he shall have from me, and I remember well that
the friends of my son’s wife paid unto me great sums of money for her marriage, as so that the livelihood should come to such issue as
should come of my said son and his said wife, therefore it were against conscience that this livelihood were alienated and sold from them,
wherefore I have declared and made my Will that the said John Farnham shall not alienate nor do away with any of the said lands and
tenements or any part of them, by which alienation his issue and their heirs should be disinherited, and if so be that the same John
Farnham and his issue, lawfully begotten, die, then the said feoffees to have full power to sell all the said lands and tenements and to
dispose the money taken for them for the health of the souls of the said Thomas Farnham, Emmota and Maud his wives, and all their
good doers.
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And then the same Thomas Farnham delivered unto the same John Danvers the aforesaid Deed of Feoff.
ment with the said Will endorsed upon the back of the same Deed, which is ready to be shewn, and he
required the same John Danvers to perform his said Will.
And shortly afterwards Thomas Farnham died.
After whose death the said Feoffees were seised of the said messuages, lands and tenements, to perform
the said Will of the said Thomas Farnham.
Without that, that there was any seisin to the use of the said John Farnham otherwise than according to
the Will of his said father. |
All which matters he is ready to prove as this Court will award, and prayeth that he may now be dismissed
with his reasonable costs and expenses for his vexation in this behalf.
N.B.—Thomas Farnham, mentioned in the foregoing Deed as the Testator, was a younger son of John Farnham of Quorndon and
Margaret (Billington) his wife. He had a successful career as a lawyer, and amassed a considerable estate at Quorndon and the
neighbourhood. He founded a junior line of the Farnham family at the Nether-hall in Quorndon, and from him the present family is
descended in direct male descent. He married a Hercy of Grove, co. Notts, and had by her a son John Farnham, who married Joan
Strelley of Strelley, co. Notts, and it was in consideration of this marriage that Thomas Farnham says he received a large sum of money
from the Strelley family, which money Thomas appears to have invested in land.
The Trustees appointed by Thomas Farnham to look after his Quorndon estate seem to have had a good deal of trouble, for as
long afterwards as 1506 we find John Danvers (grandson of the John Danvers the Trustee) engaged in a Recovery of the Trust estate
in Quorndon,
John Danvers was the son of John Danvers of Shackerston by his marriage with Margaret, daughter and coheir of Sir John Walcote
by his marriage with Elisabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Waleys, knight, of Swithland, from whom the Danvers family obtained
the Swithland estate. He was a cousin of Thomas Farnham, but the marriage between the Farnham and Danvers families is not so far
traceable.
Sir Richard Nele, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, was the lord of the manor of Prestwold. He died in 1485, and was buried in
the chancel of Prestwold Church under an alabaster altar-tomb, whereon are the effigies of himself and his wife Isabel, who was a
daughter of .... Butler of Warrington, co. Lancaster.
Inquisition Post-mortem, File 52, No. 27, at Melton. April 30th, A.D. 1476, (John Beler.)
Before Nicholas Temple, Escheator of the King for the Co. of Leycester.
The Jury say that John Bellers, Esq., and Robert Clay were formerly seised of the manors of Eketylby
and Syxtenby, and so seised, of great Trust, they enfeoffed Richard Sapcote and William Sutton, knights;
Richard Nele, Justice of the King’s Bench; Nicholas Griffin, Ralph Woodford, Robert Staunton, Bartholomew
Villers and John Farnham, Esaqrs.,
To hold to them, their heirs and assigns for ever, to the use of John Bellers, by virtue of which enfcoff-
ment they were seised of the aforesaid manors ;
And thus seised, John Bellers by a certain Indenture sealed, for a certain sum of money sold the Reversion
of the said manors to certain Lady Marina Greene and John Villers, Esq.,
To hold to them, Marina and Jobn, their heirs and assigns for ever, immediately after the death of the
same John Bellers and Elisabeth, then his wife. Elisabeth afterwards died.
After whose death John Bellers entered on the possession of the feoffees in the said manor of Ehetyby
and enfeoffed certain John Derby and Thomas Tomson,
To hold to them, their heirs and assigns for ever, by virtue of which enfeoffment John Derby and Thomas
Tomson entered the premises, and thus seised they enfeoffed the said John Bellers and Katrine, then
his wife,
To hold to them and their lawful issue, and thus seised John Bellers died, and the said Katrine 1s
still alive.
John Bellers died 27th January last past.
And Elena Dekyn is one sister of John Bellers, Marina Greene is another, and John Villers is the son
of Joan the third sister of the said John Bellers.
Elena is 56. Marina is 50. John Vyllers is 40 years of age.
And they are the next heirs of John Bellers.
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De Banco Roll 864, m. 7. Michaelmas, 17 Edward IV., A.D. 1477,
Leyc.; Thomas Farnham, by his attorney, offered himself against Thomas Squyer of Osgathorp in the
county of Leycester, clerk, Hugh Squyer of Osgathorp, yoman, and Richard Richardson of Wodehouse in
the same county, husbandman, in a plea wherefore with force and arms they broke the close of the same
Thomas Farnham at Wodehouse and cut down and carried away his underwood there growing to the value ot
4os., and did other enormities to his great damage and against the peace. They did not come.
The Sheriff was ordered to attach them, and he returned that they had nothing. Let him take them and
have them here in one month from Michaelmas. On which day Thomas Farnham came by his attorney
and offered himself against those defendants, who did not appear, and the Sheriff returned that they were not
found. Let them be arrested and produced in the Octaves of Saint Martin.
N.B.—This refers to Thomas Farnham of the Over Hall, who married Margaret the daughter of Sir Ralph Kyngston of Rothley.
Feet of Fines, Leicester, Case 126, File 79, No. 35. A.D. 1477.
This is the final agreement made in the Court of the lord the King at Westminster on the morrow of
St. Martin in the 17th year of the reign of Edward IV., King of England and France, etc.,
Between Nicholas Gryffen, Esquire, and Marina his wife, John Vyllers, Esquire, Jasper Roskyn and
William Vyllers, clerk, plaintiffs,
And Wilham Sutton, knight, Ralph Wodeford, Esquire, Robert Staunton, Bartholomew Vyllers, John
Farnham and John Digby, Esquires, and Katherine the wife of John Digby, defendants,
Of the manors of Eyeketylby and Sixtenby with the appurtenances, and of two messuages and two virgates
and six acres of Jand in Tyrlyngton.
Whereupon a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the same Court, that is to say, that the
aforesaid William Sutton, Ralph, Robert, Bartholomew, John Farnham and John Digby and Katherine have
acknowledged the aforesaid manors and tenements with the appurtenances to be the right of the said William
Vyllers, ete. And these they have remised and quitclaimed for them the said William Sutton, Ralph, Robert,
Bartholomew, John Farnham, John Digby and Katherine and the heirs of the said Katherine, to the aforesaid
Marina, John Vyllers, Jasper and William Vyllers and the heirs of the said William Vyllers for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, etc., the same Nicholas and Marina, John Vyllers, Jasper and William
Vyllers, gave to the aforesaid William Sutton, Ralph, Robert, Bartholomew, John Farnham, John Digby and
Katherine £200 sterling.
N.B.—Marina, the wife of Nicholas Griffen, was one of the sisters and heirs of John Beler of Eyeketilby.
Katherine, wife of John Digby of Eyeketilby, was the daughter of Nicholas Griffen by his first wife, a daughter of Richard Curson.
Ralph Wodeford married Elizabeth, daughter of William Villiers.
Jasper Roskyn was son of William Roskyn and Helen, sister and heir of John Beler of Eyeketilby.
Joan the third sister and heir of John Beler was the wife of William Villiers of Brooksby.
John Beler’s widow Katherine married secondly John Digby.
Bartholomew Vyllers of Wissendine was son of William Vyllers of Brooksby and Agnes his wife, and married iinet daughter and
heir of Francis Clerke of Whissendine; died 1490.
Abbey of St. Mary de pratis, Leicester. Schedule of Land in Quorndon.
- The following old Manuscript is a Schedule of the possessions belonging to the Abbey of Leicester in
Quorndon, It is undated, but the date can be approximately ascertained from the two following
names mentioned therein. Thomas Farnham succeeded his father at the Over Hall in 1467, and Katherine,
Duchess of Norfolk (called here the Lady of Norfolk), died in or about the year 1484. The date therefore lies
between the years 1467 and 1484. Nichols, in his History, makes a mistake in ascribing this Schedule to a date
at the end of the preceding century.
The Deed is of two parts, the later part referring to “ Quorndon Meadow ” being merely a Copy of an
earlier Schedule, as may be gathered from the Context, “contained in an old Roll.” This also accounts for
the inclusion of Robert de Farnham’s name, who had died in 1467.
The portions of land here called “The land of St. Bartholomew” are doubtless the “Town Lands.”
They were called the “ Lands of St. Bartholomew ” because the rents and profits were annually collected by
the Churchwardens. This was usually the case with “Town Lands,” which in consequence were often styled
“ Church Lands.”
158 QUORNDON RECORDS.
British Museum, Cotton MSS., Galba E 111, fol. 159. Date between 1467 and 1484,
Quorndon.
In the Sowthefelde. There is there one Rood at “ Begerwelle” lying between William Hawkyn’s land on
the south side and the King’s High Way on the north side.
Item, One Rood on “ Dry Furlong,” next the Jord of Baro’s land on the north side.
Item, Three Roods there, next the land of Saint Bartholomew on the south side.
Item, One acre there, next John Doxey’s land on the south side.
Item, One Rood there, lying between Stafford’s land on the south side and the Lady of Norfolk’s land on
the north side.
Item, One acre abutting on “ Whatton Polle,” lying between William Hawkyn’s land on the south side
and J. Stanley’s land on the north side.
N.B.—Whatton Pool still bears the same name, and is situated in a bend of the River Soar close to the spot where the Mountsorell
drainage discharges into the river.
Meadows. There is 1 rood of meadow next “ daw Medo syde,” lying between the Lady of Northfolk on
the south side and Thomas Whatton on the north side.
Item, Half an acre extending beyond “ Pole” in “ Stony Syke,” next John Doxey on the south side.
Item, Half an acre abutting on “The Pole” in the same syke, lying between the lord of Baro on the north
side and Thomas Farnam on the south side.
Item, Two roods at “ Thorne,” lying between “Stanley” on the north side and Robert Hebe on the
south side. ;
Item, 1 rood now in litigation between us (and) Robert Hebe (s?c).
Item, 6 roods in the same furlong, lying between the Lady of Norfolke on the south side and J. Purs on
the north side.
Item, 1 rood in the same furlong, lying between J. Stanley on the north side and J. Purs on the
south side.
Item, 2 roods at “ Stake”’ between Robert Hebe on the south side and J. Stanley on the north side.
Item, 1 rood abutting on the aforesaid 2 roods, lying between “ Pege” on the south side and John
Standley on the north side.
Item, 1 rood on “ Owthyrdeholme ” furlong, next Farnam on the north side.
Item, t rood on the same furlong, next William Powtrell on the north side.
Item, 1 rood in “ Stony Syke,” next Standley on the north side.
Item, Half an acre in the same syke, next John Gladwyn on the north side.
Item, Half an acre at “ Howsys,” lying between St. Bartholomew on the south side and John Farnam on
the north side.
The Morefelde. There is there half an acre on Longlondis, lying between Balard’s land on the south
side and Daddy’s land on the north side.
Item, Half an acre on “ Brokyn Rodys,” lying between Robert Purs’s land and the land of Saint Bar~
tholomew on the south side.
Item, Half an acre on “ Barbrygfurlong,” lying between Robert Hebe’s land on the south side and the Lady
of Northfolke’s land on the north side.
Item, Half an acre at “ Grimyston,” next J. Standley’s land on the north side.
Item, 1 acre on the upper tilled field, lying between Thomas Farnam’s land on the north side and John
Doxey’s land on the south side.
Item, Half an acre on the lower tilled field, lying between Thomas Farnam’s land on the north side and
Pege’s land on the south side.
Ttem, 1 rood in the same furlong, lying between the land of St. Bartholomew on the north side and John
Doxi’s land on the south side.
Item, Half an acre on the same furlong, lying between the Lady of Northfolke’s land and J. Stanley’s land
on the north side.
Item, 1 acre at “ Brakenowe,” next the land of John Doxey on the south side.
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Item, Half an acre in the same furlong, next the said acre on the north side.
Item, Half an acre in the lower tilled field, lying between Robert Hebbe land on the north side and John
Famam’s land on the south side.
Item, 1 rood at “ For Gudis,” lying next John Gladwyn’s land on the south side.
Item, 2 roods near “ Thorp felde”’ on the north side and J. Stanley’s land on the south side.
Item, Half an acre abutting on “ Halmanland,” lying between the Lady of Northfolke’s land on the north
side and J. Stanley’s land on the south.
Item, Half an acre on “ Brete landis,”’ between John Stanley’s land on the north side and Richard Wyg-
ynton’s land on the south side.
Item, Half an acre on the same furlong, between John Stanley’s land on the south side and Robert Purs’s
land on the north side.
Item, Half an acre there, between the Lady of Northfolke’s and on both sides.
Item, Half an acre on “ Fernyfurlong,” between the lord of Baro’s ]ands on the south side and John
Doxey’s land on the other.
Item, 5 acres... ., between Thomas Burgey’s land on the south side and J. Doxey on the north side.
Item, Half an acre at “ Schirmer ende,”’ next. . . . land on the north side.
Item, 1 acre at “ Stancroft”” below the way, between Johu Farnam’s land on the north side and Burbage
on the south side.
Item, Half an acre on the same furlong, between the Lady of Northfolke’s ]and on the south side and
Bothe’s land on the north side.
Item, 2 roods abutting “In to Thorp Syke,” lying between Burbage’s ]and on the south side and Robert
Staunton’s land on the north side.
Item, 1 rood on the same furlong, between Robert Staunton’s land on the south side and John Doxey’s
land on the north side.
Item, 1 acre on “ Upper Stancroft.”
Item, Half an acre on the same furlong, between Robert Stanton’s land on the south side and Pege’s land
on the north side.
Item, 1 rood at “ Black Buttes,’? between the Lady of Northfolke’s land on the south side and John
Stanley’s land on the north side.
Item, 1 acre in the “ Small Medowys ” syde, lying between the Lord of Barro’s land on the south side and
the meadow on the other side.
Item, Half an acre at “ Schire Mere,” between Daddi’s land on the south side and the Lady of North-
folke’s land on the other side.
Item, 1 rood in “ Schort Bretlandys,” between the land of St. Bartholomew on the south side and Stafford’s
land on the north side.
Item, Half an acre on “ Kyrkhyll,” between J. Stanley’s land on the north side and John Doxey’s on the
south side.
Item, Half an acre there, between the land of Saint Bartholomew on the north side and Bowsworth’s land
on the south side.
Item, Half an acre, lying between the wall of the Church-yard and Pege’s land.
Item, Half an acre below “ Kyrkhyll,” between the Lady of Northfolke’s land on the south.
Item, 1 rood there.
Meadows. There is one hoke at “ Blopole” by the Sore.
Item, One ley there, a moiety of which we have, and the Lady of Northfolke has the other moiety of the
same “ley,”
The Westfelde. There is there half an acre on “ Thorp aker zard,” lying between the lord of Baro’s land =
on the south side and John Gladwyn’s land on the north side.
Item, Half an acre on the same furlong, lying between Thomas Farnam’s land on the north side and the
Lady of Northfolk’s land on the south.
Item, 2 roods extending in to the “ Weylsyke,” lying between Peyge’s land on the south side and Robert
Lombe’s land on the north side.
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Item, 2 roods on the same furlong, lying between the land of St. Bartholomew on the south side and
J. Stanley’s land on the north side.
Item, Half an acre, ‘Going through Plumtre Hyll.”’
Item, 2 roods on “ Nether Plumtre Hyll,” lying between Thomas Farnam’s land on the south side and
Balard’s land on the north side.
Item, 1 acre on the same furlong, lying between J. Farnam’s land on the north side and J. Doxey’s land
on the south side.
Item, I rood there.
Item, Half an acre on “Rygsty,” lying between John Stanley’s land on the north side and... . Row-
thorn’s land on the south side.
Item, 1 rood on “ Rygsty,” between John Farnam’s land on the north side and the Lady of Northfolk’s
land on the south side.
Item, 1 rood on the same furlong, next Thomas Farnam’s Jand on the south side.
Item, 1 rood there, lying between William Hawkyn’s land and Daddy’s land on the north side.
Item, 1 rood there, lying between J. Stanley’s land on the north side and the lady of Northfolke’s land on
the south side.
Item, 2 roods in “ Watyrforowys,” next the land of St. Bartholomew on the south side.
Item, 1 rood there on the same furlong, lying between John Doxey’s land on the south side and Pulton
Broke Mere on the north side.
Item, Half an acre extending in to “ Pulton Broke,” next Daddy’s land on the south side.
Item, Half an acre on “ Lambe Hylle Marlepitt,” lying between Thomas Farnam’s land on the south
side and the land of Saint Bartholomew on the north side.
Item, 1 rood on Hofurlong, next the lord of Baro’s land on the north side.
Item, 1 rood on the same furlong, between the lord of Baro’s Jand on the south side and J. Stanley’s land
on the other side.
Tythe of Hay. We have there for the tithe of hay a certain meadow called “ Ballondsyke” and one
headrig in the meadow called “ Ballondsike Hadlond,” containing in themselves 4 acres, 1 rood and one
quarter, which long ago were delivered to us for the tithe and for the divisible meadows of a certain furlong
called “ Blopolacurlandis” and “ Barough bryg medows.”
Item, We have there one piece of meadow called “ Hyllydole” delivered to us in the name of tithe for the
meadow called “ Outeredholme ” and ‘‘ Greneholme,” containing in itself 4 acres, as it is supposed.
Item, one piece of meadow under the name of “ Half a Cositill,” next ‘ Cositill forth,” delivered to us in
the name of tithe for the meadows called “ Cossitils,’’ and it contains in itself, by estimation, 14 roods of
meadow. Our farmer now holds all the aforesaid meadows there.
The other small tithes of the meadows remain, as for headrigs, “ hadys”’ and “ leyys,” with “ Stonysyke”
“divers other sykes,” all which being particularly tithed in the hay time, when they are gathered, to 14 cart
loads of hay, as it is said. And that hay is tithed when it is gathered and cocked.
And Thomas Chaveney of Mountsorell now occupies all the aforesaid small tithes of hay.
N.B.—Here the new Schedule ends, and the Copy from an older Roll begins.
Querndon Meadow, from the north side, as is contained in a certain old Roll—
Divisible meadow.
In the first strip of “ Barowbryggemedewe,’
contained 164 acres.
Item, in the second strip, between “ Barowbryggestones”’ and the meadow of the Abbot’s bondtenants
‘are contained 6 acres.
Total—22$ acres, which are mowed every year.
In “ Akirlandis,”’ which extend from the East side of “ Baulondsyke”’ to “Sore Lou” on the north side,
70 perches extend beyond the five selions ; and from those 5 selions southward to the head of “ Baulondsyke”
“est lou” to Sore 50 perches. And there is delivered thereof to us beyond the ends of the said 5 selions,
next ‘“ Baulondsyke” meadow, the breadth of 3 perches. And for the residue there is delivered to us the
? with that plot which is called “ Four and Twenty rodis,” are
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meadow next “ Baulondsyke” of the breadth of 2 perches and 7 feet, as they are bounded by boundaries of
stones; and no more there, because all that “cultura”’ of Akirlandes is above manner barren, and the meadow
is assigned as fit for feeding deer.
In “ Blopoolakyrlonde” there is “south lou.” There is “middle lou.” There is “ north lou,” next Thorp
field, which is 18 acres. And there is besides the aforesaid “ rodes lou,” on the north side of said “ akirlandis,”
next the angle in Sore, a certain plot which Roger Barclos and Robert de Whatton (hold), which is not
measured with the said “ Akirlandes.”
There are delivered to us for the tithe, at the west head, on the opposite side of those “ Akirlandes,”
4 perches in breadth and length cast of “ Baulondsyke ” as far as “ Barwebrygge.”
Item, In the first part of ‘ Calvermedowe” there are 44 acres.
Item, In the same place, in the second strip, 4 acres, t rood and 14 perches.
And there are from the north side thereof up to Thorpe field several ‘‘ Akirlondes,” which are not
measured, the tithe whereof is due by itself.
Item, [n ‘‘ Wolmeringe ”’ there 6 acres, 1 rood and to perches.
And there is a certain plot towards the east, which is called “ Schiremere,” which is tithed by itself.
Item, From “ Lamhillwell ” by the Marlpit as far as Robert de Farnham’s meadow, which is called “ Le
Fordol ” towards ‘ Le Wodehows” lou of meadow, there are contained 35 acres.
And the breadth of the head of 3 acres, and the breadth of the middle and of the other head, with allowance
made for the middle and the heads, contains 3 acres. And the whole of that meadow contains in all 104 acres.
Total of all the acres, 56 acres and 3 perches.
Be it remembered that the aforesaid meadow belonging to Robert de Farnham is tithed by itself.
And be it remembered that Baulondsyke, which is delivered to us for the divisible meadow, contains in
itself 4 acres, I rood and 1 quarter.
Feet of Fines, Leicester, No. 49. 20 Edward IV., A.D. 1480.
This is the final agreement made in the Court of the lord the King at Westminster on the morrow of
Ascension day in the 20th year of the reign of King Edward IV.
Between Thomas, Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Legate of the Apostolic
See, Thomas, Archbishop of York, Primate of England and Legate of the Apostolic See, John, Bishop of Ely,
William Hastinges de Hastinges, John Gunthorp, Dean of the Chapel Royal, Thomas Burgh, knight, Chief
Justice of Assize, Thomas Bryan, knight, Chief Justice in Banco, John Donne, knight, Richard Pygot,
serjeaunt-at-law, William Chauntry, Dean of the College of the Neuwerke at Leycester, William Moton,
Esquire, William Grymmesby, Esquire, William Eland and Thomas Kebeell, plaintiffs, and John Shirley of
Staunton, Esquire, and Alianore his wife, Ralph Shirley the son of John and Alianore, Thomas Shirley of
Swepston and Elizabeth his wife, and Richard Shirley, defendants, of the Manor of Barrow-on-Sore and
of 20 messuages, 10 tofts, 400 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture and 400 acres of wood
in Barrow-on-Sore and Quarendon, whence a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the same
Court, that is to say, that the defendants acknowledge the said Manor and tenements to be the right of
William Chauntry, and these they have remitted and quitclaimed from the defendants and the heirs of the said
Alianore and Elizabeth to the said Plaintiffs and the heirs of William Chauntry for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, grant, quitclaim, warranty, fine and agreement the plaintiffs gave to the
defendants £300 sterling.
N.B.—In the Patent Roll dated at Westminster May 12th, A.D. 1475, William, Lord Hastynges, had a Licence from the Crown
to alienate his lands to the above plaintiffs as trustees on the occasion of his going over seas with the King on his service without
incurring any Fine or Fee for the alienation,
Barrow-on-Soar, Ministers’ Accounts. A.D. 1481.
The account of John Luffe, collector of rents in Barowe for the time aforesaid.
Arrears.
He is charged for £12 115. 4d. of the arrears of the last account for the year next preceding.
Sum: #12 115. 4d.
a
162 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Rent of Assize.
And for 3os. 4d. for the rent of Assize of the free tenants in Barowe for the year payable at the feast of
St. Michael the Archangel as appears by the Rental there renewed on the 20th day of September in the
12th year of the reign of Henry VI., late King of England, in deed and not in right. And for £13 as. 4d,
for the rents of Tenants at the Will of the lord, payable at the feasts of Saint Andrew the Apostle, the
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Peter ad vincula and St. Michael the Archangel, by equal
portions, as appears by the said Rental. And for 21s. 3%d. for the rent of Assize of the Free Tenants
in Querndon, payable at the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, as appears by the said Rental. And for
75s. 6d. for the rent of Tenants at the Will of the lord there, payable at the four terms of the vear afore-
said, in equal portions, as appears by the said Rental. And for 30s. 6d. for the Rent of Assize of the
Free Tenants in Wodehouse, payable yearly at the same terms as appears by the said Rental. And for
20s. 7d. for the Rent of the Tenants at the Will of the lord there, payable at the same terms as
appears by the said Rental. And for 4d. for the increase of the Rent of one tenement in Wodhouse
aforesaid, beyond 16d. of old Rent charged above, late in the tenure of John Hare, and being so leased to
John Deyne this year. And for 5s. for the increase of Rent on one cottage in Barrow, beyond 12d. of old
rent, late in the tenure of Thomas Tailor, and being so leased to Henry Coke this year. And for 12d, for
the new Rent of one cottage in Querndon, late in the tenure of Agnes Bocheor, beyond 7s. charged
above, being so leased to John Stathum this year. And for 5s. for the increase of the Rent of one
messuage in Barrowe at the Spring, late in the tenure of Nicholas Purse, beyond 4s. of old Rent charged
above, being so leased to Will Tailor this year.
Sum: £24 115. 103d,
Rent of the Demesne Land.
And for 13s. 7d. for the rent of the Demesne land called “ Brokenlande,
this year.
And for £2 3s. 3d. for the issues of the Demesne land called ‘“‘ Menolande,” so leased to divers tenants
as above.
?? so leased to divers tenants there
Sum: 56s. tod.
Issues of the Meadows.
And for 30s. 4d. received by the Accountant himself for the issues of 15 acres of meadow in Bondeman
Medowe, whereof 11 acres are at 20d. (18s. 4d.) and 4 acres at 3s. (125.), so let to divers tenants there
this year.
And for 38s. 6d. received by him for the issues of the piece of meadow called “ Cokkespole,” containing
ro acres and a half, so let to various tenants there this year at various prices.
And for 47s. 6d. for the issues of one meadow there called “‘ Milne Medowe,” containing 14 acres and 1 rood
of meadow, so let to various tenants there this year at 35. 4d. an acre.
And for 67s. 8d. received by him as the issues of a meadow called “ South Holme,” containing 24 acres, whereof
16 acres are at 3s., 6 acres at 25. 6d., and 2 acres at 2s. 4d. (67s. 8d.).
And for tod. for the rent of one selion of uncultivated land in “Lokholme,” so let to John Grage this year.
And for 4s. for the issues of one parcel of meadow called “ Gilesnoke ” in Querndon field, lately in the tenure
of Robert Granby, and now in the tenure of Robert Walker, but lately let at 4s. 6d. for the year.
And for 8d. for the issues of a meadow called “ Lokholmeplasshe,” so let to William Colman this year.
And for 14d. for the issues of two roods of meadow called “ Le Hogge,” so let to the Accountant this year.
And for 20d. for the issues of two roods of meadow lying at “ Le Pole,” so let to John Bevesham of Selby,
“ weyner,”’ this year.
And for 18d. for the issues of 2 selions of uncultivated land at “ Stonyford,” so let to John Grage this year.
And for tod. for the rent of pasture of 1 selion of uncultivated land in “ Lokholme,” so let to John Gladwyn
this year. -
And for 8d. for the issues of one portion of meadow called “ South Willowes,” so let to the said William
Colman this year.
And for 4d. for the issues of two portions (doles) of meadow in “ Little Doles,” between “ Les Sykes,” so let
to Henry Peeke this year.
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And for 7d. for the issues of 7 portions of meadow called “ Little Doles,” so let to John Clyff this year.
And for 6s. for the issues of one portion of meadow called “ Walkemylnenoke,” so let to John Cliff, John
Purse and Simon Hill this year.
For 8d. lately received for the issue of one portion of meadow called “ Northwillodole ” he does not answer
this year, because it is occupied by tenants of the lord with their waggon without any profit raised
therefrom. Sum: #10 25. 3d.
And for 17s. 8d. for rent (of land) there called “ Lokyngton Thynges,” as appears by the Rental made on the
Tuesday next after the feast of St. Thomas the Martyr in the 47th year of the reign of King Edward III.
And for 2s. tod. for a rent late of Richard Stafforde’s in Querndon, as appears by the said Rental.
And for 3s. 4d. received of Gadby for a certain fee called “‘ Peg-Fee,” as appears by the said Rental.
Sum: 235. rod.
Rent of the herbage and pasture.
And for 8s. for the rent of the pasture of ‘‘Oxleysure,” together with 1 croft called “ Foulerscrofte,” so let to
John Gladwyn and his fellows this year.
And for 12s. for the rent of a pasture called ‘ Cordwynelies,” so let to John Luff for the term of his life by
Roll of Court.
And for 67s. 10d. for the rent of a pasture in ‘‘ Barowholme,” so let to divers persons this year by the oath
of the Accountant.
And for 26s. 8d. for the rent of the pasture of “ Barowlaunde,” so let to John Luff by Roll of the Court.
For 3s. 4d. lately received for the rent of the pasture called “ Litelcliff,” otherwise “ Southcliff,’ he does not
. answer this year because it lies among the fallow lands, but he answers for 12d. for the rent of one
pasture called “ Lymepittholes,” lately in the tenure of William Colman, so let to him this year.
And for 8d. for the rent of 2 acres of land lying in “ Le Breche,” so let to the said Accountant this year.
And for 18d. for the rent of a pasture called ‘ Fisshpoles,” so let to John Cliff this year.
For 4d. lately received for the issues of 4 heads of plough-land in “ Le Fishpole,”’ and for 12d. lately received
for the rent of the pasture called ‘‘ Saunderyerdes ”’ he does not answer this year, because they are let to
William Colman, together with the farm, as is sufficiently plain in this account, but he answers for
3s. 4d. for the rent of a pasture called “ Flaggymere,”’ so let to John Bill this year.
For 2s. lately received for the rent of a pasture called “ Caudewellsike,” lately in the tenure of the said Johy
Bill, this year he does not answer, because it lies among the fallow lands, but he answers for 6d. for the
rent of a pasture called “ Bankecrofthades,” so let to William Saxilby this year.
For the rent of a pasture called “ Monkesbroke,” lately (let) at 18d. a year, he does not answer this year,,
because it is let to John Gladwyn and his heirs, to hold with his other tenements without any rent thereof
for a term of 60 years, this being the 32nd year of the lease, as appears by the Roll of the Court held on
the 8th day of October in the 28th year of the reign of King Henry VI., in deed but not of right King.
Nor for 2d. lately received for the issues of 2 roods of pasture called ‘‘ Ryecrofte,” (yielding) nothing for
failure of hire, but he answers for 3d. received for the issues of one selion of uncultivated land in Nether-
field, so let to John Grage this year.
And for 14d. for the rent of a pasture in “ Lez Smythleis,” so let to John Virly this year.
And for 2s. 6d. for the rent of a pasture called ‘ Le Parke,” so let to Richard Estwell this year.
And for 3s. 4d. for the rent of a pasture called “ Lez Acres,” so let to divers tenants there this year.
And for 14d. for the rent of a pasture called “17 Leys,” so let to William Saxilby this year.
And for 8d. for the rent of a pasture called “ Le Broke,” so let to Richard Jacson this year.
And for 3. for the rent of a pasture called “ Castelgrene,” so let to divers tenants there this year.
And for 8d. for the rent of a pasture called “ Benehilstye,” so in the tenure of William Peeke this year.
Sum: £6 135. 24d.
Agistment.
And for 30s. for the Agistment of cattle in the meadow called “‘ Barowholme”? from the feast of St. Peter ad
vincula to the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary then next following, so let to John
Gladwyn this year. Sum: 30s.
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Rent of the Mill.
And for 33s. 4d. for the Rent of the Water Mill there this year, besides 33s. 4d. on the part of others, namely,
Thomas Brakeley 16s. 8d. and Shurley 16s. 8d., so let to Robert Walker this vear.
And for 6s. 8d. for the rent of a several water fishery, so let to Robert Walker this year, but lately at 115, 8d,
a year.
And for 5s. for the rent of the other part of the separate water aforesaid, so let to Robert Bett this year.
And for tos. for the rent of the fishery of the water between Barrowbrig and Thorpdike, so let to Gerard
Streckley there this year.
Sum: 555.
Issues of the Manor.
And for 20s. for the rent of a close called “ The Orchard ” with a barn, so let to the said Accountant this year,
And for 4s. for the rent of a dove-cote within the Site of the Manor there, so let to Richard Preston this year,
And for 56s. 8d. for the issues of 85 pits of Limestone, sold this year at 8d. a pit.
For certain profits forthcoming from ‘ Lez Slatepits ” there is nothing this year, because uo profits were forth-
coming from the same within the time aforesaid.
Sum: £4 os. 8d.
Sale of Wood and Faggots.
And for 74s. for the sale of 3700 faggots sold there this year from out the Wood called “ Phillipwood” at 20s,
per 1000 as by the bill remaining among the memoranda of this year.
And for 22s. for the sale of “Lez Polles”’ there this year, sold from out the said wood, as appears by the
said bill.
And for #6 115. od. for the sale of divers parcels of underwood, toppings and clippings of trees sold this year
from out the Wood called “ Baudewyn Castell”? within the Waste, as appears by the said bill.
And for 5s. for the sale of Bark sold this year by the said Accountant, so sold to Robert Barker of Lough-
borough, grocer, by the said bill.
And for 2s. for the sale of the old hedge round the Coppice called “‘ Barrowlands,” sold this year by the said
Accountant by the said bill.
Sum: #11 14s. od.
Perquisites of the Court.
Of the perquisites of the Court here this year there is nothing, because they are charged in the Account of
Richard Astwood, bailiff of the Liberty of Barrowe, as is contained in his Account there for this year.
Sum: nothing.
Foreign Receipts.
But he answers for £17 4s. 7d. received by him from himself as Collector of Rent for “ Barrow Basset,” as
is contained in his Account there for this year.
Sum: £17 4s. 7d.
Sum Total of Receipts and Arrears: £95 35. 73d.
Out of which He accounts in Rent paid back to William Pegge for the land of the lord in Querndon
called “ Blondelland ” for 12d. (cancelled because not paid).
Decay of Rents.
And in decay of the Rent of a cottage, lately in the tenure of Richard Squier at 4s. a year, whereof there is no
issue this year, save 6d., and so there is decay 3s. 6d.
And in decay of the Rent of a tenement in Wodehouse, lately in the tenure of John Edynson at 3s. 8d. a year,
whereof there is no issue this year beyond 2s. 6d., and so there is decay 14d.
And in decay of the rent of one cottage, two acres of land and half an acre of meadow, lately in the tenure of
John Lectar, charged above at 55. a year, whereof there is no issue this year beyond 3s., and so there is n
decay 25.
And in decay of the rent of one messuage and one virgate of land, lately belonging to Richard Sausey, charged
above at 18s. a year, whereof there is levied for the messuage 6s. 8d., and for the virgate of land 1os., from
John Cliffe, and so there is in decay 16d.
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And in failure of the rent of a close called “ Barrowlaunde,” charged above at 26s. 8d. a year, because part of it
is enclosed for the sake of saving the grass growing therein, and so there is in decay 6s. 8d.
And in failure of the rent of 2 acres of pasture in “ Southholme,” charged above at 6s., included in the sum of
67s. 8d., whereof there is no issue this year, because it is inundated with the river, and so there is in
decay 6s.
Sum: 20s. 8d.
Tithes of Meadows and Woods.
And in money paid to the Abbot of Leicester for the tithe of a meadow in Barrowholme this year, as it was
allowed in the preceding Account, gs.
And in money paid to the said Abbot of Leicester for the tithe of the woods sold above by the oath of the
Accountant on this account 215. 4d.
Sum: 30s. 4d.
Fees and Wages.
And in the Fees of William Hande, sub-steward of the Court, holding two Courts Leet, and all other the
Courts, from three weeks to three weeks there throughout the year, 13s. 4d.
And in the Fees of the said Accountant, Collector of Rent there, as it was allowed in the preceding Account,
338. 4d.
And in the Wages of Thomas Boney, Keeper and Repairer of the Stone Walls round the Wood there, as in
the preceding Account, 3s.
And in the Fees of John Alkok, by Letters Patent of the lord every year, 4os. (cancelled because in the
Account of Robert Staunton, Receiver of the lord).
Sum: 49s. 8d.
Making of Faggots.
And in money paid for the making of 3700 faggots sold above from out the wood called Philipwood at 5s. for
each 1000, and at 6d. for each £00, as appears by a Bill, remaining 18s. 6d.
Sum: 18s. 6d.
Delivery of Monies.
And in monies delivered to Robert Staunton, Receiver of the lord, by an Indented Bill dated the 2nd day of
June the 21st year of the reign of King Edward IV., £30.
And in monies delivered to the aforesaid Receiver after the determination of this Account by the acknowledge-
ment of the Receiver on this Account, #45 8s. 103d.
Sum: £75 8s. 102d.
The Receiver’s Accounts.
Sum of all the Allowances and Deliveries, £81 85. ofd.
And he owes £13 155. 64d., of which there is allowed to him 2s. 83d., by a certain Surplus had by him at the
end of his last Account, as is contained at the foot thereof.
And he owes #13 125. 98d.
Respite.
There is respited to him #13 2s. 2d., whereof #11 18s. 4d. is charged above among the arrears and 23s. 10d.
for this year for the Annual Rent of certain lands called “‘ Lokyngton Thynges” (17s. 8d.), “ Stafford’s
Thynges” in Querndon (as. 1od.), “ Peg Fee in Gadby ” (3s. 4d.), charged above in a Title by themselves
as they are in respite for this year and the 10 preceding years, because it is unknown to the said
Accountant where the payment lies, and he owes tos. 73d.
Charges,
But there is pending a Charge upon William Harecourt, knight, for monies retained in his hands out of the
money received by him from John Gladwyn (gs.), then Accountant, and similar money retained in his
hands out of a part of £7 delivered by William Cat through the hands of the said William Harecourt
out of the issues of the preceding ? ten years.
Surplus.
2s. and 43d,
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Barrow Liberty.
The Account of Richard Asteweite, bailiff of the liberty and keeper of the Wood there during the time
aforesaid.
Arrears.
None, because he withdrew from his last Account quit.
Sum: none,
Perquisites of the Court.
But he answers for 40s. gd. for the pleas and perquisites of two Sheriff’s Courts and 13 small Courts held
there this year, as is shewn and examined in the Roll of the same upon this Account.
Sum: 40s. gd.
Sale of Wood, with Hunting of the Waste.
For the Sale of wood or underwood there this year he does not answer, because no wood or underwood was
sold by the said Accountant within the time of this Account, beside the wood and underwood charged in
the Account of the Collector of Rents there this year; but he answers for 1od. for the issues and profits
of the Hunting of the Waste there this year by the oath of the Accountant.
Sum: tod.
Sum Total of the Receipts: 41s. 7d.
Expenses of the Steward, with other Necessaries.
Out of which the same man accounts in the expenses of the Steward of the Court for holding the aforesaid
Court there this year as is in the Roll of the same Courts examined upon this Account, 55. 8d.
And in money paid for paper and parchment bought for the Court Rolls and Rolls of Accounts, 8d.
And in money paid for the Hunting of the Waste, for the half which pertains to the lord by ancient custom
every year, 25. 6d.
Sum: 8s. 10d,
Salary of the Accountant.
And in the Salary of the Accountant himself by reason of his Office aforesaid every year as is allowed in the
preceding Account, 20s.
Sum: 205.
Sum of all the Allowances: 28s. 10d.
And he owes 12s. gd. which he paid to Robert Staunton, the Receiver of the lord, upon the determination of
this Account by his Acknowledgement.
AND SO HE IS BALANCED.
N.B.—This Steward’s Account is the earliest Deed now existing among the Barrow Muniments in the possession of Mr, Warner, the
present lord of the manor of Barrow.
Beaumanor Court Rolls.
Beaumanor. View of Frankpledge and Court of Katrine, Duchess of Norfolk, held there on Friday the
morrow of St. Luke the Evangelist in the 21st year of the reign of King Edward IV., A.D. 1481.
Essoins. John Turner, John Brewern, William Godarde, William Spendeluff, Thomas Hesulgreve,
John Wylson.
The Inquisition.
Robert Lombe. John Dersy. Robert Dalton.
William Squyer. John Burbache. John....
Jobn Cook. Thomas Stanwyche. John Pyllyng.
Henry Rychardson. Henry Clerk. John Scarlette.
Woodhouse. Robert Bovey, Frankpledge there, presents that Robert Paternoster (2d.) owes suit and has
not come. Therefore he is in mercy.
And that John Scarlet (3d.) and William Squyer (3d.) are common bakers of human bread and broke the
Assize, therefore they, etc.
Also that Robert Walker (4d.) did not repair the water mill as ordered at the last Court, therefore, etc.
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Also that John Doxey (4d.) did not mend his fence at Timbercroft Syde as he was ordered at the last
Court, therefore, etc.
Also that William Godard (2d.) did not mend his fence in “lez Eves ” as was ordered at the last Court,
therefore, etc.
Also that John Dersey (2d.) made an affray upon Richard Mason against the peace, therefore, etc.
Querndon. Ralph Pery, Frankpledge there, presents as chief penny there at this day, 4d.
And that Richard Preston (2d.) owes suit and has not come, therefore he is in mercy.
And that Robert Lombe (2d.) is a brewer and broke the Assize, therefore, etc.
Affeerers: John Dersy and John Scarlette.
The Sum of this View, 4s. 8d.
The Expenses of the Steward, 20d.
N.B.—Katherine, Duchess of Norfolk, was the daughter of Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmorland. She married for her first husband
John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, who died in 1434. Her second husband was Sir Thomas Strangways (by whom the Duchess had a
daughter named Joan, who was married firstly to Sir William Willoughby, and secondly to William, Lord Berkeley, created Earl of
Nottingham in 1483).
The Duchess’s third husband was John, Viscount Beaumont, who was killed at the battle of Northampton in 1459, fighting on the
side of King Henry VI. After Viscount Beaumont’s death the Duchess held Beaumanor in dower for her life, hence her name appears
as the owner of the manor in the foregoing Roll.
In January 1465 the aged Duchess (then about 70 years of age) took for her fourth husband Sir John Woodville, Knt., a younger
brother of Elizabeth, the Queen of Edward IV. This marriage created a scandal, even in those days, as Sir John was barely 20 years of
age, and was supposed (rather naturally) to have married the Duchess solely for her wealth. The ill-fated bridegroom was beheaded by
the Lancastrians at Northampton on August 12th, 1469.
Thus the old Duchess was a fourth time a widow, and was still living in 1482. The exact year of her death seems not to be known.
Lord Hastings, to whom the greater part of the Beaumont property was transferred under the Yorkist rule, had married another
Katherine Nevill, the Duchess’s niece, daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, and widow of William, Lord Bonville.
De Banco Roll 888, m. 55 d. Easter, 1 Richard III., A.D. 1483.
London; John Hardy, citizen and tailor of London, by John Wykes his attorney, offered himself against
William Chartesey, late of Dartford in the county of Kent, gentilman,
and John Crestarye, late of London, Esquire, in a plea that each of them render him 1015.,
and against Thomas Farnham of Warden (Quarndon) in the county of Leycester, gentilman,
and John Fowler, late of Cosby in the same county of Leycester, gentilman, in a plea that each of them
render him 10os.,
and against Richard Farnham of Polecote in the county of Oxford, gentilman, in a plea that he render
him 40s.,
all of which sums they respectively owe him and unjustly withhold.
They did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to take them and produce them here in three weeks from
Easter, and he returned that they were not found ; therefore he is to demand them and produce them on the
morrow of All Souls, on which day he had not sent the writ, therefore he is further ordered to take and produce
them on the Octaves of Saint John the Baptist.
N.B.—Richard Farnham was probably a younger son of Robert Farnham of Quorndon and Margaret (Whatton) his wife.
British Museum, Additional Charters, Quorndon, No. 7123. A.D. 1484.
Know all men that I, John Mordeley of Loughborough, merchant, have given, granted and by this my
Charter have confirmed to Bartholomew Kyngston and Elena his wife, their heirs and assigns, one messuage,
To acres of arable land and 2 acres of meadow in Mountsorell, Querndon and Rotheley, which formerly
belonged to Thomas Hunt and Alice his wife of the gift of Richard Chaveney and Richard Vincent, to have
and to hold the premises to the said Bartholomew and Elena and their assigns for ever of the Chief Lord of
the Fee by the accustomed services.
As witness Thomas Chaveney of Mountsorell, Thomas the parson of the same, Thomas Farnaham of
Querondon, John Doxey of the same, John Kyngston of Rotheley, Richard Martyn of the same, and others.
Given at Mountsorell on the 24th day of January, 1 Richard ITI.
N.B.—Thomas Farnham of the Over-hall married Margaret, the daughter of Ralph Kyngston of Rothley and sister of both
Bartholomew and John Kyngston. The Kyngston family were landholders in Rothley and Old Dalby in the middle of the sixteenth
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century. (De Banco Roll 747, m.170, A.D, 1447, Hugh Kyngeston sued William Martyn of Rothley for robbery of his cows at Rothley,}
In 1481, by a Charter, No. 7245, at the British Museum, John the parson (or Parsons) of Rothley and William Croke gave a place called
“The Hall,” 2 crofts and 18} acres of land to Ralph Kyngeston and Beatrice his wife, with remainder to Ralph’s sons Bartholomew
and John, in default to the right heirs of Ralph for ever.
The most distinguished member of the family was Sir William Kyngston. He fought at Flodden, was knighted in 1513, became
Constable of the Tower on May 28th, 1524. In November 1530 he was sent to Sheffield Park to bring the unfortunate Cardinal Wolsey
to London, who died on the way at Leicester Abbey. Sir William had charge of Queen Anne Boleyn from May 2nd, 1536, until her
execution on Tower Green. He was appointed Controller of the Household on March gth, 1539, and was made a Knight of the Garter
on April 24th following. He died at Painswicke, co. Gloucester, on September 14th, 1540. He sold 5 messuages and 550 acres of
land at Old Dalby, co. Leicester, to William Wigston in 1531. He appears in the Rothley Court Rolls as an owner of lands there in
1533- Sir William Kyngston married firstly Elizabeth .. . ., by whom he had a son (Sir Anthony Kyngston); secondly, Mary, the dau,
and coheir of Sir Richard Scrope of Upsall, co. Yorks, and widow of Sir Edward Jerningham of Somerleyton, Suffolk. In his will
Sir William Kyngston mentions a brother George Kyngston and Bartholomew Kyngston.
Sir Anthony Kingston, Knight, son of Sir William, was born in 1519, knighted on October 18th, 1537, M.P. for co. Gloucester in
1545, 1552-3, and 1555. In 1556 he was concerned in a plot to rob the Exchequer in order to provide funds for the conspiracy devised
by Sir Henry Dudley, with the object of marrying the Princess Elizabeth (afterwards Queen) to Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire, While
on his way to London to stand his trial Sir Anthony died at Cirencester on April 14th, 1556, so opportunely for himself that he was
supposed to have committed suicide in order to avoid the block. He married Mary, the dau. of Sir John Gainsford. According to the
“Dictionary of National Biography” he left two illegitimate sons, Anthony and Edmund, on whom he settled part of his estates in 1547.
The last mention of the Kyngston family in connection with Rothley appears to be in a Fine of 1570, by which Edmund Kyngston
sold to John Danvers, Esq., a messuage, 93 acres of land and other premises in Rothley.
Nichols gives a very scanty Pedigree of the Kyngston family on p. 408 of vol. iv. There are in Rothley Church (where the
Kyngstons had a Parclose) some fine monuments in alabaster in memory of several members of the Kyngston family, and a good deal
of information concerning them can be found in the Rothley Court Rolls in the possession of Mr. Merttens, and in the very large
collection of Rothley Charters at the British Museum, e.g. :—
Additional Charters, No. 7131, A.D. 1501. Roger Merdeley of Loughborough gives to John Kyngeston of Rothley all his right in
one messuage, 10 acres of arable land and 2 acres of pasture in Mountsorell, Querndon and Rothley, The premises in Querndon consist
of half an acre in ‘le Brode medowe” next the meadow of Richard Doxey, half an acre in “le Wellsicke” next the land of Richard
Doxey, half an acre behind Barowe Mylne next the land of Thomas Whatton and 2 roods in “ Outwordholme” divisible with William
Pegg.
With these as Witnesses: Robert Vincent of Bradgate, Thomas Patchet of Rothley, William Madyk of Mountsorell and many others.
Given at Mountsorell October 17th, 17 Henry VII.
Sir William Kyngston’s second wife was the sister of Elizabeth, wife firstly of William, Viscount Beaumont, secondly of John de
Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford, in right of his wife lord of the manor of Loughborough.
De Banco Roll 898, m. 3. Michaelmas, 2 Henry VII., A.D. 1486.
Buk.; John Bourcher, knight, by his attorney, offered himself against Richard Farnham, late of Groby in
the County of Leicester, yeoman, in a plea that he render him a reasonable Account for the time that he was
Receiver of moneys belonging to the same Sir John. And he does not come.
And the Sheriff was ordered to attach him, and he returns that he is not found.
N.B.—This Suit is repeated on membranes 399 and 197 d.
The same Roll, m. 290 d.
Leye.; Roger Vyrley, late of Barrow-on-Sore in the County of Leicester, clerk, Henry Marshall of Barrow-
on-Sore, husbandman, and John Gladwyn of Barrow-on-Sore, husbandman, were attached to answer to Robert
Bate in a plea wherefore with force and arms they broke the close and houses of the same Robert at
Dyseworth and took and carried away 6 steers of his of the value of 5 marks, to the grave damage of the same
Robert and against the peace, and of which Robert, by Thomas Hunt his attorney, complains that they on the
7th January 1 Henry VII. with swords, sticks and cutlasses broke the close and houses of the said Robert and
carried off the said 6 steers, by which he says he has received damages to the amount of 10 marks.
They come by their attorney and seek leave to imparl in 15 days from St. Hilary, and it was further
postponed to Easter.
N.B.—Roger Vyrley was Vicar of Barrow at this date.
Early Chancery Proceedings, Record Office, Bundle 79, No. 78. A.D. 1486.
To the Right Reverend Father in God, John, Bishop of Ely, Chancellor of England.
Meekly beseecheth your good and gracious lordship your daily orator John Chestur, son and heir of
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William Chestur, that whereas Richard Chestur, John Stok and John Hawes, gentlemen, were seised by the
feoffment of the said William, whose heir your said orator is, of and in all the lands, tenements, meadows,
pastures, rents and services, with the appurtenances in the parish of Loughborough in the county of Leycester
that late were Thomas Farnham’s, father to John Farnham, to the use and behoof of the said William Chestur
and of his heirs in fee.
And being so seised, by their Deed bearing date the 8th day of September in the 21st year of the reign of
King Edward [V. (1481), enfeoffed Richard Knyveton, William Donthorn, Thomas Kebell and John Grene,
deceased, to the intent that if the said John Farnham, his heirs, executors or assigns, paid or caused to be paid
unto your said orator or his executors in the Church of the Temple in Flete Street of London yearly during
the space of Io years next following after the said settlement #7 at the feast of the Nativity of our lord God
and the Nativity of St. John Baptist by even portions, or within 3 months next after the said feasts (which
amounteth in all to 105 marks), then the said Richard Knvveton, William Donthorn, Thomas Kebell and John
Grene should stand and be seised of the said lands and tenements and the other premises to the use and
behoof of the said John Farnham and of his heirs; and if the said John Farnham, his heirs or executors, fail of
any of the said payments of the said #7 in the sum afore rehearsed at any of the said feasts before appointed,
and by the space of 3 months next after any of the same feasts, that then the said Richard Knyveton,
William Donthorn, Thomas Kebel] and John Grene should make a state in fee of all the said lands and
tenements and other the premises unto your said orator and to his heirs for ever.
And so it is, gracious lord, that the said John Farnham hath paid but £10 of the said sum of 105 marks
since the Deed of feoffment, and of the payment of the residue of the arrears of the said yearly sum of £7
since the said feoffment the said John Farnham hath failed and made default contrary to the said conditions,
agreement and intent, and all be it that your said orator hath oftentimes required him to make payment
thereof, yet he to do so hath refused and deferred, since which refusal and default of payment afore rehearsed
your said orator hath oftentimes required the said John Farnham, the said Richard Knyveton, William
Donthorn and Thomas Kebell to make to him an estate of and in all the lands, etc., according to the intent
aforesaid, which they at all times have refused to do and yet refuse against all right and conscience.
Please it therefore, your good lordship, the premises tenderly considered, to grant several writs of Subpoena
to be directed to the said John Farnham, Richard Knyveton and the others, commanding them by the same to
appear before the King in his Chancery at a certain day and under a certain pain by your lordship to be
limited, there to answer to the premises, as right and conscience shall require for the love of God and in the
way of charity.
John Hunt of London, tailor.
Pledges to prosecute
2 ? John Waterman of the same, yeoman.
Before the King in his Chancery on the quindene of St. Michael next to come.
De Banco Roll 902, m. 255. Michaelmas, 3 Henry VII., A.D. 1487.
London ; John Colyns, the son of Robert Colyns, late citizen and cofferer of the City of London, by his
attorney, offered himself against Henry Knyveton of Bradley in the County of Derby, Esquire, and against
John Farneham of Quarendon in the County of Leicester, Esquire, in a plea that each of them render him
£40 which they owe him and unjustly withhold.
And they did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to summon them, and he returned that they have
nothing ; therefore he is ordered to produce them here on the morrow of All Souls.
On which day John Colyns came by his attorney and offered himself against the said defendants, who did
not come.
And the Sheriff returned that they are not found, so he is further ordered to produce them on the quindene
of Saint Martin, and as they did not appear then, at the feast of St. Hilary.
The same Roll, m. 118.
Essex ; The Sheriff was ordered not to omit throughout his Liberty to apprehend Richard Farnham, late
of Groby in the County of Leicester, yeoman, an outlaw in the County of Bucks, so made on March 8th in
- second year of the now King, at the Suit of Sir John Bourcher, knight, in a plea of Account, so that he
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have his body here at this day, to wit, in one month from Saint Michael’s day, To Have and Receive what the
King’s Court decrees in this matter.
And now on this day comes the said Richard in his own person; and the Sheriff testifies that he had
apprehended Richard and had him ready to produce here ; upon which, the said Richard so taken, said that on
the day of the Issue of the Original Writ of the said Sir John Bourcher he, Richard, was “ A Gentilman” and
never has been ‘‘ A Yeoman” as the Writ of the said Sir John alleges, and this he is ready and prepared to
prove, wherefore he seeks to be exonerated from the Outlawry and dismissed the Court in consequence of the
uncertainty as to his grade and condition, according to the Statute concerning the proper description of names
and surnames.
And since it is expedient and necessary that the said Sir John should first be informed as to the removal
of the Outlawry of the said Richard, the Sheriff of Bucks is ordered to summon Sir John to be here on the
morrow of the Purification of the Blessed Mary to shew cause why the said Richard should not be exonerated
from the said Outlawry, and the same day is given to Richard to be here also.
And on this Henry Archer of Raviston in the County of Leicester, yeoman, Stephen Heyward of Stebbyng
in the County of Essex, yeoman, John Sompston of the same place, yeoman, and Roger Jopson of the same
place, yeoman, mainprised the said Richard and undertook to have his body here at the said term, under a
penalty of 4os., which said gos. Richard acknowledges as due to the King from his lands and chattels if it
happens that he make default in this matter.
De Banco Roll 904, m. 29. Easter, 3 Henry VII., A.D. 1488.
Leyc. ; Thomas Belle, citizen and wax-chandler of London, by William Wolf his attorney, offered himself
against John Farnham, late of Quarendon in the County of Leicester, gentilman, otherwise called John
Farnham of Quarendon in the County of Leicester, gentleman, in a plea that he render him 4os. which he owed
him and unjustly withholds.
He does not appear, and the Sheriff returned that he was not found.
Therefore he is to be demanded from Huse to Huse, or he will be outlawed. And he is to be here on the
octaves of Saint Martin.
The same Roll, m. 142 d.
Leyc. ; John Penney and Thomas Kebeell, serjeant-at-law, Robert Sheffeld, Reginald Pegge, John Elyot
and William Richardes, by Adam Brabezon their attorney, seek against William Bracebrigge and Mary his
wife, one messuage, 4 tofts, 1 garden, 120 acres of Jand, 20 acres of meadow, 60 acres of pasture and Io acres
of wood in Woodhouse and Quarnedon as their right and inheritance.
Recovery by the Plaintiffs against William Bracebrigge and Mary his wife; and let William and Mary
have of the land of John Warde the vouchee to the value, etc.
De Banco Roll 906, m. 56 d. Michaelmas, 4 Henry VII., A.D. 1488.
London; John Bourchier, knight, by his attorney, offered himself against Thomas Eyton, late of
Mortonsey in the County of Salop, gentilman, in a plea of £20 which he owed him ;
And against Richard Farneham of Purleycote in the County of Oxford, gentilman, in a plea of £9 9s. 24.
which he owed him and unjustly withholds.
They do not appear, and they were summoned to be here on this day.
And the Sheriff returns that they have nothing, therefore let him take them so that they be here on the
morrow of All Souls.
On which day the defendants did not appear, and the Sheriff returned that they were not found ; therefore
the Suit was respited to Hilary.
De Banco Roll 910, m. 478. Michaelmas, 5 Henry VII., A.D. 1489.
London; John Chestre, merchant of the Staple of Calais, by his attorney, offered himself against Thomas
‘Chamber, late of London, vintner, otherwise called Thomas Chamber, citizen and vintner of London.
And against John Herford, late of London, baker, otherwise called John Herford, citizen and baker of
London, in a plea that each of them render him #7.
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And against Thomas Farnham, late of Quarendon in the County of Leicester, gentleman, in a plea that
he render him 5 marks 3s. and 4d., which he owes and unjustly detains.
The defendants do not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to summon them, and he returns that they
have nothing; therefore let him take and produce them in 15 days of Saint Martin.
On which day John Chestre came by attorney, but the defendants did not come. The Suit was
accordingly respited further.
De Banco Roll 910, m. 624, Attorneys. Michaelmas, 5 Henry VII., A.D. 1489.
Leyc.; John Farnham appoints as his attorney Reginald Pegge against John Penny and Thomas Hervy
in a plea of land.
Leyc.; John Penny and Thomas Hervy appoint William Smyth as their attorney against John Farnham
in a plea of land.
The same Roll, m. 526 d.
Leyc.; John Penney and Thomas Harvy, by William Smyth their attorney, demand against John Farnham,
16 messuages, 4 tofts, 2 dovehouses, 16 gardens, 120 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, and 60 acres of
pasture in Loughborough and Quarendon, as their night and inheritance by a Writ of Right of the lord the
King, since William Beamount of Beamount, knight, the Chief lord of that Fee, remitted his Court to the
King’s Court.
And John Farnham comes, by Reginald Pegge his attorney, and denies the right of John Penny and
Thomas Harvy, and calls to warrant John Drakes, who is present in Court in his own person, and he warrants
to him, whereupon the plaintiffs seek leave to imparl, and they have it.
Afterwards John Penney and Thomas Harvy renew their application for the property, and John Drakes,
though solemnly demanded, did not appear, but made default in contempt of the Court.
Therefore it is adjudged that John Penny and Thomas Harvy recover seisin of the premises against John
Farnham and his heirs and against John Drakes and his heirs for ever. And let John Farnham have of the
lands of the said John Drakes to the value, etc.
And John Drakes is in mercy.
N.B.—The above is the ordinary collusive suit called “ A Recovery.”
De Banco Roll 912, m. 21. Easter, 5 Henry VII., A.D. 1490.
Leyc.; John Peny gives 25s. to the King for leave to agree with Thomas (? John) Farnham and Joan
his wife in a plea of covenant concerning 16 messuages, 4 tofts, 2 dovehouses, 16 gardens, 120 acres of land,
40 of meadow, 60 of pasture, 20 acres of wood and 11s. of Rent in Loughborough. And they have a
Chirograph.
The same Roll, m. 60.
London ; William Bracebrigge, citizen and clothier of London, by his attorney, offered himself against
John Farnham of Quarendon in the County of Leicester, Esquire, Thomas Farnham of Quarendon in
Co. Leicester, gentleman, otherwise called Thomas Farnham the son and heir of John Farnham, Hugh
Annesley of Loughborowe in the County of Leicester, fishmonger, and William Coles of Loughborowe in the
said County, butcher, in a plea that each of them render him #8 which they owe him and unjustly detain.
They did not appear, and the Sheriff returns that they have nothing, therefore be is ordered to take
and produce them within 5 weeks of Easter. They did not then appear, and the Suit was respited further.
Early Chancery Proceedings, Record Office, Bundle 156, No. 17. Date between 1486 and 1493.
To the Right Reverend Father in God the Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England.
Meekly beseecheth your good and gracious lordship your daily orator John Penny, that whereas one John
Farnham was late seised of and in 16 messuages, 4 tofts, 2 dovehouses, 16 gardens, 120 acres of land, 40 acres
of pasture and 40 acres of meadow in Lougborough and Querndon within the county of Leycester, and so
Seised thereof of great confidence and trust enfeoffed Thomas Assheton and divers others to have and to hold
to them and their heirs for evermore to the use and behoof of the said John Farnham, and to the intent to
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re-enfeoff the said John Farnham or other at his nomination at such time as he by the said John Farnham
thereto should be required; and so it is, gracious lord, that after the said feoffment made, the said John
Farnham bargained and sold the said messuages, lands and tenements to your said orator for a certain sum of
money between them agreed, and howbeit that after the said bargain and sale so made as well your orator as
the said John Farnham oftentimes and many hath required the said Thomas to make estate or release his
right to your said orator of and in the said lands and tenements according to the said bargain and sale which
to do he hath at all times refused, and yet doth, contrary to all right and good conscience, wherefore your said
orator is without remedy by the Common Law unless that your good lordship be to him shewed in this behalf,
May it please therefore your good and gracious lordship, the premises tenderly considered, to grant a
Writ of Subpeena to be directed to the said Thomas Assheton commanding him by the same to appear before
the King in his Chancery at a certain day and upon a certain pain by your good lordship to be limited, and
there to do and be ruled as shall be thought by your lordship reasonable.
And this for the love of God and in the way of charity.
John Segrave of London, gent.
Pledges t t “ay: :
ages Se ene William Lityll of London, yeoman.
Before the King in his Chancery on the quindene of St. Hilary next to come.
Inquisition Post-mortem 23-101. October 12th, 6 Henry VII., A.D. 1490. (John Penny.)
Taken at Leicester before Robert Mountfort, escheator of the King in the county of Leicester, by virtue
of his Office, and on the oaths of Thomas Stokes, Esq., John Ivers, Esq., Robert Whatton, gent., Arthur
Crofte, gent., William Osburn, John Chapleyn and others, jurors, who say on oath,
That John Farnham did not enfeoff John Penny of Leycester, glover, in any lands or tenements in the
said county to the use of the Monastery of Leicester, nor to the use of the Abbot and Convent of the same
Monastery or their successors; nor did John Penny of Leycester ever buy lands or tenements from John
Farnham or anyone else for the use of the said Monastery or the said Abbot and Convent and their successors,
But they do say that the said John Farnham, on the 7th day of October, in the fifth year of the now
King’s reign (1489), sold to the said John Penny 16 messuages, 4 tofts, 2 dovehouses, 120 acres of land,
40 acres of meadow, 60 acres of pasture in the Towns and Fields of Loughborowe and Quarendon,
To have and to hold to John Penny and his heirs for ever, to the use of the same John Penny and
his heirs.
_ And afterwards in the term of Saint Michael last past, to wit, on the quindene of St. Michael, the said
John Penny and a certain Thomas Hervy recovered all the said messuages, lands, etc., against the said John
Farnham before the Justices of the Bench by a Writ de Recto;
By virtue of which Recovery John Penny and Thomas Hervy were and still are seised in demesne as
of fee to the use of John Penny and his heirs, and not to the use of the said Monastery, Abbot and Convent.
And they say that the said 16 messuages, etc., were, at the time of the said Recovery, held of William,
Viscount Beaumont, but by what service the Jury is ignorant.
In witness of which the Escheator and Jurors have to this Inquisition individually affixed their seals.
N.B.—A curious kind of Inquisition Post-mortem. Did John Farnham really sell the property mentioned to John Penny, or was it
‘put into John Penny’s name as trustee or mortgagee for John Farnham ?
De Banco Roll 926, m. 16 d. Michaelmas, 9 Henry VII., A.D. 1493.
London; Henry Warley, citizen and goldsmith of London, by his attorney, offered himself against
Richard Farnam, late of Walcote in Co. Oxon, gentleman, in a plea that he render him £27. He does not
appear. The Sheriff returns that he is not found, and is ordered to produce him at Hilary.
De Banco Roll 928, m. 283. Laster, 9 Henry VII. A.D. 1494.
London; William Buk, citizen and tailor of London, by his attorney, offered himself against Henry
Penyngton, late of Bytham in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, and against Richard Hokenell, late of Bytham
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in the same County, yeoman, and against John Farnham, late of Quarendon in the County of Leicester,
Esquire, in a plea that each of them render him 4os. which they owe him and unjustly withhold.
They did not appear, and the Sheriff returned that they were not found. Therefore they are to be here
within 15 days of Saint Martin, on which day William Buk came by his attorney, and the defendants did
not come.
The Sheriff again returns that he could not find them, and the Suit is postponed.
The same Roll, m. 276.
London; William Cooke of Suthwerk in the County of Surrey, tailor, offered himself by his attorney
against Richard Farneham, late of Groby in the County of Leicester, gentleman, otherwise called Richard
Farneham, late of Suthwerk in the County of Surrey, gentleman, otherwise called Richard Farnham, gentleman,
in a plea that he render him #9 gs. 7d. which be owes him and unjustly withholds.
He does not appear, and the Sheriff returns that he is not found; therefore he is ordered to produce him in
the Octaves of Holy Trinity.
De Banco Roll 932, m. 106 d. Easter, 10 Henry VII., A.D. 1495.
Oxon; The Sheriff was ordered to summon John Faryndon, late of Dadynton in the County of Oxford,
gent., to be here on this day, to wit, within 15 days of Easter, to answer to Reginald Davers of Pudlicot, Hugh
Wright of Charlebury and Elena Farnam of Rammysden, widow, executors of the Will of Richard Farnam,
late of Rammysden in the parish of Shipton subtus Whychewode, in a plea that he render them £6 which he
owes them and unjustly detains.
And Reginald and Hugh, by their attorney Adam Brabazon, come, and Elena Farnam does not come;
and they offer themselves against John Faryndon in the plea aforesaid. And he does not appear; therefore
the Sheriff is ordered to summon him to be here within 5 weeks of Easter, and Elena likewise.
On which day Elena did not appear, and the two other executors proceeded without her, and they say that
the said John Faryndon on the roth day of March A.D. 1492 at Rammysden bought from the said Richard
Farnam, the Testator, in his lifetime, one messuage, 60 acres of land and 4 acres of meadow in Rammysden
for the sum of 20 marks, the payment for which was agreed to be made to the same Richard on demand. He
paid £7 6s. 8d., and thereupon Richard enfeoffed him in the said messuage and lands to hold to John
Faryndon, his heirs and assigns, and from this a right of action accrued to the executors to claim the
balance of £6.
And John Faryndon brings the money into Court and thus settles the claim of the executors.
De Banco Roll 934, m. 201. Michaelmas, 11 Henry VII., A.D. 1495.
Leyc.; Thomas Aston, by his attorney, offered himself against James Hobbard, late of Quarndon in the
said County, husbandman, and John Salter, late of Quarndon, laborer, in a plea wherefore they broke the
Close of the same Thomas at Querndon, and with certain cattle depastured his grass and herbage there
growing, trod it down and consumed it to the value of 4os., and did other enormities.
The defendants did not appear, and the Sheriff returned that they were not found ; therefore he is ordered
to summon them and produce them here within 15 days of Saint Martin.
The same Roll, m. 435.
London; William Buk, citizen and tailor of London, offered himself against John Farnam, late of
Quarendon in the County of Leicester, Esquire, in a plea that he render him 4os. which he owes him and
unjustly detains ;
And against Robert Wodehous, late of Kymberley in the County of Norfolk, Esquire, and Thomas
Wodehous of the same, Esquire, administrators of the goods and chattels of Edward Wodehous, late of
Kymberley, knight, who is dead, in a plea of 59s. 8d. which they owe and unjustly detain.
They do not appear, and the Sheriff returns that they are not found. He is ordered to produce them in
the octaves of Saint Hillary.
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The same Roll, m. 287 d.
Leyc.; William Vernon, esq., offered himself against John Farnham, late of Quarnedon, gent., in a plea
wherefore he took and carried away with force and arms two steers and one calf belonging to the same
William Vernon of the value of 40s. found at Bardon Park in the parish of Charley, and did other enormities
to his grave damage, etc. He did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to attach him, and he returned that
he had nothing. Ordered to arrest and produce him within 15 days of Hilary.
De Banco Roll 940, m. 100 d. Easter, 12 Henry VII., A.D. 1497,
Not. ; Roger Wylkynson of Lamley, by his attorney, offered himself against John Farneham, late of
Quarendon in the county of Leycester, Esq., otherwise called John Farneham, late of Beuman in county
Leycester, Esquier, and against Thomas Farneham, late of Quarendon in the county of Leycester, gentilman,
otherwise called Thomas Farneham, the son and heir-apparent of the same John, in a plea that each of them
render him ro marks which they owe him and unjustly withhold. They did not appear and the Sheriff was
ordered to summon them, and he returns that they have nothing, therefore let him attach them so that they
be here within 3 weeks of Easter, on which day Roger comes to prosecute his suit, but the defendants did
not appear.
The Sheriff returned that they were not found, therefore the suit is respited to Trinity, and further to
Michaelmas.
De Banco Roll 946, m. 252. Michaelmas, 14 Henry VII., A.D. 1498.
Leyc.; Thomas Farnham, by his attorney, offered himself against William Squyer, late of Wodehous
in the parish of Barrow-on-Sore in the county aforesaid, wright, John Burton, late of Wodehous, yoman,
Jobn Foldys, late of Wodehous, wright, William Habb, late of Wodehous, husbandman, Hugh Squyer, late
of Wodehous, laborer, John Alyn, late of Wodehous, husbandman, in a plea wherefore with force and arms
they broke the close of the same Thomas Farnham at Wodehous, cut down and carried away his underwood
to the value of 40s. there growing, and trod down, depastured and consumed his herbage there growing with
certain cattle to the damage of 20 marks value, and did other enormities to his grave damage. They did not
appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to attach and produce them in 15 days from Hilary.
N.B.—The clerk still keeps up the fiction of ‘late of.”
De Banco Roll 948, m. 294 d. Easter, 14 Henry VII., A.D. 1499.
Leyc.; Robert Whatton, by his attorney, offered himself against the same defendants in a plea of
breaking his close at Wodehous in the parish of Barowe, and with certain cattle depasturing, treading down
and consuming his herbage there growing to the value of 100s., ete.
They did not appear, and the Sheriff returned that they had nothing.
De Banco Roll 954, m. 101. Michaelmas, 16 Henry VII., A.D. 1501.
Leyc.; John Mordaunt, sergeant-at-law, Thomas Frowyck, sergeant-at-law, and John Port, in their own
persons, demand against William Smyth and Anne his wife 4 messuages, 300 acres of land, 100 acres of
meadow, 100 acres of pasture, 4 acres of wood, and 60s. of rent in Quarndon as their right and inheritance,
and into which William and Anne have no right of Entry except by the disseisin which John Greenhurst
unjustly did to John Mordaunt, Thomas, and John,
And William and Anne, by Thomas Sprotte their attorney, come and they call to warrant John Stanley
of Elford in the county of Stafford, Esquier, who now, by summons made to him in the county of Leicester,
comes by John Jenour, his attorney, and warrants the premises, etc., to them.
Whereupon John Mordaunt, Thomas Frowyck, and John Port demand the premises against John
Stanley in the said form, and of which they say they were seised in their demesne as of fee in the time of
peace and the now King by taking issues to the value, ete. ;
And Jobn Stanley, the defendant, denies the right, and calls further to warrant John Brakes, who 1s
present in Court in his own person.
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And on this the Complainants sue John Brakes, who makes default by not appearing when solemnly
summoned.
The result being that John Mordaunt, Thomas Frowyck, and John Port recover seisin against the said
William and Anne Smyth in the said premises and rent, and let William and Anne have of the land of the
said John Stanley to the value, etc. And let John Stanley have of the land of the said John Brakes to the
value, etc. And John Brakes is in mercy.
N.B.—The above is the ordinary form in a Recovery. John Brakes no doubt was the Clerk of the Court who, having no land, is
not much troubled by the decree that if the matter is wrong he will have to furnish land to the value. Probably the plaintiffs were
lawyers employed by William and Anne Smyth to recover the land in question for the purpose of cutting off an old entail, the land
‘being passed on to William and Anne by another Deed in Fee simple.
Inquisition Post-mortem, No. 220, Series 2, Volume 23. A.D. 1504, (Thomas Farnham of the
Over Hall.)
Leicester ; This Inquisition taken at Leycester on the last day of June in the nineteenth year of the reign
of King Henry VII.
Before John Legh, the escheator of the King in the county of Leycester, taken after the death of Thomas
Farnham by virtue of the escheator’s Office, and on the oaths of Richard Bocher of Sileby, John Melling of
the same, William Somerfield of Cossington, Thomas Holkok of the same, Robert Barnard of Sileby, William
Whitacre of Thurcaston, John Cramp of Ratcliff, Robert Burbage of the same, Thomas Mouncke of
Gadesby, William Palmer of Croxton, William Nyke of Syeston, and Richard Wodde of Mountsorell, jurors.
Who say on oath that the said Thomas Farnham died on Saint Edward’s day (March 18) in the 17th
year of the reign of King Henry VII. (A.D. 1502), and that the said Thomas Farnham on the day that he
died was seised in demesne as of fee of the Manor called “ Les Asshez” with its appurtenances in Quarndon.
And that the said Manor was held of Henry, Prince of Wales and earl of Chester, as of his Honor of
Chester, by the service of a twentieth part of one Knight’s Fee, and that the said Manor is worth annually,
beyond all outgoings, 20 marks.
And that Robert Farnham is the son and next heir of the said Thomas, and is of the age of 18 years.
In witness of which the said Escheator and the Jury have individually affixed their seals the year and
place above written.
N.B,—In his history (under Quorndon) Nichols (vol. iii., p. 96) makes several mistakes about this Inquisition, He says that
Thomas Farnham of the Nether Hall died in 1508, which is wrong; next he says that this Inquisition relates to him, which it does not ;
and he dates it 24 Henry VII., this is also wrong. Also he asserts, without any justification, that the manor of ‘‘ Les Asshez” was the
site of the Nether Hall. The fact is that Nichols has mistaken Thomas Farnham of the Over Hall for his cousin at the Nether Hall,
and tried to make the dates, etc., agree.
Robert Farnham of the Over Hall married Mary the daughter of Robert Langham of Gopsal, co. Leicester, esquire. The Langham
family had owned lands in and around Gopsal for over 200 years. Nichols says that in a Feodary of 1296 Robert Langham held lands
in Gopsal under John de Stretton, who held of Edmund de Bereford, who held of Earl Ferrars. In 1380 Robert de Langham sued
Nicholas de Walcote for stealing his horse at Thurleston (De Banco Roll, Michaelmas, m. 484), and in Michaelmas, 1393, Robert
Langham sued John Purcer for taking away his servant (De Banco Roll, m. 558). Ina Patent Roll dated May 23, A.D. 1388, at West-
minster, Robert Langham was appointed with others to search for, seize, and bring to the Council with all speed, all books, schedules,
and quires containing the unsound doctrine and heresies of Masters John Wyclif, Nicholas Hereford, John Aston, and their followers.
In 1389, 1397, and 1398 Robert Langham was appointed Justice of the Peace for co. Leicester. In 1395 Robert de Langham was Lord
of the Manor of Gopsal, and in 1396 he and Reginald his son granted land in Lindley (late John Rodevile’s) to Thomas Bosevile of
Nuneton on condition that if the Langhams should lose by judgment or claim their manor of Gopsal, which they had of the enfeoffment
of William Hoppet, chaplain, they could re-enter the lands at Lindley. Patent Rolls, February 14, 1403, Reginald Langham was
escheator in the counties of Leicester and Warwick. In 1440 Robert Langham (grandson probably of the former Robert) purchased
lands in Orton, Twycrosse, and Congerston (Feet of Fines, Easter, 1440). In 1441 Robert Langham sued several persons for damage
to his herbage at Gopsal (De Banco Roll, Easter, m. 76). Robert died before 1452, in which year Margaret his widow, John Kent, and John
Langham, executors of Robert Langham, had a suit (De Banco Roll 767, m. 483). John Langham, the son and heir of Robert, died
about 1500, and was succeeded by his son Robert Langham. (De Banco Roll 958, m. 98 d) John Curzon, esq., sued Robert Langham,
esq., of Gopsal, son and heir of John Langham, ina plea of 100s. Robert Langham was still living in 1528 (Inquisition P.M. George
Wylks), and died about 1530; he was succeeded by his son Thomas Langham, who in 1542 paid £6 13s. 4d. to the King’s loan (Lay
Subsidy, co. Leicester, 133-134). Thomas Langham was collector for the Subsidy of 1546. He died in 1560, his Will being proved
P.C.C. May 20, 1560. His son and heir George Langham sold Gopsal in 1564 (Feet of Fines, co. Leicester, Easter) to George Hastings,
esq. The Fine gives the details of this sale as the Manor of Gopsal, 10 messuages, and 6500 acres of land in Gopsal and Twycrosse,
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Early Chancery Proceedings, Bundle 311, No. 21. Between 1504 and 1515.
Elisabeth Farnham, widow, late the wyff of Roger Farnham of Notingham, gentleman, and formerly the
wiff of Henry Plumptre of Notingham, merchant; she was the Executrix of Henry Plumptre, and thereby had.
his goods and chattels in the house to the value of 100 marks, and then took to her husband Roger Farneham
of little substance, who after the marriage wasted his own substance, and all he could get of hers except #11,
the which is insufficient to pay the debts of Henry Plumptre; and she is not appointed the executrix of the
Testament of the said Roger Farneham, nor administratrix of his goods, of which he left none, yet one William
Shaw of Notingham is suing her for a sum of #9, being a debt of the said Roger, and Roger during the time
of the marriage being in possession through his wife of the plate that did belong to Henry Plumptre had his
own arms set thereon as if it had been his own, she is therefore without remedy at the Common law, and prays
for a subpcena to be directed to William Shawe ordering him to appear in Chancery to answer to the premises..
Early Chancery Proceedings, Vol. IV., Bundle 297, No. 6, Record Office. Between 1504 and 1515,
Reign of Henry VIII.
To the most Reverend Father in God William, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England.
Humbly sheweth your Grace your daily Orator and Suppliant Thomas Calcroft, one of the ex’ors-
of Christofer Byrton of Loughborowe, co. Leicester.
The substance of the complaint is that Christofer died worth more than £20 in goods and chattels in
his house, having made Thomas Calcroft, Edward Burton, clerk, and Isabel his wife, ex’ors of his will; after
Christofer’s death his wife Isabel entered into possession of his effects, and after enjoying them for some
time she remarried one William Brookhoole, who through her became possessed of the goods. Isabel died,
and some time after William died too, after whose death Thomas Calcroft as ex’or wished to take the goods
and administer the estate. But according to Calcroft’s story a certain Henry Page of Loughborowe, Henry
Phippes and William Sweyn combined with Thomas Farneham, the Understeward of the Earl of Oxenford’s.
Court at Loughborowe, to impound the goods for debts said to be owing to them by William Brookhoole, and
caused the Bailiff of the Court to arrest the goods and amerce Thomas Calcroft to the amount of £5 for a
breach of the arrest. Calcroft alleges that Thomas Farneham hath so much favour and might in the Town
from his position as Understeward of the Court that he (Calcroft) can not obtain justice there, he therefore
prays that the Cause may be heard in the King’s Court of Chancery. _
The Defendants reply and admit the first part of the statement to be true, but they say that Thomas
Calcroft announced his intention, by means of the parish priest in the Church of Loughborowe, of paying
William Brookhoole’s debts only as a blind to carry off the goods for himself; whereupon Henry Page, Henry
Phippes and William Sweyn, creditors of William Brookhoole, applied to the Court at Loughborough to prevent
him ; whereupon Thomas Farneham gave orders to William Lathbury, bailiff of the Court, to arrest the goods,.
in spite of which Thomas Calcroft, living outside the Franchise, contrived to carry off some of them to his own
house, wherefore he was amerced the sum of #5 in the Court. The Defendants deny any misdemeanour’
on their part.
Early Chancery Proceedings, Vol. IV., Bundle 357, No. 35, Record Office. Between 1504 and 1515..
To the Reverend Father in God William, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of England.
In tight humble wise sheweth unto your good and gracious lordship your daily orator William Smyth,
knight, that whereas he is seised of the manor of Elford in the county of Stafford, the manor of Whyrtoft in
the county of Northants, and the manor of Quardon in the county of Leycester in his demesne as of fee, he
complains that his deeds and evidences concerning these manors had got into the hands of a certain Hugh
Lynton, clerk, who refuses to deliver them up to him. He prays therefore that a writ of Subpoena be directed.
to Hugh Lynton to attend in Chancery to make answer to the premises.
Answer of Hugh Lynton.
He protests against the vexation caused by being drawn into the Case, and states that one John Stanley,
Esquire, deceased, sent a chest to the house in which Hugh was living, namely, the house of Master Harry
; Edyell in the close of Litchfield, as he desired that the chest might stand in the said house. All the evidences
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which may be in the said chest belong to Elizabeth Stanley and Isabel Stanley, as daughters and heirs of John
Stanley, who are under age and in ward to the King, and cannot be compelled to appear in Court till they come
to full age; at which time Hugh Lynton will be ready to deliver the said chest as the Court shall then order
He prays that he may be dismissed and reimbursed for his charges and expenses in this behalf sustained.
N.B.—The reputed manor in Quorndon called “Smyth's Manor” was bought in 1561 from Sir William Smyth’s daughter and heir
Jane Alycock by Thomas Farnham of the Nether Hall. See the original deed.
De Banco Roll 978. Michaelmas, 22 Henry VII., A.D. 1506.
m. 346. Leyc.; John Danvers, son of Thomas Danvers, by William Bryan, his attorney, demands
against John Gladwyn 3 messuages, 6 tofts, 120 acres of land and one rood, 38 acres and 3 roods of meadow,
3 acres of pasture, and 19d. of rent in Barowe-on-Sore and Quarendon as his right and inheritance, and into
which John Gladwyn has no entry except by John Gladwyn the elder, to whom John Farnham demised them,
who thence unjustly and without judgment disseised John Danvers the grandfather of the said Jobn, of whose
son he is the heir, after the first passage of the lord Henry, King, etc., into Gascony.
And of which premises he says that the said John Danvers, his grandfather, was seised in his demesne
as of fee in the time of peace and of the lord Edward, late King of England, the fourth after the Conquest, by
taking therefrom the issues to the value, etc., and from John the grandfather the right descended to Thomas
Danvers as son and heir, and from Thomas the Fee descended to the said John Danvers (the plaintiff) as son
and heir.
And the said John Gladwyn, by William Bolt his attorney, comes and defends his right, etc., and seeks
Jeave to impar!] in the octaves of Hilary.
And he has leave. The same day is given to the said John Danvers here.
On which day the parties come, and thereupon John Gladwyn seeks leave to imparl here at Easter, and
so the process is coutinued to Trinity, and further to Michaelmas.
N.B.—John Danvers was appointed Trustee of the Nether Hall estates by Thomas Farnham (see the Suit of 1475), hence the con-
nection between John Danvers the grandson and John Farnham (the then owner of the Nether Hall) in the above Suit.
m. 384, Leyc.; Thomas Farnham of Quarn, gentilman, otherwise called Thomas Farnham the son of
John Farnham, in mercy after many defaults.
The same Thomas was summoned to answer to John Gladwyn in a plea that he render him £40 which
he owes him and unjustly detains.
And concerning which the same John Gladwyn, by William Bolt his attorney, says that the said
Thomas, on the 14th day of January in the aist year of the reign of Edward, late King of England, the
fourth, at Barowe, by his writing granted that he was bound to the said John Gladwyn in £40, to be paid to
the said John Gladwyn on the feast of the Purification then next to come, and although John Gladwyn has
often demanded the said #40 Thomas has always refused and still refuses to pay, by which he says he has
been damaged to the amount of £20.
And thus he produces his Suit, and he proffers in Court the said Writing which testifies in the form
aforesaid, whose date is as given above.
And Thomas, by William Bryan his attorney, comes and defends force and injury and demands a hearing
of the said writing, and it is read to him, and he demands also a hearing of the Endorsement of the same
writing, and it is read to him in these words :—
“The condition of this obligation is such that if the aforesaid John Gladwyn, his heirs and assigns,
should well and peaceably have, hold, enjoy and possess for ever all the lands and tenements, meadows,
feedings and pastures in Barowe-on-Sore which formerly belonged to Robert the son of Thomas de Thorpe,
and one toft and one and a half acres of land in Barowe which formerly were Richard Dexter's, without
impediment, disturbance, yexation or interruption or any pretence of right of the within-named Thomas, his
heirs and assigns, or any other, then the present obligation be held of none effect, otherwise to remain in full
force and virtue.”
The which having been read and heard, the same Thomas seeks leave to imparl here concerning this
within 15 days of Hilary.
And he has leave. The same day is given to John here.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 179
m. 483 d. Leyc.; Robert Farnham, gentilman, by his attorney, offered himself against Henry Brood-
hurst of Woodhouse, laborer, in a plea wherefore with force and arms he broke the close and houses of the
same Robert at Woodhouse and took and carried away his goods and chattels there found to the value of £6.
He did not appear, and the Sheriff returned that he was not found. Order to produce him at Hilary.
De Banco Roll 982. Michaelmas, 23 Henry VII., A.D. 1507.
m. 587. Leyc.; Robert Webster and Joan his wife, by their attorney, offered themselves against Eliza-
beth Dade of Quarndon, widow, and Hugh Hylton of Quarndon, husbandman, in a plea wherefore with force
and arms they broke the closes and houses of the same Robert and Joan at Quarndon and Barowe-on-Sore.
They did not appear, and were ordered to appear at Hilary.
m, 657. Lincoln; Edward Burton, otherwise called Master Edward Burton, clerk, bachelor of
Theology, William Wygeston the younger and Thomas Calcrofte, merchants of the Staple of the Town of Calais,
offered themselves against Thomas Farnham of Quarndon in the county of Leicester, gentilman, in a plea
that he render them #26 which he owes and unjustly detains.
m, 21d. Leyc.; Thomas Marshall, gentilman, gives to the lord the King 6s. 8d. for leave to agree with
Thomas Williamson and Isabel his wife, the daughter and heir of Roger Grage, in a plea of covenant con-
cerning 1 messuage, 26 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow and 10 acres of pasture in Barowe-on-Sore. And
they have a Chirograph.
De Banco Roll 986, m. 192. Michaelmas, 24 Henry VII., A.D. 1508.
Leyc.; John Gladewyn the son of John Gladewyn, executor of the Will of the same John, offered himself
against Thomas Farnham of Quarendon, gentilman, the sou of John Farnham, in a plea that he render him
£40 which he owes and unjustly detains. He did not appear.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem. 1 Henry VIII., 24/43. A.D. 1509. (William, viscount Beaumont.)
Henry, by the grace of God king of England, etc., to Our beloved and trusty Sir John Digby, knight,
John Farnham and Richard Eyer, Greeting. (Here follows the King’s commission to enquire on oath what
lands William, late viscount Beaumont, held in Chief, in demesne and in service on the day he died, etc.)
Writ dated at Westminster July 5th, 1 Henry VIII., A.D. 1509.
Inquisition taken at Tilton in the county of Leicester on September 7 in the First year of the reign of
King Henry VIII.
Before John Digby, knight, John Farnham and Richard Heyer, gents., by virtue of the King’s commission
to them directed, and on the oaths of Robert Borough, William Chaumber, Roger Dansey, William Warde,
Alexander Framton, William Mouncke, Thomas Aleyn, John Trye, Thomas Marshall, Edward Comyn,.
Richard Oliver, Thomas Clerke, William Roberd and William Holwel, who say on oath that the said viscount
on the 24th day of April A.D. 1486 took in marriage Elizabeth Scroope, now the wife of John Vere, earl of
Oxford, and that during the time they were lawfully married he (William) was seised in demesne as of
fee in the manors of Beaumanor, Loughborough, Sheepshead, Bardou park, Blaston, Halloughton, Ernesby,
Whitwyk, Donyngton and many others in the county of Leycester, also of the advowson of the church of
Loughborough.
And further they say that the manor of Beaumanor is worth £29 2s. od. per annum, but of whom it is
held they are unaware.
The Manor of Loughborough is worth £135 19s. 5$d. annually, but of whom it is held they are
unaware.
William, viscount Beaumont, died on December 19th, 1507.
He had no surviving issue, but it was found that his nephew Francis, lord Lovel, son to his sister Joan,
had he been living and not attainted, would have been his proper heir.
N.B.—The connection between the Beaumont family and Beaumanor, temporarily suspended in 1461 by the forfeiture of the last
Viscount, was finally severed by his death. He had been restored to his honours and part of his estates in 1485, but in 1487 the custody
of his estates, and in 1495 that of his person was committed to the Earl of Oxford, in whose house at Wivenhoe, co. Essex, the
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180 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Viscount died on December igth, 1507. By his death the manor of Beaumanor fell into the King’s hands with his other estates, but the
Viscount’s widow Elizabeth married John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, who died March roth, 1512-13. She held the manor of Loughborough
for her life in dower, and died June 26th, 1537.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 992, m. 123. 1 Henry VIII, A.D. 1509.
Leyc.; John Gladwyn, gent., by John Sapcote his attorney, demands against Thomas Farnham, gent., one
messuage, 3 tofts, one croft, 120 acres of land, 19 acres of meadow, 40 acres of pasture and 12d, of rent in
Barowe and Quarndon as his right and inheritance, and into which Thomas has no right of entry, unless after
the disseisin which Henry Hunt unjustly and without judgment did to the said John.
Recovery by John Gladwyn of the above tenements in the usual form of the day.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 997, m. 224. Michaelmas, 3 Henry VIII., A.D. 1511.
Leyc.; Richard, the Abbot of the Monastery of the blessed Mary in the meadows of Leycester, by his
attorney, offered himself against Thomas Farnham of Quernedon, gentilman, in a plea that he render him 59s,
which he owes him and unjustly withholds. He did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to distrain him,
The Sheriff returned that he had distrained him by chattels of 40d. And he was mainprised by John Hert and
Henry Cart, therefore they are in mercy, and the Sheriff was ordered to distrain them to be here in 15 days
from St. Hilary.
Beaumanor Court Rolls.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court of the lord the King, held there March 30th, 4 Henry VIIL,
A.D. 1513.
Essoins.—John Wryght and John Twicrosse are essoined by Robert Wynkell, Thomas Rawlyns and Richard
Shyrley.
Jury.—John Tyll. Edmond Blakelbye of Barrow. Richard Hebbe of Quarndon.
Richard Davers. John Prowdfote. Robert Purs of Quarndon.
Thomas Hawley. John Coke. Robert Symson of Quarndon.
William Bill of Barrowe. Thomas Arsher. Richard Barber.
‘Wodhous.—John Folds, Frankpledge there, sworn, presents that he gives to the lord a fine at this day of 12d,
And further he presents that the Abbot of Leycester (12d.) (for lands and tenements in Wodhous,
which he holds at Will by the custom of the Manor), John Spalding (2d.), John Gladwyn (2d.) and
Robert Hall, ought to come to this Court and made default, therefore they are in mercy.
Quarndon.—William Freman, Frankpledge there, presents that Maurice Berkeley (6d.), knight, the occupiers
(2d.) of the land lately Thomas Daddy’s, hold freely of the lord of this Manor, and have not come, there-
fore they are in mercy.
And that William Chaveney (2d.) is in mercy for the like.
And that Robert Symson (2d.) the miller is in mercy, because he took toll excessively contrary to
the Assize.
Barrow.—John Gladwyn (2d.) ought to come for certain tenements which he holds in Barowe late Thomas
Newton’s, therefore he is in mercy.
To this Court came Henry Folds and took of the lord of this manor one water mill there called
« Beaumanor Milne,” late in the tenure of William Squyer, and now in the lord’s hands, To have and to hold
at the Will of the lord according to the custom of this Manor to the said Henry, Richard and Robert his sons,
for the term of each life and the longest liver, for the right and accustomed rents and services; and he gives
to the lord for a Fine on Entry tos., and did fealty by the pledges of Richard Davers and John Coke, and was
admitted tenant.
The Jury charged and sworn concerning divers matters touching this manor say that the Frankpledges
have truly presented and made no concealments, and further they say on oath that Thomas Rawlyn and his
wife (4d.), the wife of John Hebe (2d.), and others, took logs ffom the woods and broke the hedges and took
them away, therefore they are in mercy.
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And that John Barnard oppressed the Common with his sheep by keeping more sheep in time of
Common than he is able to pasture in time of Severalty, therefore he is ordered not to keep more sheep in
time of Common than he can pasture in Severalty, under a penalty of forfeiting for each offence 105.
And they say that the tenement in the tenure of Robert Hall, late in the tenure of William Hall, is not
yet repaired as ordered at the last Court, by default of Margaret the executrix of the said William, therefore
she has incurred the fine.
And also they say that the ditches of certain pastures near “ Lez Waste Lawne,” in the tenure of
.... Swylyngton (12d.) and Richard Hebb (12d.) and Robert Purs (12d.), are stopped.
Beaumanor Court Rolls.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge of the lord the King held there on the eleventh day of April in the fifth
year of the reign of King Henry VIII., A.D. 1514.
Affeerers.—Richard Davers, John Tyll and Robert Wynkell.
Essoins.—Robert Hall, Thomas Huxley, Thomas Stanford, John Coke.
Jury.—Henry Daunvers. John Alyn of Woodhouse. Will Freman of Quarne.
Richard Danvers. John Sybston of Quarndon. Will Barnard of Barowe.
John Folds the younger. Robert Symson of Quarndon. Thomas Burbage of Thorpe.
Thomas Asser. Robert Huchynson of Quarndon. John Wryght of Thorpe.
John Pyllyng. Thomas Rawlyns.
Quarndon.—Thomas Price, Frankpledge there, sworn, presents that Maurice Berkley, knight (12d.), The
occupiers of land late Thomas Daddy (2d.), are free tenants of this manor, and made default of advent.
And that Christopher Rawlynson (essoined) is in mercy for the like.
And that James Bucher (2d.) is a common butcher and sold meat contrary to the Assize in this
lordship, therefore he is in mercy.
Woodhouse.—John Folds, Frankpledge there, sworn, presents that the Abbot of Leycester (t2d.), John
Gladwyn (2d.), and John Love (2d.), owe advent and made default, etc.
And that Milo Wharton (3s. 4d.) made an affray with John Tyll in the Chapel there, against the
King’s peace and to the great disturbance of the said King’s people, therefore in mercy.
The Jury say that the Frankpledges have well and truly presented and made no concealments.
And that William Chaveney (2d.) took underwood from a piece of land in the tenure of John Estwell
called “ Le 12 Acres,” parcel of this manor, therefore he is in mercy.
And that the Abbot of Leycester has a tenement in the tenure of John Folds ruinous by default of John
Folds ; he is ordered to repair it before the next Court on pain of 3s. 4d.
Richard Wymyncham (8d.) is in mercy for ill behaviour towards the Constable.
Beaumanor Court Rolls.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court of the lord the King, held there October 5th, 6 Henry VIII,
A.D. 1514.
The Inquisition.—
Henry Dawnvers. John Tyll. Christofer Rawlynson.
Thomas Stanford. Robert Hall. Thomas Freman.
Richard Hebbe of Quarndon. Robert Purs of Quarndon. John Bruerne, jun.
John Alyn. William Staples. Thomas Burbache of Thorp.
Richard Dawnvers. Robert Huchinson.
Quarndon.—Thomas Pryce, Frankpledge there, gives to the lord for a Fine on this day 4d.
And he presents that William Freman (essoined) and Richard Shyrley (4d.) ought to come to this
Court and made default, therefore they are in mercy.
Also that the water mill is ruinous by default of Robert Symson, who is ordered to sufficiently repair
it before the feast of All Souls next to come.
Also that Maurice Berkeley, knight (12d.), and the occupiers (4d.) of the land late Daddye’s are free
tenants and made default, therefore they are in mercy.
182 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Robert Hall and John Pyllyng were elected Frankpledges (for Woodhouse) and sworn.
To this Court came John Bruerne, and took of the lord the King one cottage in Woodthorpe, late John
Ambler’s, and now in the King’s hands by reason of the death of John Ambler; To hold at Will according to.
the custom of this Manor to John Bruerne, Cecily his wife, and Ralph their son, for each life and the longest
liver, for the due and accustomed rents and services. He gives a Fine on Entry of 535., did fealty, and was
admitted tenant thereof.
Affeerers John Tyll.
William Staples.
Will of Sir Henry Darker, Priest. Leicester Wills. A.D. 1515.
In Dei nomine Amen. August 28th, 1515.
I Henry Darker, Chauntry Priest of Quarne, Hole of mind and of good memory, make my testament and last Will in manner and
form following.
First I bequeath my soull to Almighty God, to Our Lady Saint Mary and to all the Holy Company in Heaven. My body to be
buried in the Chapell yard of Quarne. Also I bequeath for my mortuary my best good that I have.
Also I bequeath to the Church of Lincoln 12d. Also I bequeath to the Church of Walton 12d. Also I bequeath to Agnes my
servant my best coverlet, a hatchet and a pott. Also I bequeath to James Darker all my books, a payre of bedds and a hanging.
The residue of all my goods I give and bequeath to Robert Darker to fynd Stephen Darker my brother's son, as long as my goods
shall last, and the said Robert Darker 1 make my hole executor of this last Wyll, they being witnesses, The Vicar of Barow Richard
Stevynson and Roger Purse, Woodhouse.
Testamentum Domini Henrici Darker cantariste in ecclesia de Quarndon probatum per Magistrum Ricardum Brokesby, Sept. 2oth,
A.D. 1515.
John Barnard of Barrow. Will March 20th, 1516. Leicester Probate Court.
I bequeath for my principal my best beast.
To the mother Church of Lincoln 4d.
I bequeath to 2 priests which I will shall be at my Dirige and to sing mass for my soul the day of my burial 4d.
Also I will that my tapers of wax of a pound apiece be set about my body burning the day of my burial and they then to remain
to the Vicar of Barrow.
To each of my four children 5 marks.
To each man, woman and child that shall be present the day of my burial one penny.
To the Church of Barrow 2 torches.
One quart of malt to the Church of Barrow, and to Sylby Church half a quart of malt, and to the Churches of Segrave, Walton,
Mountsorell and Woodhouse, a bushell of malt.
The residue of my goods to Isabel my wife and to William my son, whom I make my executors.
Witnesses present; Sir Robert Tristram, priest, John Luff and John Myllyng.
Proved October 12th, 1516.
Isabel Barnard, late wife of John Barnard. Will dated October 10th, 1516.
She mentions her daughters Margery and Jessie.
To William Purse 2 sheep. To Sir Edward Marchant 12d.
Executors: John Luffe and William Barnard.
Witnesses: Sir Edward Marchant, Ric: Smalley and Joan Clarke.
William Waltar of Querndon. A.D. 1519.
My body to be buried in the Church yard of Saint Bartholomew in Querndon. For my mortuary my best beast. To the Church
of Lincoln 2d.
I bequeath to the Reparacion of the Chapel of Our Lady within the Chapel of St. Bartholomew 20s., by the hands of Mr. Richard
Sherley, my wife and Mr. Thomas Harsting.
Also I will that my feoffees of my lands in Mountsorell take and pay the profits of the same lands to the Priest singing before Our
Lady in the Chapel aforesaid, and he to pray for the soul of me, Jane and Agnes my wives, and the soul of Agnes Farmam (? Farnham)
and Agnes Baker.
The Residue of my goods, half to Agnes my wife and the other half to Thomas my son.
Witnesses: Sir Roger Purse, John Myllyng, Dominus Richard Stevenson, priest of the parish Church.
Common Pleas Plea Roll. Trinity, 18 Henry VIII., A.D. 1521.
m. 193 d, Leyc.; Thomas Whatton of Long Whatton, gent., was summoned to answer to Thomas
Barton and Alice his wife and John Barwell, executors of the Will of Robert Shakespyre of Hathern,
husbondman, in a plea of £4.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 183
m. 194, Leyc.; John Byllyngton, by his attorney, offered himself against John Gladewyn the elder of
Barowe-on-Soore, husbondman, John Gladewyn the younger of Barowe-on-Soore, husbondman, and John
Kensall of Walton, laborer, in a plea wherefore with force and arms they assaulted John Byllyngton at
Walton, wounded him, took and illtreated him, and led him thence to Barowe and there detained him in prison
against the Law and Council of the realm of England, and committed other enormities to his great damage
and against the peace. John Gladewyn the elder was mainprised and distrained to be here in 15 days from
St. Michael, and the others have nothing. Order to take and produce them at the same Term.
Robert Perkyn of Barrow-on-Soar. Leicester Wills. Feast of St. Margaret, A.D. 1521.
My body to be buried in the parochial Church of Our Blessed Trinity of Barrow-on-Soar.
My best bestial to my mortuary after the custom of the said Church. To the mother Church of Lyncolne, 8d.
To the Church of Barrow aforesaid, 6s. 8d, and a quarter of malt.
My Executors to cause 5 masses to be said for my father’s, mother’s, my and all Christian Souls.
The residue to Elisabeth my wife and John my son, whom I make Executors.
And I constitute John Gladwin the elder and William Barnarde Supervisors of this my last Will.
Witnesses: Sir John Judson, vicar of Barrow aforesaid, James Elmhirste, priest, and Richard Barnarde, with others.
Inventory of the goods of Robert Perkyn of Barow made and appraised by Dominus John Judson of the said Parish Church of
Barow aforesaid, Robert Farnham, gentleman, John Gladwyn the elder, Richard Perkyn, Thomas Spens and William Garb..d. The
last day of the month of July, A.D. 1521.
N.B.—Sir John Judson, priest, was presented to the living of Barrow by Master Martin Colyns, Doctor of Decrees, Treasurer of the
metropolitical church of York, on the death of Sir Roger Danyell. Admitted March 26th, 1507, in the person of Sir William Elvedon,
his proctor, at Lincoln. He died in or about the year 1526.
John Gladwyn the elder of Barrow. Will dated January 1st, 1521.
My body to be buried in the Church of Barrow. My best Good for my Principal. To the Church of Lincoln, 6d.
To the High Altar of Barrow, 2s.
Four acres of arable in the North Field of Barrow, called ‘The Broke Field,” for ever to the upholding and maintenance of the
lights before the Trinity and Saint .... within the Church of Barrow. Also 5s. yearly to keep an Obit within the Parish Church of
Barrow for my soul and all my friends’ souls therewith, the Vicar to have 4d. for singing Mass of Requiem and Dirige. The Parish
Clerk 1d., and the Ringers 6d. Also 4d. in wax to be burned about the Hearse on the annual Obit day. Also 4d. in bread to the poor
people.
Also 4 pounds of wax and 2 torches to burn the day of my burial. Alice my wife to have all my lands, tenements and meadows in
Mountsorell and Querndon for term of her life, and after her death to Richard Gladwyn my son. Also I will that Margery my daughter
have two cottages in Barrow for life. To John Marshall 4os. if he come into the country.
The Church of Barrow to have 3 kyne and 3 calves, which beareth the “ Trinity Eyr mark,” to the support and maintenance of the
said Church,
To Margery my daughter 2 kyne.
To Thomas Adlyngton half a quarter of wheat and half a quarter of malt.
_ To Richard my servant 12d. To Margaret my servant 12d.
The residue of my goods to Alice my wife and to John my son, whom I make executors.
Overseers: William Hardray and William Blount.
Witnesses: Sir John Judson, vicar of Barrow, and William Ardray and William Chaveney, with others.
Richard Tybold of Barow, singleman. Will dated July 25th, 1522.
To the Reparacion of the Church of Barow one acre of barley, one acre of peese and half an acre of wheat.
; my mother 6s. 8d. To Margaret my sister 6s. 8d. To Joyce my sister 6s. 8d. To Harry my brother 6s. 8d., with an acre
of wheat, ‘
To Alys my sister 6s. 8d., with an acre of wheat and 2 ewes with 2 lambs and a panne,
To Eme my sister 6s. 8d., with an acre of wheat.
To Syr Thomas Dawson a ewe sheep. To a Priest to syng a trentall with 2 masses ....
Two ewes to John Tybold and Nicholas Tybold, whom I make executors, to dispose for the helth of my soul as they will answer.
Witnesses: Sir Thomas Dawson, Thomas Bate and Thomas Moryson.
Beaumanor Court Rolls.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court of the lord the King, held there on the 28th day of March,
13 Henry VIII, A.D. 1522.
Essoins.—John Huxley, Geoffrey Grene and William Peyntur.
Constable.—John Alyn.
184 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Jury.—John Estwell, Thomas Arser, John Fulford, John Folds, William Staples, William Freman, Richard
Davers, Robert Sybston, Henry Cawdewell, Nicholas Batesby, John Symson, Richard Bruer.
Quarndon.—John Symson, tythingman there, sworn, saith on oath that Maurice Berkeley (8d.), Robert
Farnham for the Mill (ess.), William Farnham (4d.), William Chaveney (2d.), Richard Hebbe (2d.),
Robert Purse (ess.), Thomas Abell (ess.), John Pirre, John Stapulford (2d.), owe Suit to this Court and
made default.
Item, The pain is put on John Gerson to repair his tenement, 4od.
Item, The pain of 40d. is put on John Pirre because he did not repair his tenement as ordered at the
last Court; he is now ordered to repair it before the feast of St. Michael the Archangel on pain of 65, 8d.
Woodhouse.—Thomas Stevenson and George Bernard, tythingmen there, sworn, say that the Abbot of Ley-
cester (8d.), John Folds, jun. (ess.), and Richard Baker (2d.), owe Suit to this Court and made default,
therefore they are in mercy as appears.
Item, they present that Thomas Arser (3d.), Joyce Coke (2d.), and Elisabeth Pillyng (2d.) are bakers
of human bread and broke the Assize, therefore they are in mercy.
They also say that Thomas Stevenson (3d.) is a miller and took excessive toll, therefore, etc.
They present a mare and foal pertaining as chattels of a felon, Richard Olif by name, in the custody
of the bailiff. ,
They present that John Bett (4d.) and the servant of Blount in the house of John Bet (4d.), ....
Coles (4d.), William Harris (4d.), Thomas Rawlyn (4d.), John Smyth (4d.), John Bradehurst (4d.),
William Hynde (4d.), Thomas Huxley (4d.), John Buckerfield (4d.), Agnes Somer, widow (4d.), Thomas
Cley (4d.), John Coke (4d.) and John Pillyng (4d.) carried off underwood, therefore they are in mercy
as appears.
Affeerers: John Estwell and William Staples.
Beaumanor Muniments.
The following Ancient Rental of the manor of Beaumanor has been lately endorsed in ink on the outside
of the Roll, “In the time of Mr. William Stokes.”
This endorsement is evidently wrong. Mr. William Stokes succeeded his brother Adrian Stokes in the
Crown Lease of Beaumanor in 1586, whereas it can be shewn from the entries in this Roll that the date can-
not be later than 1523, because Christopher Rawlynson’s name appears as a holder at Will in the Roll, and
he died between the Manor Court of October 1523 and the Court held on March 22nd, 1524. The Abbot of
Leycester also appears in the Roll as a Free Tenant of the Manor, and Leicester Abbey was dissolved in 1539.
The endorsement therefore is valueless, and we may date it 1522 in default of any better proof.
Quarndon Free Tenants.—Of Thomas Harvy for lands and tenements, late Sir Thomas Daddye’s, by the
year, 2d. and Suit of Court.
Robert Farnham holds by socage certain lands in Querndon and Woodhouse, and pays yearly upon
Mid-summer day “ A red rose and a brode Arrow head for all manner of services.”
The Abbot of Leycester holds a messuage with certain lands, late John Farnham’s, and pays by the
year 6d. to the lord of Barrow, and to the lord of Beaumanor 6d.
Richard Hebbe holds freely there a messuage and 60 acres of land, late Preston’s, and pays by the
year 35. 6d.
William Chaveney holds certain lands there freely, 19d.
Maurice Berkeley, Esquier, holds freely divers lands, 4d.
The Chauntry of Quarndon holds freely a messuage there, late in the holding of John Hawkyn. —
Thomas Farnham holds a messuage with a cottage and certain lands thereto in Fee Farm to him
and his heirs for ever by Deed, and pays by the year ais. 8d.
The Abbot of Leycester holds freely there a messuage, late John Leycester’s, and pays by the
year Lad.
Tenants at Will.—Thomas Farnham holds an acre and divers lands by Copy, 84d.
John Sybson holds a cottage and pays yearly 4s. 2$d.
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Thomas Freman a cottage, late Stonway’s, 16d.
Robert Purs holds a messuage and croft and certain lands and meadows, with half a cottage, by the
year, £11 25. 24d.
John Tyll for a pasture called “ Little Wellawe,”’ late Preston’s, and pays by the year ros.
The same John another close there called “ Powtrell Close,” and pays by the year 20s.
A piece of meadow called “ Briginydone,” by the year 6s.
A piece of meadow called ‘‘ Cossytte,” 55.
William Freman holds a messuage and certain lands, and pays by the year 7s.
John Lawne holds a cottage, 35.
Christopher Rawlynson a cottage and croft, two acres of land lying in the new field, 3s.
The same Christopher holds one rood of meadow, late William Spenlose’s, and pays by the year....
Also a garden, 4d.
A cottage, late in the holding of Rawlyn Pyry, 4s.
Richard Hebbe holds a cottage and 2 acres of land, and pays by the year 3s. gd. and 2s. o}d.
Wyllyam Stables holds with lands, meadows and pastures, sometyme Henry Clerk’s, and pays by the
year 315.
Thomas Farnham holds a little croft, 8d.
Alys Perkyn holds a cottage with a garden, 4s.
Christopher Rawlynson holds a piece of meadow called “ Spencer Karre,” and pays by the year 16d.
Robert Farnham holds a Mill called “The Malt Mill,” late Robert Walker’s, and pays by the
year £05.
N.B.—As Christopher Rawlynson was dead before March 22nd, 1524, the date of this Roll must be earlier than that.
Barrow Free Tenants.—The heir of Thomas Collman holds freely one messuage with certain lands, and pays
by the year 4s.
John Estwell holds freely one tenement, late Robert Eyr, and pays 2s.
The occupier of John Fowldes’ lands holds a messuage and certain lands, and pays by the year 12d.
The occupier of John (?) Page’s lands holds freely a messuage and certain lands, and pays by the
year 1 lb. of pepper.
Tenants at Will.—John Newton holds a messuage and 1 yard-land, and pays 155.
The same John holds another messuage and a yard-land, and pays 135.
The same John holds another messuage and a yard-iand, and pays 13s.
Thomas Smyth held 1 messuage and a yard-land, and pays 15s.
John Byll holds 14 acres and 3 hadlands, and pays 8s.
The Mill at Mountsorel, by the year, #5.
A piece of meadow there, called “‘Spencer’s Medow,” 16d.
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court of the lord the King held there on the 21st day of April
14-15 Henry VIII., A.D. 1523.
Essoins.—John Foldys, sen., John Foldys, jun., and Thomas Asser.
Constable—Thomas Asser constable there.
Jurors—Thomas Estwell, William Hall, Ralf Horseley, John Coke, Robert Purse, John Bruarn, Robert
Coke, Richard Hebbe, Thomas Burbage, Henry Cawdwell, Robert Symson, William Freman and
‘Richard Musson.
Querndon.—John Symson, Tythingman there, sworn, presents that Maurice Berkeley (6d.), William
Chaveney (2d.), John Hokesley (ess.), William Geffrey (ess.), William Ferneham (ess.), Richard Hebbe
(ess.), Thomas Abell (comes), Agnes Gebson (2d.), William Palfreyman (2d.), Wiliam Peyntor (2d.),
William Staunton (8d.), William Barnard (comes), John Teillour (ess.), and Robert Farneham (comes),
owe Suit to this Court and some made default, therefore they are in mercy, etc.
And that Robert Mylnes and Henry Skatergood owe Suit, etc.
186 QUORNDON RECORDS.
They present that Henry Skatergood, John Pery, Agnes Gerson and Thomas Abell have not
sufficiently repaired their tenements as ordered at the last Court, therefore each forfeits 35. 4d.
They present that Robert Farnaham should mend and sufficiently repair the Mill of Quarndon before
the next Court, under a penalty of 1os., the lord finding the materials.
And that Robert Symson, miller (2@.) took toll excessively.
Woodhouse.—George Barnard and Jobn Pyllyng, Tythingmen there, present that Richard Davers (ess.),
Richard Baker (2d.), Christofer Teillour (2d.), Thomas Wood (ess.), Thomas Smyth (ess.), John Wryght
(ess.), William Fenton (2d.), Thomas Hokesley (2d.), Widow Foldes (comes), and Widow Twycrosse
owe suit to this Court and made default, therefore they are in mercy, etc.
And that William Hall, miller (2d.), took toll excessively.
And that the wife of John Pyllyng (2d.) is a common baker of human bread and sold loaves contrary
to the Assize, and the wife of John Coke (6d.) is a common baker and brewer and sold bread and ale
contrary to the Assize, and the wife of Thomas Asser is a common baker, and sold loaves contrary to
the Assize.
To this Court comes Nicholas Battersby and surrendered into the hands of the lord the King one
messuage in Woodhouse Eaves to the use and behoof of the said Nicholas, Christofer Wyldman and
Alexander Batarsby, who came and took the said messuage to hold for each life and the longest liver by the
accustomed rents and services, and gave for a Fine on Entry 3s. 4d., and did Fealty and were admitted Tenants
by the pledges of John Till and George Barnard.
The Jury present that William Barnard has a cottage in Quarndon out of repair, and he is ordered to
sufficiently repair the same before the feast of Pentecost next to come under a penalty of 6s. 8d.
The bailiff is ordered to deliver 4 pieces of Tymber to Robert Symson in order to repair the Mill of
Quarndon before the feast of Pentecost.
William Freman is ordered to have 1 piece of Tymber to repair his tenement. Also the bailiff is ordered
to assign to all Tenants great tymbers for the repair of their tenements that are ruinous for default of tymber
wherever necessary.
Affeerers: Robert Purse and Thomas Burbage.
Inquisition Post-mortem, 40-87. A.D. 1523. (Maurice Berkeley.)
Taken at Lutterworth before John Huband, escheator of the King for the County of Leycester, on the
goth day of October, 15 Henry VIII., 1523.
The Jury say on oath that Maurice Berkeley granted his manor of Wymondham and lands in Wymond-
ham, Thorp Edmer and Sprowston to Trustees (named) for the use and behoof of the said Maurice and his
lawful heirs.
Also 4 cottages, 20 acres of land and 20 of pasture in Melton Mowbray.
And 2 tenements, 1 cottage, 60 acres of land, 10 of pasture in Barrow-on-Soar.
And g acres of land and 20 acres of pasture in Querndon in the county of Leycester.
The premises in Barrowe and Querndon and the Mill in Barrowe were held of George Hastyngs, knight,
Lord Hastynges, by a service of 5s. and Suit of Court twice in the year, and were worth beyond outgoings
£8 sterling.
Maurice Berkeley died on the 30th of November A.D. 1522.
And John Barkeley was the son and next heir, and aged 2 years and more, and now in the custody of
John Hossey, knight.
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court of the lord the King held there on March the 22nd,
15 Henry VIII., A.D. 1524.
Essoin.—Richard Danvers is essoined by John Estwell.
The Inquisition.—John Estwell. Thomas Burbage. John Hokysley.
Robert Purse. Henry Caudwell. Thomas Assar.
William Staples. Richard Bruarn. Nicholas Battersby.
William Jeffrey. Thomas Freman. William Sauman.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 187
John Symson, the Tything-man of Quarndon, presents that Maurice Berkeley, knight, fined 6d., William
Farnaham, essoined, Robert Mylner, fined 2d., Ralph Hokysley, Richard Hebbe, William Chaveney,
fined 2d., and William Staunton of Prestwold, gent., owe Suit and Service to this Court and made default.
And that Robert Mylner took excessive toll, therefore he is in mercy.
Christofer Rawlynson, who held of the King 2 acres of arable land and one parcel of meadow called
Spencer Carre,” with the appurtenances in Quarnedon, has closed his last day, and Katrine is his daughter
and next heir.
The said Katrine came to the Court and took of the lord the said land to hold to herself and to her heirs,
according to the custom of the manor at the Will of the lord. She paid a Fine and was admitted tenant.
Beaumanor Court Rolls.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge of the noble lord Leonard Grey held there October 14th, 16 Henry VIII.,
A.D. 1524.
William Farnham essoined. Tithing-man.
William Farnham ordered to repair his ruinous tenement before the next Court, under a penalty
of 6s. 8d.
Robert Orlond is dismissed from the office of Constable for Quorndon, and Thomas Estwell is
elected and sworn.
William Barnard owes suit and fined 2d., and the heirs of Barkeley 4d., for not coming to this Court.
George Barnard dismissed from the office of Tything-man, and Thomas Assar elected.
To this Court came Christofer Wyllan, Richard Baker, Henry Bludder and William Baker, and
surrendered into the hands of the Lord a water mill in Mountsorell, late in the tenure of Charles Villers, to the
use and behoof of the said Christofer, Alice his wife, and Henry Bludder, who come and take the Mill, To have
and to hold to them and their assigns for lives and the longest liver, rendering annually toos. and the accustomed
suit of Court. And they give for a Fine on Entry 6s. 8d. They did fealty, and were admitted tenants thereof.
Beaumanor.—Court of Lord Leonard Grey held there March 2oth, A.D. 1525.
The Jury present that John Symson, who held of the Lord one cottage with a croft in Quarndon has
closed his last day. Robert Mylnes came then and took the said cottage and croft of the Lord, To hold
to him (Robert Mylnes) and his heirs according to the Custom of this Manor, at the Will of the Lord,
and he did fealty, and was admitted tenant thereof, and gave for a Fine on Entry 20d.
At the Court held at Beaumanor Oct. 14th, 1525.
William Farnham was essoined.
The Jury present that William Farnham has a ditch called “ Gardyke”’ stopped up, and he is
ordered to amend it before the next Court under a penalty of 12d.
Court of Requests, Bundle 5, No. 182. 17 Henry VIII., A.D. 1525.
Examination at Barowe-on-Sore in the county of Leycester Sept. 2oth, 1525.
Whereas there is a complaint by one Richard Dady of Melburne in the co. of Derby that Sir Thomas
Dady, preste, was late seised in demesne as of fee in certain lands and tenements in Quarndon, Barrow and
Sileby in the county of Leycester, and so seised, died, and at his death did call to him divers persons and
request them to cover up all such evidences and writings as concerned the same lands, saying he had a
brother’s son, one Richard Dady, son to his brother William, that if he come to this country was to have the
said lands and tenements, whereupon we called before us both the said Richard Dady, the complainant, and
also Rauf... . otherwise calling himself Symon Seymour and Rauf Bulkeley the defendants.
Depositions of the witnesses.
Robert Farnham, vicar of Sileby, sayeth that he heard Sir Thomas Dady say that his sister’s son should
be his heir as far as he knew.
Also one John Cave of Sileby about 70 years of age saith that at Birmincham Aston he asked the said
Sir Thomas Dady the year before his death who should be his heir. And he replied: His sister’s son as far
as he knew, except that one Richard Dady, if alive, that was an unthrifty boy that ran away from him 20
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188 QUORNDON RECORDS.
years ago, that was his brother William’s son of Loughborough. John Cave also said that one Thomas
Corfe came to Quarndon Grene and there set a potte with ale and bread and caused him and others to eat
and drink a year after the death of the said Sir Thomas Dady, to what intent he cannot tell.
Robert Purse of Quarndon said he had heard Robert Bette of Quarndon say that Sir Thomas Dady said
that the lad Richard Dady shall be my heir.
John Feyrbarne said Sir Thomas Dady desired him to be his ex’or and perform his last Will, saying he
had a kinsman one Richard Dady who should be his heir; John Feyrbarne buried Sir Thomas and paid the
funeral expenses out of the assets until the matter was taken out of his hands.
N.B.—The Daddy family was a very old one at Quorndon; Hugh Daddy occurs in a Leicester Assize Roll of 1284 concerning
premises in Barrow.
Richard Daddy seems to have won this suit, for in a Beaumanor Rental of 1541 we find that Robert Farnham of the Over Hall
paid a service of 2d. for one messuage lately bought of Richard Daddy. Perhaps the cryptic reference to Quorndon Grene suggests
that Sir Thomas Daddy owned one of the two old houses there, either ‘‘The Elms” or Mr. Facer’s old house.
Lay Subsidy, 133-117, Co. of Leicester. 16 Henry VIII., A.D. 1525.
Barrow-on-Soar. Querndon.
Assessment. Tax. Assessment. Tax
Ss.
John Estwell, in goods . 20 marks Wiliam Fernam, in goods. #10 , 5
John Gladwyne, in goods . #12 John Hall, in wages . . 265. 8d. 0
Alys Gladwyne, in goods . 20 marks
Elizabeth Perkin, in goods. £10
Hugh Heth, in wages » 208.
Alys Foldvs, in goods - £8
John Lane, in wages . 208.
Richard Peyke, in goods . #4
William Estwell, in goods. £4
William Warryn, in goods #3
William Randall, in goods £3
-...Cok,ingoods . . #3 ‘
John Marshall,in goods . #16.
Robert Judson, in goods . #10
Robert Ridar, in Jand . 208,
William Palfreyman, in goods £2
John Horetoppe, in goods. #3. .
John Sybsone, in goods . £2 ‘
John Pryce, in goods . «£2
John Hopley, in goods . #5
William Stabuls, junr.,in goods £5
Robert Teylear, in goods . £3
William Jeyferey, in goods £4
William Raufyn, in goods #5
Antoni Smauley, in goods. #2
Thomas Hegyn, in goods . #2
Elys Wamsley, in goods . £6
John Hubberde, in goods . £2
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Richard Pauke, in goods . £4 e 4 Thomas Kempe, in goods . £3 & ae.
Richard Perkin, in goods . #3 ne % William Stabuls,senr.,ingoods #10. . §
Henry Alin, in goods e 24 John Stapuls, in goods . £3 : I
William Munke, in goods. £2 William Ormeston, in goods #6 3
William Hall, in goods . #3 , Richard Chaveney, in goods £3 2 « 4
Thomas Arnolde, in goods. #2 ; Robert Fernam, in goods . #40 «. «+ 40
William Barnarde, in goods #40 - 40 Thomas Purse, in wages . £1 - 0
John Browne, in goods . £12 6 John Fernam,in wages . #1 0
William Byll,in goods . #3 ~ ew Henry Tomson, in wages . #1 « « 0
Richard Barnarde, in goods #5 . « @ James Mekalfe,in goods . #2 . I
John Rider, in goods . . #3 . . 1 Robert Purse, in goods . #10 . + §
Rodger Barnard, in goods. #4 a Richard Hebbe, in goods . #40 «. + 40
Leonard Constable, in wages 20s. °
Sum Total . #5 13 10 Sum Total . #6 5 §
N.B.—This is the first Lay Subsidy for Quorndon since 1332 which gives the names of the contributors as well as the amount of
the Assessments and the amounts of Tax paid by each individual. a
Respecting the Subsidy granted by Parliament to King Henry VIII. in the 15th year of his reign, we find an Indenture ma e
16th January, 1524, that Sir Richard Sacheverell, kt., Sir Thomas Pulteney, kt., Sir John Dygby, kt., Sir John Vyllers, kt., Sir Ler
Trussell, kt., William Assheby, William Brokesby, Thomas Harvy, William Dygby, John Fouler, Thomas Beamount, Thomas Kebyll,
QUORNDON RECORDS. 189
‘Thomas Entwysell, Thomas Waldram and others were the Commissioners assigned for assessing and levying the first payment of the
Subsidy in the County of Leicester, payable at February 2nd next following. The total sum due from the Hundred of Goscote amounted
to £384 12s. §d., whereof the said Commissioners have deputed William Roberds of Tokeby, Rauff Whalley of Whitwyk and John
Baynbryg of Assheby-de-la-Zouch to be Hygh Collectors.
On May 8th, 1525, Sir Richard Sacheverell and Sir John Dygby, knights, and other Commissioners collected certain sums in
anticipation of a Subsidy from the same Hundred of Goscote, of which a list of the contributors is given in Lay Subsidy 133/123.
Robert Farnham gave 40s., William Barnard 4os., and Richard Hebbe qos.
Inquisition Post-mortem, 45-81. 19th October, A.D. 1526. (Joan Aston.)
Taken at Bosseworth before Reginald Dygby, Esq., escheator of the King in the county of Leicester, by
virtue of a Writ of the King of “ diem clausit extremum ” after the death of Joan Aston, widow.
And on the oaths of Robert Langham, Robert Farnham, James Burton, Antony Aston, Thomas
Whyghtman, Thomas Hall, Roger Wilmer, Richard Hebbe, Richard Salisbury, William Henton, Thomas
Swynfeld and others, Jurors, who say on oath that a Fine was levied on the morrow of the feast of the Purifica-
tion of the blessed Mary in the King’s Court at Westminster in the 17th year of King Henry VIII. (1526).
Between Joan Aston, widow, one of the kinswomen and heirs of Thomas Welsshe, Esq., plaintiff, and
Thomas Pulteney. knight, and Anne his wife, another of the kinswomen and heirs of the same Thomas
Welsshe, Esq., defendants, of the manor of Onleppe.
And Joan, thus seised, by her charter dated 22nd August (1526), 18 Henry VIII., gave the manor to
Robert Brudenell, knight, chief Justice of the Bench, Thomas Hasylryg, Esq., Edward Littelton, Esq.,
Thomas Brudenell, Esg., Thomas Entwysell, Esq., Thomas Kymersley, Esq., Matthew Knyghtley, clerk,
Anthony Brudenell, gent., Richard Littelton, gent., John Kymersley, gent., Robert Patchett, clerk, Richard
Langley, gent., John Edwards and John Aleyn to the use of the said Joan and her heirs and assigns.
The manor of Onlep was held of William Turvyle, knight, by the service of one Knight’s Fee, and was
worth £30 yearly.
Joan Aston died 6th September, 1526.
And Edward Aston is the son and next heir of Joan and 30 years old.
N.B.—Curtis’s Leicestershire, p, 181, under Wanlip, ‘In 1493 Helen Walsh brought Wanlip in marriage to Henry Lyttleton,
whose daughter brought it in marriage to John Aston. In 1630 Sir Walter Aston sold it to William Palmer.”
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds at Leicester. June 18th, A.D. 1526.
Know present and to come that I, Alice Saunder, widow, late the wife of Thomas Saunder of Querndon,
have given, granted and by this my present Charter have confirmed to Robert Mylnes of Querndon one
tenement and 14 acres of land and meadow in the Town and Fields of Querndon.
Which tenements are situated between the land of the lord (or lady) of Beamount on the West and the
land of Thomas Fernham on the East.
To have and to hold all the said tenement and 14 acres to the said Robert Mylnes, his heirs and assigns
for ever. To be held of the Chief lord of the Fee by the right and accustomed services.
And I the said Alice and my heirs will warrant and defend the said premises to Robert Mylnes and his
heirs against all men for ever.
Know also that I have given peaceful possession of the premises to Robert Mylnes.
In witness of which to this my present Charter I have affixed my seal with these witnesses: Robert Purs,
John Purs his son, William Stapull, Robert Symson, John Bradwall, with many others.
Given at Querndon the 18th day of June, in the 18th year of the reign of King Henry VIII.
N.B.—Robert Mylnes transferred this property to Sir Walter Smyth, kt., of Shyrford, Co. Warwick, April 26th, 1548, by a Charter
among these papers.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Hilary, 21 Henry VIII., A.D. 1530.
Between William Faunte and John Harwar, gent., plaintiffs, and John Gladwyn, gent., defendant, of
3 Messuages, 1 cottage, 300 acres of land, 100 acres of meadow, 60 acres of pasture and twenty acres of wood
in Mountsorell, Barrowe-on-Sore and Quarne.
John Gladwyn acknowledged the premises to be the right of William Faunte and his heirs for ever.
And for this acknowledgement William Faunte and John Harwar gave to John Gladwyn £80 sterling.
190 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Exchequer Inquisition Post-mortem, File 11383. A.D. 1529. (Richard Appleby.)
Taken at Leycester 25th September, 21 Henry VIII., A.D. 1529.
Richard Appulby died seised of one third part of the manor of Atterton and premises (Specified) in
Wykerley and Stretton, a cottage, etc., in Okethorpe, etc.
On the 7th August, 18 Henry VIII. (1526), by the name of Richard Appulby of Appulby in performance
of an Agreement made with Thomas Curson of Croxhale, co. Derby, for a marriage between George Appulby,
son and heir apparent of Richard, with Joyce the daughter of Thomas Curson, he Richard Appulby made a
Settlement of the above premises on George and his issue.
The Jury also say that long before his death Richard Appulby was seised of the manors of Great and Little
Appulby and 2 mess., 93 virgates of land and 12 acres of pasture in Appleby, and 4 mess., 1 cott., 7 virgates
of land, 40 acres of wood and one water mill in Overseale, and a messuage, 3 virgates of land in Netherseale,
and a messuage, 2 tofts and 11 virgates of land in Donasthorpe.
By his Charter, dated 2oth June, 19 Henry VIII. (1527), he granted the above to Edward Aston, esq.,
William the brother of the said Thomas Curson, Robert Fernham, Thomas Langham and Thomas Eyton,
gents., to the use of Richard Appleby and his heirs and for performing his last Will.
I wyll that Humfry my younger son have a messuage and lands in Donasthorpe to the clear yearly value of £4 for term of his life,
the reversion to go to George Appleby my eldest son.
My wife Elisabeth to enjoy my house at Great Appleby until my heir be 21 years old.
Richard Appulby died the 3rd day of January, A.D. 1529.
And George Appulby is the son and next heir, and aged 14 years and upwards.
N.B.—Richard Appleby of Appleby married Elisabeth Langham of Gopsal, the daughter of Robert Langham, lord of the manor of
Gopsal. In Appleby Magna Church there is a monument to Richard Appleby in armour and his wife Elizabeth (Langham) by his side,
the arms of Appleby and Langham over their respective heads. Nichols says (vol. iv., p. 442) that George Appleby (born in 1513) was
slain at Musselburgh field in 1547, while Joyce (Curzon) his widow was burnt for her religion in 1557.
The family of Appleby had been seated at Appleby in the twelfth century.
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumanor.—Court of the noble lord Leonard Grey, held there October 5th, 21 Henry VIII., A.D. 1530.
To this Court came Thomas Caldewell and took of the Lord one messuage in Woodthorpe at the
Will of the Lord, according to the Custom of the Manor; he paid a fine and was admitted.
John Bruerne came and took a messuage in Woodthorpe to the use of the said John, Cecily his wife
and Ralph their son, and paid a Fine on Entry of Ios.
John Bruerne came and took of the Lord a cottage in Woodthorpe to the use of the said John,
and John Bruerne and James Bruerne his sons, and gave 3s. 4d. Fine on Entry, and was admitted tenant.
William Fernam came and took a toft of the Lord, abutting on “ Morehedge,” late William
Ormeston’s, to the use of the said William Farnham, Dorothy his wife and John Farnham their son, and
gave for a Fine on Entry 8d.
William Barnard came and took of the Lord one close and one virgate of land in Barowe, to the use
of the said William, and William and Anne his children, and gave a Fine on Entry of 8s. 4d.
Christofer Wyllan came and took of the Lord a water Mill in Mountsorell, late in the tenure of the
same Christofer, to the use of the same Christofer, Joan his wife and... ., and gave for a Fine on Entry
6s. 8d.
Robert Purse came and took of the Lord one messuage in Querndon, to the use of the said Robert,
and John and Robert Purse his sons, and gave for a Fine on Entry Ios.
Thomas Seyvel came and took of the Lord a cottage in Quernedon, late in the tenure of John
Huchinson, to the use of the said Thomas, Margaret his wife and John Seyvel their son, and gave for 4
Fine on Entry 6s. 8d. ;
The same Thomas Seyvel took a cottage in Querndon, to the use of the said Thomas, and Richard
and John his sons, and gave for a Fine on Entry 4s.
Richard Hebbe came to this Court and took of the Lord a cottage in Querndon and 7
to the use of the said Richard, Agnes his wife and William their son, and gave fora Fine on Entry 35- 4d.
butts of land,
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To the same Court came Richard Hebbe and took of the Lord 8 acres and 3 roods of arable Jand
with 3 acres of meadow in the fields of Querndon, to the use of the said Richard, Agnes his wife and
Thomas their son, and gave for a Fine on Entry 3s. 4d.
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumanor.—Court with the View of Frankpledge of the noble lord Leonard Grey, held there on Monday
the 1oth of March, A.D. 1531.
Essoins —Thomas Sawell essoined by Henry Hunt.
John Byrd by Robert Orlond.
Thomas a’Wode by Christofer Willan.
John Bretfeld by William Staples.
Thomas Cawdwell by Richard Bruarn.
Thomas Marshall by Richard Hebbe.
Robert Benett by Will Asser.
Jobn a’feld by John Laurence.
The Inquisition.— Robert Purse. Thomas Estwell. John Sybson.
William Randall. Richard Bruern. Robert Orlond.
William Fernham. William Staples. William Jeffrey.
Robert Staples. John Bruern. Thomas Freman.
Thomas Asser. John Hubbad.
Suit of Court.—The Jury say that William Fernham, gent., Thomas Abell, Richard Chaveney, John Wyncle,
Richard Pancake and the heirs of Burton owe suit to this Court and made default, therefore they are in mercy.
They say that the Abbot of Leycester has not sufficiently repaired the house of John Wyncle as
ordered at the Jast Court under a penalty of tos. Therefore he has forfeited the penalty, 10s.
They say that Robert Orlond (4d.), Thomas Estwell (4d.), Thomas Cley (4d.), and Thomas Hurst
(4d.) are common trespassers and carried off logs from the woods of the Lord without leave, therefore
they are in mercy as appears over their heads.
At the Court held October 29th, 1531, Robert Farnham is ordered to repair the water-mill in Quorndon.
Ellis Wamesley of Quarne. Wills at Leicester. Will dated August 29th, 1531.
I make my executors Johanne Wamsley my wyffe and Symond Wamesley, and I make Mr. Robert Farneham overseer of this my
last Will and Testament.
The residue of my goods and chattels I give to my wyffe for the helth of my soul, by the advice of my aforesaid overseer.
Witnesses: Sir Henry Wetton, Sir Roger Purs, preste, William Loo, Thomas Tomson and others.
William Ellis of Quarndon. Will dated January 19th, 1535.
To John my son cattle, etc.
My daughters Isbell, Jone and Agnes.
Also I will that a bushell of wheat and a bushell of malt be made in “ bred and ale” and be spent amongst my neighbours in the
Church at my burying.
The residue of my goods I give to Amyce my wife, whom I make my full executor of this my last Will, to pay my debts and
discharge my bequests, with the discretion of Mr. Robert Warneham (sic) (? Farneham), which I make my Overseer of my Will, and he
to have for his paynes 2 capons.
Witnesses: Christopher Gambol, William ...., Roger Peyk and others.
Inventory of the goods of Willyam Ellis made April 21st, 1540, praised by the discretion of Robert Purse, William Staples, Wyllyam
Rafyn and James Wallys.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Trinity, 24 Henry VIII., A.D. 1532.
This is the final agreement, made in the Court of the lord the King at Westminster on the morrow of
St. John the Baptist in the 24th year of the reign of King Henry VIII.
Between Robert Farnham, Roger Purs, clerk, and Richard Barnard, plaintiffs, and William Geffery and
Alice his wife, defendants, of three messuages, two tofts, 100 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow and 40 acres
of pasture with the appurtenances in Quarndon, Barogh and Sylby.
Whereupon a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the same Court, that is to say, that the
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aforesaid William and Alice have acknowledged the aforesaid tenements to be the right of the said Robert
Farnham, and these they have remised and quitclaimed for the said William and Alice and their heirs to the
aforesaid Robert, Roger and Richard and the heirs of the said Robert Farnham for ever. And moreover the
said William and Alice have granted for themselves and the heirs of the said Alice that they will warrant the
aforesaid tenements to the aforesaid Robert, Roger and Richard and the heirs of the said Robert Farnham
against all men for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, etc., the same Robert, Roger and Richard gave to the aforesaid William.
and Alice £40 sterling.
N.B.—In 1525 William Jeyferey was assessed at £4 in goods to the Lay Subsidy of that year. From the above warranty against the:
heirs of Alice, the wife of William Geffrey, it would seem that the property was derived through her.
Will of Sir Roger Pur of Quarndon. Leicester Wills. A.D. 1533.
In the name of God, Amen, the 5th day of July in the yere of Our Lord God 1533.
I, Sir Roger Pur of Quarndon, mak my last Will thus forth.
Ferste I bequeth my soul to Allmighty God and to our lady Saint Marie and to all the saints in Heaven and my body to be buried.
in the Church yard of Quarndon.
Also I bequeth to the Church of Lincoln 12d.
Also I will that Elisabeth my dawghter shall have a pott and a pane; and Francis Farnham a candelstick, and Ame (? Anne).
Farnham his sister a puter plater, and to Robard Skakloke all my shep, hens, coks, chekyns, geese and pegs.
Also I will that Sir Harry Wettens shall have my best gown and Margery Skakloke my second gown.
Also I will that Mr. Robard Farnham and Sir Harry Wetton shall be my executors, to whom I give all my other goods to dispose:
as shall be thought good by them.
With these witnesses: Robert Farnham, Robert Symson, William Rollysley and Margaret Shaklok, with others,
N.B.—Sir Roger Pur, or more probably “ Purse,” was I think the curate of Woodhouse at this time.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds at Leicester. A.D. 1534. (Lease from the Abbey of Leicester to
William Barnard.)
This Indenture made May 7th in the 26th year of the reign of Our Sovereign lord King Henry the
Eighth.
Between the reverend Father in God, John, Abbot of the Monastery of Our Lady in the medows of
Leycester and the Convent of the same place of the one partie, and William Barnard of Barrow in the county
of Leycester of the other partie, witnesseth that the said Abbot and Convent of one Assent and Consent have
demysed, granted and to farm let and by these presents do grant, demise and to farmie let to the said William
Barnard and to his assigns,
A messuage in Barrow aforesaid which is the Site of the Parsonage with two cottages in the same town
and one cottage in Quarendon next to the tythe barn and other two cottages with the appurtenances, the one
in the holding of Thomas Hyggyn and the other in the holding of Thomas Tomson.
And also a messuage with the appurtenances in Quarendon aforesaid now in the tenure of John Staples,
with a close in the tenure of William Staples, and a tenement in Wodehouse with the appurtenances, late in
the holding of William Marschall, and a close called “ Garett Hey ” and a close in the Forest of Charnwood
called “The Oldfeld”” with all the wood and underwood within the same close, samplers always excepted, from
time to time.
Also the aforesaid Abbot and Convent by these presents demyseth, granteth and letteth to farme to the
said William and to his assigns all their tithes of corn and hay in the parish of Barrow aforesaid, and their
tithes of wool and lambs, mortuaries, orysons, kydds, geese, pigs, hemp, flax and wax honey, and the tythe of
Barrow mill, Quarendon mill, Mountsorell mill, Beaumanor mill, tythe fish, tythe lime, swans, flags, rushes
with all their other tythe as well of pasture as of closes within the aforesaid parish of Barrow, also all their
privy tythes at Easter within the same parish, with all other tythes and offerings within the said parish
belonging to the said Monastery. sa
To have and to hold all the premises with all and singular their appurtenances to the said William
Barnard and to his assigns from the feast of the Annunciation of Our Lady last past before the date
of these presents unto the end and term of fourscore years, and one year next and immediately ensuing and
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following the date hereof and fully to be complete and ended, yielding and paying for the same yearly unto the
said Abbot and Convent and to their successors £41 45. of good and lawful money of England at two times
in the year by even portions during all the aforesaid term, that is to say, at the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula
£20 12s., and at the feast of the Purification of Our Lady £20 125., that is to say, for the tythe of Barrow
£8; for the tythe of Quarendon #8; for the tythes of Wodhouse and Beaumanor £3 6s. 8d.; for the
tenement, messuage and cottages in Wodhouse and Barrow with Garrett Hey #7 35. 4d.; for the close
called Oldfeld and for the wood in the same £3 Ios.; for the privy tythes at Easter £3; for the cottage,
tenement and close in Quarendon, £4 4s.; for the tythes of Wool, lambs, mortuaries, with the other tythes
aforesaid 40s. ; and for the tythe of certain corn and hay in Mountsorell belonging to the said Monastery 405.
And the said Abbot and Convent covenanteth by these presents that he the said William, whether he
dwell in Barrowe or Wodhouse, during his life, and after his departing this world to his assigns dwelling in the
Parsonage of Barowe or Wodhouse, shall take underwood when need shall require for “ Hedbote” in Garet
hay and likewise to shred for “ Fyrebote” to his and their own use, only not to cut down nor to hed or stove
any trees that have not been hedded aforetime.
And the said William covenanteth for him and his assigns to maintain and keep sufficiently the reparacion
of all the premises at his or their own proper cost during the said term except “ Great Timbers, Sclates and
Sclating,” and at the end of the same to leave them sufficiently maintained. Also the said William granteth
by these presents that he and his assigns shall] sufficiently maintain and repair at his and their own proper cost
the Chancel in Barowe in all main things belonging to the charges of the said Monastery during the said term.
And the said Abbot and Convent granteth by these presents that he the said William and his assigns
shall have the gift of the Vicarage of Barowe aforesaid the second time next after the date hereof that it shall
fortune the same to void, and shall nominate and present for that time only any able person whom he shall
think convenient for the same.
And the said William granteth to give yerely during the said term to the Convent one fatt wether or
3s. 4d. at Michaelmas to make them a pittance.
In witness whereof ye parties abovesaid to this Indenture interchangeably have set their seles the day and
yere abovesaid.
Inquisition Post-mortem, 58-45. 14 Sept., 28 Henry VIII, A.D. 1536. (Robert Hasylrygge.)
Before John Beaumont, Esq., escheator of the King for the county of Leicester, and on the oaths of
George Asshby, Esq., John Turvell, Esq., James Curson, gent., Robert Fornham, gent., Robert Baresbie,
gent., Antony Hercourt, gent., Richard Everatt, gent., Edward Balard, gent., William Pochyn, gent., John
Seyvell, gent., Seth Lowy, gent., Willian Chambers, gent., Robert Vyncent, gent., Richard Temple, gent.,
John Bowyer, gent., William Croft, gent., Thomas Banaster and William Dansey, gent., who say that
Robert Hasilrigge, long before he died, was seised in demesne as of fee in I messuage, 2 cottages, 15
acres of land, 7 roods of meadow and 20 acres of pasture in Hathern ;
One inessuage, 55 acres of land, 7 of meadow, 4o of pasture in Whatton,
One cottage in Turlyngton, one cottage in Thurmaston,
Thus seised, by a Charter dated 26 Jan., 1534, he enfeoffed Richard Sacheverell, knight, Henry
Sacheverell, knight, George Fynderne, Esq., John Port, jun., geut., Thomas Babyngton, gent., Francis
Leyche, gent., William Stok, gent., Nicholas Stok, gent., Henry Ayaswurth, Edward Edmundson, William
Milnegate and Richard Curson to the use of Robert Hasilrigge and his heirs and for the purpose of carrying
out his last Will.
In the year of Our Lord God 1534, the 26th January, I Robert Hasilrigge of Donyngton parke in the county of Leicester, Esquire,.
wyll that I be buried in the parish Church of Donyngton in the quire of the North Syde by Eleanor my wiff.
I give to my son Hugh's wiffe Joan Hasilrigge, daughter of Thomas Harvy, £10 yearly from land in Hathern, Tyrlyngton, Whatton
and Thurcaston for term of life as jointure.
And I wyll that Hugh my son during his life keep an obit for me and my wiffe from the land in Hathern to the value of 17s. yearly,
giving to the Vycar 8d., and every other being at the said Obit 4d., the Parish Clerk 2d., and Clerks 1od., the Ringers 4d., with 13 poor
folks 13d., the Churchwardens each 2d., and any residue of the 17s. to the Churchwardens to use for Vestiments.
Robert Hasilrigge died 26th March, 1536, and Hugh Hasilrigge is his son and next heir and aged
28 years.
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The premises in Hathern are held of the King by rent of 6d. The premises in Whatton are held of John
Savage and worth 46s. 6d. The house in Thurcaston is held of Katherine, late wife of Antony Babyngton, as
of her manor of Thurcaston.
(Signed) George Assheby. Robt. Farnham. James Burton.
Inquisition Post-mortem, 59-32, 24th July, 29 Henry VIII., A.D. 1537. (Thomas Burton).
Taken at Leycester before Richard Archer, escheator to the King in the county of Leycester, and a Jury,
who say
That Thomas Burton died seised of a messuage in Belgrave Gate in Leycester ;
And 2 messuages, 3 crofts and one cottage in the Town of Mountsorell between the land of the earl of
Oxford on the North and the land of the late Maurice Berkeley, knight, on the South; and 34 acres of land
and meadow in the fields of Mountsorell and Rotheley, r4 acres in Mountsorell, and 20 acres the residue of
the 34 acres in the Fields of Rotheley.
Also 24 acres of land and meadow in Rotheley and Mountsorell, late in the tenure of John Doveton, ete.
Thomas Burton long before his death took to wife a certain Mabel who is still alive and by his Will he
left his wife Mabel the property for the term of her life.
The messuage in Leycester was held of the King as of his honour of Leycester by fealty and a rent
of 74d. and was worth 13s. 4d.
The lands in Mountsorell were held of Thomas lord Barkeley, deceased, by fealty and an annual rent
of tos.
The premises in Rotheley were held of the Prior of Saint John of Jerusalem in England by fealty and a
rent of 6s. 54d.
Thomas Burton died the 19th day of September, 1536.
And John Burton, the son of John Burton, son of John Burton, elder brother of the said Thomas Burton,
is the kinsman and next heir, and was 1g years of age at the day of the date of this Inquisition.
State Papers, Vol. 125, page 90. Henry VIII, A.D. 1537-8, (Letter from John Beaumont to Cromwell,
Lord Privy Seal.) ,
My duty unto your right honourable lordship lowly remembered, may it please your good lordship to be
advertised that where it was declared unto me that Wyllyam Barnard of Barrowe-upon-Soore in the county of
Leycester should say that the King’s Majesty would suppress all the houses of Religion which be beyond the
Trent, except one, after which declaration to me made I did examine such persons as were present at such time
the said words were supposed to be spoken, the depositions of which persons confirming the said words I have
sent your lordship herein enclosed in writing, signed as well with my hand as with the hands of such other
credible persons as were present and heard the said depositions, ascertaining your honorable lordship further
that I delivered unto your lordship in writing above 12 months ago depositions confirming the seditious words
of Thomas Syson, late Abbot of Garadon, which words he traitorously published unto one John Bowar, gent.,
and to divers others, the effect of which words were these: he affirmed and said that the King our soveraign
lord, whom God preserve, should be expelled out of this his Realm, and in his Return again be slain, and
because the publishing of such traitorous false imaginations have of late encouraged divers perverse persons
against the laws of God, their allegiance and duties to attempt Rebellion against our soveraign lord the King’s
Majesty, that maketh me so bold to reduce the said matter oft sooner unto your noble remembrance, beseeching
to have knowledge of your pleasure in the said matters which I shall according to my duty to my power
accomplish effectually, And thus Our Lord send your Right honourable lordship good health and increase of
honour, for which I shall daily as I am bound during life pray unto God, from Leicester the first day of October.
By your old true servant,
(Signed) John Beamount.
Endorsed : “To the Right honourable and my most especial good Lord my Lord Privy Seale be this
delivered.”
N.B.—John Beaumont acquired a bad reputation in his dealings with the dissolution of religious houses in Leicestershire, al
in respect of Gracedieu; he was, however, appointed Master of the Rolls in 1550. He abused his position in the grossest manner, an
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after he had been in office about two years he was deprived of his office and sentenced to forfeit all his lands and goods to the King.
Accordingly a Fine was levied on the morrow of Trinity, 6 Edward VI. (1552), between the lord the King, plaintiff, and John Beaumont,
Esq., defendant, of the manors of Gracedieu, Thringston, Osgathorp, Thurkeston, Belton, Isle Walton, and Bredon, the Rectories of
Wygeston, Enderby, Thurneby, Bushby, Horninghold and Donington, and 1000 messuages, 1000 tofts, 4o dovehouses, 10,000 acres of
land, 6000 of meadow, 10,000 of pasture, 6000 of wood, 12,000 of furze and heath and £500 rent in Gracedieu, Thringston, Thurkeston,
Osgathorpe, Burton, Islewalton, Bredon, Wigeston, Enderby, Thurnby, Horninghold, Donington, and many other places in the county of
Leicester. This Fine is taken from the Inquisition post-mortem of Francis, Earl of Huntingdon, whose connection Elizabeth Hastings
had been married to John Beaumont, and if correct, John Beaumont seems to have peculated to a huge extent. He is supposed to have
died shortly after his disgrace, but in Thomas Farnham’s Will of 1562 he bequeaths his ambling bay nag to his uncle John Beaumont. Of
course there may have been two John Beaumonts, but I cannot find another in the Beaumont Pedigree at the right date for this bequest,
and the supposed decease may have been convenient under the circumstances,
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, No. 60-148. 30 Henry VIII., A.D. 1538. (Katrine Babyngton.)
This Inquisition taken at Leycester on September 12th, 1538.
Before George Sherard, escheator of the lord the King in the county of Leycester, and on the oaths of
Thomas Langham, Esquire, William Pochyn, gent., Robert Whatton, gent., and others,
Who say on oath that a certain Thomas Cotton, Esquire, was seised of the Manor of Thurcaston and
of 25 messuages, 1000 acres of land, 300 of meadow, 100 acres of pasture and 300 acres of wood in Thur-
caston, Kayme and Mapulwell, which land he settled to Trustees (Richard Coton, gent., and Roger Ferrers of
Walton, gent.) for the use of the said Thomas and his wife Katrine for term of life and the longer liver,
remainder to right heirs of Thomas Cotton.
Thomas Cotton died, and Katrine outlived him and held the premises for her Jife in accordance with the
said Trust, after whose death the premises descended to certain Matilda Fitzherbert, Alinor Venables (wife
of William Venables), Katrine Gravenour (wife of Richard Gravenour) and Isabel Bradborn, the sisters and
heirs of Thomas Cotton. A partition was made of Thomas Cotton’s lands in counties Staffs, Chester and
Leicester, September 20th, 20 Henry VIII., and Richard and Katrine Gravenour received the premises in
Thurcaston as their share of the inheritance, and Katrine is aged 50 years and more.
The manor of Thurcaston was held of the King as of his honour of Leicester, parcel of the Duchy of
Lancaster, by fealty, and worth yearly £24.
Three hundred acres of wood in Mapulwell were held of Henry, Marquis of Dorset, by fealty and a rent
of 175.
And they further say that Katrine Babyngton died on October 26th last past.
N.B.—Presumably Mrs. Katrine Cotton married Mr. Babyngton after the death of Thomas Cotton, but the Inquisition does not
state the fact anywhere.
Wills at Leicester, Joan a’Walmesley. January 30th, 1539.
My body to be buried in the Church yard of Saint Bartholomew for Quarndon, at ye yard there as my husband lyes.
First, I bequeath to the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar for Quarndon 6s. 8d.
Item, to ye Sacrament for Barrow Church 3s. 4d.
Item, to ye Prest Bryg 3s. 4d.
Item, To ye Chapel of Saint Jhone for Mountsorell 12d.
Item, To Symon Wameslee my son’s son 5 marks, etc.
Item, To my son Symon a bagg, a peyre of Beds, a sword and a byle, a mattress, a bed-hyllyng, a bolster, a pillowe and 3 peyre of
Shettys, a great brass Potte, a Pane ye biggest, a Keytell ye biggest and a sylver spoone.
Item, To ye Chappell in Quarnedon a Dyapar Towell; To the same Chapell my best Kerchief to make a Corporas of.
To my doghter Jeyse a sylver spoone, a fether-bed, a bolster and a bed-hyllyng, 3 fatts and 2 leyds.
To Mare my doghter’s doghter a sylver spoone.
To Annes a’Wamesley my sonne’s doghter a Kowe and a peyre of Shettys, 3s. 4d., a mattress and a pillowe.
To Richard Chaveney my sonne’s son my mare great with foal, and if it be a horse-foal or mare-foal I wyll that Edward Chaveney
ye sonne of Richard Chaveney shall have it.
To Edward Chaveney my sonne’s son 2 shepe.
To Alice and Jone my sonne’s doghters, to either of them 2 lands of Rye, and to the same children other 4 lands of barley.
To Cecily Gregore my servant a new Brass Potte and a peyre of Shettys and 3 yards of fine white.... To ye blind woman
of Rothley a Petichot. To Sir William Shewyn, curate, 2s.
To Sir Rychard Smayles, he to sing a moneth, 2 lbs. of wax.
Rychard Chaveney and Symon a’Wamesley to be my executors, and Christofer Tompson to be Supervisor, and to have for
heir pains 12d. a
Witnesses : Sir Wyllyam Shevyn, curate, Chrystofer Tompson and others.
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Inventorie of Joan Wamysley of Quarndon within the diocese of Lincoln of all her goods praised by Robert Purs of Quarndon,
Robert Symson, John Monk and John Tayller, all of the same place, 5th day of February, 1539.
Stuff in the Hall.
3 brass Potts, every pott 20d. . 4 i . 5S. a Great Pane . : : . , . : 6s.
abrass Pott . = g i j ‘i 38. 2 brass panes, each Pane 2s. . . F ‘ 4s.
abrass Pott . : 3 ; é : . 2s. 8d. a lytell brass Pott . : 3 ‘ br tg 6d.
a lytell brass Pott . 7 : : i : 12d, etc.
In the Kitchen.
6 platters of pewter . , ‘ F ‘ 5s. 3 small dishes of pewter . 5 : ; ‘ 4d.
6 dishes of pewter . : : ‘ - ‘ 2s. 3 Fatts . : . : - i ‘ 3.
a bason of pewter . ‘ : F F 4d. etc.
In the Parlor.
A Coffer, price F j 16d. 2 Coffers . . ‘ i : je 5 2s.
A fether-bed, bolster, cillow, a ‘ped. hylyng " 12s. A Bord Cloth of Gamer - . é ; 12d,
13 pairs of Sheets. i ‘ - 16s. 4 Towells . : d ‘ . ; ‘ 8d.
2 Bord Cloths . F ; . t . . 12d. A pair of woollen Cloths 3 ‘ _ : 6s.
A Diaper Coat : F 7 s - : 6d. etc.
4 yards of woollen cloth . é 3 é . 2s. 6d.
In the Outer Parlor.
3 mattrices : p ‘ é 4 5s. 2pairof Sheets. - és . H.-G 4s.
a Covering of a bed. . 5 : ‘ . 2s, 8d. 2 Coverlettes . ; i ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ 3s.
2 bolsters and 4 pillows . 5 . 5 é 20d. Bedsteade ‘ ; : ; , ; 12d,
a Presse . : . F i : : : 2d. Two Forms . : : : ; ae 1d,
etc.
The Total: £14 16s. 1d.
K.R. Accounts, 549-15, Musters. Henry VIII., about 1540.
The heading runs thus:
“ The Certificate of Views and Musters within the Hundred of Goscote in the county of Leicester, with
the names of the men able to serve the King’s grace in his wars, with all the harness in the said Hundred,
taken by Francis Hastings, lord Hastings, Sir John Villers and Sir Henry Pole, knights, William Ashby,
John Beaumont and Thomas Grey, Esquires, Commissioners of Our Sovereign lord the King for to take Views
and Musters within the said county of Leicester, and to the said Hundred of Goscote appointed.”
Quarndon.
Richard Chaveney, Robert Calton,
. Godfrey Bosse, William Ellis,
Reginald Johnson, Thomas Samson, Oliver Brandon,
Robert Pretchett, Robert Farnam, William Prys.
William Herth, / Archers. Robert Baker, Billmen. William Hebbe, Billmen.
Richard Weston, John Tayler, Arthur Heselwood,
Henry Lamley, John Purse, William Farnham, gent.,
Thomas Hubberd, Edward Handy,
Thomas Tomson,
This Town hath harness for one billman, besides Mr. Robert Farnam, who hath two harness for self,
besides William Farnham and William Hebbe and Oliver Brandon, who have harness for themselves.
Woodthorpe.
Thomas Cawdwell, Ralph Burbage, Richard Briarn, Roberte Stabull, John Burbage, William Robynson.
These are all Byllmen.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 197
Barogh-on-Sore.
Thomas Estwell, John Hassard, Robert Burton,
Thomas Beby, William Barnard, Thomas Allett,
John Bylle, John Kyrke, John Gambull,
William Stabul, Richard Barnard, William Voye,
John Gladwyn, Archers. Thomas Colman, William Yleson,
William Barnarde, Richard Messon, Byllmen. Richard Garlande, Byllmen.
John Gladwyn, Robert Wylde, Henry Robynson,
John Clement, John Marshall, Thomas Judson,
Robert Burbage, Peter Dockytt, Robert Wright,
John Loufe,
Thomas Edlyngton,
This Town hath harnes for 2 Archers and 2 Byllmen; besides John Hassard and Wyllym (Barnard),
whiche hath harnes for themselves.
Henry Whitt,
Woodhouse.
Geoffrey Grefeyn, William Stamon, Nicholas Bryde,
William Marshall, Jobn Bale, Jacob Ryg, Byllmen.
John Laurence, Archers. Henry Kynder, ) Byllmen. William Haxley,
Henry Proxtall,
Roger Edwardson,
Roger Squire,
This Town hath harnes for one Archer.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court of the noble lord Leonard Grey, held there on March the rath,
31 Henry VIII., A.D. 1540.
The Jury.—Robert Purse.
Robert Stables.
William Hebbe.
Th. Caudwell.
Ralph Burbage.
John Folds.
Thomas Freman.
John Folds.
Geoffrey Grifith.
John Huggyn. Thomas Hebbe.
Robert Purse. John Barnes.
John Patchet, Frankpledge there, presents that John Segrave, The Heirs of Staunton, Thomas
Smyth, William Grene, Thomas Draper, Thomas Caudwell in right of his wife, and William Fernham
owe Suit to this Court and made default, therefore they are in mercy.
Henry Folds (4d.) made an assault on James Blande (7d.).
Henry Folds (4d.) made an assault on Henry Marshall.
Robert Baker, Frankpledge of Querndon, presents that Mabell Barnes (2d.) is a common brewer of
Ale and sold contrary to the Assize, therefore she is in mercy.
Barrow Court Rolls.
Barrow-on-Soar.—View of Frankpledge, together with Court Baron of George, earl of Huntingdon, held
there on the 27th day of October in the 31st year of the reign of King Henry VIII., A.D. 1540.
The Inquisition. —John Estwell. William Randell. William Hebb.
Ric. Barnard. Will. Waren. Robert Purse.
John Gladdwyn, jun. John Ryder. Will. Staples.
John Byll.
Robert Ormeston.
Henry Kynder.
Richard Chaveney.
William Staples of Barrow.
Ralph Wormyngeham.
Roger Squyer.
Willoughby.— William Orchard and Henry Barton, frankpledges there, sworn, present that William Moncke
Owes suit to this Court and has made default, therefore he is in mercy.
Wodhowse.—George Barnard and Richard Higgenson, frankpledges there, sworn, present that they give to
the lord for a common Fine at this day as. 6d.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
They present that Richard Gravenour, Esq. (4d.), Humphrey Babyngton, Esq. (4d.), Robert Farn-
ham, Robert Staples, William Hokesle and Edward Rygg (ess.) owe suit to this Court and have made
default, therefore they are in mercy.
Also they present that the wife of Robert Burde (2d.), the wife of William Harres (2d.), the wife of
John Bradburst (2d.) and Margaret Sneth (2d.) are common brewers of Ale and have broke the Assize,
therefore they are in mercy.
Also that John Henshawe (4d.) and Richard Wright (4d.) together made an affray against the
peace, therefore they are in mercy.
Also that Elisabeth Milner (2d.) is a common brewer of Ale and has broken the Assize, therefore
she is in mercy.
Quarndon.—Robert Symson and John Tayllour, frankpledges there, sworn, present that they give to the lord
for a common Fine at this day 2s. 6d.
Also they present that Alice Geffrey, Richard Weston (essoined), Robert Glacy, Robert Staples
(essoined) of Quarn, John Abbott (2d.), John Bratfield (8d.) and John Staples of Rothley owe suit to
this Court and have made default, therefore they are in mercy.
Also they present that John Fowler (6d.) of Loughborough, John Parker of Rothley, Thomas
Jerrard (4d.) of Mountsorell are common bakers of human bread and have broken the Assize, therefore
they are in mercy.
Also they present that the wife (2d.) of Oliver Brandern, the wife (2d.) of William Ellis, the wife
(2d.) of Thomas Squyer, the wife (2d.) of William Staples the elder, and Alice Fernham (2d.) are common
brewers of Ale there and have broken the Assize, therefore they are in mercy.
Also they present that a young hog presented at the last View is not yet ringed.
Also they present that William Hasky (4d.) and John Moring (2d.), the servant of William Hebb,
made an affray together against the peace, therefore they are in mercy.
Barrowe-on-Soar.—William Barnard and Roger Peek, frankpledges there, sworn, present that they give to
the Jord for a common Fine at this day 5s.
Also they present that Ralph Marshall (2d.), Ralph Mason (8d.), the Prior of Launde (4d.), Wil-
liam Seygrave (2d.), William Wiggeston, Esq. (essoined), George Brett (2d.) and John Luffe (essoined)
owe suit to this Court and have made default, therefore they are in mercy.
Thev present Robert Burbage (essoined) for the same.
Also that the wife (4d.) of William Staples, the wite (4d.) of William Clemenson, the wife (2d.) of
Henry Alen, the wife (2d.) of Stephen Reek, the wife (2d.) of Roger Peek, are common brewers of Ale
there and have broken the Assize, therefore they are in mercy.
Also they present that John Parker (4d.) of Rotheley, Thomas Jerrard (4d.) of Mountsorell are
common bakers of human bread and have broken the Assize, therefore they are in mercy.
Also that William Waren (2d.) is a miller there and took excessive toll, therefore he is in mercy.
Also that John Luffe (8d.) broke the Common Pound and took thence one pig without leave, there-
fore he is in mercy.
Also that Robert Wylde (8d.) made an affray on John Estwell against the peace, and John
Marshall (4d.) the younger made an affray on William Dickenson against the peace, therefore they are in
mercy.
And that John Gladwyn (4d.) the elder made an affray on Robert Burton against the peace, and
Robert Burton (4d.) made an affray on John Gladwyn, and James Mold (2d.) and John Englishe (2d.)
made an affray on John Clemens against the peace.
Manor of Beaumanor, Rental. 32 Henry VIII., A.D. 1541.
Bewmanor.—The Rental there renewed on the 26th day of Maie in ye 32nd year of the reign of our most
drede sovereign lord King Henry VIII.
The Holders in Quorndon.—William Farnham holdeth freely one messuage, one cottage and two crofts, with
their lands and meadows, and paieth by the year 26s. 8d.
William Raven, Chantry Priest there, for divers lands and tenements by the year 25.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 199
Robert Fernham holdeth one messuage with the appurtenances, lately bought of Richard Dadde, and
paieth by the year 2d.
The heirs of the lord Barkeley holdeth freely one close.
Richard Chaveney holdeth freely divers lands and tenements there, and paieth by the year 19d.
Robert Ferneham for the mylne by the year rad.
William Farnham, a cottage house, and paieth by the year 14d.
Quorndon Customary Tenants.—William Stables holds one messuage, one garden, one orchard, one croft,
49 acres of arable Jand and one common called “The More ” containing 15 roods, late in the tenure of
Richard Stables, and pays by the year 31s.
John Barnes holdeth by Copy one cottage, one garden, one croft and a little garden, and pays by the
year 45. 23d.
Thomas Hebbe holdeth by Copy one cottage, one garden, one croft and 2 acres of land, and pays
45. 3d.
William Ball holds one cottage, one garden, one croft, and pays 16d.
Robert Stables holds one cottage, one garden, one croft containing one acre, and pays 3s. 8d.
Robert Baker holdeth one cottage, one garden, one orchard, and one croft containing one acre, late
in the tenure of Thomas Sawell, and pays by the year 7s.
Thomas Hydes holds at Will one cottage and one little croft and pays by the year 4s.
Thomas Abell now Hygegyn holds at Will of the lord one cottage and one little croft and pays by
the vear 4s.
John Hubbard holds one little perche of land and pays by the year 5d.
William Barnarde holds by copie one cottage, one garden and one crofte, and pays by the year 35. 84d.
William Freman holds by copie one cottage, one orchard, one croft and 3 acres of land, and pays 7s. 5d.
William Hebbe holds by copie one cottage, one orchard and 7 Lees called ‘‘ Gambyll Pytte,”’ and
pays by the year 3s. todd.
Agnes Hebbe holds by copie 8 acres and 3 roods of arable land and 3 acres of meadow, and pays by
the year 5s.
Robert Purse holds by copie one messuage, one garden, one croft and one orchard, with 25 acres
of Jand arable; that is to say, eleven acres of land in Southe Feld, eleven acres of land in Morefeld, and
in West Feld three acres of land; 3 roods of meadow in Barrowe Holme, one perche of meadow
called “‘ Cossicker,” with one acre of land and a half acre of meadow in divers pieces, and pays 25s. 5d.
Robert Fernham for the Mylne dam by the year 12d.
William Fernbam holds a cottage house there and pays 16d.
Mountsorell.—John Hogekynson holds 3 water milnes under one roof, late in the tenure of Edward Yate, and
payeth yearly roos.
Richard Cadewallader holds a certain close called Vicary Partie”’ and pays by the year 33s. 4d.
Barrowe.—Francis Kybble, esquire, holdeth in Barrowe certain lands and tenements and payeth by the year 4s.
John Estwell of Barrowe holdeth certain lands and tenements and payeth by the year 2s.
Copyholders in Barrowe.—William Barnard holds one close containing .... acres and 2 yard Jands in the
town and fields of Barrowe, late in the tenure of Thomas Newton by copy, and pays by the year 28s.
The same William holds one barne, a garden and a croft and one yard land containing by estimation
144 acres of arable land and.... acres of meadow lying in the towne of Barrowe, and pays by the year 15s.
Wodethorpe.—The heirs of Wyllyam Staunton hold there a messuage with appurtenances and pay by the
year 35. 4d.
Rafe Smythe holds one messuage there and pays by the year 12d.
The heirs of Burton .... hold certain lands there and pay by the year 12d.
For the Chief Rent going out of Sherle Thorpe and paid by the lords of Loughborough by the
year 3s. 114d.
Clement Smythe for certain lands and tenements there by the year 2s.
Frisby-upon-Wreke.—John Seygrave holds certain lands and tenements in Frysby-on-Wreke, with a
messuage near them, and pays yearly 25.
200 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Omitted from the Barrowe Free Tenants.—The heirs of William Lowell hold lands and tenements and
pay 12d.
Lay Subsidy, Leicester, 1383-134, A.D. 1542.
This Indenture made 22nd June, 34 Henry VIII.
Between Henry lord Marquis of Dorset and Francis Lord Hastings, Commissioners appointed by the
King’s Majesty for his Grace’s loan of the one party,
And George Vyncent, esq., Collector appointed by the said Lords of the other party.
Hundred of Goscott.
John Vyllers, knight, £20; Francis Sherley, esq., £20; William Ashby, esq., £13 65. 8d.; John
Beaumont, esq., £13 6s. 8d.; Roberte Ferneham, gent., £10; Humfry Babington, gent., £10; Clement
Charde, gent. £5; William Barnard of Barrowe, £5; Robert Aisheby, #5; Thomas Skevington of
Skevington, esq., £13 6s. 8d.; Robert Bambridge of Hemyngton, £6 13s. 4d.; William Fawnte, gent.,
£6 13s. 4d., and 14 others.
Wills at Leicester. William Hebbe of Quarnedon. A.D. 1542,
My body to be buried within ye Chapel of Saint Bartholomew for Quarnedon, To the mother Church of Lincoln 4d.
To the Chappell of Quarnedon a quarter of malt.
To Wyllyam my son all my lands, also £6 13s. 4d.
To Richard my son £6 13s. 4d. To Robart my son £6 13s. 4d.
To Annes my daughter £6 13s. 4d. To Jesse my daughter £6 13s, 4d.
Thomas Hebbe to have a nagge.
Isabel my wife and Wyllyam my son to be my executors, and Mr. Robert Farnham to be the Overseer of this my Will.
My goods to my executors to dispose of for the wealth of my soul as they shall think best. My Overseer to have 3s. 4d. for
his pains.
Witnesses : Wyllyam Shevyn, curate, John Wartofte, John Hubbard, John Munke and Wyllyam Freman.
Inventory taken by Richard Chaveney of Quarnedon, Robert Purs of the same, Robert Stapuls and Robert Symson of the same,
June 12th, 1542.
In the Hall.
A folding Board, 2s.; a form, an Ambree, 2s.; a Hanging, 2 cushions and a little printed cloth, 22d.; a Chair, a short form,
3 stools, 6d.; a Lattyn bason, 5 candlesticks and a chafing dish, 2s. ;
17 platters, 12 porringers, 10 small dishes, 5 sawcers of pewter, 12s.; two dozen of trenchers, 2d.; three salt cellars of tin, a pair of
tongs and a fire shovel, a sword, a dagger and a buckler, 2s.
In the Chamber.
6 pair of flaxen sheets and 2 pair of hardyn sheets, 16s.
2 dubletts, 2 pair of hose, a cap and a hatt, 20s.
2 mattresses, 2 pillows, 2 coverletts, 1 blankitt and the bed hangings, 8s. 4d.
In the Parlor.
A bedstead, a mattress, a blanket, 3 coverlets and the bed hanging, 6s. 8d.
A trendall bed, a coverlet, a blanket and a bolster, 20d.
5 Coffers, 5s.; 5 bord cloths, 4 towels and 10 napkins, 6s. 8d.
In the Kitchin.
5 brass potts and § Panes, 24s.; a kettle, skimmer and ladle, 16d.; three Spits, 2 pair of covers, 2 pots, etc., 5s.
Malt and Peas, 53s. 4d.; 3 ladders, 2s.; Wood in yard and Hovell, 20s.; 3 silver spoons, 6s. 8d.; a pair of chairs, 2d. ; ae
rakes, 18d.; 3 harrows, 2 ploughs, 3s. 4d.; a Wain, 16s.; 6 yokes, 2 teams, 4s. 4d.; 4 Oxen, £4; 8 Kyne, 44; 16 Beasts si
7 beasts, £13; 18 young beasts, £7 4s. od.; 10 yearlings, 40s ; 4 Horses, 28s.; 4 Mares, 18s.; 84 acres of Wheat at 4s. an acre, 45
9 acres of barley at 3s. an acre, 27s.; 7 acres of Oats at 20d. an acre, 12s, 8d.; 10 acres of peas, 23s. 4d.
The Sum Total of Goods in the Inventory: £53 4s. od.
F i f
N.B.-—Richard Hebbe appears in the Lay Subsidy of 1525, being assessed at £40. This Inventory is probably a good specimen ©
the belongings of a well-to-do yeoman of King Henry VIII.’s reign.
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Inquisition Post-mortem, Vol. 66-28. 27th November, 34 Henry VIII., A.D. 1542.
The Jury say that Ralph Marshall died seised of 2 messuages and 2 virgates of land in Barrow-on-Soar
held of the earl of Huntingdon, but by what service the Jury are unaware, and they are worth 7s.
He also held 2 cottages in Rothley of the Prior of Saint John of Jerusalem in England by socage, as
of the manor of Rothley Soke, worth 7s.
Ralph died on the roth day of May last, and Thomas Marshall is the son and next heir and aged
16 years.
Patent Roll, p. 9, m. 28, Westminster. 4th July, 35 Henry VIII, A.D. 1543.
Grant to Henry, Marquis of Dorset, in fee (in consideration of the manor of Marston and the advowson
of Marston Rectory, Sussex, and a moiety of the manor of Hartindon alias Hartington, Beds, with lands
called Parke Medowes in Marston and all his possessions in Marston and Hartington and for £14 135. 4d.)
of the manor of Beaumanor, co. Leicester, parcel of the possessions late of Viscount Beaumont, and in the
King’s hands by the attainder of Francis, late Lord Lovell, with all its appurtenances in Beaumanor,
Woodhouse, Woodthorp, Quarendon, Barrowe-upon-Sore and Mountsorrell, co. Leicester,
Barrow Court Rolls.
Barrow-on-Soar.— View of Frankpledge with the great Court of George, Earl of Huntingdon, held there on
October roth in the 34th year of the reign of Henry VIII. by the grace of God of England, France and
Ireland, King, defender of the faith, and on earth of the English and Irish church the Supreme Head,
A.D. 1543.
Essoin.—Thomas Bokeley.
The Inquisition.—Richard Barnard. William Ellys. Richard Meisham.
William Waren. Robert Hebb. Clement Smith.
John Ryder. William Ravyn. Edward Ryge.
John Marshall. William Barnard, jun. John Mouke.
John Rigg. Roger Peeck.
Willoughby.—William Orchard and Henry Garton, frankpledges there, and they did not appear at this day,
but they are not in mercy because they have no summons.
Frankpledges of Wodhouse.—William Hokysley and Thomas Glover, the frankpledges there, sworn, present
' that they give to the lord for a Common Fine at this day 3s.
Item, they present that Humphrey Babyngton, Esq. (2d.), and Richard Gravenour, Esq. (2d.), are
Free Tenants and owe suit to this Court, and they made default.
Item, they present that William Squyer and Richard Sweyn owe suit to this Court and made default,
but are essoined.
Item, they present John Tayllour (2d.) for the like.
Item, they present that Elizabeth Milner (2d.) and the wife of Richard Burde (2d.) are common
brewers of Ale there and broke the Assize.
Item, they present the wife of Robert Squyer (2d.) is a common baker of human bread and broke the
Assize, therefore she is in mercy.
Item, they present that a certain sheep called “a rame,” presented at the last Court, is now dead.
Item, they present that John Boydell of Mountsorell did not make his part of the Forest Ring
Hedge as was ordered him at the last Court by a day assigned, therefore he has forfeited the pain
at 3s. 4d.
Frankpledges of Quarndon.—Robert Symson and John Tayllour, frankpledges there, sworn, present that they
give to the lord for a common Fine at this day 2s. 6d.
Item, they present that Robert Purse (essoined), Richard Chaveney (essoined), Robert Ormeston
(ess.), William Staples the elder (essoined), Lawrence Monke (essoined), and William Staples the
younger (fined 2d.), owe suit to this Court and made default, therefore they are in mercy.
Item, they present Edward Handy for the like (essoined). °
202,
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Item, they present William Spycer for the like (essoined).
Item, they present that Alice Fernham, Joan Staples, William Ellys and the wife of Thomas Squyer
are common brewers of Ale there and broke the Assize (fined 2d. each).
Item, they present that John Fowler and John Parker are common bakers of human bread and broke
the Assize, therefore they are in mercy (fined 2d. cach).
Item, they present that a certain ewe called “a hogg,” presented at the last Court, is now forfeited
to the Jord, and is valued at 12d. And it remains in the custody of the bailiff.
Item, they present that there is one sheep called “ a wedder hogg” coming within this lordship as an
estray, and now it is forfeited to the lord as an estray, of the worth of 8d. And it remains in the custody
of William Staples the vounger.
Frankpledges of Barrowe.—William Randell and John Byll, frankpledges there, sworn, present that they give
to the lord for a common Fine at this day 5s.
Item, they present that Francis Kebeell, Esq., the heir of Ralph Marshall, William Seygrave,
William Wiggeston, Esq., George Brett, gent., and William Monke are Free Tenants and owe suit to
this Court, and they made default, therefore they are in mercy (fined 2d. each).
Item, they present that William Staples (essoined) owes suit to this Court and made default.
Item, they present that the wife of William Barnard, Alice Clemenson, the wife of John Gladwyn
the elder, the wife of William Staples, the wife of Stephen Reek, the wife of Thomas Alen, and the wife
of William Iveson are common brewers of Ale, and broke the Assize, therefore they are in mercy
(fined 2d. each).
Item, thev present that Thomas Jerrard of Mountsorell and John Parker of Rotheley are common
bakers of human bread, and broke the Assize, therefore they are in mercy (fined 4d. each).
Item, they present that the wife of Thomas Norton, because she is a common brewer of ale there and
broke the Assize, is fined 2d.
Item, they present that William Warren (2d.) is a common miller there and took toll excessively,
therefore he is in mercy.
Item, they present that a certain ram presented at the last Court is now appraised by Hugh Kyrke.
Item, they present that certain sheep presented in the last Court are now appraised, etc.
Item, they present that one filly of a bay colour coming within this lordship is astray, and she was
seised at the feast of St. Michael the Archangel last past, and remains in the custody of the bailiff.
Item, they present that two ewes with two small lambs and one other sheep called a barren ewe,
presented in the last Court, are now forfeited to the lord, and they are appraised at 4s.
Item, they present that two ewes presented in the last Court are not yet kept for a year.
Willian) Lowe of Querndon complains against Robert Hebb of Woodhouse in a plea of trespass.
Querndon.—Item they present that Edward Handy, John Brodewall, Robert Baker, kept “Le Byherdes ”
within the sown fields, against the pain presented in the last Court, therefore each of them has forfeited
the pain at 12d.
Item, they present William Lowe for the like, fine 12d.
‘Constable of Barrow.—John Marshall is elected to the office of Constable there for this year, and sworn.
Constable of Querndon.— William Ellys is elected to the office of Constable there for this year, and sworn.
Verdict of the Jury.—Who say on oath that the officers aforesaid have well and truly presented and made no
concealments.
And further they present that a certain Ralph Marshall, gent., who held of the lord freely one
messuage, one cottage and one virgate of land with the appurtenances in Barrowe aforesaid, since the last
Court has closed his last day. Rendering to the lord by the year 4d. and Suit of Court, but by what
other services the Jurors aforesaid are altogether ignorant. And that a certain [Thomas] Marshall is his
son and next heir, and is of the age of 16 years and more, etc.
Item, they present that Robert Barton did not make his part of the boundaries there and of the
Common Pound, therefore he is in mercy and fined 4d.
Item, they present that John Luffe (fine 4d.) is a common eavesdropper under his neighbour
in the night, therefore he is in mercy,
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Item, they present that the said John Luffe (fine 8d.) broke the Common Pound there and took his
sheep out of it without licence, therefore he is in mercy.
Item, they present that the said John Luffe (fine 2s.) mowed the Furrows of his neighbours without
licence, therefore he is in mercy.
Item, they present that John Marshall (fine 4d.) tied his oxen in the South Field contrary to the pain
presented in the Jast Court.
Item, they present that Elizabeth Perkyns tied mares with foals within the sown fields contrary to
the pain presented in the last Court, therefore she has forfeited the pain at 12d.
Item, they present that John Luffe kept undertenants in his house contrary to the pain presented in
the last Court, therefore he has forfeited the pain at 3s. 4d.
Item, the pain is put on all the lord’s tenants to do all the repairs of their buildings in roofing and
walling before the feast of Easter next to come, under pain of each of them being delinquent, 35. 4d.
Item, they present that Richard Meysham (fine 4d.) and Robert Perkins (fine 4d.) made an affray
together against the peace.
Item, they present that Richard Meisham (4d.) broke the common Pound there and took out of it his
cattle without licence. Therefore he is in mercy.
Querndon.—Item, they present that Thomas Squyer (4d.) is a common trespasser within the peafields with his
pigs, therefore he is in mercy.
Item, they present that Thomas Humberston (2d.) is a common trespasser with his cattle, therefore
he is in mercy.
Item, they present that a certain William Hebb who held of the Jord freely two messuages in Quern-
don closed his last day since the last Court, rendering to the lord by the year 6d. and Suit of Court, but
by what other services the jurors are ignorant. And that a certain William Hebb is his son and next
heir, and is of the age of 12 years and more and is now in the custody of the bailiff of the lord.
Woodhouse.—Item, the pain is put on John Somerfield to sufficiently make a certain gate and his ditch, which
are a nuisance, lying between the Rushee Field and Turyile Leez, sufficiently before the feast of Saint
Martin in the winter next to come, under pain of 3s. 4d.
Item, the pain is put on Robert Fernham, gentleman, to sufficiently amend and make his hedge
which is a nuisance, between Rushee Field and Turvile Leez before the feast aforesaid, under pain
of 35. 4d.
Item, they present the pain is put on William Barnard to make a certain bridge and a common way
at Garrett Hey sufficiently before Christmas, under pain of 3s. 4d.
Item, it is ordained that all the inhabitants there make and amend the hedges and ditches and the
Forest Fence sufficiently each man for his part, before the feast of the Purification of the blessed Mary the
Virgin next to come, under pain of each of them being delinquent, 12d.
Item, the pain is put on John Boydell of Mountsorell to sufficiently amend his hedge of Hunger Hill
hedge before the feast aforesaid, under pain of 6s. 8d.
Item, it is ordained that all the inhabitants there from henceforth keep their pigs ringed, under pain
of each pig 4d.
Item, they present that Robert Brett (12d.) cut down and carried away divers underwood in the lord’s
wood without licence, therefore he is in mercy.
Item, they present that John Boydell (4d.) of Mountsorell cut down and carried away divers roots
within the lord’s woods without licence, therefore he is in mercy.
The Steward’s expenses: 6s.
Richard Barnard,
Aes} Wii Ravyn, faworn
John Ryge,
Exchequer Inquisition Post-mortem, File 1148. 1544. (George, Earl of Huntingdon.)
Taken at Boseworth on the 16th of June, 36 Henry VIII., A.D. 1544. Before George Vyncent, esq.,
Escheator of the King, and a Jury, who say on oath that George, late Earl of Huntingdon, was seised in
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demesne as of fee of the manors of Ashby-de-la-Zouche, Bagworth, Barrow, Long Whatton, Kyrby, Braunston,
Evyngton, Wystow, Newton Harcourt, and Kylby in co. Leycester, and 200 messuages, 5000 acres of land,
1000 of meadow, 4000 of pasture, 1000 of wood, 10,000 of furze and heath, and £20 of rent in Asby-de-la-
Zouche, etc., etc.
By a Deed dated 18th March, 29 Henry VIII., the Earl granted his manors, lands, ete., in co. Leycester,
to Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, Henry, Lord Mountague, her son and heir apparent, and Francis, now
Earl of Huntingdon, in Trust to pay his debts of £9466 45. 2d., and these satisfied, the lands were settled on
Francis, now Ear] of Huntingdon, and his issue in tail male.
The manor of Barrow and the other premises in Barrow, Quarndon, Woodhowse and Mounstrell were
held of the lord the King, as of the fee of Chester, by fealty only, and were worth, beyond outgoings,
£66 tos. od.
George, Earl of Huntingdon, died at Westminster, co. Middlesex, on March 24th last past.
And Francis, now Earl of Huntingdon, is his son and next heir and aged 30 years and more.
Beaumanor, with its Members in co. Leycester. A.D. 1544.
Survey of the same taken by Robert Burdett, Esq., Peter Ithell, Clement Charde and Robert Wyeth,
gents., general surveyors of the noble Lord Henry, Marquis of Dorset, Lord Ferrers of Groobi, Harrington,
Bonvyle and Asteley, the 28th day of July in the 36th year of the reign of Henry VIII., D.G., King of
England, etc.
Querndon.—William Staples holds by Copy bearing date 6th October 1528, of the grant of Lord Leonard
Greye, I messuage, with a garden and orchard containing $ an acre, 1 close called Stulpe lane Close con-
taining one acre of pasture, 51 acres of arable land, namely, in the South Field 14 acres with Le Lees, in
the North Field 20 acres and Le Lees, and in the West Field 17 acres and Le Lees,
And 14 acres, 1 rood and a half of meadow, namely, in the South Field 5 acres, in the North Field
7 acres £4 roods, in Pulton Broke 1 acre and a half, and Common in the Forest of Charnwode.
— Rent per annum 31s.
By a Fine of 6s. 8d. granted to the same William and John his son living, and Elisabeth the
: wife of William, deceased.
Robert Staples holds by Copy dated gth October 1531, of the grant of Lord Leonard Greye,
I cottage with orchard adjoining containing 1 rood, 1 close called “ Le close at Chaveney’s lane ende”
containing 3 roods and 1 rood selion to the same close adjoining, and Common of pasture in the forest of
Charnwode, and renders yearly 4s. 8d. and common Fine at Beaumanor td.
By a Fine of 4s. 8d. granted to the same Robert and Margaret his wife and Thomas their son
living.
Robert Purse holds by Copy dated 5th October 1529, of the grant of Lord Leonard Greye, 1 messuage
with garden and orchard adjoining containing 1 acre, 31 acres and 1 rood of arable land, namely, in the
South Field 11 acres, in the West Field 4 acres and 1 rood, in the North Field 16 acres with le Lees,
3 acres and 1 rood of meadow in Barrow holme, 2 roods of meadow in Utterholme, 24 roods of meadow
in Greenholme, 4 a rood of meadow in Brodemedowe, $ a rood of meadow in Welsyke, 3 half roods of
meadow in Pulton broke, 14 acres in Kossikkles, 3 half roods in Barbreg and one plot of land with
William Farnham and 4 half roods of meadow in Small medowe and Common of pasture in the Forest of
Charnwode, and renders 255. 6d. and common Fine at Loughborough 24d.
By a Fine of 10s. granted to the same Robert, John and Robert his sons, living. -
Robert Farnham holds without Copy a piece of land called “Le little Milne dam” containing ont
acre, and renders yearly 12d.
Thomas Hebbe holds by Copy dated 14th October 1539, of the grant of lord Leonard Greye, one
cottage with orchard adjoining containing one rood of land; two acres of arable land in le Northfelde and
one marsh called “ Spencer Carr’? containing two acres in le Westfelde and Common of pasture 1n the
Forest of Charnwode, and renders yearly 4s. 3d. and common Fine at Beaumanor 1d.
By a Fine granted to the same Thomas, Joan his wife, and Geoffrey their son, living.
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William Farnham holds by Copy dated 5th October 1529, of the grant of lord Leonard Greye, one
toft or close of pasture containing half an acre, and six selions of land arable extending to More lane
hedge containing two acres, and common of Pasture in the Forest of Charnwode, and renders yearly 16d.,
namely, 8d. for the close and 8d. for the six selions.
By a Fine of 8d. granted to the same William, Dorothee his wife and John their son, living.
John Freman holds there by Copy dated 7th October 1530, one messuage with garden, one croft
containing half an acre of pasture; half a virgate of land containing three acres of arable, namely, one
acre in Southfield, two acres in Morefelde and half an acre in Westfelde; two and a half acres of medow,
namely, five roods in Polton broke, five roods in small medowes; two acres three roods selions, namely,
three in le Morefeld, two and a half acres and three roods in Utterholme and Common of pasture in the
Forest of Charnwode. Rent 7s. 6d. and 2$d. common Fine at Loughboro,
By a Fine of 25. to the same John, Mabil his wife and Agnes.
Robert Baker holds by Copy dated gth October 1531, one cottage, one garden with one croft
containing half an acre of pasture and common of pasture in the Forest of Charnwode, and renders
yearly 7s. Fine at Barrowe 1d.
By a Fine of 6s. 8d. to the same Robert, Elisabeth his wife and Francis.
Thomas Freman holds by Copy dated 6th October 1528, one cottage, one garden with a little croft
containing half an acre and common of pasture in the Forest of Charnwode, and renders yearly 16d. and
a Fine of 1d. at Beaumanor.
By a Fine of 3s. 4d. granted to the same Thomas, Margaret and Alice their daughter. Granted
to William Ball and Alice bis wife and William their son by a Fine of 5s. (a later insertion).
Agnes Hebbe, widow, holds by copy of Court Roll bearing date 12th October 1512, of the grant of
the lord the King, eight acres, three roods of arable land in the common fields there, with three acres of
meadow in the same field, late in the tenure of John Haukyn, and common of pasture in the Forest of
Charnwode, and renders yearly 5s.
By a fine of 6s. granted to herself and Thomas her son and Richard Hebbe, deceased.
Agnes Hebbe, widow, holds there by Copy dated 15th April 1511, of the grant of the lord the King,
one cottage and seven butts of land to the same cottage pertaining in a place called ‘ Gamullpitte,”? and
common of pasture in the forest of Charnwode, and renders yearly 3s. 1o}d.
By a Fine of 5s. granted as above.
John Hubbard holds by Copy dated 5th October 1529, half an acre of land lying in a field there
called “ Le Northfeld” by the graveyard, late in the tenure of Katrine Rawlynson, namely, from the
King’s highway as far as the graveyard there, and renders yearly 5d.
By a Fine of 8d. granted to the same John, Agnes and Thomas their son.
Thomas Hide holds at the Will of the lord, a cottage and a garden and orchard together, containing
half a rood of land, by a rent of 4s.
John Higgyn holds at the Will of the Lord, a cottage, garden and orchard lying together, containing
half an acre of land, and renders yearly 4s.
William Barnard of Barrow holds by Copy dated ..... (not filled in).
Free Tenants in Querndon.—William Farnham, for a messuage, a cottage and half a cottage there renders
Homage, Suit of Court, Fealty and 26s. yearly.
Robert Farnham, for a messuage there in which he now inhabits, A Rose garlond at the feast of
St. John Baptist, three buds in the same and one brode arrow head.
N.B.—The Over hall.
The same Robert, for a messuage lately Richard Daddee, renders Homage and Suit of Court and a
rent of ad. yearly.
Richard Chaveney holds freely there and renders 19d.
The Chantry in Querne, for land in the same township belonging to the same Chantry, 25,
William Segrave holds freely in Frisbye-on-Wreke one tenement in which Thomas Bysshopp now
dwells, by Knight’s service and a rent of 2s. for his share.
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Free Tenant in Woodhouse.—Of the earl of Huntingdon, for a tenement and certain lands in Woodhouse
Eves in which Clement Snethe dwells, yearly as.
Barrowe, membra de Beaumanor.—William Barnard holds there by Copy dated 5th October 1529, of the
grant of lord Leonard Greye, one close there containing six acres of pasture, late in the tenure of John
Gladwyn and one virgate of land in the common fields containing 14 acres, to wit, in Foxhillfield five
acres, in Strangcliffelde five acres, in Brokefelde four and a half acres, one rood of meadow in Wedder
medowe and another rood called a “Swath” in the same meadow, in Lamcroft two roods of meadow.
two roods of meadow in Ryecrofte, one selion in Lymepithole and common of pasture in the forest of
Charnwode, and renders 14s. yearly and to the Fine at Loughborough 24d.
By a Fine of 8s. 4d. granted to the same William and Anna his daughter, living, and William
his son, deceased.
The same William holds by Copy dated 25th September 1521, of the grant of the lord the King,
one messuage with a croft adjoining containing one and a half acres of pasture, and one virgate of land
containing ..... acres of arable, namely, three acres in Foxhyllfeld and three roods in the same, three and
a half acres in Strankcliffe, three acres and three roods in Brokefelde, one rood of meadow in le
Weddermedow, one rood called a Swath in Je “ Swathee,’’ one rood in Akerland, two roods of meadow in
le Lamcrofte, one and a half roods of meadow in Ryecrofte and Common of pasture in the forest of
Charnwode, and renders yearly 15s. and Suit of Court, and 2d. to the Fine at Loughborough.
By a Fine of 4s. granted to Alice the daughter of William, still living, and Joan the wife of
William, and William his son, deceased.
The same William holds in right of Isabel his daughter by Copy dated 21st March 1530, of the
grant of the lord the King, two virgates of land containing thirty acres of arable land, namely, ten
acres in Lamcroftfelde, ten acres in Strangclyffeld, ten acres in Brokefelde and two roods of meadow in
le Akerlands; in le Weddermedowe two roods of meadow, three roods of meadow in Lamcroft, five roods
of meadow in le Rycroft, and one selion at Walton Cunyngre and Common of pasture in the forest of
Charnwode, and renders 28s. and common Fine at Loughborough 5d.
By a Fine of 6s. 8d. granted to the said Isabel, still living, and Joan the wife of the said William,
and William his son, deceased.
Robert Wyld holds, at the Will of the lord, one virgate of land containing fifteen acres and a half of
arable Jand, namely, three and a half acres in Lamcroftefelde, five acres in Brokefelde, four acres in
Barlehillfelde, in Southfelde two and a half acres, one acre selion in Bradecrofte, half an acre of meadow
in le Swathes, and renders yearly 8s.
Free Tenants there. Barowe.—John Estwell of Barrowe holds freely a tenement and certain land there and
pays vearly 2s.
The heirs of William Lowell hold there a tenement and certain Jand and render yearly 12d.
Barrow Court Rolls.
Barrow-on-Soar.—View of Frankpledge with the Great Court of Francis, earl of Huntingdon, held there on
the 16th day of October, A.D. 1545.
Essoin.—Thomas Rawlyns.
The Inquisition.—
Richard Barnard, William Raffyn, Richard Meisham,
Robert Wylde, eth. Robert Staples, oie: Robert Judson, bewom,
John Byll, Ralph Wermychelam, Robert Pursse,
John Ryder, John Monke, Thomas Glover,
Edward Rygg, fev
James Bankes,
Woodhouse.— William Hokysley and Clement Smith, frankpledges there, sworn, present that they give to the
lord for a Common Fine at this day 25.
Item, they present that Thomas Babyngton (4d.) and Richard Gravenour, Esq. (essoined), are Free
Tenants and owe Suit to this Court and they made default.
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Item, they present that Nicholas Greene (essoined) and Robert Hebb (essoined) owe suit to this
Court and made default, therefore they are in mercy.
Item, they present that the wife of Roger Squyer (8d.) is a common baker of human bread, and she
brewed Ale there and broke the Assize, therefore she is in mercy.
Item, they present that Margery Rawlyn (2d.) brewed Ale there and broke the Assize, therefore in mercy.
Item, they present that a certain foal of a dun colour presented in the last Court is now appraised.
William Heith and John Smith are essoined.
Item, they present that the wife of Clement Smith (2d.) ‘is a Common brewer of Ale there, and
broke the Assize.
Quarndon.—John Tayllour and Robert Ormeston, frankpledges there, sworn, present that they give to the
lord for a Common Fine at this day 2s. 6d.
Item, they present that William Fernham (essoined), gentleman, Katherine Spycer, widow, William
Orme, Henry Lamles, William Bradshawe and Agnes Hebb owe Suit to this Court and made default,
therefore they are in mercy. They are essoined.
Item, they present that the wife of Roger Peek (2d.), the wife of William Ellys (6d.), the wife of
Richard Ellys (2d.), the servant of William Farnham (2d.), are common brewers of Ale there, and broke
the Assize.
Item, they present that John Fowler (8d.) of Loughborough, Thomas Gerrard (8d.) of Mountsorell,
Jobu Parker (7d.) of Rothelev, are common bakers of human bread and broke the Assize, therefore they
are in mercy.
Item, they present that a certain horse of a white colour presented in the last Court is now appraised
by William Kettell of Loughborough.
Item, they present that William Barton keeps undertenants in his house against the pain in the last
Court, therefore he has forfeited the pain at 6d.
‘Woodhouse.—Item, the pain is put on all the inhabitants there, that from henceforth they keep their pigs
ringed under pain of each of them offending, 4d.
Item, the pain is put on all the inhabitants there, that from henceforth none break the hedges of
their neighbours under pain each of them offending, 4d. as often as they shall be so taken.
Willoughby.—William Orchard, frankpledge there, did not come at this day to exercise his office, but he is
not in mercy because he has not a summons, and that John Willoughby, knight, gives to the lord for
Suit of Court to be done yearly, as.
Barrowe-on-Sore.—William Waren and William Randall, frankpledges there, sworn, present that they give to
the lord for a Common Fine at this day, 55.
Item, they present that Francis Kebeel (4d.), esquire, William Seygrave (4d.), George Brett (4d.),
William Monke (4d.), William Wiggeston (4d.), esquire, Bartholomew Brokesby (4d.), the heirs of Ralph
Marshall (4d.), the heirs of Ralph Gresley (2d.), are Free Tenants and owe Suit to this Court and they
made default, therefore they are in mercy.
Item, they present that Alice Clemenson (4d.), the wife of William Iveson (4d.), the wife of Stephen
Reek (6d.) and the wife of John Gladwyn (4d.) are common brewers of Ale there and broke the Assize.
Item, they present that John Parker (8d.) of Rotheley and Thomas Jerrard (8d.) of Mountsorell are
common bakers of human bread and broke the Assize.
Item, they present that there are there one “ Ambre” and two “ Coffars,” one brass pot, three
pewter dishes of the goods of Henry Milner, who is hanged, to the value of 5s.
Item, they present that Robert Colman (4d.) and William Waryn (4d.) the younger made an affray
together and against the peace.
Item, they present that Robert Colman (ad.) made an affray on the said William Waren against
the peace.
Item, they present that Thomas Bebe (4d.) made an affray on John Luffe against the peace.
Item, they present that William Waren is a common miller there and took toll excessively.
Garett Hay.—William Barnard, frankpledge there, sworn, presents that a certain horse of a bay colour
presented in the last Court is now forfeited to the lord and is of the value of gs.
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William Waryn complains against John Luffe in a plea of debt upon demand for one measure of
dried barley to the value of 12d.
The Inquisition—Who say on their oath that the Officers aforesaid have well and truly presented and made
no concealment. And further they say that a certain Humphrey Babyngton, Esq., who held of the lord
freely one messuage and one close in Wodhowse, has closed his last day since the last Court, rendering to
the lord by the year gs. 1d., and Suit of Court, but by what other services the Jurors are ignorant, and
that a certain Thomas Babyngton is his son and next heir and is of the age of twenty-six years and
more, etc.
Item, it is ordained that none of the inhabitants there from henceforth wash any dirty things at the
common springs there, under pain of each of them offending, 4d. .
Item, it is ordained that all the inhabitants there make the “ Forest Hedge” sufficiently well with
hedge and ditches before the next Court under pain of each of them offending, 12d.
Item, it is ordained that none of the inhabitants there from henceforth gather or knock down the
acorns growing within the wood there under pain of each of them offending, 12d.
John Luffe is elected to the office of Constable and sworn. Edward Handy is elected to the
office of Constable of Quarndon and sworn.
Expenses of the Steward and others being there 8s.
Wills at Leicester. Nicholas Talland of Quorndon, labouring-man. Will dated April 14th, 1545,
I, Nicholas Talland of Quorndon, labouryng-man in the parish of Barow, being sick in body, hole of mind and remembrance, make
this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following :—
Fyrst I bequeth my soul to Almighty God, our Lady Saint Mary and to all the celestial company of heaven,
And my body to be buried in the Chapell yard of Saint Bartholomew in Quarndon.
Also I bequeth to the High Altar 1 lb. of wax to be born before the Sacrament. And to the mother Church of Lincoln 2d,
Also I bequeth to my fond mother a heffer calf, a coverlet, a pair of sheets and half a kersey jacket to make her acoat. And to
Roger a cow, a pair of sheets, the middle brass pot. Also I bequeth to Robert a pair of sheets.
Also I bequeth to my daughter Alys a pair of sheets and a towel. To William my son a heffer. To George my son a coverlet and.
a pewter dish.
Also I will that Robert my son shall have 8s, in recompense for five sheep that I sold of his.
Also I bequeth to my son Francis a cow called “ Browney,” a pair of sheets, a candelstyck, half a russet jacket and a pewter dish.
To my son Thomas a pair of sheets.
The residue of my goods not bequeathed I give to Amys my wife, which I ordain and make my full executrix.
And Master Robert Farnham to be Overseer of this my last Will and Testament, and to have for his pains a couple of fat capons.
These being witnesses: Sir Gregory Prescott, chantry priest, John Wartoff and Roger Wodward.
Lay Subsidy, Leicester, Benevolence, 133-147, A.D. 1545,
This Indenture made March, 36 Henry VIII., by the grace of God King of England, France and Ireland,
D.F., etc., witnesseth that We, Henry Marquis of Dorset, Richard Manners and William Turvyle, knights,
George Vyncent, Francis Cave and Bryan Cave, esqrs., Commissioners by a Commission of the said
Sovereign lord the King in the county of Leicester for the proceeding, travailing and levying of the Benevolence
required by his Majesty of his loving subjects, have proceeded and travailed with every person within the said
county, as well spiritual as temporal, according to the tenure and effect of our said Commission, as hereafter
in our Schedule hereunto annexed particularly doth appear, and we have appointed Robert Wyeth of Frisby,
co. Leic., gent., High Collector of the said Benevolence to levy and receive the same in the name of tae King
by the hands of such particular collectors as the said High Collector shall appoint, and the High Collector
shall make true payment of the same to Sir Edmund Peckham, kt., cofferar of the King’s Majesty's
Household and receiver appointed for this Benevolence to the use of Our Sovereign Lord the King with such
convenient speed as may be, the sum of which Schedule amounteth unto #616 6s. In witness of
which, etc.:—
In Barrowe William Barnard paid 4os., Ralph Foldes, Vicar, 26s. 8d.
In Quorndon Robert Vernham (sic) paid 46s. 84d.
In Mounsorell Nicholas Repingdale paid 6s. &d., John Bowdell 6s. 8d. and Thomas Hudde 8s.
In Walton-on-the-Wolds William Shakespeare paid 8s.
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In Swytheland John Danvers paid 8s. and Edmond Danvers 6s. 8d.
In Loughborowe Clement Charde paid 10s., Laurence Gybson, 13s. 8d., John Fowler 6s. 8d., Richard
Haryman 12s., John Eylett 10s. and Richard Grene, curate, 55.
In Long Whatton Edward Huxon, parson, paid 20s., William Lawrence 8s. and Robert Whatton 5s.
In Wymeswold Joseph Bluntt paid 6s. 8d., William Benett ros., Thomas Blunt ros. and Leonard
Northe, vicar, 20s.
In Lowesby John Ashebie paid 40s. In Skevington, William Skevington 4cs.
N.B.—Ralph Foldes, clerk, the Vicar of Barrow, was presented to the vicarage of Barrow by the King on the resignation of Master
William Gillotte. He was admitted at the Old Temple, London, 25th February 1539, and died in 1546.
Leicester, Duchy of Lancaster, Colleges and Chantries, Bundle 6-54. (Particulars for the Sale of lands.)
Possessions of the College of Saint Mary the Virgin near the Castle of Leicester.
Here follows a Rent Roll signed by “John Beamount.” Underneath is written:
Make a Lease of the premises to Thomas Farnham for twenty-one years beginning at Easter, 1548,
paying yearly at the usual terms £25 2s. 10d., allowing great timber and slates for repairs.
(Signed) Willm. Paget.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 2 Edward VI., A.D. 1548.
This is the final agreement made in the Court of the lord the King at Westminster on the Octaves of
Saint Martin in the Second year of the reign of King Edward VI.
Between Robert Farnham, Esquire, plaintiff, and Robert Knyght and Alice his wife, defendants, of one
messuage, two cottages, three gardens, three orchards, sixty acres of land, five acres and one rood of meadow
and twenty acres of pasture in Barough-on-Sore; whence a plea of Covenant was summoned between them
in the same Court, that is to say, that Robert Knyght and Alice acknowledge the premises to be the right of
Robert Farnham, as those which Robert Farnham has of the gift of Robert Knyght and Alice, and those they
have quitclaimed and warranted to Robert Farnham and his heirs for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, etc., Robert Farnham gave to Robert Knyght and Alice £38 sterling.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds at Leicester. April 26th, A.D. 1548.
Know present and to come that I, Robert Mylnes of Querndon in the county of Leicester, husbandman,,.
for the sum of #4 of good and lawful money to me paid by Walter Smythe of Shyrford in the county of
Warwick, knight, have given, granted, and by this my present Charter have sold and confirmed to the said
Walter Smythe,
A messuage or tenement and fourteen acres of land, meadow and appurtenances to the same messuage’
pertaining situated in the Town and Fields of Querndon, and all other lands, tenements and hereditaments in.
the town and fields of Querndon to which I have any right or title,
To have and to hold the premises to the said Walter Smythe, knight, his heirs and assigns for ever.
Know further that I, the said Robert Mylnes, have given peaceful possession and seisin of the said
premises to John Walke of Shyrford, chaplain, the attorney of the said Walter Smythe, to the use of the said.
Walter and his assigns for ever.
In witness of which I have to this present Charter affixed my seal.
Given at Querndon the 26th day of the month of April in the second year of the reign of Edward VI. of
England, France and Ireland, King, and on earth of the English and Irish Church the Supreme Head.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 3 Edward VI, A.D. 1549.
This is the final agreement made at Westminster on the quindene of Easter in the third year of the reign-
of King Edward VI.
Between John Hunt, gent., plaintiff, and William Wygston, Esquier, and Elizabeth his wife, defendants,
of 6 messuages, 7 cottages, 10 tofts, 1 dovehouse, 12 gardens, 300 acres of land, too acres of meadow, 200:
EE
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acres of pasture, 3 acres of wood, 120 acres of furze and heath and 20 pence of Rent and Common of Pasture
for 100 beasts and 500 sheep in Barowe-on-Sore, Mountsorell, Rotheley and Querne; whence a plea of
Covenant was summoned between them in the same Court, that is to say, that William Wygston and
Elizabeth acknowledge the tenements aforesaid to be the right of John Hunt, as those which John Hunt has
of the gift of William Wygston and Elizabeth, and these they have released and quitclaimed from them
William Wygston and Elizabeth and their heirs to John Hunt and his heirs for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, fine, grant, quitclaim, etc., John Hunt gave to William Wygston and
Elizabeth £200 sterling.
N.B.—This is the first mention of John Hunt of Lindon in the county of Rutland in connection with land in the Manor of Barrow,
John Hunt was brother-in-law of Francis Farnham the Recorder of Leicester, having married Amice, the daughter of Sir Thomas Cave,
knight, of Stanford. The Hunts held a reputed manor in Barrow called ‘‘ Roxton’s manor,” and sold all their possessions in Barrow in
the early part of the seventeenth century.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 1146, m. 157 d. Hilary, 4 and 5 Edward VI., A.D. 1551.
London: William Adcomon recovered against William Farnam, late of Querne in the County of
Leicester, gentleman, otherwise called William Fernam of Querne, etc., 40 marks 13s. and 4d., adjudicated to
William Adcomon in the King’s Court, being the amount due for debt and damages which he incurred by the
detention of the debt, as in the records of the Court more plainly appears; so far execution of the said
Judgment has not been made, William Farnam guaranteeing to be here on this day to shew cause why William
Adcomon ought not to have execution of the recovery for the debt and damages. And William Adcomon
comes by his attorney and offers himself against William Farnam in the plea aforesaid; and he though
solemnly demanded does not come. And the Sheriff says he has nothing by which, etc. Therefore it is
adjudged that William Adcomon have execution of the debt and damages against William Farnam by default.
N.B.—William Farnham of the Nether Hall in Querne died in 1548 so he was not likely to be in Court three years afterwards,
Probably the Suit had been commenced some years previously.
Close Rolls, Part VI., No. 35. 5 Edward VI., December 15th, 1551.
This Indenture made the 15th day of December in the fifth year of King Edward VI., between Roger
Vavasor of Denyby in the County of York, Esquire, of the one part, and Thomas Farneham of London,
gentleman, on the other part, witnesseth that the said Roger for the sum of £200 bargained and sold to the
said Thomas Farneham, his heirs and assigns for ever, all that his manor of Denyby, co. York, and also his
Coal pits or Coal mines of Denyby, etc. To have and to hold to Thomas Farneham, his heirs and assigns
for ever.
Feet of Fines, London. Hilary, 4 Edward VI., A.D. 1551.
Thomas Farneham, gentleman, Sir Richard Lee, knight, and Margaret his wife, Thomas Chaloner and
Joan his wife, buy two messuages and gardens in the parish of Saint Botolph without Aldersgate, London, also
the canal or aqueduct and leaden pipe from the great aqueduct called “le Gret Conduit,” of the late Charter
House near London to the same Charter House and to the said messuages running, etc.
Lay Subsidy, Leicester, 134-173. 5 Edward VI., A.D. 1551.
Barrow-on-Sore.
Assessment. Tax.
Wyllyam Barnard, gent., in goods : : ‘ £40 : 40S.
John Gladwyn, in goods. ‘ ‘ : “ £10 ‘ IOs.
John Hassard, in goods’. : : i F £10 : IOS.
Robert Wyld, in goods ‘ ‘ ‘ : : £10 : 10S.
Rychard Barnard, in goods . ‘ . : : £10 ‘ 105.
Wyllyam Barnard, in goods . ‘ ; ; £10 : 108,
Sum Total ‘ £4 105. od.
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Quarndon.
Assessment. Tax.
Robert Farneham, in goods : . ‘ ‘ £40 ‘ 405.
William Spicer, in goods. . : . ‘ £11 : IIs.
Walter Tomson, in goods . ‘ ‘ ‘ 4 20) . 125.
Total : £63 635.
N,B.—The above can hardly be supposed to be complete for these villages; the Subsidy was granted in the third year of King
Edward and took some time apparently to collect.
Deeds at Quorn House. March 6th, A.D. 1551.
This Indenture made March 6th in the fifth year of the reign of our Sovereign lord Edward VI., by the
grace of God King of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and of the Church of England and
also of Ireland on earth the Supreme Head.
Between John Farneham of London, gentleman, son and heir of William Farneham, late of Quaryngdon
in the County of Leicester, Esquire, deceased, on the one part,
And Thomas Farneham, gentleman, brother to the said John Farncham on the other part, Witnesseth,
That whereas one Dorothy Farneham, mother to the said Jobn and Thomas, hath and holdeth for the
term of her life one Ferme or Capital messuage called “The Nether Hall,” with divers lands, tenements,
meadows, closes, pastures and other hereditaments usually with the same Capital Messuage to be occupied,
set, lying and being in the Town and Fields of Quaryngdon aforesaid, and divers other lands, tenements and
hereditaments in the Town and Fields of Quaryngdon aforesaid in the co. of Leicester for and in the name of
her Jointure, the reversion of all which said Ferme and other the premises belongs to the said John Farneham
and his heirs as son and heir to the said William Farneham;
The said John Farneham, for the sum of £50 of good and lawful money of England, to him by the said
Thomas Farneham beforehand well and truly paid (whereof the said John Farneham acknowledgeth himself
fully satisfied and paid, and thereof clearly acquitteth the said Thomas Farneham, his heirs and executors).
By these presents clearly selleth and granteth to the said Thomas Farneham the Reversion of all the said
Ferme or Capital Messuage and of all the other said lands, tenements and hereditaments in the Town and
Fields of Quaryngdon aforesaid. And also the said John Farnebam for the consideration aforesaid doth sell to
the said Thomas Farneham as well all those lands, etc., to which he and his heirs are entitled by right of
inheritance by and upon the death of the said William Farneham his late father, set, lying and being in the
parish of Quaryngdon aforesaid, and all other his lands whatsoever in Quaryngdon, together with all the
Charters and other Deeds concerning such premises.
To have and to hold the said reversion and the said lands, etc., to Thomas Farneham, his heirs and
assigns, to the only use of the said Thomas Farneham for ever.
And the said John, for himself and his heirs, covenanteth by these presents to and with the said Thomas
Farneham, his heirs and assigns, that he the same John Farneham, on the day of the date of these
presents, is the very true, rightful and sole owner of the said Reversion and all other the said premises in fee
simple, and hath good right and title and also Jawful power to bargain, sell, and make sure the same Reversion
to the said Thomas Farneham, his heirs, etc. And that the said Reversion and the premises are at the date
hereof clearly acquitted, discharged, and exonerated of and from all encumbrances whatsoever they be, except
the Jointure and State aforesaid of the said Dorothy, and except the rents and Suits from henceforth to be due
to the Chief Lords of the Fee or Fees thereof.
And it is further agreed that if the said John Farneham repay the sum of £50 in two instalments at the
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, viz., #20 at the feast of Easter 1552 and £30 at Easter 1553, that then this
Indenture be void and of none effect ; and if the said John pay £20 and default in the other payment that
then Thomas shall repay to John the £20, and this Indenture shall hold in every respect.
And further it is agreed that if John Farneham do not repay the £20 and £30 as stipulated, that the said
Thomas Farneham shall pay to John Farneham £30 more, over and above the #50 paid, and then the lands,
reversion, ete., etc., shall belong to him and to his heirs and assigns for ever.
In witness of which, etc.
(Signed) Jobn Farnham.
EE 2
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Deeds at Quorn House. A.D. 1551.
This Indenture made February 5th in the 5th year of the reign of King Edward VI.
Between Richard Turpyn of Quarnedon in the Countie of Leicester, gent., on the one part,
And Thomas Farnham of London, gent., on the other part, Witnesseth,
That whereas the said Richard Turpyn holdeth for the term of bis life the Office or Room of a “Man of
Arms”? to the said Sovereign lord the King with a Fee of 40 marks by the year thereto belonging,
The said Richard Turpyn, as well for the sum of 40 marks of good and lawful money of England to him
by the said Thomas Farnham beforehand well and truly paid, whereof the said Richard Turpyn acknowledgeth
himself satisfied and paid, as for other considerations hereafter expressed,
Hath sold and granted to the said Thomas Farnham all the said Office or Room of a Man at Arms,
together with the said yearly Fee of 40 marks and all his right and title thereto,
To have and to hold the said Office and Fee of 40 marks yearly to the said Thomas Farnham and his
assigns from the Feast of Easter next ensuing after the date hereof, during the natural life of the said Richard
Turpyn, in as ample a manner as the said Richard Turpyn ever held and enjoyed the same.
And the said Richard Turpyn covenanteth with Thomas Farnham by these presents that he Richard
Turpyn shall, within one month next ensuing after the date bereof, come before the Right Honourable the
Lord Marquis of Northampton, the lords or other of the King’s most honourable Council as shall be named
by the said Thomas Farnham and John Farnham, the brother of the said Thomas, or either of them, and
shall resign, surrender and yield up before such said lords his said Office and Room of a “ Man of Arms,”
together with the yearly Fee of 40 marks to the said Thomas Farnham and John Farnham, or either of them,
or to some such other person as they the said Thomas and John, or either of them, shall name: if the same
room by the assent and order of the said Lord Marquis, the lords or other of the Council, may so passe:
And that he, the said Richard Turpyn, shall at all times hereafter during his life, upon request made by
Thomas or John Farnham or by their nominee, do as much as in him lies to obtain the said office for the term
of life of the said Thomas or John Farnham or their nominee.
And the said Thomas Farnham, for the true performance of the covenants on the part of the said Richard
Turpyn, covenanteth and granteth by these presents to the said Richard Turpyn, that over and besides the
payment of the said 40 marks to the said Richard Turpyn he, the said Thomas Farnham, or his heirs, shall
by the Feast of Pentecost next ensuing make to the said Richard Turpyn and Margaret his wife a good,
sufficient and lawful estate for term of life of and in one Tenement, and all lands thereto belonging, called
“The New Hatt,” now in the occupation of the same Richard Turpyn, situate in Quarnedon aforesaid.
To have and to hold the same tenement and lands to Richard Turpyn and Margaret his wife for the term
of their lives and the longer liver of them, without any Rent or other thing except only the Chief Rent and
Service due therefrom to the Chief lord or lords of the Fee, and the necessary repairs which may from time to
time become essential.
Also the said Thomas Farnham shall make to the said Richard Turpyn a lawful and sufficient Lease for
the term of 18 years of and in 2 tenements in Quarnedon aforesaid, whereof one is in the occupation of
Edward Handy, and the other called “The Cuantry House” is in the occupation of the said Richard
Turpyn, without paying any Rent, and on the same conditions as to Services and Repairs as in the case of the
New Hatt.
In witness of which, etc.
(Signed) Thomas Farnham.
N.B.—According to Nichols (vol. iv., p. 225) the Turpin family came into Leicestershire at the close of the fifteenth century by the
marriage of John Turpin, son of Nicholas Turpin of Whitchester, co. Northumberland, with Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of ie
mother Margaret Kinnesman, who was the heiress of her brother Thomas Paynell of Knaptoft, and descended from the family of Gobion
of Knaptoft. George Turpin, knighted in 1565, great-grandson of the aforesaid John Turpin, married Frances, the daughter of
Sir Robert Lane, knight, of Horton, co. Northampton. Sir George Turpin was one of the Supervisors of the Will of his relation
Thomas Farnham of the Nether Hall, but the exact connection between the Turpin and Farnham families has not been ascertained.
Nichols gives further particulars as to Richard Turpin, the “ Herald ” or “ Man at Arms” as the foregoing Deed styles him, but the
dates are wrong, which throws discredit on the accuracy of his other assertions.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 203
Patent Roll, membrane 29. 6 Edward VI., A.D. 1552.
The King to all to whom, etc., Greeting.
Whereas Our very dear father Henry VIII., by his Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster the 14th
day of November in the 36th year of his reign, gave and granted to his then servants Roger Chaloner and
Thomas Chaloner, knight, now Our servants, the Office of one of the Tellers of the receipt of Our Exchequer,
and ordained and deputed the same Roger and Thomas in the aforesaid Office, and gave to them the fees,
wages, etc., as from ancient time to such Office have been accustomed to belong; to hold the Office and to
receive the fees annually for the term of their life and the longer liver, at the hands of Our Treasurer of Our
Exchequer for the time being, as appears by the said Letters Patent.
And now that we have heard that the aforesaid Roger Chaloner is dead, and the aforesaid Thomas
Chaloner, knight, surviving him, is desirous to give up to Us to be cancelled the aforesaid Letters Patent of
Our father with that intent that We now may make and grant Our Letters Patent of the Office aforesaid, and
other the premises, to our beloved Thomas Farneham, gentleman. Know ye that We, having considered the
premises, of Our special grace have given and granted, and by these presents for Us and Our heirs We give
and grant to the aforesaid Thomas Farneham the said Office of one of the Tellers of the receipt of Our
Exchequer, and do make, ordain, depute and confirm the same Thomas Farneham a Teller in the same Office,
and likewise do give and grant the fees, wages, etc., to the said Office from ancient time due, to have, hold
and enjoy the said Office, and yearly to take the aforesaid fees, wages, etc., to the aforesaid Thomas Farneham
for the term of his life, together with all fees, wages and other profits to the same Office in any manner
pertaining, in as ample a manner as the aforesaid Roger Chaloner and Thomas Chaloner, knight, had for
exercising the same Office.
In witness whereof, etc. Witness the King at Westminster the 28th day of May. By the same
King, ete.
N.B.—In February, A.D. 1559, Thomas Farneham surrendered the above Letters Patent into the Chancery of Queen Elizabeth to
be cancelled, with the intent that the Queen should grant other Letters Patent of the same Office of a Teller of the Exchequer to
a certain Thomas Gardener. This is endorsed on the margin of the Patent Roll.
Roger Chalenor died June roth, 1551 (Inq. p.m., p. 2, No. 6, 5 Edward VI.). Thomas Chalenor, knight, was his son and heir, and
aged 30 years and more. Thomas Farnham of the Nether Hall married Helen, the daughter of this Roger Chalenor. Sir Thomas
Chalenor, knight, the son before mentioned, was born in 1521; he accompanied Sir Thomas Knyvett’s embassy to Charles V. in 1540.
In 1541 he was made Clerk of the Privy Council; M.P. for Wigan in 1545, for Lancashire in 1547, and for Knaresborough in 1555.
He fought at the battle of Pinkie and was knighted on the field of battle. On October 31st, 1550, he had a grant of lands at Guisborough
Priory, co. York, another grant of land at St. Bees in Cumberland in 1553, and a further grant of land at Steeple Claydon, co. Bucks,
on August 13th, 1557. Sir Thomas was Elizabeth’s Ambassador to Spain from 1561 to 1564. He died October 14th, 1565, and was
buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral on October 20th, Lord Burghley acting as Chief Mourner. He was twice married, and left a son
Sir Thomas Chaloner, knight, afterwards Governor to Henry, Prince of Wales.
Deeds at Quorn House. Grant to Thomas Farnham of the Nether Hall. A.D. 1553.
Edward VI., by the grace of God, of England, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, and on
earth Supreme Head of the English and Irish Church, to all to whom these present letters come Greeting,
Know ye that We, for the sum of #1,240 175. 74d. of lawful money of England paid into the hands of
Edmond Peckham, knight, by Our beloved servant Thomas Farnham, gentleman, and Our servant Thomas
Morison, gentleman, to Our use, of which sum We acknowledge Ourselves to be fully satisfied and paid,
and the same Thomas Farnham and Thomas Morison, their heirs, executors and administrators to be acquitted
and exonerated therefrom, by these presents, of Our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have
given and granted and by these presents We do give and grant to the aforesaid Thomas Farnham and Thomas
Morison :—
All that Our water mill and all and singular the lands, tenements, meadows, feedings, pasturages,
reversions, services, ponds, fisheries, waters, woods, underwoods and hereditaments whatsoever, with all their
appurtenances, situate, lying and being in Quorndon and elsewhere wheresoever in the parish of Barrow-on-
Sore in Our county of Leycester now or late in the tenure or occupation of Christopher Thomson or his
Pas and formerly belonging and pertaining to the late Priory of Berdmonsey in Our county of Surrey, now
issolved.
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And also all that Our late Chantry of Quorndon in Our county of Leycester, with all its rights, members
and appurtenances.
Also all those Our four messuages and tenements, and Our lands, meadows, feedings and hereditaments.
with all their appurtenances situate, lying and being in Quorndon in Our said county of Leycester, now or late
in the several occupations of William Rafyn, William Ellys, William Lowe and William Symson or their
assigns, formerly belonging and pertaining to Our said late Chantry of Quorndon.
And also all those Our six acres of arable land in Quorndon aforesaid formerly belonging to the same
Chantry now dissolved.
Also those Our two cottages in Quorndon, now or late in the several occupations of Elicius Wood and
William Barton or their assigns, and formerly belonging to Our said late Chantry of Quorndon.
Also all that Our Mansion house and garden in Quorndon, formerly belonging to Our said late Chantry
of Quorndon.
Also a messuage and three virgates of land in Wilson together with an annual free rent of one penny
from another messuage in Wilson to the late Priory of Langley formerly belonging; also a rent of 10d,
issuing from a messuage and a virgate of land in Tonge in the parish of Breedon; also a Tenement and a
garden in Tonge formerly belonging to the late Priory of Langley.
Also a cottage in Prestwold lately pertaining to the same late Priory of Langley.
Also a cottage, a shop and a garden in the Town of Leycester.
Also a messuage and a virgate of land in Abb Kettleby.
Also a cottage in Ruddington in Our county of Notts.
Also a messuage and a virgate of land in Chalston.
Also an annual rent of 2s. issuing from a mill in Hugglescote in Our county of Leycester, and a cottage
in Hugglescote of the clear annual value of gs.
Also 4s. 10d. of free rent in Barkby, lately belonging to the dissolved Priory of Langley.
Also all those Our messuages, lands, etc., in Barkby, now or late in the several tenures or occupations of
Francis Gibson, John Willson, Robert Allett and Thomas Amory or their assigns.
Also all those Our messuages, lands, etc., in Belgrave, now or late in the tenure or occupation of John
Tirriwhistle or his assigns, formerly pertaining to the dissolved Priory of Langley.
Also a messuage and five acres of land in Bassingthorpe in Our county of Lincoln, and a garden called
Stedgarth next the Vicarage of Donham on the West.
Also a messuage and a virgate of land in Wilson in Our county of Leycester.
Also a messuage and eight acres of land in Estbergholt, and two pieces of Our land in Warlingworth in
Our county of Suffolk.
Also all those Our messuages, lands, etc., in Whatton, otherwise called Long Whatton in Our said
County of Leycester now or late in the tenure of John Tomlinson, formerly belonging to the dissolved
Monastery of Leycester.
Also a tenement and a close in Hathern formerly pertaining to the late Priory of Ulverscroft in Our said
county of Leycester.
Also a messuage, 3 bovates of land, 3$ acres of meadow in Ratcliff in Our said county of Leycester, to
the dissolved Monastery of Gracedieu formerly belonging.
Also another messuage, a croft, 3 virgates of land and 2 acres of meadow in Ratcliff aforesaid, to the
same late Monastery formerly pertaining.
Also one other messuage, one virgate of land, 2 acres of meadow and a croft in Ratcliff aforesaid, to the
dissolved Monastery of Gracedieu formerly belonging.
Also a cottage, 2 virgates of land and 3 virgates of meadow in Stapleford in Our said county of
Leycester, now or late in the tenure of Thomas Sherard and formerly belonging to the dissolved Monastery
of De la Pré in Our county of Northampton. ;
Also a close and a virgate of land in Ashby Folville in Our said county of Leycester now or late in the
tenure of Thomas Sherard, to the late Monastery of De la Pré belonging.
Also all that Our water mill called “ Moxnousmyll” and a messuage in Alveley in Our county of Salop.
Also Our lands in the parish of Musksham in Our county of Notts.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 215
Also all Our messuages, lands, etc., in Batheley, together with a certain Grange there, formerly
pertaining to the late Priory of Dale in Our county of Derby.
Also 3 acres of land, a messuage and 2 acres of land, a croft and a toft containing 3 acres called
“Hendesse” and 12 acres of land in Comberton in Our county of Cambridge, and 2 acres of land in Barton
in the same county.
Also all Our messuages and tenements in Southwark by London in Our county of Surrey, late parcel of
the possessions of Thomas, late Duke of Norfolk, of High Treason attainted.
Also all Our chapel of St. Leonard in Dorwold in the parish of Wigmore in Our county of Hereford, and
the lands and tenements belonging to the same chapel now or late in the tenure of William Dolby, and lately
belonging to the dissolved Priory of Limbroke in the said county.
Also all Our farm called “ Farlesfield” and Our close near the chapel of Dorwold called “ Wynmershe ”
in Dorwold in the said parish of Wigmore in Our said county of Hereford, now or late in the occupation of
Richard Palmer, Matilda his wife, Margaret and Elena their daughters, or their assigns, to the late dissolved
Priory of Limbroke formerly belonging.
Also all that Our Manor of Broxwood Birches in Our said county of Hereford, with all its rights,
members and appurtenances, to the late Priory of Limbroke formerly belonging.
Also all those Our tithes of garbs and grains, hay, wool and lambs and other Our tithes arising in
Newton in Our county of Warwick, formerly belonging to the Monastery of Leicester now dissolved, and late
in the possession of William Lee, esquire, or his assigns.
Also all those Our messuages, lands, etc., in Denton Basset otherwise called Dunton Basset, in Our
county of Leycester now or late in the tenure of Hugh Whalley, formerly belonging to the late Priory of
Cawall in Our said county of Leycester, and late parcel of the lands of Thomas Wolsey, late Cardinal,
attainted and convicted.
Also all that Our messuage and tenement, dovebouse and Our three crofts of land in Thirsk in the North
Riding of Our county of York, now or late in the tenure of Cuthbert Fox and Alexander Colyer, formerly to
the late Chantry of Saint Anne within the parish church of Thirsk belonging.
Also all and singular the messuages, tofts, cottages, mills, houses, lands, meadows, rents, reversions,
services, waters, fisheries, woods, moors, marshes, commons and waste grounds, Courts leet with their
perquisites and profits, Views of Frankpledge, male and female villeins, knight’s fees, wards, marriages,
escheats, reliefs, heriots, goods and chattels, waifs and strays and other hereditaments situate, lying and being
in Broxwood Birches in Our said county of Hereford; excepting always and reserving altogether to Us, Our
heirs and Successors, the advowson of the church of Newton aforesaid.
Which manors, messuages, lands, tenements and other the premises now extend to the clear annual
value of £50 125. 84d.
To have and to hold and enjoy the said Manor, mills, messuages, ]ands, and other the aforesaid premises
to the said Thomas Farnham and Thomas Morison and the heirs and assigns of the same Thomas Farnham
for ever, to the sole use of Thomas Farnham and Thomas Morrison and the heirs of Thomas Farnham
for ever.
To be held of Us, as of Our Manor of East Greenwich in the county of Kent in free and common socage
by Fealty only and not in Chief.
Also We will, for the consideration aforesaid, grant to Thomas Farnham and Thomas Morrison and
the heirs of Thomas Farnham that they may hold and enjoy the Manor of Broxwood Birches, etc., in as free
and ample a manner as the last Prior of the said late Priory of Limbroke or any of his predecessors held and
enjoyed the same.
And We will for ever acquit and defend the premises now granted to the said Thomas Farnham and
Thomas Morison and the heirs of Thomas Farnham against all men for ever, except as to any ancient rents
which may be reserved on the said premises, and especially 2s. to the Duke of Suffolk arising annually out of
. the said premises in Quorndon, and of 2d. to be annually paid to Walter Smythe, knight, out of the said lands
and tenements in Quorndon, and of 11d. annually to be paid to the Lord Barkley out of the same lands and
tenements.
And We also give, for the consideration aforesaid, to the said Thomas Farnham and Thomas Morison
216 QUORNDON RECORDS.
all and singular the issues, rents, revenues and profits of the said Manor, messuages, lands, etc., forthcoming
and accruing from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel last past until now of Our gift without any account
to be rendered to Us.
And also We will, for the consideration aforesaid, grant to Thomas Farnham and Thomas Morison that
they may and shall have these Our Letters Patent under Our Great Seal of England made and sealed in due
manner without Fine or Fee.
In testimony whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent.
Witness myself at Westminster the 13th day of March in the 7th year of Our reign.
(Signed) Nelson.
By Writ of Privy Seal and by the Authority of Parliament of the date aforesaid.
Enrolled in the Office of John Hambre, Auditor, June 14th, 7 Edward VI.
Examined by H. Hawfelde.
N.B.—The original deed with the Great Seal attached is still preserved at Quorn House. Thomas Morrison of Cadeby in the
county of Lincoln by a Deed now at Quorn House dated June 16th, 1588, declared that-all purchases made by him jointly with Thomas.
Farnham were in the nature of a Trust for Thomas Farnham and his heirs and assigns, and not for the personal benefit of him
Thomas Morrison.
Inquisitions Post-mortem, 46-45. 20th October, A.D. 1554.
Taken at Market Harborough after the death of Walter Smyth, knight, of Shirford in the parish of
Burton Hastynges in the county of Warwick.
Before Michael Purefoy, escheator, and a Jury who say on oath that
Walter Smyth died seised in demesne as of fee by right as the son and heir of Henry Smyth, late of
Shirford, Esquier, Of and In One Messuage, 100 acres of land, 30 acres of meadow, 20 acres of pasture and
4 acres of wood in Wigston in the county of Leicester ;
And in One Messuage, roo acres of land, 40 acres of meadow and 40 acres of pasture in Loughborough ;
And in one Messuage, 60 acres of Jand, 10 acres of meadow and 10 acres of pasture in Wyken in the
county of Leicester ;
And in One Messuage, 14 acres of land, 6 acres of meadow and 6 acres of pasture in Quarndon;
And further they say that Walter Smyth died at Shirford on the 15th day of May last past.
And that Richard Smyth is the son and heir, and that he is of age, to wit, 22 years old.
The premises in Quarndon were held of Francis, Earl of Huntingdon, as parcel of his manor of Barrow-
on-Sore, but by what services the Jury is unaware, and are worth 13s. 4d., etc., etc.
N.B.—The property in Quorndon appears mostly to have come from a sale of Robert Mylnes to Sir Walter Smyth of Shyrford,.
dated April 26th, 1548, and Robert Mylnes got it from a Charter of Alice Saunder, dated June 18th, A.D. 1526.
Henry Smyth, the father of Walter Smyth, died February 25th, A.D. 1513, seised of a house and land in Loughborough and
Searlesthorpe. Walter was then 11 years old, so he was 52 years old at his death in 1554.
Feet of Fines, Yorkshire. Trinity, 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, A.D. 1554.
Thomas Farneham, gent., Thomas Wright and Thomas Leigh, Esq., purchase lands and messuages in
Hallywell, Shordisshe, Hargolston and Stebenneth, co. Middlesex, and the Manors of Saint Oswald de Nostell
and Bramham Byggyng, 60 messuages, 30 cottages and 4 watermills with lands there and in Wragby, Foulby,
Huntwich, Okenshaw, Heath, Howell, Clayton, Croston, Thurnestowe and Houghton Magna, also the Manor
of Skewkirke, 3 messuages, 2 cottages, 1 watermill and lands there and in Merston and Tolwyth in the county
of York.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, A.D. 1555.
Between Richard Chaveney and Edward Chaveney, plaintiffs, and John Nixe and Benedict his ine
defendants, of one cottage, one garden, one toft, one acre of land, 5 acres of pasture, one acre of wood an
58. 8d. of rent in Quarnedon.
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John Nixe and Benedict acknowledge the tenements to be the right of Edward Chaveney, and they
quitclaim them to Edward and Richard from them John and Benedict and the heirs of the said Benedict to
the said Edward Chaveney and his heirs for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, etc., Richard and Edward gave to John and Benedict £27 sterling.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds at Leicester. August Ist, A.D. 1555.
To all the faithful of Christ to whom this present writing comes William Barnard of Barrowe-on-Sore in
the county of Leicester, Esquier, Greeting in the Lord everlasting.
Know ye that I the said William Barnard for divers good causes me moving have given, granted and by
this my present Charter have confirmed to Francis Cave and Ralph Sacheverell, Esquiers, and Robert Pachett,
clerk,
All that my messuage or tenement in the occupation of Oliver Hamson situate in Barrowe-on-Sore, and
all the lands and pastures to the said tenement belonging and usually Jet and occupied with the said tenement,.
lately in the tenure of the said Oliver, lying in the town and fields of Barrowe,
Also 3 acres of meadow in Barrowe, now or late in the tenure of John Hasard,
To have and to hold the said messuage or tenement, etc., to the said Francis Cave, Ralph Sacheverell
and Robert Pachett, their heirs and assigns, to the use and behoof of me the said William Barnard for term
of my life without impeachment of waste; and after my decease then to the use of William Hasard and his
heirs of his body lawfully begotten ; and for default of heirs of his body then to the use of me the said William
Barnard and my right heirs and assigns for ever.
To be held of the Chief lords of that Fee by the old right and accustomed services.
And [ truly the said William Barnard will warrant and for ever defend the said tenement and premises to:
the said Francis, Ralph and Robert against al] men.
In witness of which I have to this my Charter affixed my seal the 1st day of August in the 2nd and 3rd
year of the reign of King Philip and Queen Mary.
Sealed and delivered by William Barnard, Esquier, in the presence of Sir John Hall, curate, George
Bothe, Roger Peake, and Nycholas Beamount the day and year within written.
Endorsement : Mem. that possession was taken by the within-mentioned Ralph Sacheverell in the name
of the feoffees the 4th day of Sept. 1555 in the presence of George Bothe, Nycholas Beamount, John Alyn,
Wyllyam Judson, Wyllyam Howit and Robert Alyn, with others.
Patent Roll 893. 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, A.D. 1555, (For Thomas Farnham.)
The King and Queen to all, etc., Greeting.
Whereas We, the said Queen, by Our Letters Patent under the Great Seal, bearing date at Westminster
the first day of November in the first year of Our reign, gave and granted to Our dear subject Philip Went-.
worth, Esq., a certain annuity or annual rent of £20 of lawful English money.
To have and enjoy annually the said annual rent to the said Philip and his assigns, from the feast of Saint
Michael the Archangel then last past for the term of life of the same Philip, out of Our Treasury, to be paid at
the Receipt of Our Exchequer by the hands of Our Treasurer and Chancellor at the feasts of the Annunciation.
of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Michael the Archangel by equal portions, as plainly appears in the said:
Letters Patent ;
And whereas the said Philip Wentworth has voluntarily rendered the said annuity and the said letters.
patent conferred by Us on him as above into Our Chancery, for the purpose of cancellation, with the intention
that We be graciously pleased to grant other Our Letters Patent under the Great Seal for the said annuity
of £20 to Thomas Farnham, Esq., Our servant,
We not only have considered the premises, but also the true, good and acceptable service rendered by the
said Thomas Farnham, both to Us and to Our illustrious brother Edward VI., late King of England, and that
the said Letters Patent are cancelled, which cancellation and restitution We accept by these presents ;
Know therefore that We, in consideration of the premises and for other good causes and considerations Us.
especially moving, Of Our special grace and certain knowledge and mere motion, have given and granted, and
by these presents, for Us, Our heirs and Successors, We do give and grant to Our said servant Thomas.
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Farnham, Esq., the said annuity of £20, to him and to bis assigns for the term of his life out of the Treasury
of Us, Our heirs and Successors, at the receipt of Our Exchequer, payable to the said Thomas Farnham by the
hands of the Treasurer and Chancellor there, without his rendering or making to Us or Our Successors any
Account therefore.
Witness the King and Queen at Westminster the 22nd day of March.
By Writ of Privy Seal.
P.C.C. Wills, 18, Ketchyn. Will of Williaa Barnard of Barrowe, Esq. February 18th, 1554,
My soul to God and my body to be buried in the Church of Barrowe aforesaid against my seat end.
To the poor in Barrowe 13s. 4d. To the poor in Quarndon 10s.
To the poor in Mountsorell 3s. 44. To the poor in Woodhouse 3s. 4d.
To the poor in Walton 20d. To the poor in Segrave 20d.
To the poor in Sileby 3s. 4d.
To Alice my wife my farm called “ The Parsonage” of Barrow in Barrow aforesaid, and all the lands, etc., to the same belonging,
and all the tithes of Quarndon, Mountsorell and Woodhouse in the said co. of Leicester, with the appurtenances, To have and to hold
the said Parsonage, etc., to the said Alice my wife during her natural life, paying the yearly rent or rents due and accustomed for the
same during all such time as she or her assigns shall fortune to occupy the said Parsonage and other the premises.
Item, I will that John Hasard my son-in-law shall have the occupation of half the tithe corn yearly growing in the South field of
Barrow during his natural life, he paying therefor to my executors or to their assigns during the said term of his said life £4 by year,
according to the agreement made between me, the said William, and the said John at the making of his last marriage. And immediately
after the decease of the said John I will that the said tithes which he now occupies do remain and come to my farm, the Parsonage,
again.
Also I give to the said Alice my wife the use and occupation of all the close and pasture called “ Oldefilde” for and during her
natural life, paying for the same 43 tos. od. yearly.
The residue of all my goods and chattels above not bequeathed, my debts paid and my funeral expenses discharged and my legacies
by this my said last Will performed, I freely give and bequeath them, and every parcel of them, to Alice my wife and Agnes Barnard my
youngest daughter, equally to be divided between them.
Item, to Anne Page my daughter, and William, now her son, during their natural lives and the longest liver of them, towards the
bringing up of her children, the use and occupation of such portion of my farm in Woodhouse as Richard Page her husband now dwells
in, he paying the yearly rent and rents accustomed for the same, etc., during all such term as she or he, the said William, or their assigns
shall occupy the said portion of the said farm to my executors.
Item, to my good lord and master my lord of Huntingdon, 40 of my best sheep; and also to my singular good lady and mistress my
lady of Huntingdon my best ambling filly.
Alice my wife and Agnes Barnard my youngest daughter to be executors. Mr. John Hunte, Mr. Michael Purfrey and Mr, Francis
Fernham, Esquires, and Mr. Robert Pachet my uncle, parson of Rearsby, to be Overseers of my Will.
To the said Mr. Hunte, for his pains, my best ambling mare.
To the said Mr. Michael Purfrey 4os.
To the said Mr. Francis Fernham a colt.
To my said uncle Pachet my best horse that he will choose.
Item, I give to every godchild that I have 4d.
Item, To the Church of Barrowe 40s.
Witnesses: Sir John Hall, curate of Barrow, John Blounte of Walton, George Both, Robert Wylde, William Randall, William
Clemenson and John Marshall.
Per me Robert Pachet, commissioner of Leicester, John Hall, curate, Richard Barnard, Hugh North, Thomas Arnold and William
Hopkinson. ;
Proved 11th September 1556 by the oath of Thomas Pachett, notary public, the proctor of Alice, the relict and executrix named in
the Will.
This William Barnard had a Lease, dated May 7th, 1534, from the Abbot of Leicester for 81 years of
certain lands and tenements in Barrow and Quarndon, together with all the Convent’s tithes in the parish
of Barrow, for which he was to pay to the Abbot and Convent and their successors £41 4s. od. yearly.
Wills at Leicester. William Rafyn of Quarndon. A.D. 1556.
My body to be buried in the Churchyard of Quarndon.
To William Rafyn my son 2 bullocks and an iron-bound wain, a mare and an arke.
To George my son 6 sheep, a cow and a great Ark.
To Katherine my daughter a cow, 6 sheep and a bed. The same to each of my other two daughters.
I bequeath to the mending of the bridge within the Town of Quarndon 12d. To the mother Church of Lincoln 2d.
To the Church of Quarndon qd. to be prayed for. P
The residue of my goods with the years of my house to Agnes my wife, whom I make my full executrix, she to disp
she thinks best for my soul.
ose of them as
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And Mr. Robert Farnham and Thomas... . to be Overseers of this my last Will.
Witnesses: James Wallys, Hewin a’ Courteby, William Symson, Sir Richard Breett with others.
And Mr. Farnham to have two capons for his paynes, and Thomas (?) Lotu to have for his paynes 16d.
Goods in Inventory, £31 2s. od.
Feet of Fines, Leicester, Michaelmas, 2 and 3 Philip and Mary, A.D. 1556.
Between William Bernard, Esquire, plaintiff, and Richard Smyth, Esquire, defendant, of 1 messuage,
{ garden, 2 tofts, 40 acres of arable land, 5 acres of meadow, 30 acres of pasture in Querndon.
Richard Smyth acknowledges the said tenements to be the right of William Bernard and his heirs for ever.
And for this acknowledgement William Bernard gave to Richard Smyth #14 sterling.
Leicester Probate Court. A.D. 1557.
An Inventory made ye xviii day of June in ye third and fourth year of ye reynes of Our most Drede
Sofarens Phillip and Mary of ye Goodis and Cattels of Francis Farnham of Quarendon in ye countyof
Leycester, Esquier, praised by Wilham Spycer, gent., Robert Purse, William Staples, Robert Armson and.
John Taylor as followeth :—
G- 3sy d:
Item, 6 stolis Ge 20)
Item, 3 cheris . : : , ‘ : . o o 8
Item, 2 cushions. : F : F o 1 8
Item, 1 hillinge ‘ ‘ , 013 4
Item, 5 cushions . , o 2 6
Item, a Deske to wryte on ' : j ; : oo 4
Item, 3 coverlyttis . ‘ : ‘ 7 : ‘ o 3 «8
Item, 2 mattrycis . : Oo 3 4
Item, a fether bed and a elete o 6 8
Item, 10 pere of flaxen shetis . ‘ ‘ : : ‘ I, “O50
Item, 11 pere of hurden shetis . O12 0
Ttem, 4 bord clothes ‘ ° 3:0
Item, 13 towels ; 3 : : ‘ , © 5 0
Item, 3 dozin and a half of napkyns 012 0
Item, ro pilloberes . : . : : : . o0 6 0
Item, 2 kettels ; : : F . oO 2 0
Item, 1 frying pan, a pot, a ait a Jantbterrlee o 1 8
Item, I cressit . . A oOo 4
Item, his apparel. : ‘ . : : : . 6 90 0
Item, 3 cap casis_. F . : ; . o Tt 0
Item, 2 littel] coffars o I 0
Item, 3 coffars : ‘ : : o Io Oo
Item, a round bord . é : , : , : ‘ o o 6
Item, 2 truss beds and a troole bed . 013 0
Item, 3 mares, 1 coult and 1 Hosse . : : : . Io 0 0O
Item, 7 bords of maple o 8 o
Item, a purse of Sylke . o 2 0
Item, 1 coffar and bookis in it . to. 8
Item, a soillitar . 5 ‘ ‘ ‘ - ‘ : oO 4 0
Item, 2 peres of fine lynnen clothes . : . . . Oyo
Item, 2 coppis of Sylver . 216 8
Summa Totalis ; . £29 13 0
N.B.—This Francis Farnham was the eldest son of Robert Farnham of the Over Hall by his marriage with Mary the daughter of
Robert Langham of Gopsal, and died in his father’s lifetime.
Francis Farnham was brought up as a lawyer (like his father) and in 1553 was chosen Recorder of Leicester; he also represented’
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the Borough of Leicester in the Parliaments of 1554 and 1555. He married Margery the daughter of Sir Thomas Cave, knight, of
Stanford, but died April 11th, 1557, without leaving any surviving children. He was buried in the Farnham chapel of Duoriden
church under an incised alabaster slab.
Francis Farnham’s Will, dated April r1th, 1557, was proved at Leicester.
I bequeath my soul to Almighty God and my body to be buried in the church of Quarndon; I will that
there be distributed at ye day of my burial] amongst such poor folk as to my wife shall seem convenient 205,
I give unto the church of Quarndon, towards the maintenance of the lights before the High Altar in the
worship of the Holy Sacrament 20d.
I also give an Altar Cloth of green to the Churchwardens of Quarndon.
I give to my servants Francis Renould and William Clementson in recompense of their services #20
equally to be divided amongst them.
To my brother John Hunt three volumes of “ Fitzherbert’s Abridgments ” and ye table for the same; and
to my cousin Francis Eton my boke of “‘ Abridgments of ye Boke of Assizes.”
I give all my lands in Normanton by Plumtree in the county of Notts to my wife Margery Farnham and
her heirs for ever, and I make the same Margery my full and sole executrix, to whom also I give the residue
of my goods, enjoining her therewith to pay all such debts as I rightfully owe and to make restitution for all
wrongs I have done if she comes to the knowledge thereof.
(Signed) francis ffarnham.
Witnesses : Edward Chaveney, William Hebbe and Francis Eton.
N.B.—Francis Farnham’s widow married John Dasset.
Close Rolls, Part 2. October 24th, 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, A.D. 1557.
To all the faithful of Christ to whom this present Charter indented shall come, Francis Challoner and
William Butler, gentlemen, Greeting in the Lord everlasting.
Whereas the lord the King and the lady the Queen gave and granted to us the aforesaid Francis and
William by their Letters Patent bearing date September 6th in the 4th and 5th year of their reign, amongst
other things,
All that pasture and Jand called “ Leisthorpe”’ Jate in the occupation of Thomas Ratclyf, and now in the
occupation of Henry Alicocke or his assigns, in the parish of Pyckwell by Burton Lazarus otherwise called
Burton Liesley in the county of Leycester, to the late Monastery of Vawdy in the county of Lincoln formerly
belonging, and afterwards parcel of the possessions of John, late duke of Northumberland, being for High
‘Treason attainted and convicted ;
And all that the Manor of Stoughton in the said county of Leycester formerly belonging to the late
dissolved Monastery of St. Mary in the meadows of Leycester,
To have, bold and enjoy all the said pasture, Manor, etc., to us the aforesaid Francis Challoner and
William Butler, our heirs and assigns for ever.
Know ye therefore that we the aforesaid Francis and William, as well for a certain competent sum
of money to us in hand well and truly paid by a certain Thomas Farnham of London, Esquier, as for divers
others good and lawful causes and considerations us at the present moving, have bargained, sold and confirmed
to the aforesaid Thomas Farnham the aforesaid pasture called “Leisthorpe” and the Manor of Stoughton
with all their rights, etc., to have and to hold and enjoy to the same Thomas Farnham, his heirs and assigns
for ever, etc.
Dated the 24th day of October, 4 and 5 Philip and Mary.
N.B.—Francis Challoner was brother-in-law of Thomas Farnham. By a Fine dated April 20th, 1561, Thomas Farnham sold the
Leisthorpe part of the above grant to Robert Duddeley, K.G., afterwards Earl of Leicester.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds at Leicester. January 20th, A.D. 1557.
This Indenture made the 20th January, 3 and 4 Philip and Mary.
Between the right honourable Henry Hastings, Lord Hastings, John Harwar, Thomas Langham and
George Abney, Esquiers, Surveyors to the right honourable Lord Francis, Earl of Huntingdon, of the manor of
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Barrow-upon-Sowre with others in the county of Leicester by virtue of a Commission to them directed of the
one party,
And Thomas Waren of Barrow aforesaid, mylner, of the other party, Witnesseth that the said Surveyors
have demised and let unto the said Thomas Waren and his assigns two water mills at Barrow with their
appurtenances, commonly called “ Barrow Mylnes,” with the soke and suit of the said mylnes with two little
holmes thereto belonging, and also the course of water with the fishing there of old time belonging to the said
mylnes and all other commodities and advantages in as ample a manner as the former tenants of the mylnes
have had.
To have and to hold the said mylnes, etc., to Thomas Waren, his ex’ors and assigns from the feast of
Saint Michael the Archangell last past for 21 years next ensuing,
Yielding and paying therefore yearly during the said term to the said Earl, his heirs and assigns,
50s. of lawful money of England at Ladyday and Michaelmas by even and equal portions,
And also paying to the heirs of Sir Morrys Barkeley, knight, 16s. 8d. of lawful English money in the
same manner yearly.
Further Covenants if the said rents fall into arrear, and undertaking that Thomas Waren will sufficiently
maintain the premises in good repair, except great timbers, which the Earl agrees are to be supplied at his
expense and that of his successors in title.
Also it sball be lawful for Thomas Waren to quarry stone within the lordship of Barrow for the making
of lime for repairing the premises, as also for the ground work of the same, and also to get earth for making
up the banks.
(Signed) H. Hastings. Thomas Langham. George Abney.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 3 and 4 Philip and Mary, A.D. 1557.
Between John Shyttelwode, plaintiff, and John Byll and Agnes his wife, defendants, of 1 messuage,
1 garden, 1 orchard, 40 acres of land, 6 acres of meadow, 4 acres of pasture and 1 acre of wood in Barrowe-on-
Sore and Querne.
John Byll and Agnes acknowledged the premises to be the right of John Shyttelwode and his heirs
for ever.
And for this acknowledgement John Shytelwode gave to John Byll and Agnes 40 marks of silver.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. May 2nd, 3 and 4 Philip and Mary, 1557.
This is the Final Agreement made in the Court of the lord the King and the lady the Queen at West-
minster in fifteen days from Easter day in the 3rd and 4th year of the reign of King Philip and Queen Mary.
Between Robert Farnham, plaintiff, and John Brookes and Lucy his wife, defendants, of 4 messuages,
5 cottages, 6 tofts, 10 gardens, 200 acres of land, 50 acres of meadow, 40 acres of pasture and 20 acres
of wood in Leicester, Barroughe, Quarnedon, Mountsorell, Woodhouse, Belton and Rothley ; whereupon
a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the same Court, that is to say, that the aforesaid John
Brookes and Lucy have acknowledged the said tenements to be the right of the said Robert Farnham, as those
which Robert Farnham has of the gift of John Brookes and Lucy, and these they have remised and quitclaimed
from them John and Lucy and their heirs to the said Robert Farnham and his heirs for ever. And moreover
the same John Brookes and Lucy have granted for themselves and the heirs of the said Lucy that they will
warrant the said tenements to the aforesaid Robert Farnham and his heirs against all men for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, etc., Robert Farnham gave to John Brookes and Lucy £80 sterling.
Wills at Leicester. Edward Hands of Querndon. August 2nd, 1558.
My body to be buried in the Churchyard of Querndon.
To the mother Church of Lincoln 4d.
To Thomas my eldest son a yoke of steers of 3 years age, and a young horse of the same age, to have it delivered at his age
of 22 years,
To my son John a cow and £20 in money at the same age.
To my son Matthew a yoke of steers of 3 years age, a cow and a filly of the same age.
. To my daughter Ellen a cow and a bedstead and mattress, a pair of sheets, a coverlid and a bolster, a Pot and a Pane, at the age
of 22 years.
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To my daughter Mary the same as to Ellen.
My wife Amys Hands shall be my faythefull executor, and she to have the residue of my goods and chattels unbequeathed,
Furthermore I will and desire Master Robert Farneham of the Over Hall and Master Thomas Farneham of the Nether Hall to be
the Overseers of this my last Will, and I desire them to be good to my wife as they were to me, as my only trust in God is that they
will, and furthermore these be witnesses hereof.
Wyllyam Duckett and Nicolas Bemonte, Francis Johnson with more.
The goods in the Inventory total £27 16s. 1d.
Court of Wards and Liveries, Miscellaneous Books 367, fol. 362 d. Fines for Liveryes, Anno
5 and 6 Philip and Mary, A.D. 1558.
Henry, late Duke of Suffolke. For his livery paid by Mr. Babyngton £40 and by Mr. Farneham
£30 13s. 4d. his suertie in full payment of two obligations, the residue being discharged and paid before.
Inquisition Post-mortem 116-100. October 24th, 5 and 6 Philip and Mary, 1558. (George Belgrave.)
Inquisition taken at Leicester.
The Jury say that George Belgrave was seised of and in the manors of Belgrave, Glen parva, Syeston
otherwise Sytheston, Blaby and Laughton,
And of 26 messuages, 37 cottages, 8 windmills, 30 tofts, 2060 acres of land, 2020 acres of pasture,
80 acres of meadow, 40 acres of wood, and 15s. 1d. rent, and the rent of 1 lb. of pepper in Belgrave, Syeston,
Gien parva, Blaby, Laughton, Houghton, Long Whatton, Byrstall, Leicester, Thurmaston, Countesthorpe
and Blaby.
Also of the fishery in the waters of Glen and Glen dam,
And of the advowson of the Church of Blaby, and of the View of Frankpledge in Syeston.
And so seised, by a certain indenture made between the said George on the one part,
And a certain Robert Farnham of Querndon, co. Leicester, gent., of the other part,
Dated 24th February 1551, fora sum of £1000 to the said George by the said Robert Farnham paid
(whereof by his writing the said George acknowledges himself truly contented and satisfied), in consideration
of the said sum of £1000 the same George bargained and sold to the said Robert Farnham and his assigns
all the aforesaid manors, messuages, cottages, mills, tofts, etc., and all other the lands and possessions of the
said George Belgrave in the county of Leicester,
To hold to the said Robert Farnham, his heirs and assigns for ever. By pretext whereof the said Robert
Farnham entered into all the said manors, lands, etc., and was seised of the same in his demesne as of fee.
And so being seised the said George Belgrave afterwards, on the quindene of Easter 1551 before Edward
Mountague and others, justices, acknowledged the aforesaid manors, messuages, etc., to be the right of him the
said Robert Farnham, as those which he had of the gift of the aforesaid George, and he demised and quit-
claimed them from himself and his heirs to the said Robert and his heirs for ever.
After which the said Robert Farnham, being so seised in the said manor lands, etc., by his certain writing
indented Between the said Robert Farnham, Esquier, of the one part,
And the said George Belgrave and Joan his wife of the other part, dated 20th January 1552, gave, granted
and sold to the said George and Joan his wife (the daughter of the said Robert Farnham) in consideration of
the jointure of the said Joan, all the said manors, messuages, etc., and all other his hereditaments which
the aforesaid Robert Farnham had by the aforesaid writing bearing the date 24th February 1551, of by any
other assurance made by the said George to the aforesaid Robert, at any time within the space of one year next
before the first date, situate, lying and being within the Town and Fields of Leicester, Blaby, Glen parva
Countesthorpe, Odeby, Houghton, Laughton, Long Whatton, Burstall and Thurmaston in the county of
Leicester, To have and to hold all and singular the premises to the said George Belgrave and Joan his wife, to
the use and profit of the same George and Joan for the term of their lives, and after their deaths to the Ey
of the right heirs of George Belgrave for ever, of the Chief Lords of the Fee by the right and accustomet
services.
By pretext whereof the said George Belgrave and the said Joan his wife entered i
manors and lands, etc., and were seised thereof.
nto all the aforesaid
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And further they say that in consideration of £300 paid to Robert Farnham by George Belgrave the said
Robert did by Deed dated 21 Jan. A.D. 1552 grant to the same George the manors of Belgrave and Syeston
to the use of George Belgrave and his heirs for ever.
So seised George Belgrave made his Will, dated 18th November 1557, and left to Ambrose Belgrave, his
son and heir-apparent, all his lands in Belgrave and Syeston, saving however that he willed Joan his wife to
have the occupation of his manor-house of Belgrave, together with the rents and profits of the lands during
the minority of the said Ambrose.
And if Ambrose Belgrave die without lawful issue of his body then the lands to go to Francis Belgrave,
his second son, and his heirs for ever.
Further he willed to his son Francis his manor-house of Blaby for the term of his life.
Afterwards George Belgrave died on the 27th November last past.
And Ambrose Belgrave is the son and next heir, and was aged 18 years on the 13th day of December 1557.
The manor of Belgrave is worth beyond outgoings £109 a year, and held by fealty only. Some of the
property in Belgrave was held of the King and Queen as of the honor of Leicester, parcel of their duchy
of Lancaster, by a quarter of a Knight’s Fee, etc., etc.
Wills at Leicester. Jane Staples. Will dated September 20th, 1558.
My soul to Almighty God and our blessed lady Saint Mary and all the company of heaven to pray for me, and my body to be buried
in the Church of Querndon, and also I give to the Church of Querndon, for breaking the ground, 6s. 8d.
I bequeath to John Staples, son to Robert Staples my brother, my great pan; also I give to William Staples, son to the same
Robert, a cow of 20s.; also I give to Robert Staples, son of the aforesaid Robert, a brass pot, a great spit and 4 acres of meadow in
Querndon Field.
Also I bequeath to my sister Margrete a cow to bring me to the ground, and furthermore I give and bequeath to Isabel Staples and
Jone, my brother Robert Staples’ daughters, whom I make my full executors, the residue of my goods unbequeathed.
And I will that my sister Margrete shall be one of the Overseers of them, and I give her for her labour 12d.
Witnesses: John Taylor, Thomas Samson, and Sir James Hynman, the curate of Querndon.
Debts owing me.
In primis, My brother Ellys Staples doth owe me 56s. 8d. in old gold, that I did take him to keep when the sickness was in our
‘Town, and a pan that I lent him, which pan | give to my goddaughter Elizabeth Foxe.
P.C.C. Wills, 57, Chaynay. Rauf Sacheverell of Barrowe-on-Soar, gentleman. October 10th, A.D. 1558.
To the mother Church of Lincoln 20d. To the Church of Barrowe 15s.
To the Chapel of Quarndon 5s. To the Chapel of Mountsorell 5s.
To the Chapel of Woodhouse 5s.
To my wife Alice £100 over and above all such goods and chattels as hereafter in this bequest is declared, that is to say, 6 oxen,
6 bullocks, 22 kine, 1 bull, 14 heckfordes and 3 bulls, 13 calves, 16 old carthorses and mares, and 4 foals at Barrowe and running in the
Forest and Oldefelde, 18 swine, 12 score sheep and lambs, and all kind of grains of corn, and all manner of implements of house-
hold stuff at Barrowe, and two carts and a “ weyne,” and all manner of implements of household belonging to the same, in full recompense
of all my lands and goods that she may have or claim from me or by me at any time hereafter, and upon the condition that she, my
said wife, shall hold her fully contented and hereafter have nor claim by any ways or means any other things of my lands and tenements
than is here to be given her, I give to her the chattels, goods and money aforesaid ; but if she prefer any further claim then my bequest
to be void.
To Baldwin Sacheverell my son and his heirs all my lands in Co. Derby which I purchased of Michael Babyngton and Augustine
Babyngton, gentlemen, called “ Stanesh Grange,” paying to my mother Joan Mohome, late the wife of Baldwin Willoughbie, £16 12s.
during her natural life.
It is my will that if “Stanysh Grange” will not pay Mrs. Willoughbie and keep my son Baldwin at school that I would have him
found of the rest of my goods until he come to the age of 21 years.
To Henry Sacheverell my son all my lands in Coates, Co. Leicester, and Sutton Bonyngton in Co. Notts.
To the said Henry all my lands in Barley, Barley Leys, or elsewhere in Co. Derby, which I had of the gift of George Barley, Esq.
And if the same George do pay to me £331, then I will that my heirs for the time being shall upon reasonable request grant and assure
all the said lands at the cost of the said George and his heirs.
To Amyce Sacheverell my daughter 200 marks when she comes to the age of 16 years.
I will that my cousin Henry Kebell have my farm at Hameldon, Co. Leic., on condition he put in sureties for the payment of £100
to Lucy Kebell his sister, which I am charged to pay to his sister. And that he make a general acquittance of all accounts and demands
as well to my executors as to my daughter-in-law Anne Barnarde of all her lands in Barrowe purchased of Francis Kebell, his father,
upon request of them, and in the meantime I will the profits thereof to go to the use of Henry Sacheverell my son.
I will that the said Henry my son, with his part, be in the order and rule of John Hunt of Lyndon, Co. Rutland, Esquire.
I will that Baldwin my son, with his part, be in the order and rule of Henry Bankes, clerk, vicar of Barrowe, until he accomplish the
full age of 16, and then to be at the disposition of my executors until such time as he be 21.
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If my son Henry die under 21 his portion to go to my son Baldwin, and if both die then both portions to go to my daughter Amyce.
The said John Hunt, Henry Bankes and Rauf Sacheverell of Barley, Co. Derby, to be my executors and to have the custody of any.
daughter Amyce.
To the said John Hunt for his pains £6 13s. 4d.
To the said Henry Bankes for his pains £6 13s. 4d.
To the said Rauf Sacheverell £6 135. 4d.
The residue of my goods to my son Henry Sacheverell.
Witnesses: Rauf Sacheverell, Thomas Dolman, Henry Bankes, clerk, George Bothe, William Claybroke, Steven Astell of Wigston
William Bardolf, John Jervys, Richard Draper, Hugh Northe, Robert Duckett, Bartholomew Harvye of Haderston. y
April 6th, 1559. A Codicil.
To Henry my son, if Mr. Beaumont’s lands be redeemed, the money thereof.
My cousin Henry Kebell to have £20 yearly paid him by my executors, and to pay at his full age the sums of money I have lent
him during his minority.
Here follows a long list of debts owing to Testator, among them Thomas Farnham of Quarndon owes £6. John Hasarde £20, etc,
Proved November 2nd, 1559.
Patent Roll, Part 7, membrane 24. 1 Elizabeth, A.D. 1559. (For Thomas Farnham, Esquire, a Grant
for life.)
The Queen, to all to whom, etc., Greeting.
Whereas by the Letters Patent of the late King Philip and Queen Mary, Our Jate beloved sister, dated at
Westminster the 7th day of July in the 3rd and 4th year of their reigns, it was recited that whereas Our beloved
late brother Edward VI., by his Letters Patent dated 17th October A.D. 1551, appointed George Paulet,
esquire, clerk of all Liveries or Prosecutions, as well general as special, of any demesne manors, lands, etc.,
within the Kealm of England, Wales, Calais and their marches, in the Court of Wards and Liveries to be held
or prosecuted, to have and enjoy the said Office to the same George Paulet during his life, with all fees, wages,
profits and commodities to the same Office pertaining, as by the said Letters Patent more fully appears,
the said King Philip and Queen Mary, by their Letters Patent, granted the same Office to their dear councillor
John Bourne, knight, to hold to the same John Bourne for term of his life, after the death of the said George
Paulet, together with all the fees and emoluments appertaining to such Office. Which said George Paulet
afterwards died, and the Office and emoluments thereby came to the aforesaid John Bourne, knight, the said
John Bourne, knight, having entered and enjoyed the said Office and emoluments, and being now desirous to
cancel the aforesaid Office and the Letters Patent aforesaid, has surrendered the same into our Chancery with
the intent that We may grant Our Letters Patent of the Office aforesaid to Our chosen servant Thomas
Farneham, Esquire, in form following,
Know that We of Our special grace have given and granted and by these presents for Us and Our
Successors do give and grant to the aforesaid Thomas Farneham the said Office of clerk of the Liveries or
Prosecutions as well general as special, of any and whatsoever demesnes, manors and lands within Our realm of
England, Wales and the marches thereof, in Our court of Wards and Liveries, to be had or prosecuted, to have
and to hold the said Office to the said Thomas Farneham for the term of his life.
And further of Our fuller grace, We do give to the said Thomas Farneham all and every kind of wages,
fees, profits, etc., to the same Office pertaining, which the said George Paulet or the said John Bourne, knight,
or any other formerly exercising the said Office had or enjoyed.
Witness the Queen at Westminster the 26th July. By Writ of Privy Seal.
Wills at Leicester. Robarte Wylde of Barrow-upon-Soar, husbandman. Will dated Jan. 13th, 1559.
My soul to Almighty God and our Lady Saint Mary and all the holy company in heaven, and my body to be buried in the Church-
yard of Barow.
I bequeath to the mother Church of Lincoln 4d.
To the Church of Barow 3s. 4d. To the poor folk of Barow 13s. 4d.
To my son William Wylde a cart and the cart gear, a plough and the plough gear and all that belongs to them, and 6 horses and
mares of the best, etc.
I bequeath to my son John Wylde my wain and all that doth belong to it, and 2 oxen and 2 bullocks and 2 mares.
I bequeath to my daughter Amys Wylde £10 in money and money’s worth, and she to chose 6 of my best kine as they be prysed by
the Inventory in part of payment and other stuff to make up the £10, and all her mother’s apparell.
All my goods unbequeathed I give to William and John my sons, whom I make my full executors, paying my legacies and debts.
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Also I give to Thomas Deken 12d.
Also I will that Richard Wylde shall be the Overseer of this my last Will and Testament, and I give him for his pains 3s. 4d., and
if there be any business he to have his costs and charges borne.
Witnesses : Sir James Hynman, the curate of Quarndon, John Bebe, Godfrey Howytt and Antony Ashlay, with others.
Debts that I owe.
I owe Mr. Thomas Farneham of the Nether Hall at Querndon 29s. 4d.
I owe John Gladwyn of Barow 3s. 4d.
Debts owing to me.
Mr. Thomas Farnaham of the Over Hall at Querndon oweth me Ios.
William Barnard of Barrow, husbandman. Will dated April 28th, 1560.
My body to be buried in the Church of Barowe in ye Chapel of Saint Nicholas, paying therefore 6s. 8d.
I wyll that my wife shall have my best cow that she can choose, giving to the poor 20d. annually to pray for the souls of Roger
Barnard and Jone his wife and all Christian souls, and she or her assigns to uphold the stock for ever; but if she remarries I wyll that
my brother Edmond Barnard shall have the cow and pay the 20d. yearly for ever.
Also I give to my wife for the goods I had with her £6 13s. 4d. and of my goods £6 13s. 4d. Also I wyll that my wife and my
3 children shall have the occupying of my farm, with all the profits as long as she keeps a widow, until Jone my daughter come to
18 years of age.
To the poor at my burial 6s. 8d.
To my brother Edmond Barnard half a quarter of malt. And to John, Wyllyam and Amys Barnard, the children of my brother
Edmond Barnard, either of them a lamb. To the Vicar of Barowe 3s. 4d.
My wife to be my executrix, and the residue of my goods to be divided amongst my children.
Overseers : Edmond Barnard, William Barnard and Peter Duckett, to each of whom 3s. 4d.
Witnesses: James Hynman, vicar, John Savell and William Hopkinson.
I give to Master Bailiff of Barowe to be good to my wife and my children 5s.
Inventory taken June 4th, 1560, Prysed by Edward Edmonson, bailiff of Barowe, John Gladwyn, Robert Perkyns and George
Gladwyn.
Total value of goods in Inventory £58.
Auditors’ Inrolments, Land Revenue, Vol. 128, fol. A. 23. A.D. 1559. (Thomas Farnham, Esquire.)
Letters Patent to Robert Reynes and Thomas Farnham. Stoughton Grange. To hold in Chief.
The Queen has granted to Robert Reynes, gent., and Thomas Farnham, Esq., for the sum of
£494 2s. 4d., “The Grange of Stoughton” with the appurtenances to the value of #14 15s. 4d. per annum
in the county of Leicester, formerly parcel of the lands and possessions of the Monastery de Pratis at
Leycester and all houses, edifices, lands, meadows, pastures and other hereditaments whatsoever in Stoughton
to the same Grange belonging.
And all that close of land and pasture lately called “The Nether Close or New Close,” late parcel of
the possessions of the said Monastery.
And all those two closes of land and pasture called “ But Close” in Stoughton, late in the tenure of John.
Frisbye, formerly parcel of the possessions of the said Jate Monastery.
And all that close of land and pasture called “ Galtre Close” in Stoughton, late parcel of the possessions
of the said Monastery.
To have and to hold to Robert Reynes and Thomas Farnham and their heirs for ever.
To be held of Us and Our Successors in Chief by a service of a 50th part of a Knight’s Fee for ali
Services, exactions and demands, as from Easter-day last as appears in Our Letters Patent.
Given at Guildford 22nd June, 1 Elizabeth.
Beaumanor Muniments. Inquisition taken 2 Elizabeth, A.D. 1559-1560.
An Inquisition of all and singular the lands, tenements, possessions and hereditaments late belonging to
Henry, duke of Suffolk, of High Treason attainted, in the county of Leicester, by reason of the attainder
aforesaid of the duke, taken in the month of March, 2 Elizabeth, by Nicholas Beamont, George Turpin and
Thomas Farneham, Esquires, by virtue of a Commission of the said Queen to them directed under the Seal of
the Exchequer to this Inquisition annexed.
Manor of Beaumanor.—Free Tenants. —F rancis, earl of Huntingdon, holds freely certain lands in Thorpe, late
in the tenure of Thomas Cawdewell, by a yearly rent of 12d.
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The heirs of Richard (?) Shakesy hold freely certain lands in Thorpe by a yearly rent of 3s. 4d.
Robert Hayne holds freely certain lands in Thorpe at a yearly rent of 4d.
Clement Snayth holds freely one croft called “ Jakes Croft”? in his tenure, 2s. yearly.
Robert Farneham, gent., holds freely one tenement called “ Dadyland” in his occupation and pays
yearly 2d.
Richard Chaveney holds freely certain lands in Quarndon in his own tenure and pays per
annum 19d.
William Raphyn holds freely certain lands lately belonging to the Chantry of Quarndon, late in his
tenure, and pays yearly rad.
Thomas Farneham holds freely certain lands in Quarndon in his occupation and pays 28s. yearly.
John Seygrave holds freely certain lands in Frisby in his own occupation and pays yearly 3s.
The lord of Loughborough, for the land late Kebbell’s lands, rent yearly 45.
The heirs of William Barnard for lands in Barrowe yearly 1 |b. of pepper.
The heirs of William Barnard hold freely certain lands in Barrowe by a rent of 4s.
Stephen Judson holds freely certain Jands in Barrow and pays yearly 2s.
William Estwell holds freely certain lands in Barrowe (late Shirley’s) and renders yearly 124d.
Copyhold Tenants in Quarndon.—John Purse, junior, holds one messuage for term of lives of himself and
William his brother and pays yearly 25s. 5d.
Thomas Barton holds one cottage with a croft adjoining and one virgate of arable land in Barrowe
for term of lives of himself, Margerie and Anne his daughters, at a rent of 115s. 64d.
Christofer Tompson holds 2 cottages with 2 curtilages for term of life of himself and of..... his
son at a rent of 8s.
William Stables holds one messuage with appurtenances for term of life of himself, Thomas and
Michael his sons, at a rent of 31s.
Francis Baker holds one cottage with appurtenances for term of life of himself and Joan his sister
at a rent of 7s.
Thomas Hebbe holds one cottage with appurtenances for himself at a rent of 4s. 3d.
Margaret Staples, widow, holds one cottage with appurtenances for term of life of herself and
Thomas Staples her son at a rent of 4s. 8d.
Agnes Darker holds one cottage with appurtenances to hold for herself and William Darker her
son for term of their lives at a rent of 4s. 24d.
Alice Ball, widow, holds a cottage with appurtenances for term of lives of herself and William
‘her son at a rent of 16d.
William Hebbe holds 1 cottage with 7 butts of land containing 1 acre and 3 roods of pasture with
appurtenances for term of his own life and renders yearly 4s. 4d.
Isabell Hubbert holds half an acre in the fields of Quarndon for term of life of herself and Robert
her brother and pays yearly 5d.
Robert Farneham holds one piece of land called ‘ Little Myldame”’ with appurtenances for term
of life of himself and of Thomas his son and pays yearly 12d.
William Barnard holds one cottage with appurtenances for term of life of himself and renders
yearly 3s. 84d.
John Lee holds two water mills, etc., for term of life of himself and of Thomas his son and pays
yearly 100s.
Demesne lands let by Indenture and at Will.—Thomas Farneham, esquire, holds by Indenture for a term of
30 years one close of pasture, containing by estimation 20 acres, called ‘“ Newclose,” and renders
yearly 26s. 8d.
The same Thomas holds the herbage and pannage of the pasture called “ Moglinge ” at a yearly
rent of 26s. 8d.
The same Thomas holds three pieces of meadow, of which one lies in “ Cossicles” (55-),
Scotte Grene (75.), and another at Dawe Willowes (18d.) lying in the fields of Quarndon, at a total yearly
rent of 135. 4d.
), one at
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William Stokes, gent., holds the park of Beaumanor which contains in circumference 2,000 paces
and the herbage at a rent of Ioos.
Richard Cadwaliter holds one water mill called “ Le Milne dame” with appurtenances, for the term
of six years still to come, of the grant of Henry, late Marquis of Dorsett, by a rent of 135. 4d. yearly in
two even portions, half at the Annunciation of Our Lady and half at St. Michael.
The same Richard holds one close called “Vicary Partie’ containing by estimation 20 acres of
pasture, for a term of 6 years still remaining of the Grant as above, and pays yearly 335. 4d.
Barrow Court Rolls.
Barrow-on-Soar.—View of Frankpledge with Court Baron of the noble Francis, earl of Huntyngdon, held
there on the 8th day of May in the Second year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, a.p. 1560.
The Homage.—John Gladwyn. John Marshall. William Staples.
William Waren. Richard Measham. James Walles.
George Gladwyn. William Estwell. William Squyer.
John Marshall. Thomas Judson. Edmund Barnard.
Edward Chaveney.
Henry Folde. Thomas Squyer. Clement Sneath. William Wylde.
Querndon.—At this Court before Henry Dygby, chief Steward of the lord of this Manor, came William
Squyer and Dorothy his wife and Alice daughter of the same (William and Dorothy being at present under
age), and took of the lord, by the grant of the lord through his Steward, one messuage and all the other
lands in Querndon lately in the occupation of Robert Ormeston for tern of lives of the said William,
Dorothy and Alice and the longer liver according to the custom of the Manor, rendering yearly to the
lord ros. of lawful English money and all services, customs and exactions pertaining to the premises.
And they give to the lord for a Fine on Entry £10. William did fealty and was admitted tenant.
Barrowe.—At this Court came William Cowper and Philippa his wife and Henry Cowper their son (William
and Philippa being under age) and took of the lord by a Free Grant 1 capital messuage and 1 Close
called “ Cordeleys,” another Close called “ Kilneclose,” a croft abutting on the “ Hall Orchard,” a
pasture containing 3 acres in Barrow Holme, 1 acre of land in “Coxpoole,” 1 parcel of meadow
called “a Nooke”’ in Coxpoole containing 2 acres, and 13 acres of meadow in “Le Mylne Meadow ””
and 8 selions of land in “ Le Sowtheholme” with all the arable lands and meadows to the same messuage
belonging containing by estimate 4 virgates of land, and a parcel of land containing 4 acres lying at
“ Southclyffield” and half the fishery of the water of Sore, and 5 acres of arable Jand late im the tenure of
Elisabeth Gladwyn, 6 acres of meadow lying in Wygwere in the tenure of John Hassard, to have and to
hold to William, Philippa and Henry for term of lives and the longer liver, rendering yearly to the lord
for 4 acres of Jand in Soutclyffield 4s., and for half the fishery of Sore 5s., and for 5 acres of arable
2s. 6d., and for 6 acres in Wygwere 18s., for the messuage and the other lands #3 13s. 6d. and all the
customary burdens and services.
Querndon Ordinances.—It was ordered at this Court that no one shall put hemp or flax in the stream called
“Buddon Brooke” or in the stream called “Le Town Brooke” under penalty that each who offends
shall forfeit to the lord for each offence 6d.
And that no one shall keep any cattle within the Common of the “ More” without a shepherd for a
flock of oxen under a penalty of as.
That no one shall tether a mare with a foal after the foal is of the age of one month unless the foal
be tethered with its own mare, under a penalty of 2s.
That every one within the town of Querndon upon reasonable notice given to them shall be prepared
with a spade and his other necessary tuols to make gates at the “ Moregates”’ and to make ditches there
under a penalty of 12d. for a husbandman and 6d. for a cottager.
That no one within Barrow shall carry with his carts across the Moor under a penalty of 2s., and
that a way called “ Le Cawsey ” shall be gravelled by the inbabitants there and the ditches on both sides.
of the aforesaid way shall be scoured and so kept under a penalty of 12d.
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Woodhouse.—It is ordained at this Court that the inhabitants of Woodhouse shall make a way between
Woodhouse and Swithland called “ Lady Gapp ” before the feast of Holy Trinity under a penalty of 205,
And that the “Stoks”’ be made before the said feast of Holy Trinity by the same inhabitants under
a penalty of 6s. 8d.
That one Park for cattle called “Le Pinfold” be made sufficient before Holy Trinity under a
penalty of 135. 4d.
And that the great Forest Fence within this lordship be made sufficiently by the inhabitants of
Woodhouse, by whom it ought and was wont to be, under a penalty of 6d. for each defaulter.
And that Robert Ferneham, Mr. William Cowper, Richard Measham and..... Clepole, namely
each of them over against his own soil, shall scour their ditches in the meadow called “Le Holm
Dykes” before the feast of the Ascension of Our Lord called Holy Thursday under a penalty for
each default of 3s. 4d.
And that at the hunting in the Forest called ‘“ Le Drift”? every husbandman shall be there
present riding on his horse and every cottager shall be there on foot, under penalties of 12d. for a
husbandman and 6d. for a cottager.
Querndon.—William Symson and Thomas Corker, jurors, say on their oath that an intoxicated ram called
“ A sturdy Ram Hog” of a white colour, since the feast of Easter, also a sheep of a white colour, were
estrays in Querndon aforesaid, and being seized as estrays by the Officer deputed for this are used and
treated as they ought to be according to law, and by the view and assent of the Bailiff of the lord the same
sheep are placed in safe custody until, etc.
And further they say that the wife of John Fowler is a baker of bread and has sold loaves not
weighing according to the Assize; she is ordered to be amerced 4d.
And further they say that the wife of Ralph Conand (2d.), the wife of Richard Hampston (2d.), the
wife of John Draper (2d.), the wife of William Smyth (2d.), the wife of Robert Gambull (2d.), and
Elisabeth Humberston (2d.), widow, are common brewers of Ale and have not sold Ale according to the
Assize thereof ordained, therefore each is in mercy. :
Barrow.—And that Thomas Waren (4d.), miller, of a water mill within this liberty (of Barrow) took
excessive toll, therefore he is amerced.
Querndon.—And that William Heb, the heir of Hawkins, and William Bratfeld are Free Tenants of this
Manor, and that Thomas Heb, Tenant of the lord by Copy, and Nicholas Clark, resident within this
Liberty, owe suit to this Court and are essoined.
The miller of the water mill of Thomas Fernam, Esquire, within this Liberty, if he fail in aught ts
to be punished in the Court of the lord of this manor here and not elsewhere.
Wills at Leicester. John Wartawste of Quarndon. Will dated January 12th, 1560.
Witness: James Hynman the Vicar.
N.B.—James Hynman compounded for the first fruits of the Vicarage of Barrow on the 25th October, 1559. (Composition Books.)
Ralph Wormingham of Woodhouse. Will dated January 19th, 1560.
I desire Mr. Robert Farneham and Christopher Tomson to be the Overseers of this my Will.
I give unto John Benskyn, priest, of Woodhouse, 12d.
Witnesses : Christofer Tompson, Edward Tompson and William Rawlyns.
Exchequer Inquisition Post-mortem, File 1158. Francis, Earl of Huntingdon, A.D. 1561.
Taken at Hynckley, co. Leicester, on the 24th January, 3 Elizabeth. Before John Turvyle, fla
Escheator of the lady the Queen for the county of Leicester by virtue of a Writ of “diem clausit extremum
for enquiring after the death of Francis, late Earl of Huntingdon, and a Jury, who say on oath that Francs,
late Earl of Huntingdon, was seised in demesne as of fee of the manors of Ashbye de la Zouche, Bagworth,
Barrowe, Kyrby, Braunston, Wistowe, Newton Harcourt, Kylby and Lubbesthorpe in co. Leicester ; also
‘of Alton Graunge, which Graunge the Earl had lately bought for himself and his heirs from Sir Richard
Manners, knight, deceased.
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Also of the Rectory and Church of Pakington and the Church of Ashby de la Zouche, etc., etc.
Also of 200 messuages, 5,000 acres of land, 1,000 of meadow, 5,000 of pasture, 1,000 of wood, 10,000
of furze and heath and £21 of rent in Ashby de la Zouche, Collewarby, Bagworth, Barrowe, Kyrby,
Braunston, Wistowe, Newton Harcourt, Kylby, Lubbesthorpe, Alton, Pakington, Snibson, hornton,
Desford, Querndon, Woodhouse, Mounstrell, Wheston, Billesdon, Pipwell, Woodcote, Burton Overy,
Carleton Curlewe and Humberston, etc., etc.
Henry VIII. by his Letters Patent dated gth July, 19 Henry VIII., granted to George Hastings, knight,
Lord Hastings, father of the said Earl, and his lawful issue, the manor of Evington. Which George died and
the manor, etc., came to the said Earl.
And Edward Hastings, knight, Lord Hastings of Loughborough, brother of the said Earl, was seised for
life in the manor of Long Whatton and 10 messuages, 400 acres of land, 100 of meadow, 100 of pasture in
Long Whatton, Norton and Stretton, the Reversion of which belonged to the said Earl.
And Edward VI., by his Letters Patent dated 28th August, 5 Edward VI., granted to the late Earl and
his lawful issue the Reversion of the manor of Enderby, etc., late in the possession of Margaret, Countess of
Richmond and Derby, to hold of the King and his successors by a service of a sixtieth part of a Knight’s Fee
and a rent of £22 6s. 8d., etc.
The said manor of Barrowe and the other premises in Barrowe, Quarndon, Woodhouse and Mountstrell
were held of the lady the Queen, as of the Fee of Chester, by fealty only for all services and demands, and
were worth beyond outgoings £66 135. 9}d.
Francis, late Earl of Huntingdon, died on June 20th, 1560. And Henry, now Earl of Huntingdon, was
his son and next heir and aged 23 years and more.
N.B.—The foregoing is only a very small portion of the Inquisition. A considerable part is devoted to the possessions late of John
Beaumont of Gracedieu, who married as his second wife Elisabeth the cousin of the late Earl of Huntingdon, to which Earl King
Edward VI. granted John Beaumont’s properties on the 21st of June, 1553, after their forfeiture to the King in consequence of John
Beaumont’s misdemeanours.
Wills at Leicester. Robert Farnham of the Over Hall, Quarndon.
In the name of God, Amen. Marche 14th, 1560-1.
I, Roberte Farnham of Quarndon in the County of Leicester, Esquier, of great age and years and of
perfecte memorie, do make and declare my laste Will and Testamente in manner and form following,
I will my Bodye to be buried in the Chaple of Quarndon in decente manner by the discretion of myne
executors and Overseers.
Further I gyve, wyll and dispose to my daughter Johan Saunders the wyffe of Clement Saunders one
cowe to be delivered by myne executors.
Also I gyve to every one of her sons and daughters one heffer of two years age to be a stocke to go
forward to the use and profit of the said children of my said daughter.
Moreover I wyll, bequeath and gyve to Robarte Symson alias Tebolte one annuity or yearly rent of 20s.
out of all my lands, etc., in Woodhouse, payable during his life only at the feasts of the Annunciation of our
Lady and Saint Michael by even portions, and it shall be lawful unto the said Robarte to distrain for
non-payment after the space of twenty days from the sum becoming due, but if he aliene, mortgage, grant,
sell or encumber the annuity to any person then the annuity to be void.
Further I give to the said Robarte 4 kyne of those my kyne that go at Barowe-on-Sore.
I make Thomas Farnham my son and heir apparent my lawful executor to order and dispose all my
goods, chattells, household and Plate at hys discretion.
And I constitute Michael Purefreye and Thomas Farnham, Esquiers, my Supervisors, to each of whom
I give 20. for their pains.
Furthermore I wyll and by these presents grant, let and demise unto the said Michael Purefrey, upon
faithfull Trust I have to him that my intent and mind shall be performed, all lands of mine in Rotheley,
Mountsorell and Barkebie in the County of Leicester and in Remston and Normanton juxta Plumtree in the
Co. of Notts, To Have and to hold to the said Michael for 21 years from the day hereof, paying yearly to me
and my heirs the old annuity. Witnesses: Thomas Farnaham, Esquier, and Michael Purefrey, Esq.
Proved at Leicester 15th day of July 1561.
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Feet of Fines. Easter, 4 Elizabeth, April 20th, A.D. 1561.
This is the final agreement made in the Court of the Jady the Queen at Westminster on the quindene
of Easter in the fourth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
Between Robert Duddeley, K.G., Master of the Horse, Lord Duddeley, plaintiff, and Thomas Farnham
Esquire, and Eleanor his wife, defendants, of 100 acres of land, go acres of meadow, 180 acres of pasture a
20 acres of wood in Lesthorpe otherwise Leysthorpe, Pyckwell and Burton Lazarus otherwise called Burton
Leysley. Whereupon a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the same Court, that is to say,
that the aforesaid Thomas Farnham and Eleanor have acknowledged the said tenements to be the right of the
said Robert Duddeley, and these they have remised and quitclaimed from them Thomas and Eleanor and
their heirs to Robert Duddeley and his heirs for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, etc., the same Robert gave to Thomas Farnham and Eleanor his
wife #80.
Michaelmas. 3 and 4 Elizabeth, November 3rd, A.D. 1561.
This is the final agreement made in the Court of the lady the Queen at Westminster on the morrow of
All Souls in the third year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, before James Dyer and others Justices there
present.
Between Thomas Farnham, Esquire, and Walter Brandon, plaintiffs, and William Ayllicocke, gent., and
Jane his wife, defendants, of the Manor of Quarndon with the appurtenances, and of 3 messuages, 3 gardens,
300 acres of land, 100 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, 4 acres of wood, 40 acres of furze and heath
and 18s. 10$d. of Rent in Quarndon otherwise Quarne.
The aforesaid William and Jane have acknowledged the said Manor and lands, etc., to be the right of
Thomas Farnham and Walter Brandon, and these they have remised and quitclaimed from them the said
William and Jane and the heirs of Jane to the said Thomas and Walter and the heirs of the said Thomas.
Farnham for ever. And moreover the same William and Jane have granted for themselves and the heirs of
the said Jane that they will warrant the said Manor and lands to the aforesaid Thomas Farnham and Walter
Brandon and the heirs of the said Thomas Farnham against all men for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, etc., Thomas Farnham and Walter Brandon gave to William Allycocke
and Jane £160 sterling.
Deeds at Quorn House. October 17th, A.D. 1561.
This Indenture witnesseth that whereas William Alicocke of Tipton in the county of Stafford, gentleman,
and Jane his wife (the daughter and heir of Sir William Smith, knight, deceased, by Mary, the late wife of
the said Sir William, lawfully begotten), by their Deed dated 17th June in the 3rd year of the reign of Our
Sovereign lady Elizabeth,
Between William Alicocke and Jane his wife of the one part,
And Thomas Farnham of Stoughton in the county of Leicester, Esq., and Walter Brandon of Quorndon
yeoman, of the other part,
Have, in consideration of the sum of £200 of lawful money of England (of which sum Thomas Farnham
paid £120 and Walter Brandon #80) bargained and sold to the said Thomas Farnham and Walter Brandon,
All that their manor of Quorndon with the appurtenances in the county of Leycester, also their three
messuages, two of which messuages were then in the occupation of the said Walter Brandon, together with a
Close called “Stafford Orchard” thereto appertaining; and the other messuage then was in the occupation
of James Wallis for the term of a Lease made to him by William and Jane Alicocke,
And also all other their tofts, crofts, closes, lands, tenements, etc., in the Town and Fields of Q
(one tenement and certain lands occupied with the same by William Duckett only excepted). ,
The same Walter Brandon does for himself and his heirs release to the said Thomas Farnham and his
heirs for ever
All his right, title and interest in the above manor, messuages and lands,
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Except in one messuage, late in the occupation of William Spicer and before that of William Bradshaw,
and in all the lands belonging to the said messuage, and which are now in the occupation of the same Walter
Brandon.
N.B.—The Fine passing on the above purchase dated Nov. 3rd, 1561, is for 3 messuages, 3 gardens, 300 acres of land, 100 acres
of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, 4 acres of wood, 40 acres of furze and heath and 18s. 1odd. of rent in Quarndon.,
Patent Roll, Part 5, m. 21, 22. 3 Elizabeth, A.D. 1561.
Of the Office of Particular Surveyor of the County of Leicester for Thomas Farnham, Esquire.
The Queen to all to whom, etc., Greeting. Whereas We by Our Letters Patent made under Our Great
Seal of England, bearing date at Redgrave rgth August in the first vear of Our reign, etc., gave and granted to
William Neale the Office of one of the Particular Surveyors of the lands of Our Court of Exchequer, viz., the
office of Particular Surveyor of the lands and tenements of all and singular Honors, castles, lordships, manors,
lands, tenements, rents, services, and all other possessions and hereditaments of us, our heirs and successors
wheresoever in our county of Leicester, and in all cities, towns, and places whatsoever, as well within liberties
as without, within the precincts, bounds and circuit of the same county then being or thereafter in any manner
happening to be in the survey, order and governance, and made, ordained and constituted the said William
Neale Particular Surveyor of the lands and tenements aforesaid by the same our letters patent, To have, hold,
enjoy and exercise the office aforesaid to the aforesaid William Neale by himself or by his sufficient deputy or
his sufficient deputies during our pleasure, together with all profits, commodities, advantages, authorities and
pre-eminences whatsoever to the same office belonging. And further of our more abundant grace, etc., We
gave and granted for us, our heirs and successors, by the same our letters patent to the same William
Neale for the exercising and occupation of the office aforesaid a certain annuity or fee of £13 6s. 8d. by the
year to be paid by the hands of the general receiver of us, our heirs and successors, of the county aforesaid for
the time being, from those revenues happening to remain in his hands from time to time, or by the hands of
the Treasurer of us, our heirs and successors, of our Court of Exchequer for the time being, from our treasure
happening to be in his hands, at the feasts of the Nativity of St. John Baptist, Michaelmas, Christmas and
Lady Day, by even portions yearly, Which the said William Neale has surrendered and restored the said
letters patent and the office and fee into our Chancery to be cancelled, with that intent that we should think
fit to make and grant our letters patent of the office and fee to Our beloved servant Thomas Farneham,
Esquire, in form following :
Know ye that We, in consideration of the said surrender and trusting very much in the fidelity, industry,
and provident circumspection of the said Thomas Farneham, of Our special grace and of Our certain knowledge
and mere motion, have given and granted and by these presents for us and our heirs and successors do give
and grant to the said Thomas Farneham the Office of one of the Particular Surveyors (the same as set out
before), To have, enjoy, exercise and occupy the office aforesaid to the said Thomas Farneham by himself or
by his sufficient deputy or deputies to the end and for the term of the life of the said Thomas, together with
all other the profits, advantages and pre-eminences whatsoever to the same office in whatever manner
belonging, as fully and entirely and in as ample a manner as the said William Neale or John Beamount,
Esquire, now deceased, or any other heretofore having that office ever had. And further of our more ample
grace we have granted to the said Thomas Farneham for the exercising and occupying of the Office a certain
annuity or fee of £13 6s. 8d. of Jawful money of England by the year, and as great sums of money for their
expenses whilst the said Thomas or his deputies from time to time shall be occupied in riding or otherwise
about the matters touching the said office as by the discretion of the Treasurer, Chancellor, Under Treasurer,
and Barons of the Exchequer of us, our heirs and successors, for the time being shall seem necessary, To have
and yearly to take as well the said annuity or fee of £13 6s. 8d. as the said sums of money for his expenses
in the matters of the office to the said Thomas Farneham for his life. Commanding all and singular Mayors,
Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Reeves, Constables, farmers and all other our officers, ministers and lieges, that they be
equally obedient, assistant and aiding to the said Thomas Farneham and his deputies in the execution of their
office aforesaid from time to time, as is becoming. Because express mention, etc. In witness whereof, etc.
Witness the Queen at Westminster the 27th day of June.
By the Queen herself, etc.
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Patent Roll 975, m. 27. 3 Elizabeth, A.D. 1561. (Grant for life to John Farnham.)
The Queen to all, etc., Greeting.
Whereas Our illustrious father Henry VIII., King of England, by his Letters Patent under the Seal of
the Court of Augmentations of the Revenues of the Crown, dated 29th January 1539, gave to William Buk
an annuity or annual pension of #5 6s. 8d. for the term of his life;
and goth April 1540 gave to Edmund Freeke an annuity of £5 for life ;
and 3oth June 1541 gave to William Burford an annuity of £8 for life ;
And Edward VL., late King, on September ist, 1548, gave to Robert Stylyerd an annuity of £4 os. 1d,
for life ;
And Mary, late Queen, on ist November 1553 gave to John Pate an annuity of £10 for life;
And Thomas, late the Prior of the Priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Nicholas the bishop, of
Leads in the county of Kent, and the convent of the same, by their writing, dated 23rd January 1537, gave to
certain John Gostwych, now dead, and Richard Wheler, still living, an annuity of £5 for lives;
And since the said John Gostwych and Richard Wheler, in the Term of Trinity, to wit, the roth day of
June 1540, came into the Court of Augmentations and proffered there the said writing and sought to have it
allocated, and because by a right examination made in this behalf the annuity appears properly made and
without fraud, it was decreed they should have and enjoy the annuity by a decree of the Court of Augmenta-
tions, dated 16th June 1540.
Which several annuities amount in all to £37 7s. 7d. Our dear servant John Farnham, Esq., now has
the same by good and sufficient assurances in Law made to him; the same John Farnham has surrendered the
several patents into Our hands in Our Chancery.
Know therefore that We, as well in consideration of the aforesaid Surrender as in consideration of the
good, true and faithful service before this rendered to Us by John Farnham, and which he intends daily to
render to Us; Of Our special grace We give and grant for Us, Our heirs and Successors, to the said John
Farnham an annuity of £37 7s. 7d. from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel last past, for the term of his
life, to be paid to the said John by the Treasury of Ourselves and Our Successors twice in the year by equal
portions.
We therefore command the Treasurer, Chancellor and Barons of Our Exchequer to make allocation
of the aforesaid annuity to John Farnham forthwith, for which these Letters Patent are sufficient Warrant.
As witness the Queen at Westminster the roth January.
By Writ of Privy Seal.
N.B.—The allusion in this Grant to the services about to be performed by John Farnham to the Queen would no doubt refer to his
new appointment as Gentleman Pensioner to the Queen, entailing a residence at Court of nine months in each year.
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Wills at Leicester. Edward Chaveney of Quarndon. Will dated May 24th, 1561.
I, Edward Chaveney of Quarndon in the County of Leicester, being sick in body and of good memory, do ordain and make my
last Will.
My body to be buried in the Churchyard of Quarndon.
I bequeath to Annes my wyffe and Francis my son and Margaret my daughter all my goods, both moveable and unmoveable, whom-
I make my full executors.
Witnesses: Water Brandon, William Stabells, and William Bratfield.
Proved November roth, 1561.
N.B.—The above Edward Chaveney died during the lifetime of his father Richard Chaveney.
Margaret Stapylls of Quarndon. Will dated October 27th, 1561.
To James Hynman, vicar of Barrow, 3s.
Richard Meysam of Barrow. Will dated November 9th, 1561.
Overseers: Thomas Fukes and Edward Edmonson the Bayley.
N.B.—Edward Edmonson was bailiff at Barrow for the Earl of Huntingdon.
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Feet of Fines. Hilary, 4 Elizabeth, October 6th and January 20th, A.D. 1561-2.
This is the final agreement made in the Court of the lady the Queen at Westminster on the octaves of
St. Michael in the 3rd year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, etc.; and afterwards there granted and recorded
on the Octaves of St. Hilary in the 4th year of the reign of the same Queen, etc.
Between William Willoughbye and John Presse, plaintiffs, and Thomas Farnham, gent., and Henry
Nedeham, gent., defendants of the Manor of Rushall with the appurtenances, and of 3 messuages, 4 cottages,
7 gardens, 7 orchards, 30 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture, 100 acres of wood, 100
acres of furze and heath and roo acres of moor in Woodhouse and Quarndon.
Whereupon a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the same Court, that is to say, that the
aforesaid Thomas Farnham and Henry Nedeham have acknowledged the aforesaid Mauor and tenements to be
the right of the said William Willoughbye and John Presse, and these they have remised and quitclaimed
from them the said Thomas and Henry to the said William and John and the heirs of the said William
Willoughbye for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, etc., the same William and John granted the aforesaid Manor and
tenements to the aforesaid Henry Nedeham, and these they rendered to him in the same Court; to have and
to hold to the same Henry for the term of one month, and after that term is ended the said Manor and
tenements shall entirely remain to the aforesaid Thomas Farnham and Anne his wife, to hold of the Chief
lords of that Fee by the services which to the aforesaid Manor and tenements pertain, all the lives of the said
Thomas and Anne and the longer liver.
And after the deaths of both Thomas and Anne the said Manor and tenements shall entirely remain to-
the heirs of the body of the said Thomas lawfully begotten, to hold of the Chief lords of that Fee by the right
and accustomed services for ever. And if the said Thomas shall have no lawful issue then the aforesaid Manor:
and tenements with the appurtenances shall entirely remain to the right heirs of the said Thomas for ever.
N.B.—This Fine was levied for the purpose of settling the Rushall Manor and other lands in Woodhouse and Quorndon on Thomas.
Farnham of the Over Hall and his issue, and is recited in the Inquisition taken after his death in 1574 (which see).
State Papers, Domestic Series, Vol. 26. Elizabeth, A.D. 1562.
A List of the Gentlemen Pensioners in that year.
Charles Somerset. Rycharde Pame. Richarde Troytteye.
Henrye Cobham. John Jernegan. Nicholas Herne.
John Paston. Roger Coocke. Humfreye Bate.
John Fisher. William Gybbes. Thomas Hungerforde.
Anthonie Dygbye. Robert Hall. William Gorge.
George Bryston. Raffe Staffoerton. Edwarde Ormesbye.
Francis Hake. Robert Wyseman. John Seymor.
George Tewlinke.
Richarde Darington.
Thomas Wartopp.
Baldwin Dowse.
Richarde Hardinge.
Robert Constable.
Charles Tyrrell.
Henrie Harleston.
William Norryes.
Henrye Harvye.
Robert Manweringe.
John Cheyney.
Fraunceys Rogers.
Edward Hungerforde.
Walter Wynsor.
Thomas Averye.
Clement Paston.
Henrie Poole.
Edwarde Ferryes.
John Pystor.
William Worthington.
Edwarde Elrington.
Gentlemen at Arms.
Edwarde Weldon.
Launcelot Bostocke.
Rycharde Eldon,
Rycharde Staffnerton.
Walter Browne.
Thomas Cornwalles.
Frauncis Harvye.
John Ellys.
John Farnham.
George Delves.
Edmund Powell.
Robert Colfehill.
William Upton.
Edmonde Tyrrell.
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Wills at Leicester. Richard Chaveney of Quarndon. Will dated July 17th, 1562.
My body to be buried in the Churchyard of Quarndon at the Steeple end as nigh as may be.
I bequeath to my wife during her life my purchase that I bought in Quarndon, the yearly rent of 11s. 8d., and I bequeath unto my
son Richard at his mother’s death a wain and 4 oxen and 2 mares and all the crops in the fields or in the Town.
To my daughter Amys £20 in money or money’s worth.
To my son Richard, after the death of my wife, my house and all my lands within the Town and Fields of Quarndon during the
term of 20 years after the decease of my wife, and after the term of 20 years unto Francis Chaveney, son unto Edward Chaveney my
son, and I will that my son Richard shall have the house in sufficient repair at the end of the aforesaid 20 years ; andI give unto Francis
Chaveney an iron-bound wain and 4 bullocks and 2 mares, and he to have them at his entrance into the house.
Also I make my wife executrix of my last Will, she to have the residue of my goods, seeing my body well brought to the ground and
my legacies performed.
And I desire Mr. Thomas Farnaham of Quarndon to be the Overseer of this my last Will, and I give unto him for his pains 6s, 8d,
and to see that my wife have no wrong.
Witnesses: Richard Hamsonne, Christofer Bounde, Thomas Corker and Christofer Bruerne.
Proved November 22nd, 1562.
The Inventory, dated Oct. 30th, 1562, praised by Mr. Thomas Farnaham and Thomas Purse, Thomas Corker and Christofer
Bruerne, value £102 14s. 2d.
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills (24, Streat). A.D. 1562.
I, Thomas Farnham of Stoughton in the county of Leycester, Esquire, being touched with the hand of
Almighty God with extreme sickness, and yet of mind perfect and whole, considering the frail state of this
mortal life to be subject to sundry chances, and calling to remembrance how necessary it is to bestow and
leave behind me in good order such things as it has pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me here upon the
earth and to bless me withal.
First I leave my soul to God and my body to be buried at the discretion of my executors and supervisors
(if it conveniently may be) either at Quarndon or at Stoughton, and at whichever place it shall happen my body
to be buried I will that the poor people shall have #10 given among them in alms, and at the other place the
poor to have £5 given among them.
And touching the order and disposition of my manors, lands, tenements, rents, reversions and services,
I do Will and dispose the same in manner and form following :
First I will, devise, limit and leave to descend to such person or persons as God shall appoint to be my
heir or heirs for the full third part of my manors, etc., that the Queen’s Highness, her heirs and Successors,
Kings of this realm of England, may be answered of and have, according to the laws of this realm, for and
according to the title and interest of wardship or Primerseason as the case shall require, All those my
messuages, lands, etc., in Belgrave, Glenn, Breedon, Wilson and Tonge, in the county of Leycester, also my
Rectory of Stretton in the same county, also one messuage in Quarndon, commonly called “ The New Hall,”
with all the lands and tenements belonging, also two water mills in Quarndon with the lands belonging (the
New Hall being now in the tenure of Simon Middleton and the mills in the tenure of Christofer Thompson),
Also one other messuage in Quarndon with the lands belonging, and now in the tenure of Agnes Rafyn, widow.
Also five messuages in Stoughton, now in the tenure of William Scampton, Thomas Mariot, Robert
Garland, Thomas Mason and John Bayly respectively. The which premises so left or limited to descend to
my heir are of the clear yearly value of £33 6s. 8d., which annual value is above the just third part of all my
lands, etc., that ought to descend from me to my heir or heirs according to the laws of this realm.
Also in consideration of the brotherly love and zeal which I bear to my well-beloved brother John
Farneham I bequeath to the said John all other my lands and tenements, etc., which I have in Quarndon,
Woodhouse or elsewhere in the parish of Barrow-upon-Sore for the term of his natural life, the remainder after
his decease to the heirs males of my body, in default to the heirs males of my said brother John Farnham of
his body, in default of such issue the remainder to my brother Matthew Farnham and bis issue male, in default
to my brother Robert Farnham and his issue male, in default to Thomas Farnham the younger and his issue
male, in default to my right heirs for ever.
Also T bequeath to my loving wife Hellen Farnham all my manor of Stoughton, with the Rectory and
Parsonage of Stoughton, and all the tythes of all kinds in the parish of Thurneby, and all my other messuages,
etc., which I have in Stoughton, to hold to my said wife during her natural life in full satisfaction for Joynture-
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And after the decease of my said wife the said premises shall come to the heirs males of my body, and in default
of such issue then to my daughter Catherine and to the heirs of her body lawfully begotten, in default to the
heirs of my body and in default to my brother John Farnham and so on as before.
And although I have devised the said messuages in Quarndon and Stoughton first specified to descend to
such persons as God shall appoint to be my heirs, and whereas my heirs apparent at this time are my two
daughters Catherine and Anne, nevertheless in case I happen to die without issue male, so that the same
Catherine and Anne be my Jawful heirs, my Will and meaning is that from and after the interest and title of
the Queen’s Majesty, or her Successors, in the Wardship be ended and determined, and my said daughters
Catherine and Anne shall have accomplished their several ages of 21 years, the aforesaid specified premises in
Quarndon shall not remain dismembered from the other messuages in Quorndon, but shall go and be entirely
together to my said brother John Farnham with the same remainders over as are mentioned in the other
premises left direct to my said brother. And Catherine and Anne shall within three years of their coming of
age release their shares in the premises to my brother John Farnham in tail male as above. The same shall
apply to the premises at Stoughton, which shall not remain dismembered from the other premises at Stoughton,
but shall be secured entirely to my daughter Catherine, and if Catherine refuse to execute the above provisions
then she shall lose all further benefits under my Will, and the premises left to my wife in Stoughton amount-
ing to the clear yearly value of £12 and more, that is to say two closes in the tenure of John Presgrave, and
also one messuage in Stoughton with all lands, tenements, etc., thereto belonging, now in the tenure of my
said brother Matthew Farnham, and also one messuage in Stoughton and all lands, etc., belonging in the
tenure of John Aymer shall] remain to my said daughter Anne and to the heirs of her body lawfully begotten,
and for lack of such issue to my brothers John, Matthew and Robert, in tail male as before.
And in such case I likewise devise that the other lands in Stoughton amounting to the clear yearly value
_ of £3 78. od., and now in the several tenures of Agnes Arland, William Warren, after the decease of my wife
shall come to my brother John Farnham in tail male as before.
I give to my daughter Anne in recompense for the lands in Quorndon and Stoughton which I have desired
her to relinquish after her coming of age the sum of 400 marks, but if my said daughter do uot relinquish her
portion of the said lands then on her refusal she shall utterly lose the benefit of the said sum of 400 marks.
And if my daughter Anne shall happen to die before she attains 21 years of age then the 400 marks shall
go to my daughter Katherine, and if it happen that both my daughters die before attaining 21 years of age
then I give the 400 marks to be divided equally between the children of my brother Matthew Farnham and the
children of my sister Margery Wollock.
Item, I give to Master Drue Drury to the use of Roger Drury his brother one annuity of £10 by the year
which I have out of the Exchequer, in the right of the said Roger Drury during his life, the same to be received
and paid by the said Drue unto the said Roger by his discretion and not otherwise, nor the same Roger
otherwise to intermeddle with the receipt of the same but at the hands of the same Drue while he liveth.
Item, I give unto my brother Robert Farnham one annuity of €8 during the life of Edward Story, payable
by the Receiver of Essex, out of which pension I will that my said brother shall yearly pay unto the said
Edward Story 20s. during his life.
I give unto my servant Clement Morsen or Lawrence one annuity of £2, payable out of the dissolved
Monastery of Nuneaton by the Receiver of Warwickshire.
I give to my dear sister Margery Wollock £30, and to every one of her children £5.
To every one of my brother Matthew’s children #5.
I give to my brother-in-law Bartholomew Willock, gent., £10.
To my cousin Thomas Farnham of Quarndon #5.
To William Raven £5, to my servant John Winston £5, to my Aunt Jane £5, to Symon Middleton
#5, to Elisabeth Chalenor #10.
To my godson Thomas Beaumont my best suit of apparell, that is to say my best capp, my best gown,
my best velvet coate, my best dublett, and my best pair of hose, and to every other child my cozen Beaumont
shall have at my death #2.
Also I give to my kinsman John Kellam £5. To Robert Braham, gent., #5.
To Stephen Darker #2. To Richard Allen alias Harte £2.
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Item, I give to Sir Thomas Nevill, knight, two pictures of King Philip and Queen Mary, and all
reckoning betwixt him and me, if any there be, shall be fully cleared and discharged. Also I give-him my
ambling bav mare.
Item, I give unto my dear kinsman George Turpin, Esquire, two pictures of the Emperor and the French || |
King, and my best Turkey carpet, and I do also clear him of all bonds that ever were betwixt. him and me,
and I give to my good cosen Nicholas Beaumont, Esquire, all the rest of my pictures and one of my spice
plates of silver.
Item, I give to my good brother Sir Thomas Chaloner, knight, all the reckoning betwixt him and me,
and also my standing Spanish cup.
Item, I give to my friend Maurice Berkeley, Esquire, all my armour.
Item, I give to my good friend Mr. Drue Drury my bigger Virginals at London and one of my spice
plates of silver. :
Item, I give to Mr. Morrison all my books and my great desk in my study in London.
Item, I give to Mr. Alford my Regolle.
Item, I give to my kinsman Robert Pilkington £4.
Item, I give to Mr. Francis Saunders, Esquire, my lesser Virginals and £5 in money.
To each of my servants I give one year’s wages.
I give and bequeath to my brother Leonard Farnham £40, to be deducted from the money he owes me,
Item, I give to my dear friends Mr. Walter Haddon and his wife each of them one of my spice plates of
silver and to be two of the best.
Item, I give to my brother Matthew Farnham #50 and further I do acquit my said brother of all manner
of reckoning and demands betwixt him and me before the making of this Will.
Also, I give and bequeath to my said dear friend Nicholas Beaumont, Esquire, £100 to be paid
conditionally that he procure of the Queen the Wardship of the body and lands of my daughter Catherine
Farnham and that he shall after enjoin her in marriage to his son Thomas Beaumont my godson or to one of
the sons of the said Nicholas which she the said Catherine shall like best, if at her lawful age the said
Catherine do agree ; but if she disagrees then Nicholas to be indemnified by my executors for any expense he
may have incurred in and about the Wardship; the said Catherine then for her marriage to be at the order
and bestowing of my Supervisors of this my last Will.
Item, I give to my brother Robert Farnham £10.
I do acquit and discharge my servant John Winston of all manner of reckonings whatsoever there were
betwixt him and me.
Item, I give to my uncle John Beaumont the ambling bay nag that I bought of Roger Waldram.
I will that my executors shall bestow £40 in 40 rings of gold with these words engraved in the inner
side of every ring, “non sed semper erit,”? and deliver the said 40 rings to such of my dear friends whose
names are scheduled to this my Will.
I give to Mr. Whittington, preacher, £6 13s. 4d., and to Mr. Gully the preacher #3 6s. 8d., beseeching
them that if it shall please God to call me out of this mortal life that then at my burial the Holy Scriptures
may be preached and taught to the people.
Item, I give to the poor people of Leicester £6 135. 4a. in alms.
Item, I fully discharge my brother Wollock of all reckonings betwixt him and me.
Item, I fully discharge my brother John Farnham of all reckonings betwixt him and me.
Item, I fully discharge my brother Francis Chaloner of all reckonings betwixt him and me.
Item, I give to my brother Robert Farnham one annual pension of €10 to be paid for seven years by
my executors.
Item, I give to the Earl of Huntingdon one piece of plate value £16 to be bought by my executors and
on the same to have such device of words engraved as shall be devised and thought meet by Mr. Thomas
Sackvill.
Item, I give to my cosen Mistress Anne Beaumont, wife of Nicholas Beaumont, one gilt bow
with a spout and a cover.
All the residue of my goods and chattels, as well real as personal, my debts and legacies
1 of silver
paid and this my
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Will performed, I give to Hellen Farnham my wife whom I constitute and make my full and sole
executrix.
Also I ordain and make Supervisors of this my Will my dear and well-beloved friends and kinsmen
Sir Thomas Nevill and Sir Thomas Chaloner, knights, Nicholas Beaumont, George Turpin and Thomas
Morrison, Esquires.
Any disputes that may arise on the construction of this Will are to be explained by Francis Saunders,
Esquire, and Robert Braham, gent.
Item, I further Will that the Supervisors of this my last Will shall take bonds such as to their discretion
shall seem good wherein every one of my said bretheren shall be severally bounden in the sum of #500
apiece that none of them shall give, grant, bargain, sell, alienate, exchange or discontinue any part or parcel
of the said lands or inheritance which I have granted, willed, or devised unto them by virtue of this my Will
or which shall be hereafter assured or conveyed to them or any of them by reason or means of this my
Will or anything therein contained. And I further Will that if any of my said bretheren do refuse to enter
into such bond within two months next after my decease that then he or they so refusing shall utterly lose
the benefit of all such bequests as I have granted unto him or them by this my last Will. And if any of my
said bretberen shall after entering into such bond break the same by selling or alienating his interest then I
Will that the forfeiture of the said bond or bonds shall be given to such other of my bretheren and their heirs
equally as shall be damnified by the same.
Finally revoking all former Wills made by me, I declare this to be my last Will and Testament,
In witness of which I the said Thomas Farnham have signed and sealed every lease of paper containing
this my last Will and Testament the sixth day of August 1562 and in the fourth year of the reign of Our
Sovereign lady Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen of England, France and Ireland.
(Signed) Thomas Farnham.
Witnesses: Nicholas Beaumont, George Turpin, Morice Barkly, Drue Drury, Francis Saunders,
Matthew Farnham, Edward Robinson, John Wynston, Robarte Bishopp, William Whitton.
Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, September 22nd, A.D. 1562 (24, Streat).
Schedule to the Will of Thomas Farnham of Stoughton and the Nether Hall giving the names of those
appointed to have Rings. A.D. 1562.
The Earl of Huntingdon. Mr. Wollock. Mrs. Berkeley.
My lady of Huntingdon. Robert Farnham. Mr. Drue Drury.
My lady Nevill. Mr. Thomas Sackvill. Mr. William Drury.
Sir Henry Lee. Mr. Arundell. Matthew Farnham.
My lady Lane. Mr. Thomas Markham. Mrs. Haddon.
Mr. Beaumont. My lord John Graye. Mrs. Morrison.
Mr. Turpyn. Mr. Brian Cave. Mr. Boyer.
Mr. Barkley. The Ear! of Bedford. Mrs. Wollock.
Mr. John Farnham. Sir Thomas Nevill. Francis Chaloner.
Mr. Robert Drury. Sir Thomas Chaloner. Mr. Thomas Farnham of Querne.
My lady Mildmay. Sir Robert Lane. Mr. Christopher Smyth.
Mr. Haddon. Sir Walter Mildmay. Matthew Farnham’s wife.
Mr. Morrison. Mistress Beaumont. Mr. Francis Cave.
Mr. Alford. Mistress Turpyn. Mrs. Bowier.
The Will says 40 rings are to be given, but the Schedule enumerates 42 recipients.
N.B.—Anne Farnham died at Stoughton three days after her father Thomas Farnham, so Catherine Farnham became her father's sole
heiress. In due course she married Thomas Beaumont and they released the property in Quorndon to John Farnham of the
Nether Hall in accordance with the terms of her father’s Will.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court of the lady the Queen, lady of the manor of Beaumanor, demised
to Adrian Stocks, Esq., held there the rgth day of October, 4 Elizabeth, A.D. 1562.
To this Court came Thomas Staples and in full Court surrendered into the hands of the lord of this
manor one cottage in Querndon to the use of Francis Gryffen, Walter Gryffen and Isabel Gryffen the son
and daughter of the same Francis; to whom the lord by his Steward demised the cottage for their lives and
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the longest liver of them to hold at the Will of the lord according to the Custom of this manor for the right
and accustomed rents; they paid a Fine on Entry of 6s. 8d., did their fealty and were admitted tenants.
The heirs of Thomas Farnham and Bartholomew Willock in right of Margery his wife for one capital
messuage and certain lands in Quarndon owe Suit to this Court.
Exchequer Inquisitions Post-mortem, Series 11, File 1160. A.D. 1562. (Thomas Farnham of Stoughton
and the Nether Hall.)
This Inquisition taken at Leycester on the 20th day of October in the fourth year of the reign of Queen,
Elizabeth.
Before Thomas Smyth, Esquire, escheator of the Queen in the county of Leycester by virtue of the
Queen’s Writ of “diem clausit extremum” for enquiring after the death of Thomas Farnham, gent., late of
Stoughton in the said county.
The Jury say on oath that Thomas Farnham was seised in demesne as of Fee of the Manor of Stoughton,
etc., formerly belonging to the Monastery of St. Mary de Pratis at Leycester, now dissolved.
Also of the Rectory and Church of Stoughton formerly belonging to the same Monastery with the lands.
pertaining, together with the tithes of the lands lately bought by Thomas Farnham from Francis, Earl of
Huntingdon, and Thomas Haslewood, gent.
Also of the Grange commonly called ‘“ Stoughton Grange” lately held by John More for 21 years by
Letters Patent granted by King Henry VIII. dated March 23rd, A.D. 1542.
Also of the Nether Close or New Close, the two Butt closes and the Galtre close late the property of the
same Monastery.
Also of a Capital Messuage and Grange or Tenement, etc., 6 virgates of land and a close of pasture
containing 5 acres and two crofts of pasture in Stoughton, part of the possessions of Henry, late Duke of
Suffolk, attainted.
Also of a Manor in Quarndon commonly called “ Smyth’s Manor,” and two messuages, 72 acres of
land, 33 of meadow, 10 of pasture and 55. gd. of Rent in Quarndon, late the property of William Alycock and
Jane his wife.
Also of a water mill in Quarndon, etc., lately belonging to the dissolved Priory of Berdmonsey in Surrey.
Also of a Chantry in Quarndon with its members and four messuages, 6 acres of land, 2 cottages and a
Mansion House and Garden, all late the property of the same Chantry, now dissolved.
Also of 2 other messuages, 2 cottages, a dovehouse, 70 acres of land, 37 of meadow, and 8 of pasture in
Quarndon, lately bought by the same Thomas Farnham from his elder brother John Farnham.
Also of a rent lately belonging to the now dissolved Priory of Langley, and a messuage in Wylson, 2
messuages and 3 virgates of land and 12d. of rent late the property of the Priory of Langley, Also of a
messuage and a virgate of land in Tonge in the parish of Breedon, and a tenement and garden in Tonge.
Also of all those messuages, etc., in Belgrave now or late in the occupation of John Tyrrywystell, late
the property of the aforesaid dissolved Priory of Langley,
Also of the Rectory of Stretton in the same county with its tithes, and of one messuage, 7 acres of land
and 2 acres of meadow in Stretton lately bought from Edward Wyndsore, knight, Lord Wyndsore,
Also of one rood with a windmill built thereon in Glen Magna.
Thus seised Thomas Farnham by an Indenture dated the 26th day of March in the fourth year of the
now Queen’s reign (1562) between Thomas Farnham of the one part and certain Nicholas Beaumont, of
Overton Quatermarshe in the county of Leycester, Esquire, and George Turpyn, of Knaptoft in the said
county, Esquire, for good causes and considerations him especially moving, he Thomas Farnham let and
granted to the said Nicholas Beaumont and George Turpyn the said Manor of Stoughton and the Grange
called “Stoughton Grange,” late in the tenure of John More, the Rectory of Stoughton and all the other
premises in Stoughton from the feast of the Annunciation last past until the end of 21 years next following,
rendering yearly to Thomas Farnham, his heirs and assigns, the sum of #64, payable in two equal portions,
one at the feast of St. Michael and one at the feast of the Annunciation. ;
Further they say that on the 6th day of August, A.D. 1562, at Stoughton, Thomas Farnham made his
Jast Will in writing (here follows the Will transcribed in English).
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And afterwards, to wit on the 4th day of September, A.D. 1562, the said Thomas Farnham died at Holte
in the said county, and the said Anne (his daughter) died on the 7th day of September, A.D. 1562, at
Stoughton aforesaid.
And that Katherine Farnham is his only daughter and next heir and of the age of 4 years on the 14th of
February last past. And that Eleanor late the wife of Thomas Farnham is living and is at Stoughton
aforesaid.
The Manor of Stoughton was held of the Queen in Chief by the fortieth part of one Knight’s Fee, and
was worth, beyond outgoings, £26 10s. 4d.
The said messuages in Stoughton in the several tenures of Wil Skampton, Thomas Maryot, Robert
Garland, Thomas Mason and John Baylye, parcel of the Manor of Stoughton, were worth #7 1s. 11d.
The residue of the said manor was worth yearly £109 8s. 5d.
And that the said Rectory of Stoughton and the other premises pertaining to the said Rectory were held
of the Queen as of her manor of Casteli Donyngton by fealty only, in free socage and not in Chief, and worth
£10 by the year.
The Grange of Stoughton, late in the tenure of John More, and the said closes called “The Newe close,
Butt closes and Galtre close,” were held of the Queen in Chief by a service of a fortieth part of a Knight’s Fee,
and worth yearly £21 gs. 8d.
The Capital Messuage or Tenement called “ Stoughton Grange” in the tenure of Agnes Frampton, and
parcel of the late possessions of the said Henry, Duke of Suffolk, were held of the Queen as of her manor of
East Greenwich, co. Kent, by fealty only, in free socage, and worth £6 yearly.
The manor in Quarundon called “‘ Smyth’s Manor,” and other premises in Quarundon, late parcel of the
possessions of William Alycocke and Jane his wife, were held of the Lord Barkeley as of his manor of
Mountsorell in free socage by fealty only, and worth yearly #4 5s. 84d.
The water mill and the other premises in Quarendon and elsewhere in the parish of Barowe, late in the
tenure of Christopher Thompson and formerly belonging to the dissolved Priory of Berdmonsey in Surrey, were
held of the Queen as of her manor of East Greenwich, and worth yearly #4.
The late Chantry of Quarundon and other premises in Quarundon belonging formerly to the said Chantry
were worth yearly £4 135. 4d.
Other premises in Quarundon in the tenure of Agnes Rafyn, widow, formerly belonging to the same
Chantry, were worth yearly 32s.
The rest of the same late Chantry’s possessions were worth by the year £3 16s. od.
The premises in Wyllson, Tonge and Belgrave, lately belonging to the now dissolved Priory of Langley,
were worth yearly £3 195. 5d.
The two Messuages and other premises in Quarundon bought by Thomas Farnham from the said John
Farnham were held of the Queen as of her manor of Beaumanor by fealty and a yearly rent of 28s., and worth
£4 85. od. by the year.
The said Messuage now in the occupation of Simon Myddelton, part of the premises bought by Thomas
Farnham from his brother the said John Farnham, was worth 20s. by the year.
The other premises bought from the same John were yearly worth £3 8s.
The properties belonging to the late Chantry of Quarundon and the late Priory of Langley were held of
the Queen as of her manor of East Greenwich by fealty only, in free socage and not in Chief.
The Rectory of Stretton and the other premises in Stretton were held of the Queen in free socage as of
her manor of East Greenwich, and were worth annually £8.
The premises in Glen magna were worth yearly 335. 4d., but of whom they were held the Jurors
are unaware.
And the Jury state that Thomas Farnham held no other lands or mavors in the county of Leicester of the
Queen in Chief or in any other manner on the day that he died. In witness of which, etc.
N.B.—Inquisitions post-mortem are rather disappointing to modern searchers anxious to find out details of earlier times, for they
seldom supply the detailed information which is wanted, e.g., Thomas Farnham had three houses (inter alia) in Quorndon, viz., “The
Nether Hall, the New Hall and a Mansion which had till lately belonged to the recently dissolved Chantry of Quorndon.” Where were
they situated ? We can only guess that the Nether Hall occupied the site on which Henry Farnham built his house about 1680 and
called it “the Nether Hall,” which is the house now owned by Mr. Warner and misnamed ‘‘ Quorn Hall.”
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The New Hall may have been the old house by the Churchyard entrance, afterwards called ‘The Hall on the Green,” and now the
property of Mr. Facer. ;
Where was the Chantry Mansion situated? All we know now is that a small close containing about one acre was until the
Quorndon Award (and even later) known as “ The Chantry close.” This close lies next the Churchyard wall on the east side, and is now
the garden of the first house in Nursery Lane. It is numbered 222 on the 25-inch Ordnance map of 1903, and now measures only three-
quarters of an acre, but probably it originally ran down to the backs of the houses on the north side of Station Street.
And when we examine the lands mentioned in this inquisition we find the same difficulty in arriving at any real knowledge of their
extent or value, ¢.g., the inquisition says that the water-mill and the other premises in the parish of Barrow, lately belonging to the
dissolved Priory of Berdmonsey, were worth yearly £4. These included a house and 33 acres at Alderman Haw (sold by William
Farnham to his sister Margaret and her husband Thomas Aldersey in 1620 for £200) as well as the mill on the river Soar, which was
pulled down by Mr. Meynell. Now mills were valuable properties in those days, and the value of the mill and the other property must
have been more than £4 yearly, one would have supposed. We can trace some of the properties named in the inquisition by the
subsequent sales, e.g.,in 1582 Thomas Beaumont and Katherine his wife (daughter of Thomas Farnham) sold a messuage, a toft, a
garden, an orchard and 57 acres of land in Wylson, which no doubt was the Wylson property mentioned in the inquisition as only worth,
with other properties in Tonge and Belgrave, just under £4 yearly. In the year 1579 Katherine, together with her husband Thomas
Beaumont, appear to have carried out the stipulation in Thomas Farnham’s Will and transferred to trustees the New Hall, the mill
and the other properties in Quorndon and Barrow for the use of John Farnham for life and the uses named in the said Will.
This property consisted of 2 messuages, 2 tofts, 2 mills, 2 gardens, 160 acres of land, 50 of meadow, 40 of pasture, 20 of wood and
30 of furze and heath in Quorndon, Woodhouse and Barrow, all of which, according to Thomas Farnham’s calculation in his Will, were
only worth £33 per annum, with the lands in Stoughton, Belgrave, Glen, Bredon, Wilson, Tonge and the Rectory of Stretton all included,
but which would be worth even less according to the values given to these pieces of property in the inquisition itself. It would therefore
appear that the properties mentioned in these inquisitions were both greatly underestimated in extent and undervalued in yearly profits,
According to a Fine of Michaelmas A.D. 1585 Thomas Beaumont and Katherine owned 22 messuages, 10 cottages, 22 tofts,
2000 acres of land and tos. rent in Stoughton, Hawghton and Thurneby, also the Rectories of Stoughton and Thurneby and the tithes.
Most, if not all, of this property was derived from Katherine’s father, Thomas Farnham, and therefore was or should have been
included in the foregoing Inquisition.
Auditors’ Inrolments, Land Revenues. Vol. 131, fol. A. 62. A.D. 1562.
Robert Farnham, gent., Office of Steward.
Elizabeth, by the grace of God of England, France and Ireland, Queen, To all to whom these presents
come, Greeting.
Know ye that We by the advice of Our kinsman and Councillor William, Marquis of Winchester, Our
Treasurer of England and Chancellor and Sub-treasurer of Our Exchequer, have assigned and constituted Our
beloved Robert Farnham, gent., Steward and Guardian of Our Court of all and singular the Manors, lands,
territories, possessions, etc., with their rights, members and all their appurtenances in the towns of Leicester,
Thurmaston, Knighton and Asfordby in Our county of Leicester, to the Bishopric of Lincoln, lately belonging
and now remaining in Our hands by reason of the surrender, To exercise, hold and fulfil the said Offices
during Our pleasure, receiving annually for the said Office qos. of lawful English money at Lady-day and
Michaelmas in equal portions, with all the commodities, advantages, etc., to the said Office belonging, in as
ample a manner and form as Thomas Farnham, Esquire, deceased, lately held the same Offices.
As witness the said Marquis of Winchester at Westminster 15th January in the fourth year of Our reign.
N.B.—Robert Farnham was the fourth son of William Farnham of the Nether Hall by Dorothy Nevill his wife. Robert Farnham
had a Lease from the Crown of certain lands for 21 years in Snaynton, co, York, and died apparently without children, making his:
brother Matthew Farnham his executor.
As executor of his brother Robert Farnham, late of London, gent., Matthew Farnham brought a Suit against Richard Knowles of
Cold Ashby, co. Northants, to recover a sum of £80 which he had great difficulty in getting, as the defendant Knowles paid part of the
debt in light coin which was not current, nor would he give security for the balance. The Chancery Proceeding is not dated, but the
date was about 1580.
Feet of Fines. Easter, 5 Elizabeth, A.D. 1563.
Between Roger Gysse, plaintiff, and Thomas Farnham, Esquire, and Anne his wife and Thomas Squyer,
defendants of 3 messuages, 3 gardens, 5 acres of land, 28 acres of meadow and 44 acres of pasture in Wood-
house and Woodhouse Eaves. The defendants acknowledged the said premises to be the right of Roger
Gysse, and Roger Gysse granted the said premises to the said Thomas Squyer for the term of 21 years from
March 25th last past, rendering yearly to Roger and his heirs £5 6s. od.
Roger Gysse also granted the Reversion of the said premises to Thomas Farnham and Anne,
to hold to Thomas Farnham and Anne and the heirs of Thomas Farnham for ever.
to have and
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The same date.
Between William Squyer, plaintiff, and John Nyx and Benedict his wife, defendants of 1 messuage,
20 acres of land, 12 acres of pasture and 1 root of ginger in Quorndon.
Octaves of St. Michael, 6 Elizabeth, A.D. 1564.
Between Richard Staples, plaintiff, and Robert Braham and Anne his wife, defendants of 1 messuage,
2 gardens, 1 orchard, 30 acres of land, 8 acres of meadow, 3 acres of pasture, and Common of pasture
in Quarndon.
State Papers, Domestic, Vol. 22, No. 18. Elizabeth, A.D. 1563.
Endorsed: To my Worshipful Friend Sir Thomas Chaloner, knight, Lorde Embassadour for Englande
in Spaine.
From Mr. Haddon. Received xxvii March 1562-3.
I have long been troubled with sore eyes and am not yet abil to write or els [ woulde be gladde to
enquire of your wel doing and wel liking.
God hath made your sister Farnham a widdowe, mi brother Frauncis Saunders sueth to make her a wife
agayue; he is lerned and honest, I saye no more in his behalfe because he is mi brother, his living is a
convenient portion for a gentilman and adjoineth to Lecestershire, there yeres be agreable there kindred and
alliance are entered in acquaintance and Friendshippe. If these circumstances with other incidents which
I nede not to remember [succeed] in the winning your assent to the joining of our families I trust neither the
parties nor we of their bludde shall have cause to regret thus recommending too you mi brother’s suit as far as
. yourself shall like [ wishe your helthe and shorte safe returne.
Mi brother Beamont and mi sister his wife being presently my guests have them commendid and muche
wishe the forwardness of this matter.
your Aff.
Walter Haddon.
N.B.—Walter Haddon was born in 1516 and was half brother of Clement Saunders who married Joan the daughter of Robert
Farnham, of Francis Saunders of Shankton who married Helen, the widow of Thomas Farnham of the Nether Hall, and of Anne
Saunders, who married Nicholas Beaumont of Coleorton.
Walter Haddon was greatly distinguished for his learning both at Eton and at King’s College, Cambridge. He was Doctor of
Civil Law and professor of Rhetoric and Orator of Cambridge University. He was appointed Master of Trinity Hall and served as
Vice Chancellor of the University in 1549. In 1552 he was chosen as President of Magdalen College, Oxford, but he resigned in 1553.
On the Accession of Queen Elizabeth he was appointed one of her Masters of the Court of Requests.
He died in January, 1572, and was buried in Christ Church, London, aged 56 years.
Barrow Court Roll.
Barrow-on-Soar.—View of Frankpledge with the Court Baron of the most noble lord Henry, Earl of
Huntingdon, of his lordship and Manor of Barrow-on-Sore held there on the 26th day of April in the
6th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, A.D. 1564.
To this Court came John Barnarde and in full Court surrendered into the hands of the lord 1
messuage, 29 acres of land and meadow, £ rood of land and 1 close called “ Harvie Close” and 1 close
called “ Milne Close,” 1 piece of pasture called “ Lyme Pitt Holes” with their appurtenances,
Also 3 acres of land called “ Brockine Lands” and 1 acre of meadow in “Coxe Poole” and 1
leasow in “ Barrow Holme,” 1% acres of meadow in “ Wigwere” and “ Southholme,” 4 acre of meadow
lying on “ Long Doles,” 1 piece of pasture called “ Fishpole,” 1 piece of land called “ Benelstie” and all
those common pits there called ‘The Common Lyme Pittes”? to the use and behoof of William
Barnarde the elder, brother of the aforesaid John, William Barnarde the younger, son of the same
William, and Philippa Barnarde the daughter of the same William Barnarde the elder.
Whereupon afterwards, on the 26th day of June 1564, came the said William Barnarde the elder in
person before Michael Purfrey, Esquire, and Otwell Hollinshearde, gent., Surveyors of the lord, by virtue
of his Commission to them directed dated 26th October, A.D. 1563, and took of the aforesaid Earl by
his Surveyors the said messuage, 29 acres of land and meadow and the other premises mentioned above,
to hold to William Barnarde the elder, William Barnarde his son and Philippa Barnarde his daughter for
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term of the longest liver, at the Will of the lord according to the custom of the Manor, rendering to the
lord and his heirs for the 29 acres, Harvie Close, Milne Close and piece of pasture, 29s., for Broken
lands 18d., for the acre in Coxpoole 3s. 8d., the Leasow in Barrow Holme as., for 14 acres in Wigwere
and Southeholme 4s. 6d., for the half acre in Longdoles’ 20d., the pasture in Fishpoole 2s. yearly, for
the Common Lyme Pittes 12s. yearly, to be paid at Michaelmas and Lady-day by even portions, and
capons yearly at the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, and further to render all other charges, customs,
suit of Court and services formerly due and accustomed. And for having such estate William Barnard
gave to the lord for a Fine xi (shillings), he did fealty and was admitted tenant.
The Great Inquisition.—George Gladwyne. Edmund Barnard. William Eastwell,
Clement Snethe. Thomas Fisher. William Warren.
William Wilde. William Staples. William Squyer.
Thomas Warde. John Barnarde. Thomas Judson.
Humfrey Bradshawe. Richard Chaveney.
All the above were sworn.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 6 Elizabeth, October 6th, A.D. 1564.
This is the final agreement made in the Court of the lady the Queen at Westminster on the Octaves of
St. Michael in the Sixth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, etc.
Between Roger Cave, William Skeffington and Michael Purfrey, Esqrs., plaintiffs, and Thomas
Farnham, Esquire, and Anne his wife, defendants of the Manor of Quarne otherwise Quarnedon with the
appurtenances, and of 3 messuages, 2 cottages, 1 dovehouse, 7 gardens, 6 orchards, 200 acres of land, 60
acres of meadow, 160 acres of pasture and 40 acres of wood in Quarne alias Quarnedon. Whereupon
a plea of Covenant was suinmoned between them in the saine Court, that is to say, that the aforesaid Thomas
Farnham and Anne have acknowledged the aforesaid Manor and tenements to be the right of the said Roger,
William and Michael, and these they have remised and quitclaimed from them the said Thomas and Anne
and their heirs to the aforesaid Roger Cave, William Skeffington and Michael Purfrey and the heirs of the
said Roger for ever. And moreover the same Thomas Farnham and Anne have granted for themselves and
the heirs of the said Thomas that they will warrant the said Manor and tenements with the appurtenances to
the aforesaid Roger, William and Michael and the heirs of the said Roger Cave against all men for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, etc., the said Roger Cave, William Skeffington and Michael Purfrey gave
to the aforesaid Thomas Farnham and Anne the sum of £240 sterling.
N.B.—This Fine was levied on the Settlement of the Over Hall estate in Quorndon to trustees for the use of Thomas Farnham and
Anne his wife and their heirs, and was afterwards the cause of a Suit with the Crown authorities, who alleged that the Manor of Quare
had been alienated without the necessary Royal Licence having been first obtained.
The Manor of Quarne mentioned in the Fine must not be confused with the Manor of Barrow held by the Earls of Huntingdon,
which included the manorial rights of Quorndon; it merely refers to the Over Hall estate, which is several times described as “the
Manor of Quarne,” and which may have been a reputed Manor, or possibly a part of the Rushall manor, itself also a reputed Manor.
Barrow Court Roll.
Barrow-on-Soar.—View of Frankpledge with the Court Baron of the most noble lord Henry, Earl of
Huntingdon, of his Lordship and Manor of Barrowe-on-Soar held there on the 17th day of October in the
6th year of the reign of Elizabeth by the grace of God of England, France and Ireland Queen, A.D. 1564.
The Inquisition—John Gladwyne. George Gladwyne. Edmund Barnarde.
Thomas Judson, Richard Moncke. John Staples.
Jobn Foldes. William Rawlyne. Thomas Squyet.
William Wylde. Humphrey Bradshawe. William Hebb.
William Squyer. William Staples.
All the above were sworn.
Presentment of the Tithingmen. Barrowe.—William Barnard and William Gamble, the Tithingmen there,
sworn, present that Thomas Farnham, gentleman (appears), Thomas Turland (essoined), Jobn
Hunt (4d.), the heirs of Berckley (not summoned), are Free Tenants and owe suit to this Court at this
day. Of whom, etc.
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And that one lamb called ‘a Hogge ” was presented at the Court held there on the 26th day of
April in the 6th year of the now lady the Queen as an estray and was yeared on the feast of St.
Bartholomew the Apostle last past, and is appraised at 4d. And because no one came within a year and
a day to claim the estray aforesaid therefore it is adjudged to the lord of this Manor. And the bailiff
is ordered to seize the estray aforesaid and to answer to the said lord for the value of the same.
And that one wether came within this lordship as an estray on the feast of Saints Philip and James
the Apostles last past and is in the custody of William Gamble.
And that William Eastwell (20d.) and Thomas Rider (i2d.) made an affray together against the
peace of the Lady the Queen, and the aforesaid William broke the aforesaid Thomas’s head with a staff
worth nothing. Therefore both of them are in mercy.
And that the wives of John Pancocke (2d.), Peter Ducket (2d.), William Lister (2d.), Thomas
Warren (2d.) and James Hassard (2d.) are common brewers of Ale and broke the Assize thereof.
Therefore, etc.
And that John Parker of Rotheley is a common baker of human bread and sold bread within this
lordship below the Assize. Therefore he is amerced 8d.
And that Robert Braham (4d.) holds one watermill within this lordship and took toll excessively.
Therefore he is in mercy.
And that Thomas White (4d.) of Barrowe aforesaid made an assault and affray on John Barnarde
and struck him with a fork of the value of 4d. Therefore he is in mercy for the affray and has forfeited
the weapon.
And further that all is well.
Quarndon.—Thomas Corcker and William Taylor, the Tithingmen there, sworn, present that William Hebb
(appears), John Purse (appears), and Walter Brandon (appears) are Free Tenants and owe suit to this
Court at this day and appeared.
And further they say that the wives of Richard Hamson (2d.), William Smitbe (2d.), John Draper
(ad.) and Robert Taylor (2d.) are common brewers of Ale and broke the Assize. Therefore they are, etc.
And that John Parker (8d.) of Rotheley is a common baker of human bread, and Joan Gerrarde of
Mountsorell (8d.), widow, is likewise a baker and sold human loaves within this lordship below the
Assize. Therefore each of them is in mercy.
And further that all is well.
Willowbie-on-the-Wold.—Henry Carton, the Tithingman there, sworn, presents that Richard Huston
(essoined) owes suit to this Court at this day and is essoined.
And in other things that all is well.
Woodhowse.—Nicholas Grene and Richard Bradhurst, the Tithingmen there, sworn, present that William
Staples and Clement Snethe owe suit to this Court at this day and are essoined.
And that Cristopher Thomson (4d.) of Wodhowse made an assault and affray on William Rigge
with a staff of no value. Therefore he is in mercy, etc.
And that Joan Gerrarde (4d.) of Mountsorell is a common baker of human bread and sold loaves
within this lordship below the Assize, therefore she is in mercy, etc.
And in other things that all is well.
Verdict of the Jurors.—Which said men sworn and charged concerning divers articles touching this View and
Court came and say on their oath that all things presented by the Frankpledgers aforesaid are true, and
they affirm them in all things. ;
And that as the pain was put in the last Court that none of the inhabitants of Querndon should tie
any mare with her foal in the grain fields of the Vill aforesaid after the foal of the same mare should be
one month old under pain of forfeiting to the lord 12d. And now they say that William Ducket (12d.),
Thomas Barton (12d.) and Richard Hampson (12d.) tied their mares in the grain fields of the said Vill
with their foals after they were a month old, against the pain aforesaid. Therefore, etc.
And further that Joyce Chaveney (12d.) tied her oxen on the outside lands against the pain put in
the last Court. Therefore, etc.
And that Thomas Fynnes (6d.), William Bratfeelde (6d.), William Ball (6d.), Richard Fisher (6d.),
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Christopher Bond (6d.) and the wife of Robert Tebolde, carried away wood out of a certain place called
“ Wellowe” against the pain put in the last Court.
And that Christopher Brandon (6d.) did the like. Therefore each of them is in mercy, ete,
And that John Marshall (12d.) of Barrowe tied his horses in the meadows there after the hay was
carried away from the said meadows before the feast of St. John the Baptist against the pain put in the
last Court. Therefore he is in mercy, etc.
And that Thomas White (12d.) tied his cattle in a certain place there called “lez Akeres” before the
feast of St. Peter ad Vincula called “‘ Lammas,” against the pain put in the last Court. Therefore he ig
in mercy.
And in other things that all is well.
Ordinances.—At this Court it is ordered by the Homage that no brewer of Quarndon keep or have any servant
of any man of the said Vill in his house after the seventh hour in the night under pain of forfeiting to the
lord every time for so keeping or having any servant after the hour aforesaid in his house, 3s.
Item, it is ordered by the Jurors aforesaid that none of the inhabitants of the Vill of Quarndon
aforesaid keep Several any Close after the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula, which is wont at that time to be
common, but shall make it open within four days after the promulgation of this pain in the Church of the
Vill aforesaid under pain of forfeiting to the lord 4os.
Item, it is ordered that if anyone of the same Vill obstructed the common way anywhere about the
Town aforesaid that he throw it open within four days after the promulgation of this pain in the Church
of the same Vill under pain of forfeiting to the lord 4os.
John Gladwine,
Affeerers< William Hebbe, }swom
William Rawlyne,
Sum of the Estreats of this View and Court, 18s.
Expenses of the Steward and the Jurors, Ios.
Feet of Fines, Mixed Counties. Michaelmas, 6 and 7 Blizabeth, A.D. 1564.
Between Thomas Farnham, gent., plaintiff, and John Dasset and Margery his wife, defendants, of
6 messuages, 7 cottages, 10 gardens, 200 acres of land, 40 of meadow, 40 of pasture, 10 of wood and common
of pasture in Mountsorell, Rothley, Barkeby, Quarndon and the town of Leicester.
And of 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 4 gardens, 4 orchards, 100 acres of land, 40 of meadow, 40 of pasture,
10 of wood and common of pasture in Rempstone and Normanton juxta Plumtre in the county of Nottingham.
With a clause of warranty against the heirs of Margery.
Thomas Farnham gave to John Dasset and Margery £240.
N.B.—Margery Dasset was the widow of Francis Farnham, Recorder of Leicester and M.P. for that borough. She was daughter
of Sir Thomas Cave, knight, of Stanford. By his Will, dated 1557, Francis Farnham left Margery all his property.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds at Leicester. January 24th, A.D. 1564.
This Indenture made 24th January, 6 Elizabeth,
Between Robert Braham of Barrowe-upon-Sore, Co. Leicester, gent.,
And Wyllyam Staples of Quarndon in the same county, husbandman,
Witnesseth, ;
That the said Robert, in consideration of a competent sum of money to him paid by the said Wyllyam ™
the name of a Fyne,
Hath demised and to farme lett to the said Wyllyam Staples
All that his messuage situate in Quarndon with the stables, barns, etc., and also all the tofts, crofts,
orchards, lands arable, meadows, pastures and commons belonging now or late in the tenure of the said
William Staples,
To have and to hold to William Staples and his assigns from the feast of the Purificati
commonly called “ Candlemas ” 1565, for 21 years next ensuing,
on of Our Lady,
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Yielding and paying unto Robert Braham, his heirs and assigns, One yearly rent of £3 at two feasts in
the year, viz., at the feast of St. Peter ad vincula (commonly called “‘ Lammas’) and “ Candlemas” by equal
portions.
With a distraint clause for nonpayment to date.
William Staples covenants with Robert Braham to keep the tenements in proper repair, and further
undertakes for himself and assigns to bring or cause to be brought to the Mansion House of Robert Braham
at Barrowe,
One load of Coals from the Pits of Coleorton betwixt Easter and Midsummer (Robert Braham paying for
the coals only) in every year during the existence of the said Lease,
Also to fetch or cause to be fetched One load of Wood or timber from whatsoever place the said Robert
or his assigns shall appoint within 5 miles distance from his said Mansion House once in each year,
Also within one year next after this date to cause to be delivered to Robert Braham or his assigns One
true and sufficient Terrier in writing of all the lands, meadows and pastures appertaining to the said messuage
agreed to be demised as above.
In witness whereof, etc., Thomas Alycocke, Robert Wynne, Rychard Wheyley.
Barrow Court Roll.
Barrowe-on-Soar.— View of Frankpledge with the Court Baron of the most Noble Lord Henry, Ear] of
Huntingdon, of his Lordship and Manor of Barrowe-on-Soar, held there on the gth day of May in the
7th year of the reign of Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen, A.D. 1565.
The Inquisition.—John Gladwyne. John Marshall. Thomas Judson.
Richard Moncke. Edmund Barnarde. William Wilde.
Humphrey Bradshawe. William Warren. William Arnolde.
William Squyer. William Hebbe. John Purse.
Thomas Squyer.
All the above were sworn.
Presentment of the Tithingmen of Barrowe.— William Barnarde and William Gamble, the Tithingmen there,
sworn, present that Thomas Farnham, gentleman (appears), Thomas Turland (4d.), the heirs of Berckley
(4d.), John Hunt (4d.), Ralph Newton (appears) and Thomas Palmer (appears), are Free Tenants and
hold of the lord of this Manor by suit of Court at this day. Some appeared, others not, etc.
And that one wether was presented at the Court held there on the 17th day of October in the 6th
year of the reign of the now Lady the Queen as an estray, and was yeared on the feast of Saints Philip and
James last past, and it is appraised at 12d. And because no one came within a year and a day to claim
the estray, therefore it is adjudged to the lord of this Manor. And the bailiff is ordered to seize the said
estray and to answer to the lord for the value of the same, etc., etc.
Quarndon.— William Tailor and John Staples, the Tithingmen there, sworn, present that John Hawckins
..+., William Hebbe, John Purse, John Staples and Walter Brandon, are Free Tenants and owe suit of
Court at this day, and appeared.
And that one steer two years old, of black colour, came within this Lordship as an estray on the feast
of St. Michael the Archangel last past and is in the custody of Edmund Edmondson the bailiff there.
And that one mare, of black colour, came within this Lordship as an estray on the feast of All
Saints last past and is in the custody of the bailiff aforesaid.
And that the wives of Richard Hamson (4d.), William Smithe (4d.), John Draper (4d.), Robert
Gamble (4d.) and John Ripley (4d.) are common brewers of Ale and broke the Assize thereof.
And that John Parker (6d.) of Rotheley, Joan Gerrarde (6d.), widow, William Smithe (6d.) of
Quarndon, and John Ripley, of the same Vill, are common bakers of human bread and sold loaves
within this Lordship below the Assize. Therefore each is in mercy.
And further that all is well, etc.
Verdict of the Jurors.—Which said men having been sworn and charged concerning divers articles touching
this View and Court came and say on their oath that John Marshall (2s.), Richard Moncke (2s.) and
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John Pancocke (12d.) kept their sheep in the corn field, namely, on Bandcrofte Hades against the pain.
put in the last Court. Therefore each is in mercy, etc.
And further they say on their oath that Richard Hamson (2s.) of Quarndon, being a brewer of Ale
kept and had a certain William Hill, servant of a certain (Agnes) Rafine, widow, in his house after the
seventh hour of the night against the pain put in the last Court. Therefore he is in mercy, ete.
And further they say on their oath that whereas in the last Court the pain was put that none of the
inhabitants of the Vill of Quarndon should keep Several any Close within the fields of the same Vil]
after the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula, called ‘‘ Lammas,” which was wont to be common at that time
under pain of forfeiting 40s., now they present that Thomas Farnham (40s.) of the same Vill, gentleman,
kept Several one Close after the feast aforesaid which is accustomed at that time to be common, against
the pain aforesaid. Therefore he is in mercy as appears.
And likewise whereas the pain was put in the last Court that if any of the inhabitants of the Vill of
Quarndon aforesaid obstructed the common way anywhere about the Town aforesaid, that he, within
four days after those pains should be promulgated in the Church of the same Vill, should throw the way
aforesaid open under pain of forfeiting to the lord 40s., and now they present on their oath that Walter
Brandon (40s.) of Quarndon obstructed the common way by the Vill aforesaid with a certain hedge, and
within four days after the promulgation of such pain in the Church of the same Vill did not throw
it open, against the pain aforesaid, and so he has fallen into it. Therefore he is in mercy, etc.
And in other things that all is well.
Ordinances.—It is ordered by the Jurors aforesaid that the Township of Quarndon before the feast of
St. Peter ad Vincula next to come shall well and sufficiently repair and mend a certain bridge called
“ Preestes Brigge ” at both ends of the same bridge under pain of forfeiting to the lord 4os.
John Gladwyne
Affeerers and {suom
Thomas Judson
Sum of these two Views aforesaid, 1155. 8d.
Expenses of Steward with the Jurors, ros.
Amercements, 114s. 4d. He is charged in the 7th year of Queen Elizabeth.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 7 Elizabeth, A.D. 1565.
Between William Staples, plaintiff, and Thomas Farnham, gent., and Anne his wife, defendants of one
messuage, 30 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow and 20 acres of pasture in Quarndon and Barrowe-on-Sore
and common of pasture for all manner of beasts in the Forest of Charnwood.
Exchequer L.T.R. Memoranda Rolls, Recorda. m. 94. Easter, 7 Elizabeth, A.D. 1565.
Leicester; Concerning Roger Cave and others made liable to shew to the Lady the Queen wherefore the
Manor of Quarne otherwise Quarndon should not be taken and seised into the hands of the Lady the Queen
and to answer for the issues and profits thereof.
Be it remembered that, whereas it was lately found in a certain Roll of Estreats and Fines of the Bench
of Michaelmas Term in the 6th and 7th year of the reign of the now Lady the Queen, that Roger Cave and
others made a Fine with the Lady the Queen who now is for licence to agree with Thomas Fernebham,
esquire, and Anne his wife, of a plea of Covenant concerning the Manor of Quarne otherwise Quarndon with
the appurtenances in the County aforesaid, as in the same Roll, amongst other things, more fully is contained.
And because the Manor aforesaid is held of the said Queen in Chief, as in the Originalia of 7 Edward IV.,
Roll 28, appears to the said Queen of record, and because the alienation aforesaid was made without the
Royal Licence, therefore it was agreed between the Barons here that the aforesaid Roger be warned by Wnt
of “Scire facias ” to be before the same Barons to shew and propound if he has or knows anything to say for
himself wherefore the Manor aforesaid should not be seised into the hands of the Lady the Queen. And
thereupon the Sheriff of the County aforesaid was commanded by Writ, dated rath February last past, to warn
the said Roger to be before the Barons here on the Morrow of the close of Easter to shew and propound, etc.
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And now, to wit, 14th May in this term came here the said Roger Cave and certain William Skeflyngton
and Michel Purfrey, esquires, in their proper persons and pray for a hearing of the premises. And they are
read to them. And the said Roger, William aud Michael say that the said Manor of Quarne otherwise
Quarndon, with the appurtenances, ought not to be seised into the hands of the Queen. For they say that at
the time of the Fine aforesaid levied between the said Roger Cave, William Skeffyngton and Michael Purfrey,
esquires, plaintiffs, and the said Thomas Farneham and Anne his wife, deforciants, and long time before and
continually afterwards there were, and yet are, within the said County, two several Manors called by the
names of the Manors of Quarne otherwise Quarndon, namely one Manor called by the name of the Manor of
Quarndon, [whereof] mention is made in the aforesaid Originalia, and another Manor called by the name of
the Manor of Quarne otherwise Quarndon, which is specified in the aforesaid Fine. And that at the said
time of the Fine aforesaid, and long before, and ever afterwards, Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, was, and as yet
is, seised in his demesne as of Fee of the aforesaid Manor of Quarndon with the appurtenances whereof
mention is made in the aforesaid Originalia, and that manor he holds of the Queen in chief by Knight’s
service. And that the aforesaid Thomas Farneham and Anne his wife, at the time of the said Fine levied,
and long before, were seised of the aforesaid Manor of Quarne otherwise Quarndon with the appurtenances in
the Fine above specified, that is to say, the said Thomas in his demesne as of fee, and the said Aune in her
demesne as of a free tenement for the term of her life ; and that Manor they then held of the Queen as of her
Manor of Beaumanor in socage by the rent of one garland of roses and one rose flower and one barbed iron
arrowhead. And the said Thomas and Anne so being seised, the said Fine was levied on the Octaves of
St. Michael in 6 Elizabeth (see the Fine among these ;apers). By pretext of which said Fine the said Roger
Cave, William Skeffyngton and Michael Purfrey were, and as yet are, seised of the aforesaid Manor specified
in the aforesaid Fine, that is to say, the aforesaid Roger in his demesne as of fee, and the said William and
Michael in their demesne as of a free tenement for the term of the lives of the said William and Michael, and
that Manor they now hold of the Queen as of her Manor of Bewmanor by the service aforesaid, etc. All and
singular which things the said Roger, William and Michael are ready to verify as the Court shall adjudge.
Wherefore they do not think that the said Lady the Queen who now is wishes to hinder or vex them further
in the premises. And they pray for their Judgment that they may be dismissed from this Court as regards
further shewing or propounding in the premises.
Judgment: And the premises having been viewed by the Barons and mature deliberation being had
thereon between them, the said Roger, William and Michael are told by the same Barons that they, as regards
further shewing or propounding in the premises, may go at present without a day by pretext of the premises.
Saving always the right of the aforesaid Lady the Queen if, etc.
Feet of Fines, Leicester, Easter, 8 Elizabeth, A.D. 1566.
This is the Final Agreement made in the Court of the lady the Queen at Westminster in 15 days from
Easter in the 8th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Between John Sherarde, plaintiff, and Thomas Farnham, esquire, and Anne his wife, defendants of
I messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 30 acres of land, 3 of meadow, 12 of pasture and 40 of furze and heath in
Barkbye.
Whereupon a plea of Covenant was summoned between them in the same Court, that is to say, that the
aforesaid Thomas and Anne have acknowledged the aforesaid tenements to be the right of the said John
Sherarde and those they have remised and quitclaimed from them the said Thomas Farnham and Anne and
their heirs to the aforesaid John Sherarde and his heirs for ever; and moreover, the same Thomas and Anne
have granted for themselves and the heirs of the said Thomas Farnham that they will warrant the said
tenements to the aforesaid John Sherarde and his heirs against all men for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, etc., the same John Sherarde gave to the said Thomas Farnham and
Anne £40 sterling.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Quindene of Easter, 8 Elizabeth, A.D. 1566.
Between John Hunt, Edward Irelande, George Trigge and Clement Britten, plaintiffs, and Henry
Keble, esq., Robert Braham, gent., and Agnes his wife, defendants of the Manor of Barowe-on-Sore and
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3 Messuages, g cottages, g tofts, g gardens, 40 acres of land, 30 of meadow, 20 of pasture and 14d. rent in
Barrowe-on-Sore and Mountsorrel.
The defendants acknowledge the Manor, etc., to be the right of John Hunt and his heirs for ever,
Wills at Leicester. Thomas Purse of Quarndon. Will dated April 9th, 1566.
To the mother Church of Lincoln 12d.
To the Chapel of Querndon 12d.
To Edward my son all my lands (freehold and copyhold) at the age of 19 years peaceably to enjoy, and if he die before the age of
19, then my lands shall remain unto my two daughters Katherine and Agnes by equal portions.
To my daughters Katherine and Agnes £6 apiece at marriage or 16 years.
To my uncle Robert Purse one heifer, 2 pair of geese and 2 coats.
To my brother William one brown bullock,
To my sister's son John Purse 3s. 4d.
To the poor at my funeral 2s.
I will that the great pot, the great pan, and a folding table, and another bord with a pair of Quernes remain still within my house
from time to time as heirlooms.
If Joan my wife keep herself widow, Edward my son shall keep her so long as she continueth in that state; Edward to keep and’
maintain his two sisters to the utmost of his power.
And if Joan my wife do marry I will that it be with the assent of James Brinsley and Thomas Brinsley my brethren with Humphrey
Bradshaw and William Hebbe.
The residue of my goods to my wife Joan.
My wife Joan and my son Edward to be my executors.
Supervisors: James Brinsley, Thomas Brinsley, Humphrey Bradshaw and William Hebb.
Witnesses: The Supervisors and Richard Hampson and Richard Burton, clerk.
Proved January 3oth, 1576.
Chancery Proceedings, 1-68, 1558 to 1579. A.D. 1566.
Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen, etc., to Our beloved Adrian Stokes, esq., and Thomas Farnam,
esq., Greeting. Writ to enquire and examine witnesses concerning a dispute between Geoffrey Asser and
William Hewett and Clement Snethe, dated at Westminster 25th January, 8 Elizabeth.
Geoffrey Asser’s complaint is that while Henry, late Duke of Suffolk, held the manor of Bewmaner, he
demised by Copy of Court Roll according to the custom of the manor to one Thomas Asser, father of
Geoffrey, and others named in the Copy a mese farm in Woodhowse, parcel of said manor being tyme out of
mynd copyhold, by force of which Thomas Asser held the premises. After the Duke’s attainder and death
all the tenants had to appear at a Court held at Bewmaner by William Stokes, gent., deputy to Adryan
Stokes, then being seised thereof in right of the Ladye Fraunces his wyffe for term of her lyffe and now farmer
to the Prince of the same, and produce their titles for their several holdings. Thomas Asser shewed his title
and labored to surrender his ould Copie and take a new Coppie to Alice his wyfe, Geoffrey and Robert his
sons, according to the custom.
Whereupon he compounded with William Stokes and obtained a promise to have a new Coppie. But
by the synyster meanes and practise of William Hewet the Steward and one Clement Snethe, then of
Woodhouse and now of Loughborowe, upon a subtile practise used between them, the latter contrived to
obtain from William Stokes a warrant to alter the names and after putting the mother of Geoffrey clean out
of the Coppie putt Robert Snethe’s name in the new Coppie before that of Geoffrey, hence (Thomas Asser
being dead) the said Robert Snethe takes the issues and profits instead of Geoffrey who prays for subpcenas to
be addressed to Clement Snethe, William Hewett and Robert Snethe compelling them to appear.
N.B.—It seems that Clement Snethe married Thomas Asser’s daughter Isabel and had by her a son, the said Robert Snethe.
Clement denies all fraudulent practices and declares that his son’s name was inserted in the new Coppie in order to make up for the
want of marriage portion given by Thomas Asser with the said Isabel.
Mountsorell Town Lands Deeds. A.D. 1567.
To all the faithfull of Christ to whom this present writing triple indented come; John Lynnesey i
Mountsorell in the county of Leicester, sherman, son and heir of John Lynnesey late of Mountsorell,
sherman, deceased, Greeting in the Lord everlasting,
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Know ye that I the said John Lynnesey for good causes and considerations me at this time specially
moving have given and enfeoffed and by this my present writing have confirmed to John Marshall and
William Mouncke, John Lye, Thomas Toughe, sen., Thomas Jarrett, sen., Maurice Houghton, Thomas
Monke, Thomas Lye, Thomas Toughe, jun., Richard Jarrett, Richard Hoode, Richard Marshall, Henry
Yewle, John Monke and Thomas Lynnesey, their heirs and assigns for ever,
All those lands, tenements, meadows, pastures and hereditaments situate in the Town and Fields of
Mountsorell and in the Town and Fields of Rothley, concerning which a certain Robert Gybson, chaplain,
lately deceased, by his Charter bearing date the 13th December, 6 Henry VIII. (1514), enfeoffed the said John
Lynnesey my father, deceased, together with Thomas Marshall, William Leydbeater, William Olyff, Ralph
Payle, Henry Gladewyn, Richard Thorpe the younger, Robert Olyff and Robert Lynnesey, also deceased.
And which lands, tenements and hereditaments the said Robert Gybson had of the gift and enfeoffment
of Roger Rowthorn and John Olyf ;
And which premises the same Roger Rowthorne and John Olyff had of the gift and enfeoffment of a
certain Thomas Rowthorne,
And all other my messuages, cottages, lands and hereditaments whatsoever im the Town, fields, parishes
or hamlets of Mountsorell, Rothley, Quarendon and Barrowe-on-Sore ;
All which premises descended to me the said John Lynnesey as son and heir of the said John Lynnesey,
deceased, which said John outlived the said Thomas Marshall, William Leydbeater and the other co-feoffees ;
Except always reserved to me John Lynnesey, my heirs and assigns for ever One Cottage and One small
Close situate in Mountsorell, now or late in the occupation of me John Lynnesey, lying between the cottage
of a certain Thomas Chapman on the north and a “ Hemp Plott” on the south.
And the Close lies between the land of the lord Barkeley on the south and the land of Thomas Thorpe
and John North on the north side.
In witness whereof, etc. Given 3rd November, g Elizabeth.
John Lynsye.
Barrow Manor Court.
Peynes leyd att the Cowart holden at Barow at the feast of Saint George the Martyr in the Tenth
year of Queen Elizabeth (April 23rd, 1568).
Item, a peyne that no man shal kepe no maner of catell beside hys one in Barow Holme before all
hay be in upon payne of 2s.
A peyne leyd in ve same Holme that no man shall turne losse or tye besyde hys one any maner of
hors kynd untyll hay be in in peyne of 25.
Item, a peyne leyd that no man shall kepe besyde hys one any maner of cattell upon ye Akers
before Lammas in peyne of evere defaute 2s.
And that evere man shall voyde ther shep frome the Akers before Phelyp and James next in
peyne of 25.
Item, a peyne leyd that no man shall putt in any shepe in to Barow Holme before Lammas next in.
peyne of 25.
Item, a peyne leyd that no lyme karyars shall beyte ther catel] in Sowth Holme before hay be in and
that they shall kepe the “Over Way ” to ye Brydge in peyne of 2s.
Item, a peyne leyde in Lambe Croft and Rycroft that no man shall putt in or kepe any maner of
catell butt ye common herd before ye Nativite of Our Lorde next in peyne of 2s.
Also that no shepe nether in ye North Feld nor in ye Sowth Feld shall come upon the stubbles
untyll ye neyte herds and the same herds have bene thre wekes upon them in peyne of evere defaute 25.
A peyne leyd in ye North Feld and ye Sowth Feld that no mares and foles shall be tyde in ye Corne
Feld withoutt ye shall be tyde to the mare tether after ye fole be a moneth old in peyne of evere
defaute 25.
Item, a peyne Jeyd that Mr. Cowper, William Mounke and Wylliam Gambull shall scowre the
Holme dyche agynst ther one ground by twyxt thys and May-day next in peyne of evere of them 25.
Item, a peyne leyd of Mr. Breyham to scowre ye dyche in ye Fulwell Lane agynst hys one ground
before May-day next in peyne of 12d.
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Item, a peyne leyd that no man shall kepe no losse cattell in Melton gate butt tye them in peyne
of 35. 4d.
Item, a peyne leyde in ye Sowth Felde that they shall ley ther shep in hold in ye nyght untyl]
harvest be in in peyne of evere defaute 35. 4d.
Item, a peyne leyd that Wylliam Waryn, Wylliam Barnard and George Gladwyn shall evere of them
open a Gap in Lyme Pytt Holles of viii fowte brode att May-day next of the bothe sydes that ground in
peyne of evere of them ros.
Verdict of the Jurors.—Allso we are agrede that Wylliam Barnard shall pay to George Gladwyn for four
quarters of lyme that he caused to be delyvered to Mr. Brett and the sayd Wylliam shall pay for
damage 2d.
Hyt ys agrede that Thomas Ryder shall pay to the Lord a marsyment for hys reylying words 8d.
Wylliam Burbage, for lyke wordes ys marsde 4d.
A payne leyd that no man shall kepe nor tye any catell in our beyst pasture in the Nether Feld after
Mydsomer untyll all harvest be inned except before the common herde in peyne 35. 4d.
Item, that the common buttes be made betwene this Court and Ascension Daie in peyne of 6s. 8d,
Item, that none shall gather any wolle in the common feldes before eighte of the Clocke in the
morninge upon peyne of 12d.
Item, that no man within the Southe Felde shall plough ferther upon the arable grounde than hath
been accustomed upon peyne of every one making defaulte 3s. 4d.
And he that hathe already offended of late and faled shall not agayne turne upon the same upon
the lyke payne.
Feet of Fines. Michaelmas, 10 Elizabeth, A.D. 1568.
Between Robert Jarrat, plaintiff, and Bartholomew Wyllock, gent., and Margery his wife, defendants of
a cottage, a garden, and two acres of pasture in Mountsorrel.
Barrow Court Roll.
Barrow-on-Soar.—View of Frankpledge with the Great Court of the most noble Henry, Earl of Huntingdon,
etc. Held there on the 8th day of October in the Tenth year of the reign of the Lady Elizabeth by the
grace of God Queen, etc. A.D. 1568.
Essoins.— William Bratfield, Francis [? Thomas] Farneham, gentleman, Robert Livesey in right of his wife
sole heir of Maurice Barkeley, knight, Margaret Lore, William Bayly and William Foldes.
Pleas.—William Waren complains against Thomas White in a plea of trespass, and he seeks to the damage
of 12d. Pledges, etc. And the aforesaid Thomas in his proper person, etc. Not Guilty by the
Homage. And he prays that it be inquired, etc. And the said William likewise. Therefore, etc., by
whom, etc.
Presentment of the Tithingmen.—William Barnard and William Gamble, sworn, present that John Hunte,
esquire (4d.), Thomas Farneham, gent. (essoined), Robert Lyvesey, as in right of his wife (ess.), Ralph
Newbye, William Barnard (appears), John Browne (2d.), William Perkyn (2d.), William Eastwell
(appears), Thomas Shittlewood (2d.), John Marshall (appears), William Hasarde (2d.), and Thomas
Turland (ess.) are Free Tenants and owe Suit to this Court. Of whom, etc. As above, etc.
Common Fine.—And they present the common fine there at this day for certain 55.
And that Jobn Parker of Rotheley and Valentine Wellys are common bakers of bread, etc.
2s. and 1s. respectively.
Querndon.—William Tayler and John Staples, the Tithingmen there, present Edward Purse (appears by
guardian), Walter Brandon (appears), John Hawkyn (appears), Jobn Staples, Richard Staples (appeal);
William Hebbe (appears), Francis Chaveney (appears) and William Squyer (appears) are Free Ton
and owe Suit to this Court. Of whom, etc. Therefore, etc. And that John Draper (4d.), hs
Smythe (4a.), Richard Hamson (4d.), and Richard Alen (2d.) are common brewers of Ale and Bue
Assize. And that John Parker (12d.), Valentine Wellys (4d.), John Gerrard (4d.), Jobn Ripley (42)
and William Smythe (4d.) are common bakers of human bread and broke the Assize. Therefore, etc:
Fined
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Affray— And further they present that William Chipman (12d.) made an assault on Richard Page, by reason
whereof the same Richard (4d.) made an affray with the same William against the peace. Therefore
each of them etc.
And that William Duckett (4d.) made an affray on William Staples against the peace, etc.
Common Fine.—And they present the common fine at this day for certain 2s. 6d.
Woodhouse. Common Fine.—Ralph Smalley, the Tithingman there, sworn, presents the common fine for
certain as. And that Humphrey Babington, gentleman (essoined), Christopher Foldes (appears), Edward
Foldes (appears), Anthony Gravener (2d.), John Staples (appears) and William Staples (appears) are
Free Tenants and owe Suit to this Court, ete. Some appeared, others not. Therefore as appears.
And that Thomas Bradshawe (4d.) is a common brewer, etc.
And that Joan Gerrard is a common baker of bread, etc., and broke the Assize. Therefore, etc.
The Inquisition.—John Gladwyn. William Love. Jobn Marshall.
William Eastwell. Richard Chaveney. William Squyer.
William Stapleton. James Wyllys. Thomas White.
Thomas Cleypole. Humphrey Bradshawe. James Brymesley.
Nicholas Smythe. Edward Thomson. Thomas Squyer.
All the above were sworn.
Judgment in a Plea of Trespass—Who say on their oath that the aforesaid Thomas White is guilty of the
trespass aforesaid in manner, etc. And they assess the damage of the Plaintiff at 4d. ‘Therefore it is
adjudged by the Court that the aforesaid William should recover against the said Thomas the damages as.
above. Therefore the bailiff is ordered to distrain, etc.
And further the same Jurors say that the Officers aforesaid have rightly said in those things which
are presented, and they affirm them, etc. And that whereas the pain was put in the last Court that no
one should allow cattle to stray beyond his own land in Barrowe Holme under pain of 2s., now they
say that William Gamble fell into the said pain with his sheep. Therefore he has lost to the lord as.
Pain 25.
And that John Barnard (2s.) and William Gamble (2s.) kept their sheep in “ Melton Way” and
other prohibited places contrary to the several pains. Therefore each of them has forfeited 2s. Pains 4s.
And that William Barnard kept his sheep as well on the “barley stubles ” (6s.) as on the “ Pease
Stubles ” (6s.) against the several pains therefor. Therefore he has forfeited the pains 12s. Pains 12s.
Item, they present William Waren for the like, for nine offences. Pains 18s.
Item, they present William Barnard (6s.) because he kept his sheep on the “ Acres” against the
pain. Pain 6s.
Item, they present John Barnerd (6s.) for the like with his sheep for three times. Pain 6s.
Item, they present William Rustat, clerk (2s.), and John Marshall (2s.), each of them for the like, as
appears. Pains 4s.
Item, they present William Cowper (2s.) and William Marshe (2s.) for their ditches not cleaned, each
of them fined as appears. Pains 4s.
Item, they present William Burbage (12d.) because he gathered wool against the pain. Pain 12d.
Item, they present John Cannez (12d.) and Thomas Lee (25.) because they allowed their colts to go
untied in the grain fields against the pain. Pain 3s.
Item, they present William Barnard (3s. 4d.) for breaking the pound twice against the pain, as
appears.
Item, they present Peter Duckett (20d.) for the like. Mercy 55.
Affray.—Item, they present William Barnard (3s. 4d.) for an affray by him made on Thomas White, etc.
Item, they present the same Thomas White (12d.) because he made an affray on William
Barnard, etc.
Item, they present William Barnard (12d.) because he stopped up the common way in “ Lyme
.-’ Pitt Holes,” ete.
Surrender—To this Court came William Abbe, by Thomas Squyer his attorney, by virtue of his certain
writing to him in this behalf made, the date whereof is the 12th day of June in the tenth year of the
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abovesaid Lady the Queen, and surrendered into the hands of the Lord of this Manor one messuage and
one piece of land and meadow containing by estimation one acre of Jand with its appurtenances in Wood-
house to the use and behoof of Edward Thomson and his assigns according to the custom of the Manor
there, etc.
Sum of this View £4 gs. rod.
Sum. In the expenses of the Steward there Ios.
John Gladwyn,
A ffeered by Janes Wallys, { wom,
Clement Sneathe,
Land Revenue Inrolments, Vol. 185, fol. 298. A.D. 1568. (Robert Farnham.)
Demise made to Robert Farneham of certain lands and tenements in Snaynton in the county of York.
Elizabeth by the grace of God of England, France and Ireland Queen, To all to whom these present
letters come, Greeting,
Know ye that We, for a Fine of £4 175s. od. of lawful English money at the Receipt of Our Exchequer
to Our use paid by Robert Farneham, have granted and to farm demised to the said Robert Farneham
All that Our messuage and one bovate of land with appurtenances situate, lying and being in Snaynton in
Our county of York, now or lately in the tenure of William Thorley or his assigns; also one cottage and a
garden there, now or late in the tenure of John Johnsonne or his assigns; as also one cottage and garden
there, now or late in the tenure of Robert Corte or his assigus; as also a toft and a croft there, late in the
tenure of Symon Haygas or his assigns, lately belonging to the Monastery of Malton in county York, now
dissolved.
As also a cottage and garden, late in the tenure of Adam Ryott or his assigns, late in the possession of
the Priory of Wirk in the said County.
As also all houses, edifices, stables, barns, orchards, lands, meadows, pastures and commodities to the same
premises belonging, etc.
To have and to hold the specified premises, etc., to Robert Farneham, his ex’ors and assigns, from the
feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary last past to the end of 21 years next following and fully to be
completed. ,
Rendering annually to Us, Our heirs and Successors,
16s. for Thorley’s premises,
5s. for Johnsonne’s premises,
55. for Corte’s premises,
3s. 4d, for Simon Haygas’ premises,
3s. for Adam Ryott’s premises,
at Lady-day and Michaelmas at Our Exchequer at Westminster by equal portions.
In witness of which at Westminster roth July, 10 Elizabeth.
By Warrant of Commissioner.
Inquisition Post-mortem 161-92. 12th April, A.D. 1570. (After the death of Ambrose Belgrave.)
Before Thomas Assheby, Esq., Thomas Cave, Esq., aud Robert Braham (the Commissioners of the
Queen), and a Jury, who say,
That Ambrose Belgrave died seised of the manor of Belgrave, etc., etc.
By a Deed (for reasons of marriage) between Ambrose Belgrave on the one part and Anthony Stoughton
of Worplesdon in the county of Surrey, gent., of the other part, ;
Ambrose Belgrave enfeoffed certain John Stoughton, gent., Thomas Farnham, gent., and William Fisher,
yeoman, in the said manor of Belgrave and the other premises in Belgrave,
To have and to hold the said manor, etc., to the use of Ambrose Belgrave and Jane then his wife and the
heirs of their bodies.
By his Will his well-beloved wife Jane was to occupy all that his manor and Mansion house in Belgrave
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and all other his lands, etc., in the Town and Fields of Belgrave for term of her natural life, the reversion to
his eldest son George Belgrave, in default to Hastinges Belgrave his younger son in tail male, in default to his
brother Francis Belgrave in tail male, in default to his right heirs for ever.
His wife to have the tuition and bringing up of his two sons George and Hastinges untill they come to
21 years of age. If she docs not carry out this properly then Thomas Cave of Baggrave shall have the tuition
and bringing up of his two sons, and shall have their goods and lands till they be come to 21 years of age.
Ambrose Belgrave died 26th May last past. Jane his wife is still alive at Belgrave, and Joan the wife of
Clement Saunders (the stepmother of Ambrose Belgrave) is still alive at Blaby.
And George Belgrave is the son and next heir of Ambrose and Jane his wife, and 7 years of age.
N.B.—The Belgrave family were large landowners, but Joan (the daughter of Robert Farnham and widow of George Belgrave) had
a large share as jointure, and was still living in 1590. She was George Belgrave’s third wife and mother of Francis Belgrave mentioned
in the Will above quoted.
Feet of Fines. Hilary, 12 and 13 Elizabeth, A.D. 1570.
Between William Barnard, plaintiff, and Ralf Newton and Elizabeth his wife, and Thomas Palmer and
Elizabeth his wife, defendants of a messuage, 3 cottages, 3 orchards, 3 gardens, 20 acres of land, 2 of meadow
and 16 of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore.
Wills at Leicester. Richard Chaveney. Will dated July 4th, 1570.
I give to my eldest son Thomas Chaveney to be delivered at the age of 18 years the sum of 20 marks.
To my son John Chaveney 20 marks at 18 years old.
To Anne Chaveney and Marie Chaveney my daughters 20 marks each at 18 years.
My lands in Mountsorell to go to the right heirs of my body lawfully begotten.
I give to Marie Herbert, besides £5 I owe her, £2.
The residue to Agnes Chaveney my wife, whom I make my executrix.
William Estwell and John Stables to be my Supervisors.
George Ison oweth me 33s. 4d. Thomas Squire oweth me £3. William Squire oweth me 20s.
The same George Ison oweth me for a calf 3s. 4d.
Testator owes: To my mother Chaveney £5. To Marie Herbert £5. To John Burbage £3.
Proved at Leicester, September 16th, 1570.
Edward Edmonson of Barrowe. Will dated July 18th, 1570.
My body to be buried in ye Chapell on ye South side of Barow Church. To my daughter Dorothy Edmonson one Copie which I
have in Long Eaton in Co. Derby and one cow to be delivered to her at ye day of her marriage.
To my daughter Anne one cow to be delivered at the day of her marriage. To my daughter Judith one cow to be delivered at
day of her marriage and one mazer double gilt after the death of my father Robert Edmondson of Hathern.
I give to Robert Edmonson my father my best gown.
I give to Laurence Braham my image of silver gilt.
I give to Richard Fetherston my dagger.
I give to Elizabeth Nebam, to Jone Astill, and to Elizabeth Clarke each one strike of malt. I give to Elizabeth Warren 20d.
To the Vicar for his pains 3s. 4d.
The residue of my goods to Elizabeth my wife, whom I make sole executrix.
I ordain and make Mr. Thomas Farneham to be my Supervisor of this my last Will, to see it performed according to my will and
he to have for his labour tos.
Witness, William Rustat and John Hopkyns. Proved November 13th.
N.B.—William Rustat, clerk, was presented to the Vicarage of Barrow by the Queen, admitted A.D. 1562-3. William Rustat,
vicar of Barrow, was buried September sth, 1588 (Barrow Register).
Edward Edmonson was bailiff of the manor of Barrow for the Earl of Huntingdon and was a relation by marriage to Thomas
Farnham of the Over Hall through the Eyres.
Chancery Proceedings. Elizabeth, B. b. 25-80. About 1570. (Very much mutilated.)
Plaintiffs: Nicholas Beaumont, Esq., Thomas Beaumont, gent., and Katherine his wife (daughter and
heiress of Thomas Farnham of the Nether Hall).
Defendant: Sir George Turpin, knight, of Knaptoft, one of the Supervisors of the last Will of Thomas
Farnham (Nicholas Beaumont being another of the Supervisors).
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Statement: Whereas Thomas Farnham of Stoughton in the county of Leicester was in his lifetime
lawfully seised of .....and the Church, Rectory and Parsonage of Stoughton, also the tythes there, the
Chief Mansion house there (commonly called Stoughton Grange) and certain houses and buildings, The Kow
Close, The Vineard, The Asshe Close, the Galltrye Close, the Shepe Close, the New Close, the North
meadow, etc., etc.
Thomas Farnham by his Deed Indented dated 26th March 1562, made between Thomas Farnham of the
one part, and Nicholas Beaumont and George Turpin of the other part.
Thomas Farnham did demise the manor of Stoughton and the Mansion house with the appurtenances,
orchards, gardens, dovehouses, lands, tenements, leasues, pastures, woods, underwoods, mills, rents, etc.; also.
his Rectory of Stoughton and all manner of tythes,
To have and to hold to Nicholas Beaumont and George Turpin for 21 years from the feast of the
Annunciation last past at the yearly rent of £64, as is expressed in the Bill.
The Lease so made was made by Thomas Farnham upon special Trust in the integrity of Nicholas
Beaumont and George Turpin but not upon any such intent, purpose or consideration or to any such use or
uses as the Complainants have surmised, to the remembrance of this defendant.
After the making and sealing and delivery of the said Indenture of Lease, the said Thomas Farnham, in
order that the meaning and purpose in the making thereof might the better be executed and put in use,
delivered the same Indenture to the Right Honorable Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, to whom he disclosed the
said intent and meaning, and further took order in his lifetime, that if any matter of doubt should happen at
any time afterwards, that then the said Earl (if it pleased him to take the pains) should have the ordering,
deciding and ending the controversy. Shortly afterwards Thomas Farnham died.
Sir George Turpin says that the Complainants have not stood to the Will, order and direction of Thomas
Farnham, nor have they any cause of complaint, but have dealt very unfriendly with the defendant, and
attempted by violence and extremity of Law to extort from this defendant ‘those things which he does not
think requisite; and since both Thomas Beaumont and Katherine his wife are yet but infants of tender age
and far unmeet to have the use and occupation of the (premises) he objects thereto.
That he is anxious not to do or say anything which may be hurtful to the said Katherine, the wife of the
said Thomas Beaumont, being his near cousin, whose well doing and well being this defendant, as of nature
he is bound to do, greatly tenders and hath careful consideration thereof, and also for that the Intent and
Purpose of the said Thomas Farnham in the making of the Lease is not (for divers other respects and
reasonable considerations) to be openly published or disclosed; but this defendant saith that the same was
not made of any such intent or purpose as the Complainants surmise. And further he doth avow and say
that it is not meet that the said Complainants or any of them should have the custody or occupation of the
premises for the good causes already alleged, and especially for that confidence reposed in them by the said
Thomas Farnham in other matters, as this defendant is both very well able to prove and will be ready to so
declare, if by the action of the said Nicholas he shal] be so urged or by the order of this honorable Court.
And further this defendant saith that it is not his meaning or intent to employ or convert the rents,
issues and profits of the premises to his own use, etc., etc.
N.B.—Nicholas Beaumont had married his son Thomas Beaumont to Katherine Farnham in accordance with the wish expressed
in her father’s Will. Sir George Turpin seems to have resented the actions of his co-supervisor, but it is impossible to decide on the
justice of Sir George's claim to be acting more faithfully in regard to the Trust reposed in them than Nicholas Beaumont, as the
document is so badly mutilated. Both Nicholas Beaumont and Sir George Turpin were connected by marriages with Thomas Farnham's
family, but the marriages in question are not at present ascertainable.
By her marriage with Sir Thomas Beaumont Katherine Farnham had issue three sons and seven daughters.
Henry, the eldest son, married Elisabeth, daughter of Sir William Turpin of Knaptoft, knight.
Farnham, the second son, married Lucy Dawes, by whom he left one daughter Frances, wife to Sir Wingfield Bodenham, knight, of
Ryhall, co. Rutland.
Thomas, died unmarried.
Elisabeth, married first to Sir John Ashburnham, knight, of Ashburnham, co. Sussex, secondly to Sir Thomas Richardson, knight,
of Huninghan, co. Norfolk, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. After his death she was created Baroness of Cramond by
King Charles I.
Frances, married to Sir Wolstan Dixie of Market Bosworth, co. Leicester, knight.
Anne, married to Sir John Dillon, knight, of Farthinghoe, co. Northampton.
Jane, married to William Temple of Stowe, co. Bucks, Esq.
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Elinor, unmarried.
Isabel, married to Hugh Snawswell of Bilton, co. Yorks, Esquire.
Mary, married to Richard Paramoure of Lowesby, co. Leicester, Esquire.
Sir Thomas Beaumont died Nov. 27th, 1614, and his widow Katherine, Lady Beaumont, died May roth, 1621, and both were buried
at Stoughton Church, where there is a Monument to their memory erected by their eldest daughter Lady Ashburnham in 1622. The
Inscription runs: “In memory of the religious and vertuous lady, Katherine Beaumont, late widow of Sir Thomas Beaumont of
Stoughton in the county of Leicester, knight, daughter and sole heir of Thomas Farnham of Stoughton aforesaid, Esquire, who deceased
on Ascension day 1621, leaving issue, then alive, three sons and seven daughters.”
State Papers, Domestic, Vol. 20-5, Addenda. Elizabeth, A.D. 1571.
Endorsement, 25th Jan. 1571:—To the Rt. Worshippefull Paul Gresham, Esquyer, deliver these with spede.
R. Braham.
Right Worshippfull, after dewe and my most hartie commendations with my like thanks for your
accustomed frendshippes shewed unto me, Sir, I have sent upp my brother to make myne accompts, unto whom
I beseech you shewe your good favour and furtheraunce. He shall by the grace of God paye in all that is dewe
for this yeare, without any surplus, save only for part of Farneham’s landes which is Staughton ; the occupiers
whereof be Sir George Turpyn and Mr. Nicholaes Beaumounte, who are fallen out into great extremities
for the occupacion of the same, so that neather is the house inhabited, neather they can agree for the occupacion
of the groundes and landes, so that there is no suffycyent distresse to be taken.
They be bothe in London. I have willed my brother to talke with them and that the rents may be payd
in before his coming downe; neither can I do any more therein for I have demaunded it. Sir, I have not as yet
receyved Crispes rents of Burrowes unless my brother have receyved it since he parted from me, for arrear of
those lands I will charge myself for the last yeare, for that I receyved it after this day twellyemonth, and after
my brother was gone forward to make my accompts and for the yeare before also he will shewe my acuittance
to your Worshippe which I would gladly were seen, for that yt appereth not in my book to be receyved,
so that there are no more surplus or arrears grown in my time, but onely my owne. And whereof I truste to
pay some parts nowe and £80 between this and the myddle of the next Terme; whereunto I humbly beseech
you good Mr, Gresham to gyve me that time, and if ye shall stande occasyoned to use me ye shall be sure of
my poore frende ye have in Englande.
Thus much beinge then payd (as God willing I wyll in no case faile how so ever I make meanes for it)
I truste I shall stand as cleare as the moste accomptants in your Offyce.
Thus I humbly take my Leave thys xxv of Januarie 1570.
Rob: Braham.
N.B.—Robert Braham of Barrow was Escheator for the county of Leicester. He married Agnes the daughter of William Barnard
of Barrow.
Barrow Court Roll.
Barroo-on-Soore.—View of Frankpledge with the Court of the most honourable Henry, Earl of Huntingdon,
Lord Hastings, etc., and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, held there on the 15th day
of April in the 14th year of the Lady Elizabeth, Queen, etc., A.D. 1572.
Essoins.—Jobhn Hunte, esquire, William Brett, William Burbage, Agnes Barnard “de malo veniendi,”
William Judson, William Burbage, Thomas Ryder, Richard Stables of Quernedon, William Hebbe,
essoined on the Queen’s service, Humphrey Babington, esquire, William Stables of Woodhowse, Clement
Sneathe, William Byddells, William Bradhurst, Alice Grene, William Foldes, George Rigg, Francis
Johnson, John Bale.
(These are mostly mentioned as essoined “ of the common.”)
Pleas.—William Chapman complains against Edward Fouldes in a plea of debt of 33s. 4d. Pledges to
prosecute, etc. Ut fiat distring.
William Lyster complains against Thomas Clepoole in a plea of trespass, Ut fiat distring dependens
-.+. Damage, to the jurors 16d., beyond the costs, etc. It is paid.
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QUORNDON RECORDS.
The Great Inquisition.—William Warren. William Barnard. Thomas Brewarne.
Richard Mouncke. Peter Bradshawe. Wilham Wylde.
William Hebbe. Walter Brandon. William Stabells.
James Wallevs. John Harryson. Humphrey Bradshaw.
Thomas Barton. Thomas Squier. Robert Sneathe.
Ralph Smaley. (Sworn except Hebbe, Brandon and Walleys.)
Pleas.—Richard Mouncke complains against William Judson in a plea of trespass.
Tithingmen of Barrow.—William Barnarde and John Mouncke, the tithingmen there, sworn, present that
John Hunt, esquire (4d.), William Brette (ess.), Thomas Shittlewood (appears), John Marshall (app.),.
William Hassard (app.), William Perkyn (app.), John Browne (app.) are Free Tenants, etc. And that
William Warryn (app.), Thomas Whitte (app.), George Gladwyn (app.), William Eastwell (app.) are
Free Tenants. And that Robert Barnarde (app.), Agnes Barnarde (app.), John Mouncke (app.), John
Gladwyne (app.), Lawrence Breham (app.), William Burbage (app.), Elizabeth Burton (app.), John
Arnolde (app.), Thomas Browit (app.), William Lyster (app.), Richard Astlyn (app.), John Fissher (app.),
Alice Rider, widow (app.), William Wylde (app.), William Judson (app.), the elder, William Love
(Elizabeth appears), Richard Mouncke, John Barnarde (app.), Edmund Barnarde (app.), Thomas Bruerne
(app.), Thomas Fearneham, gentleman (appears), Thomas Lynsey (app.), Thomas Cleypoole (4d.), Thomas
Ryder (app.), William Cowper (app.), and Richard Arnolde are Free Tenants and owe advent to this
View.
The pain.—William Hebbe is ordered to be at the next Court to shew by what title he claims to hold one
small croft of land in Querndon, parcel of the lands of this Manor, which Thomas Hebbe, a Tenant of
the Lord, likewise claims as parcel of his customary tenement, under pain of 20s. fine.
Pleas.—John Battersby complains against James Brymesley in a plea of debt of 26s. 8d. Pledge. He
acknowledged the debt. The Court is withdrawn.
The same John Battersbye complains against the aforesaid James in a plea of debt on the demand of
26s. 8d. The Court is withdrawn. The cause is committed to the Chief Steward and Thomas Farnham,
gentleman, to arbitrate before the next Court.
Christopher Vernon fel] into the Inquisition against Robert Barnard in a plea of debt. Therefore he
is in mercy.
The cause between Lawrence Preston, plaintiff, and James Brymesley is committed to Thomas
Barton to arbitrate between the parties aforesaid, the Court being continued until the next.
Tithingmen of Querndon.—William Tayler and John Staples, the tithingmen there, sworn, present that
Walter Brandon (appears) and Joyce Chaveney, Thomas Fynnes (app.), William Squier (app.), Walter
_ Handye (app.), William Purse (app.), William Oswyn (app.), William Haskye (app.), Francis
Baker (app.), William Staples, John Staples (app.), John Gillingham (app.), John Hawkyn (app.) are
Free Tenants. And that Agnes Raphyn, John Ellys, Peter Bradshaw, Robert Taylor, Richard
Leadbeater, William Taylor, John Draper (all appear) are Free Tenants.
Robert Gamble, Richard Hampson, Robert Haskey, Ewyn Courtbye, Alice Marriat, widow, Edward
Purse (all appear) are Free Tenants. Richard Alyn, Francis Gryffyn, William Staples are Free Tenants
(all appear). Humphrey Bradshaw, James Walleys, James Brymesley, Thomas Burton, Richard Staples
(all appear) are Free Tenants. William Bradwell, William Hebbe are Free Tenants, Alice Mugge and
Robert Halley (essoined) are Free Tenants and owe Suit, etc.
And that Ellis Wright made an assault in defending himself on William Dracke.
Item, they present that John Parker (4d.) of Rodeley and George Jarrat of Mountsorell are common
hawkers and broke the Assize.
And that Joan Hampson (4d.) and the wife of Henry Joelly (4d.), John Draper (4d.), John
Rippley (2d.) are common brewers and broke the Assize. Therefore in mercy.
And that George Thompson (4d.) is a common miller and took toll excessively. Therefore he is
in mercy.
And that Thomas Farnham, gentleman, holds a windmill on a piece of land late in the tenure
of Francis Gryffyne and took toll excessively.
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Recognition. Recognition of a Tenant. Increase of Rent. Fealty.— William Squier acknowledged that
he holds of the Lord of this Manor, as of his Manor of Barrowe-on-Soar, two messuages or tenements
with their appurtenances in Querndon, late “ Pegge’s Land,” by fealty and Suit of Court of his Manor
of Barrowe-on-Soar aforesaid, and by the yearly rent of one “ Rason de Gynger” to be paid and
rendered yearly at the feast of Saint Michael. He did fealty, etc.
Barrow Court Roll. Part of Roll for Easter, A.D. 1578.
Tithingmen of Woodhowse.— William Rawlyn and Richard Brodhurst, the Tithingmen there, sworn, present
that one wether of white colour, which came estray before the feast of St. Michael, remains in the
custody of the bailiff.
Item, they present two sheep skins which came as estrays befure the feast of St. Michael, and they
remain in the custody of the bailiff.
Item, they present “a fylley” of a bey colour seised as an estray of Bew Manor at the feast of St.
Michael last past, in the custody of the lord of Bew Manor, seised within the circuit or ambit of the
Forest of Charnewode. Wherefore the lord of Barrow is entitled to a moiety.
And that William Staple (4d.) and William Rigge are common brewers and broke the Assize.
And that George Jarrat (4d.) of Mountsorell is a common hawker with bread.
And that Humphrey Babington (essoined), gentleman, Christopher Foldes (appears), John Staples
and William Staples are Free Tenants.
And that Margaret Boar (app.) and Nicholas Gravenere (app.), gent., are Free Tenants.
And that Clement Sneathe (ess.), William Rawlyn (ess.), Richard Brodhurst (app.), Ralph
Smalley (app.), Edward Tompson (app.), William Rygge (app.), Joan Foldes, widow (app.), William
Biddels (app.), William Brodhurst (app.), John Freman (app.), Thomasina Stevenson, widow (app.),
Thomas Squier (app.), Alice Grene (ess.), Thomas Barnarde, William Foldes (ess.), George Rigge
(app.), Francis Jonson (app.), John Bale (app.) and Robert Battersbye (app.) are residents within this
View, .
And that Robert Breame (4d.) is a common miller and took toll excessively. Therefore, etc.
Barrow.—William Barnarde and John Mouncke, the Tithingmen there, sworn, present that one wether
remaining with the bailiff for a year is appraised at 12d.
Item, they present four sheep came as estrays, and they remain here from the feast of St. Martin in
the Winter last past and as yet remain in the custody of the bailiff.
Item, they present that Peter Duckett (4d.), John Pancake (4d.), William Lyster (4d.), James
Hassarde (4d.), and Gabriel Tryves (4d.) are common brewers, and broke the Assize, etc.
And that Robert Breame (4d.), gentleman, holds a watermill and took toll excessively.
And that Valentine Wells (4d.) of Syleby, and Jobn Rawlinson (4d.) of Mountsorell, John Parker
(4d.) of Rodeleye are common hawkers of bread and broke the Assize. Therefore, etc.
The Verdict.—W ho, having been sworn and charged upon divers articles touching this Court, say on their
oath that the Officers aforesaid have rightly presented and they affirmed those things.
And further they say that Humphrey Bradshawe (3s. 4d.), Lawrence Preston (3s. 4d.), Francis
Stoneley (35. 4d.), Roger Staples (3s. 4d.) are trespassers with their cattle in the fields sown with grain to
the damage of their neighbours. Therefore they, etc.
Item, they present that Roger Staples (3s. 4d.) in the grain fields of Querndon (for the like).
And that William Mouncke (20s.) overburdened the lord’s commons in Querndon with his sheep to
the number of 40 sheep at divers times after the last Court. Therefore, etc.
Item, they present that William Cowper (12d.), and William Barnard (12d.) kept their sheep in the
wheat fields in Barrowe against the pain. Therefore they have lost, etc.
Item, they present Peter Duckett (2s.) for the like, in the South Field.
And they present the same Peter (12d.) for the like in the North Field.
Item, they present William Hassard (7d.) because he did not make his hedges and fences between
himself and William Wylde.
Item, they present Elizabeth Stringer (12d.) for breaking hedges against the pain.
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Item, they say that the wife of George Rigge (8d.) cut thorns and Hollies against the pain.
And that Robert Battersbye (8d.) did the like. And that Henry Brameson (8d.) did the like.
Item, they present Roger Heathe (12d.) for breaking in the ambit of the Forest.
Note.—The pains and ordinances for Barrowe, Querndon and Woodhowse are delivered to the bailiff to be
proclaimed in the Church.
A day is given to the Jurors aforesaid to meet together before the feast of Holy Trinity to survey a
“ Hadland”’ between Thomas Farnham, gentleman, and Edward Tompson, and also to view a certain
parcel of pasture in Barrowe Holme between George Gladwyn and Edward Barnarde, being in
controversie, and to say their Verdict thereon at the next Court, and also to view an encroachment “in
those parts,” in “le South Holme” and all other encroachments between party and party under pain
of each of them making default 12d.
And a day is given to the Jurors aforesaid to sett every man alike in parting hades and partin
syckes in bothe Feildes according to the pain made at the last Courte and likewise for Bandcroft hades that
they be viewed and sett straight by the Jury aforesaid that they be not plowed further than they ought to be
and to certifie at ye next Courte uppon payne of 20s.
Item, they present James Brymesley (12d.) and Henry Gellye (12d.) because they left their cattle
going at large in the sown fields to the damage of their neighbours.
William Barnarde.
Affeerers ) William Staples.
Thomas Squier.
Sum of the estreats delivered to the bailiff 56s. 6d.
The whole in Amercements saving 12d. for estrays.
Wills at Leicester. Joyce Chaveney of Quarndon, widow. Will dated October 4th, 1573.
My body to be buried in the Chapel-yard of Quarndon by my husband Richard Chaveney.
To the poor of Querndon, Barrow, Woodhouse and Mountsorell 44s. 4d. of current English money.
To Francis Chaveney, son of Edward Chaveney my son, deceased, my brass mortar, a pestell, a bill, a pair of ..... , a sallett, a
great brass pot, a stone trough, a great Arke, the high table in the Hall, a great spit, the great..... , two chests, one being a Flanders
chest where the evidences doth lie and the other chest hath iron hinges at every end, and my great black Arke or coffer that was his
grandmother's and one silver spoon the best I have; all these legacies to remain here and to be kept for the use of the said Francis in
this now my dwelling-house until the same Francis do come himself to dwell in my said house.
I give to William Eastwell £20 in current money to keep me my lifetime honestly upon my own proper goods; I will that the said
William Eastwell do deliver unto the said Francis Chaveney when he comes to dwell in my said house towards the maintenance of his
plough all such chattels and iron-bound wain specified in his father’s Will.
I give to Alice Wilson 10s. I give to Richard Squire, my daughter Mary’s son, 10s., a cow and a heifer.
I give to James Hubberde one silver spoon the best but one; and to Agnes Purse the best but two of my kyne and all my raiment.
To Marie Squire a horse or a mare. To Richard Teate my shepherd 6s. 8d. besides his wages. To Dorothy Connande 10s. To
Francis Squire 10s. I will that 20 of my sheep be distributed among 19 of my children’s children.
I will that at my departure from this mortal life there be two weather sheep given and delivered unto two ale-houses in Quarndon,
and to either of the said Ale-houses 6s. 8d. there to be bestowed with the said weathers to make the people eat and drink, and if the
time will not serve for eating of flesh, the worth of the weathers shall then and there be spent in such meat as shall serve for the day to
eat and give God thanks.
I give to the mother Church of Lincoln 8d.
I give to Jone Harrysone, daughter to John Harrysone my son-in-law £12, besides his wife’s part specified in my husband’s Will.
The residue of my goods I give to Mary Squire, Alice Hubberd and Joan Estwell my daughters, whom I make executrixes.
John Hubberd, William Estwell and Thomas Squire to be Supervisors.
Witnesses : Laurence Bankes, George Barrodale, Roger Nyde and Francis Chaveney.
Debts owing to Testatrix: Mr. Bartholomew Wollocke doth owe me £6 10s. Francis Standley 20s. William Ratcliffe 6s. 8d.
Proved October 24th, 1577.
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 14, Martyn. March 30th, A.D. 1573-4, (Will of Thomas
Farnham of the Over Hall.)
I, Thomas Farnham of Querndon, gentleman, do make this my last Will. My body to be buried within
the church of Querndon where my Ancestors have been buryed. To my aunt Elynor £3 6s. 8d. Tomy
aunt Leycester £3 6s. 8d. To my cousin Margery Belgrave £6.
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The residue of my goods to my well beloved wyf Aune Farnham and Adrian Farnham my sonne equally,
whom I make my Executors.
I also ordeigne as Supervisors of this my Will Sir George Hastings, knight, and Adrian Stocks,
Esquier.
And concerning my lands, tenements and hereditaments, I give unto Robert Braham and George
Noone my Manor or Capital Mansion House in Quarrendon, and all other my lands and tenements in
Quarrendon, Mountsorell and Rothley in the county of Leycester, to the use of Adrian Farnham my sonne
and the heirs males of his body, and for default of such issue to my wyf Anne Farnham for her life, and after
her decease to the use of the heirs males of me, and for default of such to the use of John Farnham of London,
Esquier, and the heirs males of his body, and for default of such issue to the use of Matthew Farnham and the
heirs males of his body, and for default of such issue to the use of Humphrey Farnham and the heirs males
of his body, and for default of such to the right heirs of me for ever.
Provided always that whereas Thomas Farnham, late of Stoughton in the county of Leycester, Esquier, by
his last Will, did, after certain remainders, give unto me and my heirs males his Manor called “The Nether
Hall” in Quarreudon and other his manors and lands in Quarrendon, Alderman Hall, Woodbouse aud Wood-
house Eaves ; if now the aforesaid John Farnham, Esquier, now seised by force of the said last Will of the said
Thomas Farnham his brother, shall devise to the defeating of the said Intaile, then and from thenceforth
I will that my Feoffees shall be seised of all my manors, etc., in Quarrendon and elsewhere to the use of my
right heirs for ever.
{ do give my Manor of Russhall, Thornie Close and other my Jands in Woodhouse to my Feoffees and
their heirs to the use of my dear wyf for life, and after her decease to the use of Adrian Farnham my sonne
and his heirs, and for default to the use of Francis Belgrave my nephew and his heirs males, and for default to
the use of William Saunders and his heirs males, and for default to my right heirs for ever.
Proved 30th April 1574 on the oath of the Procurator of the relict, power reserved to Adrian the son
and executor.
Inquisitions Post-mortem, Vol. 166, No. 4. 16 Elizabeth, A.D. 1574. (Thomas Farnham of the
Over Hall.)
This Inquisition, taken at Leicester on the 28th day of October 1574, before Sir George Turpin, knight,
Nicholas Beaumont, Esquire, Mathew Farnham and Robert Braham, gents., Commissioners of the Queen, by
virtue of a Writ of “diem clausit extremum,” for the purpose of enquiring after the death of Thomas Farnham,
gentleman, and on the oaths of
John Danvers, Esq., William Bradgate, gent., Nicholas Gravener, Edmond Eyton, William Syson, Robert
Ithell, gents., John Parker, Thomas Bennett, John Marshall, Thomas Barrowdale, William King, John
Nedeham, George Birde, Edward Pike, Robert Baresbie, Thomas Woodcock and John Kirke,
who say on oath that the said Thomas Farnham named in the Writ, while he was alive, was seised of the
manor of Quarndon, called “ The Over Hall” and of one cottage, 80 acres of arable land, 40 acres of meadow,
20 acres of pasture, 40 acres of wood and 164d. of rent in Quarndon,
also of 2 messuages, 100 acres of arable ]and, 20 acres of meadow and Io acres of pasture in Quarndon in
the several occupations of Francis Griffin and Jobn Staples,
also of 1 messuage and 1 cottage in Quarndon, and 20 acres of arable land, 6 acres of meadow and 4 acres
of pasture in the occupation of John Draper,
also of a cottage held by Mary Mugge, two acres of meadow and one toft in Quarndon.
Also the Manor of Rushall and 2 messuages, 4 cottages, 40 acres of meadow, 140 acres of pasture and
60 acres of wood with a halfpenny of free Rent in Rushall and Woodhouse in the tenures of Elisabeth Smalley,
Thomas Bowshaghe, William Folds, Thomasine Stevenson, William Grene and Francis Johuson.
Also a messuage with 60 acres of arable land, 4 acres of meadow and 2 acres of pasture in Barrow-en-
Sore in the tenure of Peter Duckett,
also a cottage in Barrowe in the tenure of Richard White,
also a messuage, 20 acres of arable and 2 acres of meadow in Barrowe in the tenures of Lawrence Braham,
George Noone, William Estwell, and Robert Robson.
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Also 1 messuage, 6 cottages, 80 acres of arable, 15 acres of meadow and 10 acres of pasture in Mountsorell
in the tenures of William Mouncke, John Aston, John Taylor, George Barrowdale, John Burbage, Ralph
Rawlyns, William Beston, John London, William Bretfeld, William Allen and Margaret Mounck.
And that the said Thomas Farnham (being so seised) levied a Fine on the Octaves of St. Michael,
A.D. 1561, between William Willoughby and John Presse, plaintiffs, and the said Thomas Farnham and
Henry Nedeham, defendants of the Manor of Rushall, and of 1 messuage, 60 acres of arable land, 20 acres of
meadow and Io acres of pasture in Quorndon, then in the tenure of Thomas Ward and afterwards of Francis
Griffin, by the name of the Manor of Rushall with the appurtenances, and of 3 messuages, 4 cottages,
7 gardens, 7 orchards, 30 acres of arable land, 20 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture, 100 acres of wood,
100 of furze and heath and 100 of marsh in Woodhouse and Quorndon; which Fine was recorded in Hilary
Term A.D. 1562, and in due form resettled on the said Thomas Farnham and Anne his wife, or the survivor,
to be held by the accustomed services, and in default of issue to the right heirs of the said Thomas Farnham
for ever.
Afterwards Thomas Farnham on the 3oth day of March last past at Quorndon made his last Will in the
English tongue [here follows the Will].
Anne Farnham the wife of the said Thomas Farnham survived her husband and still holds the Manor of
Rushall, living at Quorndon.
Adrian Farnham, the son and heir of Thomas Farnham, entered the said Manor of Quorndon and the
other properties, and was (at the death of his father) aged 5 years on the 18th day of November last past.
The Manor of Quorndon called “The Over Hall,” one cottage, 80 acres of arable land, 40 acres of
meadow, 20 acres of pasture and 40 acres of wood, were held of the Queen as of her Manor of Beaumanor in
free socage, by the Rent of One Garland of Roses, One Rose flower and of One Barbed Arrow of Iron, to be
annually paid on the feast of St. John the Baptist in lieu of all other services, suits of Court, wards, reliefs,
heriots, customs and demands, and were worth, all outgoings deducted, #7 8s. od. per annum.
The two messuages and 100 acres of land, etc., in Quorndon were held of John Farnham, Esq,, as
of his Manor of Stafford Orchard in Quorndon, and were worth, all outgoings deducted, #13 6s. 8d.
The Manor of Rushall was held of the Earl of Huntingdon, and was worth, all outgoings deducted, £13.
Two messuages in Quorndon held of the same Earl were worth £1 a year.
The messuage and lands in Barrowe were held of Henry, Lord Berkeley, as of his Honor of Segrave, in
free socage, by fealty and a Rent of 14s., and were worth £1 6s. 8d.
The messuage, etc., held by Lawrence Braham and the others in Barrowe were held of the Earl of Hunt-
ingdon as of his Manor of Barrowe, in free socage by fealty and a Rent of 8d., and were worth 205.
per annum.
The messuage, etc., in Mountsoreil were held of the Lord Berkeley as of his Honor of Mountsorell, in
free socage by fealty only and a Rent of 12s. 4d., and were worth £5 10s. od.
The cottage at Barrow in the tenure of Mary Mugge was held of the Earl of Huntingdon, in free socage
by fealty only, and was worth 8s., and the toft in Barrow was also held of the same Earl by fealty and suit of
Court, and was worth 7d.
The Jurors also stated that the said Thomas Farnham died on the and day of April A.D. 1574 possessed
of no other estates than are herein described, and that Adrian Farnham was his son and next heir, and aged
5 years on the 18th day of November last past.
N.B.—This inquisition was apparently not satisfactory, for a second was taken ‘‘for better enquiring” on the gist day of
July, A.D. 1621.
Anne Farnham, the widow, remarried Humphrey Catherens, by whom she had one daughter ‘‘ Dorothy,” who married William
Burnell of Winkburn in the county of Notts. William Burnell’s aunt Jane Burnell married Edward Mundy of Markeaton in the county
of Derby, whose daughter Constance Mundy married Adrian Farnham. Anne Farnham married Humphrey Catherens at Barrow
January 14th, 1576, and was buried at Quorndon October 16th, 1603.
Of the Supervisors nominated in Thomas Farnham’s Will, Sir George Hastings became the 4th Earl of Huntingdon and lord of the
manor of Barrow, and Adrian Stocks held a lease of the manor of Beaumanor under the Queen.
The witnesses to Thomas Farnham’s Will were Robert Braham (of Barrow, Escheator for the county), John Harrysone, George
Noone, John Draper and John Brynsley. ;
Thomas Farnham’s wife Anne was the daughter of Richard Eyre of Normanton-on-Soar; she was his second wife according
to the Visitation Pedigree, the first being Anna the daughter of Henry Harrald, by whom he had no surviving issue.
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Court of Requests, 105-55a. July 12th, 17 Elizabeth, A.D. 1575.
Let a Writ of Privy Seal be directed to the parties within written to appear in the octaves of St. Michael
next to enjoin that they proceed no further under a penalty for each of £100.
(Signed) Thomas Wylson.
At Kyllingworth the 17th day of July, A.D. 1575.
Be it remembered that whereas the 13th of this instant month an Injunction under the Privy Seal was
upon considerations reasonable directed to Anne Farnham, widow, and Francis Chaveney at the Suit of the
inhabitants of Woodhouse and Quorndon in the countie of Leycester, that the said Anne and Francis should
not deale or intermeddle with the possession of certain peices of land lying in the said Townes of the yearly
value of £6 13s. 4d., which lands were to be imployed upon the repayring of certain bridges there and other
uses, but to suffer the said Inhabitants to take and enjoy the commodities and profitts thereof as heretofore
they had done untill such time as further order should be therein taken by the Quene’s Majesty’s Counsell
in her Court of Requests. For as much now as the sayde parties have by all their Assents compromytted
the same matter to the special order and determinacion of Nicholas Beaumont and John Farnham, Esquires,
they to determine the same without any further suit or trouble to be had therein for the same. Therefore it
is by the sayde Counsell of the sayde Court ordered that the sayde injunction shall be dissolved, and shall
from henceforth be utterly voyde for all intents and purposes. And the sayde parties guarantee to take no
advantage thereof at any time hereafter.
(Signed) Thomas Wylson.
This is endorsed, Sir George Turpyn, Mr. Francis Hastinges, Maurice Barkeley, Esq., Thomas Cave,
Esq., 4, 3 or 2.
[The Inhabitants of Woodhouse and Quorndon had petitioned the Crown as follows.]
To the Quene’s most Soveraigne and excellent Majestye.
In most humble wise complaining sheweth unto your most gracious and excellent Majestye Your
Highness’s poore tenants and most humble subjects and Inhabitants of your Majestye’s Townes of Woodhouse
and Quorndon within your Majestye’s county of Leycester. Whereas we the said Inhabitants of the said
Townes before named, and our Ancestors before us tyme out of mynde have ever had in possession certain
parcells of land, the yearlye value whereof groweth to the sum of #6 135. 4d. or thereabouts.
All which said rents of the parcels of ]and aforesaid have ever been heretofore by the oversight of some
appointed by the Parish yearly for that purpose employed and bestowed partly upon the maintenance of three
Great Bridges, the Reparacions of our churche and the Keeping of a School for the better education of our
youthe. And to and for these purposes and uses by our Ancestors hath been continued tyme out of mynde,
Untill now of late, even the year last past, your Majestye’s said poor tenants and most humble subjects with
the residue of the Inhabitants there were greatly molested and grievously troubled by the meanes of Anne
Farnham, widow, late wyffe to Thomas Farnham, deceased, and Francis Chaveney, yoman, of the said Towne
of Quorndon, who very ungodly by colour as Feoffees from the first donors do seek the inheritance of the said
parcels of landes and do verily mean to convert the same to their own particular uses if by any meanes they
may attain thereto. Which pretended and practised purpose and intent of theirs, if it should take place, would
not only cause our Bridges and Churche to fall into utter Ruin and Decay, but also our Schoole and the
Bringing up of our youth in virtue to Surcease, to the great hurt and utter undoing of all your Majestye’s poore
tenants and humble subjects there; besides the common hurt to all Travellers which travel continually through
the said Town of Quorndon from all the North-West part of England towards London.
May it therefore please your Majestye graciously to consider the State of our Cause, and of our Povertye,
and that according to your Majestye’s order not long since in such behalf made, we may quietly enjoy the said
landes to the [former] uses, without any further molestation, Indictments or other troubles for the same.
And we shall most diligently and dutifully praye to God for the preservation of your Majestye long to
continue in life and good health to God’s honour and to the....of us and other your Majestye’s most
humble and true subjects.
God preserve youre Majestie.
N.B.—The original is torn and defective in places.
2,62, QUORNDON RECORDS.
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge of the lady Elizabeth, Queen of England, Lady of the Manor of Beaumanor
demised to Adrian Stocks, Esq., held there the roth day of April, 17 Elizabeth, A.D. 1575.
The Tithing-men say on oath that Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, holds divers lands and tenements
freely in Loughborough and Woodhowse, and owes Suit to this Court and did not appear, therefore he
is in mercy.
And that John Farnham, Esq., of London for his Jands in Quarndon, John Hunt for his lands
in Barrowe, [John] Broune, gent., as in right of his wife “the heir of Sherley” for his lands in
Barrowe, William Estwell for his lands in Barrowe, the Heirs of Chaveney for their lands in Quarndon,
the heirs of Thomas Farnham, Esquire, for his lands in Quarndon and Woodhouse, Henry Bosse for his
lands in Thorpe, William Heyne for his lands in Thorpe, are Free Tenants of this Manor and owe Suit to
this Court and made default, but some of them were essoined.
To this Court came Anne Farnham, the widow of Thomas Farnham, late of the Over Hall in
Quarndon, Esquire, deceased, and prayed to be admitted for one small piece of pasture containing half of
one Rood which is in the hands of the Lady of the Manor by reason of an estate made to the aforesaid
Thomas Farnham to whom the Lady of the Manor by her farmer had granted the premises.
Barrow Court Roll.
Barrow-on-Soar—View of Frankpledge with the Court Baron of the most noble Henry, Earl of Huntingdon,
Lord Hastings, etc., held there on the....day of May in the (18th) year of the reign of the Lady
Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen, etc., A.D. 1576.
Pleas.—William Barnard complains against Robert Patchett in a plea of land.
The Great Inquisition with the Homage of the Lord.—
William Clerke. William Hebbe. William Barnard.
William Wyld. George Gladwyne. Henry Bramson.
William Foldes. William Squyer. William Judson.
Humphrey Bradshawe. Robert Barnard. William Staples.
William Perkyn. Edmund Barnard. Thomas Bruarn.
John Browne. All the above are sworn.
Tithingmen of Querndon.—Humphrey Bradshawe and William Taylor, the Tithingmen there, sworn, present
that Francis Chaveney, William Squyer, Walter Brandon, John Hawkyn, John Draper, William Stables,
Richard Stables and William Hebbe are Free Tenants within the Manor here; certain of them appear,
certain do not.
And that Roger Nyddel, Thomas Fynnyes, William Ratclif, Walter Hardy, William Purse, William
Haskye, William Stables, Francis Baker, John Staples, Thomas Mylner, Thomas Phillingham, Henry
Jollye, Robert Hasky, Richard Hampson, Robert Halley, the heirs of John Pickeryng, Robert Gamble,
Richard Alyn, Bartholomew Bosworth, William Burrowez, Richard Johnson, William Staples, Agnes
Raphyn, widow, John Ellys (essoined), Peter Bradshawe, Robert Tayler, Richard Leadbetter, James Wallys,
James Brymesley, Thomas Burton, Richard Stables, William Wartofte, William Hebbe, owe advent to
this Court, View and Court Baron at this day. Certain of them appear, certain do not. Therefore, etc.
Brewers 4d. And that Richard Hanson (4d.) and Elizabeth Jellye (4d.) are common brewers of Ale
and broke the Assize. Therefore, etc.
Bakers 6d. And that John Davers, gentleman, and Humphrey Catherns hold mills within this View
wherein excessive toll was taken; therefore they are severally in the mercy of the lord, etc.
And that John Parker and George Geratt are common bakers of bread and hawked with the same at
this Vill, within this View, and broke the Assize of bread. Therefore, etc.
Item, They present John Draper (20d.) because he made an affray on ye Prentyses of Loughborowe,
and drew blood on them with a staff. Therefore he is in mercy, etc.
Item, they present one sheep called “a hogge Sheep” of white colour, which came before the Feast
of the Annunciation of St. Mary the Virgin last, and it remains. ;
Item, they present one horse called “a nagg” of white colour, which came at the Feast of Al] Saints.
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Item, they present that two wethers presented in the last Court are dead, whose skins remaining are
appraised at 8d. Estrays 8d.
Richard Leadbeter is elected to the Office of Tithingman in the place of William Tayler.
Willowbey.—Richard Huston and Ellis Couper, Tithingmen there, present all well. Estreats 5s.
Woodhouse.—Richard Brodehurst and William Rawlen, the Tithingmen there, present that Clement Sneath,
William Rawlen, Richard Brodehurst, Edward Tomson, Mary Squyre, Elizabeth Smalley, William Stables,
William Greyne, William Brodhurst, Robert Cunyngham, John Freeman, Thomasina Stevenson, Alice
Byddles, Henry Brownson the younger, Nicholas Gravenour, Humphrey Babbyngton, Christopher Foldes,
owe advent and appear.
Item, they present one sheep called “a theave’? and one horse which came before the feast of
Christmas last, and they remain in the custody of the Tithingmen aforesaid.
Item, they present one sheepskin appraised at 4d.
And that George Jarret is a common hawker of bread and broke the Assize.
And that Agnes Rygge is a common brewer and broke the Assize.
Barrow.—Thomas Brewan and John Moncke, the Tithingmen there, present that William Waryn, William
Barnard, Thomas Whyte, George Gladwyn, Thomas Waryn (essoined), Robert Patchet, Robert Barnarde,
William Eastwell, William Parker, John Broune, James Hassard, John Arnolde, John Moncke, William
Burbage (4d.), William Brygen (2d.), Christopher Vernon, Elizabeth Burton, William Borton (essoined),
Thomas Browne, John Savage, Roger Parker, Henry Pilkenton, Lawrence Breame, gent. (2d.), Richard
Bay, William Kirk, John Pancocke, William Clarke, William Ryder, Richard Askew, John Burton
(essoined), John Marshall, William Wylde, William Judson the younger, James Rycker, William Judson
the elder, William Hassard, John Camer, Thomas Lee, John Love (2d.), William Perken the younger,
Richard Munke, William Lysle, John Browne, Edmond Barnard, Thomas Bruarne, William Gamble,
John Cromp, Thomas Lynse, Thomas Ryder, John Barnard, William Couper, gentleman, William
Hopkins, owe suit and made default. Some appear and others do not.
And John Hunt (essoined), esquire, and Humphrey Babbington (essoined), esquire, Nicholas
Gravenour, the heirs of Thomas Fernom, Humphrey Cattarns (essoined), gentleman, in right of his wife,
Robert Pagnom (8d.), esquire, Clement Sneath (4d.) are Free Tenants and made default. Therefore they
arein mercy. Estreats 8d.
Item, they present that three sheep which came as estray at the feast of St. Andrew are dead, whose
skins remain in the custody of the Tithingmen.
And that Peter Duckett (4d.), John Pancake (4d.), James Hassard (4d.), William Lytster (4d.) are
common brewers and broke the Assize.
And that John Parker (6d.), John Rawlen (6d.), Valentine Wels (6d.) are common hawkers of bread
and broke the Assize.
And that Robert Breame (2d.) is a common miller and took toll excessively. And that Richard Bay
{2d.) is a common wool dealer, etc. Estreats 4s. 6d.
Part of the Roll is here missing.
Who having been sworn and charged, say and present on their oath that all things above presented
by the Tithingmen aforesaid are true, and they affirmed them.
The Inquisition is adjourned in order that the Homage aforesaid shall meet together on Monday next
before the feast of the Ascension of the Lord to view and consult concerning an encroachment and defect,
as appears in a Bill first delivered to the Jurors, under pain of everyone being absent therefrom forfeiting
to the lord 12d.
Item, they say that William Balard (12d.), gentleman, allowed and permitted one tree to lie in the
Highway in Querndon to the damage of the inhabitants there by narrowing the way aforesaid. Therefore
he is in mercy,
And that William Barnard (12d.) and William Squyere (12d.) fell into the pain of 12d. for the like
offence with their timber lying in the ways aforesaid. Therefore they have lost as appears.
And that Thomas Ratclif (20d.) made an affray on Clement Foldes, Constable of Woodhouse, with
a staff, against the peace. Therefore he is in mercy.
264. QUORNDON RECORDS.
The residue of the Verdict appears by the Bill.
The pains are delivered to the bailiff to be proclaimed in the Church.
Edmund Barnard,
Affeerers } Witham Squyer, {som
Henry Brounson,
The Homage aforesaid on their oath as regards the tenure of Francis Chaveney, having been charged, say
that they are not able to say whether he holds his lands and tenements in Querndon of the lord of this Manor
by Knight’s Service or in Free Socage.
Sum of the Estreats delivered to the baylyf 17s.
Patent Roll, Part 8 (1144), m. 28. July 20th, 18 Elizabeth, A.D. 1576.
The Queen to all to whom these present Letters come, etc., Greeting.
Know ye that We, as well in consideration of the good, true and faithful service heretofore bestowed on
Us by Our beloved and faithful servant Joun Farnam, one of Our Gentlemen Pensioners, as for divers other
good causes and considerations Us at present specially moving, of Our special grace and of Our certain
knowledge and mere motion have given and granted, and by these presents for Us, Our heirs and Successors,
We do give and grant to the aforesaid John Farnham, his heirs and assigns for ever,
All that Our Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr of Eastbridge in Our city of Canterbury, and all and
singular Our houses, edifices, messuages, lands and hereditaments whatsoever situate within Our city of
Canterbury and elsewhere to the said Hospital belonging,
And all that Our piece of land lying in the parish of St. Andrew in Our city of Canterbury heretofore
assigned for the maintenance of an Obit in the parish church of St. Andrew aforesaid,
And also all that Our Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr of Boulton, with all its rights and members in
Our county of Northumberland, and all and singular the houses, lands, etc., in Boulton aforesaid and elsewhere
in the said county to the said Hospital belonging,
And also all that Our Hospital of St. Bartholomew in Newbery in Our county of Berks and all the
lands, tenements, fair, etc., in Our town of Newbery, and all those Our lands in Ledcombe Regis and Hannye - ~~
in the county of Berks containing 40 acres, now or late in the tenure of the churchwardens there, heretofore
having been given for the perpetual sustentation of a priest in the church of Wantage in Our county of Berks,
Also all that Our rectory and Church of Wyssett in Our county of Suffolk, now or late in the tenure of
Christiana Wharton, widow, and all the tythes and one half acre of glebe with the tenement on it, and also
all oblations, etc., in Wyssett and elsewhere in Our county of Suffolk to the said Rectory and Church of
Wyssett belonging, and late parcel of the possessions of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, of High Treason convicted,
Also all that Our tenement called Saint John’s Hospital in the Town of Bedford, and all Our lands in
Bedford and elsewhere in the county of Bedford to the said Hospital belonging,
And also all those Our messuages, lands, etc., in the parish of Lechlade in Our county of Gloucester, now
or late in the tenure of the churchwardens there, formerly given to find a light and to maintain other
superstitious uses in the parish Church of Lechlade,
Also all those Our messuages, lands, etc., in the parish of Moreton Henmarshe in co. Gloucester held for
the Same purposes,
A tenement in Wolston and half a virgate of land in Wolston and Goderton to the said tenement
belonging, formerly given to pray for the souls of deceased persons in the parish church of Wolston,
All those Our tithes of grain and hay in 24 virgates of land in the parish of Haresfield and Harescombe 1n
co. Gloucester, and in Our city of Gloucester, and Our tenement called “The Church House,” and a close
of pasture called “ Harescombe’s Acre” or “ The Clerke’s Acre,” and a parcel of meadow of 4 acres adjoining
the Vicar’s house, heretofore given for the maintenance of a Clerk to say Mass and to distribute holy bread and
water in the church of Haresfield aforesaid, ;
Also our close of pasture called “The Lampe Acre” with the cottage thereon in the parish of Standish in
co. Gloucester, now or late in the tenure of John Windowe, heretofore given to find a lamp to burn in the
church of Harescombe, :
Also Our piece of meadow in Quedesley or Quoddesley in co. Gloucester, in the meadow called “ The
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Plockes,” there extending along the stream, commonly called “The Lamp Half Acre,” and our close of pasture
adjacent to the common way called “The Salt Half Acre ”? in Quedesley, in the tenure of the churchwardens
there, and another close there called “ The Taper Lande,” now or late in the tenure of Francis Cowling, here-
tofore given to find a light for the altar and before the image of St. James in the parish Church,
One and a half virgates of land in Estington by Northelache, co. Gloucester, heretofore given to the
inhabitants to say mass and to celebrate in a certain chapel in Estington,
A virgate and a half in Payneswicke, co. Gloucester, and all Our houses built there called “ Our Lady
Lande,” in the tenure of the inhabitants of Payneswicke, and given as before to a chaplain celebrating mass
before the image of the blessed Mary in the parish church,
A tenement called “ The Clerke’s House” and 14 acres of land in Stynchecombe in co. Gloucester, in the
tenure of Thomas Tyndall, and 20 acres of land there, given for maintaining lights, masses, etc., in the
church, ete.
And Our two ruinous tenements in the parish of St. Martin Outwiche in Our city of London, in the tenure
of Joan Yarrowe, widow, who held for life of the grant of King Henry VIII., and who (Dec. 1st last) alienated
and enfeoffed Katherine Yarrowe her daughter to Our disherison.
And all Our waste ground, part built on, in Lyme Street, in the parish of St. Dionis Backchurch in Our City
of London, in the tenure of Benjamin Digbye, belonging to the Jate Almshouse or College of the Holy Trinity
called “ Knolles Almeshouses ”’ in Pontefract in co. York.
_ Also Our tenement in Wood Street in the parish of St. Peter Westcheap, and Our tenement in the parish
of St. Mary Magdalen in Milk Street, London, heretofore given for the maintenance of a Priest, or to find
obits, lights or lamps.
Aud all that Our ruinous tenement in Terringe, also the Patronage of Our Rectory and Church of Terringe
in the county of Sussex.
Also five tenements and lands to the same belonging in Compton, co. Sussex, formerly parcel of the
possessions of Thomas, late Lord De la Ware, and coming into Our hands by reason of a certain exchange.
And Our two tenements and the Advowson of the Rectory and Church of Chalton in co. Hants, to the
late Monastery of Nuneton, co. Warwick, formerly belonging.
Also three acres of land in Cadington in co. Herts, in a field there called “ Myllfelde,”” and 33 acres in
the same Town in the “ Northfelde ” there, to the late Priory of Sannyngfelde formerly belonging.
All Our parcel of woodland called “ Churche Lande” in the parish of Beconsfield in co. Bucks, in the
tenure of John Butler, and Our ruinous chapel in the churchyard of Beconsfield.
Also Our 3 cottages and gardens lying near the Minories in the parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate,
London, now or late in the tenure of Richard Levesham, William Ketlewood, Richard Adamson, and Widow
Clerke, formerly given for sustaining a Priest for Chantries, obits and such like things in the Church of
St. Mary at Hill for ever.
All Our parcel of waste ground in the parish of St. Giles in the Fields in the High Street there, and also
all Our lands, etc., called “ Le Oute-groundes Twelve Acres” and “Le Estbreache” in the marsh of Poplar
and Stevenhithe, and in the Marsh there called “The Wate Marshes” or “Le Oute Groundes ” in Poplar
Marsh and Stevenhithe Marsh in the parish of Stevenhithe or elsewhere in the co. of Middlesex, which, it is
said, were formerly inundated with water, and to the late Monastery of Grace by the Tower of London once
belonging, in the tenure of Thomas Knighte of London, bruer, Edmund and Robert his sons, and James
Marshe.
Also Our garden containing half an acre in Roper Lane in the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, Berdmon-
sey, in co. Surrey, once belonging to the Priory there, and that Our parcel of land extending from the West
Gate of the Priory towards St. George’s Church, and two small cottages on the said land in the tenure of
Hugh Full, to the late Priory formerly belonging.
Also all Our messuage in St. Michael’s Lane, Crooked Lane, London, and Our two tenements with all
shops to the same belonging in Eastcheap, London, one called “ Le signe of the Horse Shoe” and the other
called “ Le signe of the Horses hed,”’ which once belonged to Benedict Jackson, citizen and butcher of London,
and William his bastard son, and which now are or ought to be in Our hands by pretext of divers Acts of
Parliament.
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And all those Our two parcels of land called “ Dryving Wales” in the parishes of Redderhith and
St. Marv Magdalen in co. Surrey, late parcel of the dissolved Monastery of Berdmonsey.
Also all Our tithes within the circuit of the Park of Beverleye called “Highe Springes and Lowe
Sprynges” in Beverley in co. York, late part of the possessions of the Archbishop of York, Ours by exchange,
and once parcel of the Church of St. John of Beverleye.
All that Our small house, now destroyed, formerly called “A Fyshe House” in Rowthe, co. York, in a
place called ‘‘Rowthe Carre,” and a several Fishery called “Lez Dennes,” lying on both sides of the said
house, and one several fishery called “ Deepe Carre”? in Rowthe, in the tenure of George Brigham, Esquire,
late part of the possessions of the Monastery of Meux.
And also Our 3 bovates of arable Jand in Raventhorpe in co. York, late in tenure of Robert Hodson,
formerly possessed by the same Monastery.
Two bovates of land in Eston by Bridlington in co. York, late belonging to the dissolved Priory of
Merrycke in co. York. :
A cottage and 4 small closes in Folyflatt in co. York, to the late Monastery of Newboroughe formerly
belonging.
All those Our Tithe Turves in Kylnewicke in co. York to the Monastery of Watton formerly belonging.
All those Our tithes in divers small closes called Horseclose, Peselandes, Jelly Inges, Mettams close,
Calfe close, Bottamles Close, Estfield, Cleycrofte, Watgrame and Fortresse, lying within the Manor of
Beverleye.
Also all Our tithes coming from three watermills in the same Manor, late belonging to the Collegiate
Church of St. John of Beverley, and now in the tenure of Sir Simon Musgrave, knight.
And all those Our tithes of hay in the town and fields of Beswick in co. York to the late Monastery of
Watton formerly belonging.
Also the tithes of two windmills in Kynewicke in co. York formerly to the same dissolved Monastery
belonging.
Also Our small ruinous cottage, formerly called a Chappell Howse in Mollescroft in co. York, late parcel
of the possessions of the Chantry of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mollescrofte.
And that parcel of land called “ Myllhyll”’ in Ruston in co. York, in the tenure of Richard Foxe, formerly
belonging to the late Prepository of St. John of Beverley.
All that Our meadow in Lowthorpe in co. York in a certain place there called “ Ladye Ing” to the said
Prepository formerly belonging.
A piece of meadow containing half an acre in “ Yesting ” called Saynt Nycholas meadowe, one piece
of meadow of half a rood in Ingecroft called Saynt Pulchres meadowe, two pieces of meadow containing one
rood in Holme and one piece in Le Holme called le Church Hoke containing one rood, half a rood of meadow in
Denmarcke, and one parcel of pasture at Sawtrum Stone containing half a rood, which said several parcels of land
are in the parish of Asfordbye in co. Leicester, and given to find lights or lamps in the church of Asfordby.
A messuage and all our hilly lands called “Coytre Hene” containing 16 acres in the parish of Bettus, co.
Glamorgan, and 14 acres more in the same.
Two ruinous cottages in Cardiff.
All that Our tenement called “ King Henrye ” in the parish of St. Michael in the town of St. Albans, co.
Herts, and two closes of 7 acres to the same belonging, and two closes called “ Milmeade” of 5 acres, and
“ Pitwekes ” of 3 acres in the same parish, also a close called “ Washing Lanes” containing one acre in the
same parish, and Our small pightel of land called “The Brasery””? containing half an acre near the Abbey
Milne in the town of St. Albans.
Two closes of land, one called “ Coxwell ” of 5 acres and “ Le Orchard ” of 14 acres, adjacent to a barn
called Saynt Peter’s Barn in the parish of St. Peter in the town of St. Albans, and other small parcels in Saint
Albans formerly belonging to the late Monastery of St. Albans and given for the maintenance of obits, lamps,
lights, and other such like things.
Ten acres in Frome Selwood, co. Somerset, and a cottage near the churchyard there, and 2 acres to the
same cottage appertaining, and 3 acres of land or pasture in Frome Selwood in the tenure of Richard Griffen,
heretofore given for divers superstitious uses.
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Four acres and a small piece of land called a “ perocke”” in Marston, co. Somerset, and 4 acres of land
there, and two small pieces of pasture called “ two perockes” in “le Oldfield,” heretofore given for superstitious
uses, aud a small piece of land called “a Ridge” in the parish of Marston, and one acre of pasture in Marston,
and one acre in Frome Selwood.
Three small ruinous cottages and 2} acres in Melles, co. Somerset, heretofore given to superstitious uses
in the parish church of Melles.
And three chambers in the parish of St. Olave in Old Jewry in the City of London, heretofore given for
the maintenance of Obits, etc., by Thomas Musted.
All that,Our messuage in Peter Lane by “ Pawles Wharfe,’’ London, to the late Monastery of St. Mary
in York belonging.
Also all that Our tenement in the parish of St. Mary Somerset in Our City of London.
All those Our two tenements in the tenure of William Lucas and John Pett in the parish of St. Margaret
Pattens in Our City of London, heretofore given for the maintenance of one Obit in the Church of St. Margaret
by William Turnor.
And all that Our messuage and garden called “ Gossarde” otherwise ‘ Austins” in the parish of
St. Leonard near Shoreditch, co. Middlesex, heretofore given for sustaining a Chantry in the church of
St. Leonard.
Also Our messuage with a garden adjacent called “ The Priest’s House”? in the said parish of St. Leonard,
formerly given for the habitation of divers priests saying masses every day in the chapel of Hallywell for the
soul of Sir Thomas Lovell, knight.
And all that Our tenement called “ Barrettes Corner” in the Vill of St. Albans, in the tenure of Adam
Alye, formerly belonging to the Monastery there.
Also Our tenement called “The Vynde” in the vill of St. Albans, in the tenure of the said Adam, to the
Monastery formerly belonging.
Also Our ruinous tenement with divers shops, etc., called “ Our Lady of Orders Chambers ” in Spaldyng,
co. Lincoln, in the tenure of Robert Edon, and a small piece of land in Cragpolelane in Spalding, and Our
ruinous tenement called “a Cowrte Howse,” lying by Spalding bridge end in Spalding, in the tenure of John
Kendall, and 24 acres of marsh at Spalding Fen ende, co. Lincoln, in the tenure of William Horner, 24 acres
of pasture in the parish of Quadring, co. Lincoln, and given to the late Chantry of St. John in the parish
church there.
Also Our cottage in Osborneby, co. Lincoln, in the tenure of Henry Orson, and Our acre of pasture there
in the tenure of Thomas Garland, heretofore given to maintain a light in the parish church there; and Our
7 acres of land and pasture in Osborneby in the tenure of William Pell and Thomas Garland, heretofore given
by a certain Richard Pell to distribute bread for the soul of the same Richard Pell and his ancestors’ souls,
commonly called “ Richard Pelles obitte,” also a cottage and 2 roods of pasture in Osborneby in the tenure of
Robert Warde, to the late Monastery of Kyme and Sempringham, co. Lincoln, formerly belonging; also Our
6 acres of land and pasture in Osborneby and Willoughbie, co. Lincoln, and Our 4 acres of arable land called
Kirkehedland in “ Le Southfeild ?? in Osborneby, in the tenure of John Carre, heretofore given for maintaining
altar lights in the parish church there.
Also Our parcel of land, called “ Milner’s Crofte” in Dowsbye, co. Lincoln, in the tenure of Christofer
Mawdes, formerly belonging to the late Monastery of Crowland.
All that Our messuage at Spitle, co. Lincoln, called “the Swanne,” and the garden and orchard and
4 closes of land to the same appertaining, heretofore given for maintaining lights, etc.
All Our arable lands, meadows, etc., in Hemswell, co. Lincoln, heretofore given to maintaining lights,
ete., and Our chapel, called “ the Chappell House” in Hemswell, with a yard, garden, close and dovecote in
the tenure of Gebriel Danbye, and Our toft built on, and all Our gardens, called “ certain garden plattes,” with
one yard called “le garthe ” and one other garden in Hemswell.
And all that Our Chantry called “the Spittle on Street Chauntrye ” in Spittle on Street, co. Lincoln, and
Our lands, meadows, etc., in Spittle to the same Chantry belonging, now or late in the tenure of Robert
Wraye, clerk.
And all that Our rectory and church of Skellington and all Our tithes to the said Rectory belonging,
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formerly belonging to the Spittle Chantry, in the tenure of George Coopland; and all Our tenements, shops,
gardens, etc., in Our city of Lincoln, formerly belonging to the same Chantry.
Also Our toft and croft in Great Corringham, co. Lincoln, in the tenure of John Varley, and Our
tenement in Springthorpe, co. Lincoln, in the tenure of Thomas Hyll, Richard Cooke, and other inhabitants
there, heretofore given for the perpetual sustentation of the Fraternity of St. George there ;
And all that Our tenement called a Guildhall” in the Vill of Upton, co. Lincoln, heretofore given for the
Perpetual maintenance of a Fraternity, etc. ;
And all that our decayed chapel called “ The East Chappell,” with our house built, and all lands, etc., in
the Vill and fields of Glamford Brigg, and within the township, fields and territories of Brigge and Mawsbye,
co. Lincoln, in the tenure of Sir Robert Tirwhitt, knight, heretofore given for the perpetual maintenance of a
priest celebrating mass in the same chapel for its founders ;
And our messuage, one toft, one croft with 24 acres of land, and all that one acre of meadow in Belton,
co. Lincoln, in the tenure of William Broughton, heretofore given for the sustentation of lights, obits, etc.;
And also all that our ruinous Chantry and chapel in Barton-on-Humber, co. Lincoln, and all lands, ete.,
in Barton-on-Humber to the said late Chantry belonging, and our half rood of land called “ Salte Hedland”
in Haxey, co. Lincoln, in the tenure of John Molde, and all that our close called “ Kirkeclose” in Haxey in
the Isle of Axholme, co. Lincoln, containing 3 acres; and 3 acres of land and meadow there, and 6 acres of
arable land there in the tenure of Hugh Modge; 4 an acre of land there in the tenure of John Myssen,
one acre of land there in the tenure of Henry Forte, 14 roods of land there in the tenure of Richard Garrett,
14 roods there in the tenure of John Harrison the younger, one acre of land there in the tenure of Richard
Reade, one acre of land there in the tenure of Thomas Alen, one piece of arable land on Crokhill in Haxey
aforesaid, now or late in the tenure of John Newland, vicar of Haxey; a rent of one penny usually paid to the
church of Haxey by ... . Sampson of Crayseland ; and all that our close of wood and underwood containing
4 an acre there in the tenure of John Molde, and all that our toft and 1 acre of land there in the tenure of
Robert Taylor, and al] those our 5 acres of land and one piece of meadow there in the tenure of Robert
Tompson, 1 rood of land there in the tenure of William Nicholson, } an acre of Jand there in the tenure of
Thomas Waterland, one toft called “The Churche House ” there, one toft there in the tenure of Widow Moore
in Haxey aforesaid ;
All which said premises in Haxey aforesaid were given heretofore for the perpetual maintenance of obits,
lamps, lights, and such like superstitious uses ;
And also all those our lands, tenements, rents, meadows, feedings and pastures, grain and tithes, and other
our hereditaments whatsoever lying and being in the Vill and fields of Haxey and other Vills adjacent, and to
the late Priory of Newsted, co. Lincoln, belonging.
And all that our acre of land in Moreland, within the Vill of Epworth, now or late in the tenure of John
Forster, 3 roods of land there lying against the lord’s Manor there in Middle Furlong, $ an acre of land there
on the south side of “ Skynners Meere,” 1 acre of land there in the tenure of John Mirfyn, 14 acres there in
the tenure of Christofer Hawkyns, deceased, and all that our bridge with one small fishery there, lying within
le Carre, called “ Burnett Lodge Carre,” one close there called “ Arbalus Closse ” containing 2 acres, all those
our lands, meadows, etc., in Estkirkefeild in the tenure of .... Hallifax, 4 acres of land there in the tenure of
Henry Longley and widow Mawe, our messuage, barn, yard, garden with one close there in the tenure
of Thomas Clarke of Upton, 4 acres of land there in the tenure of John Foster in Epworth aforesaid, heretofore
given for the perpetual sustentation of obits, etc.
And all that our close, called “The Churcheclose”? in Willerton, co. Lincoln, in the tenure of John
Farmerye, clerk, and 4 acres of pasture formerly Robert Toll’s in the vill aforesaid.
And all those our lands there lying at ‘“ Huntshirne,” now or late in the tenure of the Provost of the
Guild aforesaid, 3 acres of land there, now or late in the tenure of the said Provost.
And all that our one acre of land there lying in “ Somerleze,” late William Clarke’s of Bradegal, Pale
of land there in the tenure of William Clarke, now or late in the tenure of the said Provost, lying within the
limit of Tydde St. Giles, heretofore given for the perpetual sustentation of a Guild, light, obit, lamp, etc.
And also our two parts of “ Woolse Marshe,” otherwise “ Woolfaske,” in Grimsby and Wellowe,
co. Lincoln, belonging to the late Monastery of Wellowe, co. Lincoln.
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All that our tenement in the parish of St. Giles, co. Middlesex, in the tenure of John Battersbye, together
with a shedde to the same adjacent,
All that tenement there in the tenure of Henry Barnes, all that tenement there in the tenure of John
Yonge, all that tenement there in the tenure of William Burnam, a tenement there in the tenure of
Jobn Hollinbrigge, a tenement there in the tenure of Thomas Manlye, a tenement there in the tenure of John
Griffthe, a tenement there in the tenure of William Whetcrofte, all that tenement there in the tenure of
Peter Foxe, a tenement there in the tenure of Alan Fowlkes, a tenement there in the tenure of Thomas Cole,
a tenement there in the tenure of Robert Clere, a tenement there in the tenure of James Thomas, a tenement
there in the tenure of William Strowde, a tenement there in the tenure of William Alesburye, a tenement there
in the tenure of William Burde, a tenement there in the tenure of William Allen, three cottages or tenements
there in the tenure of Henry Marshall, two cottages or tenements there in the tenure of Henry Heron,
three stables there in the tenure of the said Henry Heron, all that garden or orchard there in the tenure of the
said Henry, a garden there in the tenure of Burquot Crainche, a garden there in the tenure of William
Whetcroft, a tenement in the parish of St. Sepulchre outside Newgate, in the suburbs of our City of London,
a cottage or tenement there in the tenure of Christopher Kellett, a tenement there in the tenure of David
Powell, a tenement there in the tenure of Richard Marcye or Greene, a tenement there in the tenure of
Thomas Brighte,
All which said premises in the parishes of St. Giles and St. Sepulchre were formerly parcel of the
possessions of John, late Duke of Northumberland, of High Treason attainted and convicted.
A parcel of land called “‘ Le Swannehedd” in Horsecrofte, containing half a rood, lying in Bykelswade in
co. Beds., in the tenure of Robert Shawe; one piece of meadow in Bykelswade, in a certain dole there called
* Colegryme,” called “‘ Le Over Measuer,” containing half an acre ;
Three acres of arable land in the fields of Sutton, co. Beds., called ‘“ Le Churche Lande,” otherwise
“Towne Lande,” in the tenure of the wardens of the parish church of Sutton ;
Our parcel of meadow in Bykelswade called “Sextens Hooke,” containing 1 rood, in the tenure of
William Gostwicke ;
Two parcels of meadow in Sharnebrooke, co. Beds., called “Le Churche Holmes,” containing one rood,
in the tenure of the wardens of the parish church there ;
Our parcel of meadow in Byckelswade called “ Le Churche Swayth,” containing half an acre, and
our piece of meadow in Byckelswade containing 3 acres called ‘“ Revenall,” and 3 roods of arable land in the
fields of Byckelswade called “ Revestithe,” our piece of meadow in Byckelswade called ‘“ Radwell Seven
Roods,” lying in the meadow there called “ Horsecrofte,” containing one acre, in the tenure of William
Hunte ; our piece of meadow in Byckelswade called “‘ Westmynster Seven Roods,’’ lying there in a certain
dole called “ Reymeade Dole,” containing 1 acre and 1 rood, in the tenure of Mark Braye ;
Our piece of meadow in Byckelswade called “ Westminster Seven Poles,” lying there in a meadow called
“Le meadowe,” lying behind Shortmeadstreet, containing 5 roods, in the tenure of the said Mark Braye ;
All that our piece of meadow lying in “ Westmynster Fyve Poles,” containing half an acre ; our half acre
of meadow in the meadow of Bykelswade called “ Westmynster Halfe Acre” ;
All that our piece of meadow in the meadow of Calcote or Caldecote in the parish of Northiell or Norrell,
co. Beds., called “‘ Le Churchemeadow ” or “ Le Townemeadowe,” containing one acre, in the tenure of the
wardens of the parish church of Norrell ;
Our g roods of meadow in Caldecote ealled ‘ Le Churchemeadowe” or “ Townemeadowe,” our piece of
meadow called “ Seven Roodes,”? containing one acre in Beston or Beson in the parish of Sondee and Northiell,
co. Beds., called “ Le Churchemeadowe ” or “ Townemeadowe” in a place called “ Milleholme” ;
Our piece of pasture in Bykelswade called “ Luller’s Lane,” containing one rood ;
Our messuage called “le Churche House ” or “ le Townehouse” in Old Warden, co. Beds. ;
Our messuage called ‘ Le Churchehouse” or “ Le Townehouse” in Sondey, co. Beds., in the tenure
of Swithin Spencer;
Parcels of meadow in the meadows called “Mogerhanger, Charleton, Southmill,’ in the parish of
Blunham, co. Beds., called “ Churchemeadowe” or “ Townemeadowe” in the tenure of the wardens of the
parish church of Blunham, containing 2 acres;
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Parcels of meadow in the meadow of Blunham, containing one acre;
Parcels of meadow called “ Churchemeadowe ” or “ Townemeadowe,” containing one acre in the meadow
of Byddenham, co. Beds., in the tenure of the wardens of the parish church there and other inhabitants ;
Our parcel of meadow called ‘‘ Fower mens Plottes”? otherwise “Le Poore Mens Plottes,” containing
half a rood in Milton Harneys by Radwell forde, co. Beds. ;
Our three parcels of woodland called “ Nutteshawe,” Okeshawe and Asheshawe, containing 6 acres, lying
in Roecliffe, co. York, and all that our passage or parcel of land called “le Damme,” containing one acre, lying
in Roecliffe, in the tenure of Francis Slingesbye, esquire ;
Aud also all that Court Baron of our Manor of Roecliffe, co. York, and all those our Leete, View of
Frankpledge, perquisites and profits of Courts and Leetes, with all other royalties, commodities and emolu-
ments whatsoever issuing, growing and emerging within the Lordship or Manor of Roecliffe,
Which said premises in Roecliffe belonged to the late Monastery of Selbye, co. York.
And all that our Site of the Manor of Pebworth, with all its rights, members and appurtenances in
co. Glouceter, and all those our demesne lands to the said Site appertaining or belonging, and also all and singular
our lands, tenements, meadows, feedings, pastures and other our hereditaments whatsoever in the Vills, Fields
or Parishes of Pebworth aforesaid, and elsewhere everywhere to the said Site in any manner belonging, etc.,
which formerly were parcel of the lands and possessions of Sir Thomas Cromwell, knight, late Earl of Essex,
being of High Treason attainted and convicted.
We do give also by these presents for Us, Our heirs and Successors, to the aforesaid John Farneham all
and all manner of woods, underwoods and trees on the premises above by these presents before granted, and
the ground and soil of the same woods, etc., as fully and freely, etc.,
To have, hold and enjoy the aforesaid Hospitalls, Messuages, lands, etc., to the aforesaid John Farneham,
his heirs and assigns for ever,
To hold of Us, Our heirs and Successors, as of Our Manor of East Greenwich in the county of Kent, in
free and common Socage by Fealty only and not in Chief nor by Knight’s Service.
And rendering yearly to Us, Our heirs and Successors, at the Receipt of Our Exchequer at Westminster,
a fee farm rent for each parcel of the aforesaid Grant [specified in the Patent, viz.,]
For the Hospitall of St. Thomas the Martyr of Eastbridge, and other the premises to the same appertain-
ing in Canterbury, 58s. 4d., etc., etc.
In witness whereof, etc.,
Witness the Queen, at Gorhambury, 20th July.
By the Queen herself.
N,B.—The above grant is given as a specimen of the grants made to John Farnham between the years 1576 and 1581, of which eight
are enrolled, The amount of land granted to John Farnham in the county of Leicester was very small. A fee farm rent to the Crown in
perpetuity was attached to each item granted.
Patent Rolls, 19 Elizabeth, Part 7, membrane 16; 19 Elizabeth, Part 8, membrane 44; 20 Elizabeth,
Part 2, membrane 23. A.D. 1577 and 1578.
(Ex the grants made to John Farnham of the Nether Hall in the county of Leicester only.]
Lockington.—All that Our ruined tenement in Lockington, also the Advowson of the Vicarage and Church
of Lockington, lately belonging to the late Monastery of de Pré at Leicester. :
Glen Parva.—All that Our chapel with the close in which the chapel now stands in Glenne Parva, with
one Hadland in the fields there.
Walcote.—All that Our chapel in a certain small toft in Walcote.
Swynford.—All that Our quarter acre of land in the fields of Swynford, and Our feeding formerly given to find
a light in the Church there, in the tenure of John Hutchyn.
Sharnford.—Al] that Our parcel of land in Sharnford in the tenure of the Rector there.
Wymeswold and Burton.— All those Our 3 acres of land in the fields of Burton-on-the-Wolds and Wymeswold
in the tenure of Marie Melborne, widow. And all Our cottage, one small croft and half an acre of
meadow in Burton and Wymeswold aforesaid.
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Drayton.—All that Our chapel of St. James in Drayton, and Our one acre of land called ‘‘ Le Corch Leys ” in
“Drayton, and one acre of arable land called ‘‘ Le Chappell Acre” in Drayton aforesaid in the tenure of the
inhabitants there.
Heather.—All that Our parcel of two acres in Heather called ‘ Le Church Heath,” otherwise “ Small Heath,”
in the fields abutting on Ibstock.
Sibston.—All those Our 3 selions of land in the fields by Sidepston called “Le Church Land” and “ Le Church
Hadland.”
Raveneston.—All those Our 2 selions of land called “ Lampland ” containing half an acre in the field towards
Raunston.
Halloughton.—All that Our tenement or messuage called “ Vowes,” otherwise ‘‘ Dexters,” in Hallowghton,
also all that Our toft, 2 crofts, one garden, 2 orchards, 54 acres of land, 16 acres of meadow and 50 acres
of pasture in the fields of Hallowghton, to the said messuage pertaining.
Beaumanor Court Rolls.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge of the lady Elizabeth, Queen of England, of her manor of Beaumanor
demised to Adrian Stockes, Esquier, held there the 8th day of April, 18 Elizabeth, A.D. 1576.
They present that Bartholomew Wollocke, gent.; John Farnham of London, Esquier, for his lands
in Quarndon; John Hunte of Lyndyn, for his lands in Barrowe; William Estwell, for his lauds, late the
Heirs of Sherley, and for his lands in Barrowe; Francis Chaveney, for his lands in Quarndon and
Woodhouse; Henry Bosse, for his lands in Thorpe; Humphrey Catherenes, for his lands in right of his
wife in Quarndon and Woodhouse, are Free Tenants, and owe suit and service to this Court at
this day.
To this Court came Nicholas Hebbe and surrendered into the hands of the lord one messuage in the
Township and Fields of Quarnedon (parcel of the manor of Beaumanor) for a fresh Copy to William
Hebbe the elder, Henry Hebbe and William Hebbe the younger (the sons of William Hebbe the elder),
for term of lives and the longer liver.
Beaumanor.—Court held there 10th day of October, A.D. 1576.
John Farnham, Esquire, was essoined by Bartholomew Willock.
Adrian Farnham, Esquire, for his lands in Quarndon and Woodhouse, was essoined by Humphrey
Catherens his guardian as in right of the wife of the aforesaid Humphrey, mother of the said Adrian.
Wills at Leicester. John Draper of Quarndon. Will dated June 7th, 1577.
Rose my wife to be my executor provided she shall enter into bonds unto Mr. Braham of Barrow, my son’s godfather, and
her brother Thomas Sacheverell (fellow of St. Mary’s College of Winchester in Oxford), whom I desire to be Overseers, that if she shall
hereafter marry before the second husband shall put in sufficient sureties for the performance of this my last Will, that then £40 of good
money be paid to my son John Draper at the day of her marriage, which shall be delivered into the custody of his uncle Thomas
Sacheverell; further I will that my son John Draper be maintained at learning until he be 12 years old or thereabout ; namely, unto that
by God’s help he shall be made Scholar of the College besides Winchester as his uncle Thomas aforesaid shall think fit; and whensoever
God shall place him in that College I will that he be allowed 20s. yearly whilst he shall be there.
And after when (God willing) he shall be of the Saint Mary College of Winchester in Oxford I will that he be allowed £3 yearly
until he come to the age of 21 years, at which time I will that £20 be paid unto him.
To Mr. Braham tos. To my niece Grace Aspinall (my sister Aspinall her daughter) a fether-bed.
The residue to my wife Rose.
Witnesses: Thomas Kilparke, William Smeaton, John Bussarde, Richard Sharpe, Richard Chapman and Nicholas Deacon.
Proved June 24th, 1577.
William King of Quarndon. Will dated April 24th, 1577.
He mentions Joyce King his wife, Margaret King his daughter.
To my son William my best coat and dublett. To Richard Teate (my brother-in-law) my coat and dublett that I now wear.
To my brother Richard King 12d. To John Sickes my russet Jerkyn.
Wife to be executrix and to have the residue.
Witnesses : Humfrey Bradshaw, James Walles, Thomas Barton, William Wodcocke, curate of Quarndon.
Proved November rath, 1577.
272 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Nichols’ History of Leicestershire, vol. 4, page 418. A.D. 1577.
By Letters Patent dated July 18th, 20 Elizabeth, The Queen for good causes and considerations her
thereunto specially moving, did grant unto Sir George Turpin, knight, and Matthew Farnham, gentleman,
all that the said manor of Knighton, with its rights, members, liberties and appurtenances in the county
of Leicester, and all the lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, commons and hereditaments whatsoever, called
by the name of the manor of Knighton, with all and singular their appurtenances, also several Messuages and
25 yard lands and a quarter in Knighton aforesaid, with as many parcels of meadow lying in the meadow of
Leicester, called “The Abbey Meadows,” as were then let to the following tenants, viz., Francis Ing, George
Hynde, Wiiliam Wells, William Pole, Agnes Pypin, widow, William King, Robert Foster and Thomas Tng
(which premises late were parcel of the possessions of the Bishoprick of Lincoln), with all appurtenances
except as excepted afterwards, as fully, freely and entirely, and in as ample a manner and form, as the premises
came into the hands of Her Majesty, or into the hands of Edward VI., late King of England, by reason of any
exchange, surrender or purchase, or by any Act or Acts of Parliament (except to the Queen, her heirs
and successors, all those free rents and rents of Assize and Services of Free Tenants and the perquisites and
profits of the Court of the Manor aforesaid and the Common Fine there).
To hold unto the said Sir George Turpin and Matthew Farnham, their heirs and assigns, in fee farm for
ever, to be held of the Queen as of her manor of East Greenwich, co. Kent, in free and common socage,
rendering therefore to the Queen, her heirs and successors, several sums amounting in all to £18 3s. 5d. every
year at the Receipt of the Exchequer.
N.B.— Among the Deeds at Quorn House is an Indenture of sale dated Oct. 14th, 1577, by Sir George Turpin
and Matthew Farnham of a messuage, three yard Jands, meadow and pasture in Knighton, and three parts of
meadow lying in “The Abbey Meadows of Leicester,” now or late in the occupation of Agnes Pypin, unto
John Pypin for the sum of #156, the purchaser to pay the fee farm rent of £2 3s. od. yearly to the
Exchequer.
Close Roll, Part 4. 20 Elizabeth, 2 December 1577.
Jobn Farnham, Esqr., one of the Gentlemen Pencioners to our Sovereign lady the Queen, hath sold unto
Edward, Earl of Rutland, his manor of Seamer, co. Yorks, and lands in Seamer, Kildington, Thornberghe and
North Kildington, co. Yorks, the gift of the Queen’s Majesty.
Close Roll, Part 2. 19 Elizabeth, A.D. 1577.
This Indenture made the 2oth day of March in the 1gth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Between John Farneham, Esquier, one of the Gentlemen Pencioners to Our said Soveraign Ladye of the
one partie,
And George Turpyn of Knaptofte in the county of Leicester, knight, of the other partie.
John Farneham for a competent sum of money paid by Turpyn has sold to Turpyn, his heirs and assigns
for ever,
A piece of Jand in the Field of Cleabrok in the county of Leicester called “ Copwell,” heretofore given to
maintain lamps in the church of Cleabrok, and now or late in the tenure of Thomas Stretton of Wibtoft in the
county of Warwick,
And all those little parcels of arable Jand lying in a certain Furlong called “Sydliges” in the Field there
towards the Town of Lutterworth, by the land of William Striplyng,
Two half acres lying upon Ridgeway, between the land of William Reynolds and the land of Master
Spencer, in a Field there towards Cymcote,
One half rood of land lying upon a Furlong called ‘ Thornebarrow,” by the land of William Reynolds,
One half acre lying upon a Furlong called “ Blackhill,”
Two half roods lying upon “ Coulmann’s Holme”? in a Field towards Great Assheby,
One half Rood lying in “ Foxholes,” heretofore given to find lampes in the church of Gillmorton, no
Jate in the occupation of Cristofer Yomand,
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To hold to George Turpyn and his heirs in as ample a manner as John Farneham held the same premises
of the gyfte and graunte of the Queen by her Highness’s Letters Patent at Gorhambury, dated March 7th,
19 Elizabeth.
To be held of the Queen’s Majesty in free socage as of her Manor of East Greenwich in co. Kent by
fealty only and not by knight’s service, paying to the Queen and her successors at the receipt of the Exchequer
at Westminster every year by equal payments 2s. for the Jand called Copwell, 2s. for the parcels of
arable land.
N.B.—The above is one of many sales made by John Farnham about this time and enrolled on the Close Rolls.
Close Roll. 19 Elizabeth, June 11th, 1577.
John Farnham, a gentleman Pensioner of the Queen, hath sold to Matthew Farnham Saint Nicholas
Meadow in Saint Sepulchre’s meadow and other lands in the parish of Asfordby, co. Leicester, heretofore
given to find lights in the church.
Close Roll, Part 3. 19 Elizabeth, A.D. 1577.
This Indenture made the 22nd day of March in the roth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Between John Farneham, esquier, one of the Gentlemen Pencyoners to Our Soveraign Ladye the Queen, of
the one partie,
And Peter Chard of Great Warley in the county of Essex, gent., of the other partie.
John Farneham for a competent sum of money paid by Chard has sold to Peter Chard, his heirs and
assigns for ever,
All that his decayed cottage in Lockington in co. Leicester,
And also all that his advowson, donation, presentation, free disposition and patronage of the Vicarage and
church of Lockington, with all its rights, members and appurtenances, etc., to the late Monastery of the
Meadows of Leicester formerly belonging,
To hold in as ample a manner to Peter Chard as John Farneham held the same of the gyfte and graunte
of Our said Soveraign Ladye the Queen by her Highness’s Letters Patent dated at Gorhambury March 7th,
19 Elizabeth,
To be held of the Queen’s Majesty as of her Highness’s Manor of East Greenwich in co. Kent by fealty
only, in free and common socage and not by Knight’s service, paying each year to the Queen and her successors
at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster by even payments, at Lady-day and Michaelmas, the sum
of 1s. for the cottage in Lockington.
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge of the lady Elizabeth, Queen of England, of her manor of Beaumanor,
demised to Adrian Stockes, Esquier, held there the 2nd day of April, 21 Elizabeth, A.D. 1579.
Edmond Folds and John Battersby, the Tything-men there, present that
Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, for his lands in Woodhouse and Loughborough, owes suit to this
Court, and was not summoned.
John Farnham, Esquier, for his lands in Quarnedon, owes suit and was not summoned because he
waits in the Hall of the lady the Queen in her service.
John Hunte of Lyndon, for his lands in Barrow, owes suit and is essoined.
Francis Chaveney of Quarnedon, for his lands in Quarnedon, owes suit and appears.
Henry Bosse, for his Jands in Thorpe, owes suit.
Adrian Farneham, for his lands in Russhall, owes suit and appears.
Humphrey Catherenes, gent., is essoined.
_ William Heynes, for Jands in Thorpe, owes suit and is essoined.
And .... Gaddesby, for lands in Barrow, owes suit and made default.
274 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 21 Elizabeth, May 3rd, A.D. 1579.
This is the Final Agreement made in the Court of the lady the Queen at Westminster in 15 days from
Easter day in the 21st year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Between William Ashbye and Bartholomew Willock, plaintiffs, and Thomas Beaumont and Katherine
his wife, defendants of 2 messuages, 2 tofts, 2 mills, 2 gardens, 160 acres of land, 50 acres of meadow, 4o acres
of pasture, 20 acres of wood and 30 acres of furze and heath in Quarndon, Woodhouse and Barrow. Where.
upon a plea of Covenant was summoned between them, that is to say, that the said Thomas and Katherine
have acknowledged the aforesaid tenements with the appurtenances to be the right of the said William, as
those which William and Bartholomew have of the gift of the said Thomas and Katherine, and these they have
remised and quitclaimed to the said William Ashbye and Bartholomew Willock and the heirs of William
Ashbye for ever. And moreover the same Thomas Beaumont and Katherine have granted for themselves and
the heirs of the said Katherine that they will warrant the said tenements to the said William and Bartholomew
and the heirs of the said William Ashbye against Thomas and Katherine and the heirs of the said Katherine,
and against all men for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, etc., the same William and Bartholomew gave to the said Thomas Beau-
mont and Katherine £140 sterling.
N.B,—The above seems to have been the Fine levied on the Transfer of the land in Quorndon from Katherine (the daughter and
heiress of Thomas Farnham of Stoughton) to Trustees in accordance with her father’s Will, by the provisions of which all his property
in the Manor and parish of Barrow was to pass to his brother John Farnham in strict tail male within three years of the. date of
Katherine’s coming to the legal age of 21.
Wills at Leicester. Thomas Barton of Quarndon, husbandman. Will dated October 29th, 1580.
My body to be buried in the Churchyard of Quarndon.
To the poor of Quarndon 2s.
To amending the Little Brigges 2s.
To every of my godchildren 6d,
To John Hampe my son-in-law one yoke of bullocks and 1 mare.
To Margery Hampe my daughter one heifer and one shepe.
To every one of my daughter's children 1 shepe.
I will that Anne Staples shall remain with her father and mother, and that they which have the occupying of that land which was
her father’s shall be accountable unto her for the same, according to the value thereof, when she shall come to full age, and then she to
enjoy the same land according to the custom of the country.
To Margret Barton of Shepeshead 2s.
The residue to Margaret my wife, whom I make my full executor.
Witnesses: William Tealer, Richard Leadbetter, Thomas Masone and others.
Item, I give towards amending of the bells 3s.
Proved 1st December 1580.
Inventory taken 15th December 1580 of the goods of Thomas Barton of Querndon, deceased, husbandman, preased by James Wallis,
Francis Bradshawe, William Taylor and Richard Leadbetter.
In the Hall.
1 Table with a forme and one old Aumbrie, 22d.
6 pieces of puter and 2 saucers, 2s. 6d.
1 diaper borde, 2 pots, 1 panne, 1 kettle, one frying panne, 1 skewer, 3 candlesticks, 6s. 8d.
1 Churne, 2 pails and 1 cheese-bord, 20d.
1 Spit with a pair of wodden cobberds, one pair of Pott hangells, one pair of Pott hooks, one pair of tongs, 12d.
1 Chair, 4 cushions, 4 dishes, 1 dozen of trenchers, 20d.
In ye Parlor.
2 bedsteads, 2 coverlids, 1 wynder cloth, 2 bolsters, 2 little pillows with 3 painted cloths, 6s. 6d.
Four pair of harden sheets, 1 pair of hempen sheets, 2 bord cloths, One towell, 7s.
Three Coffers, one old Arke, 3s.
In ye Chamber.
1 bedstead, 1 woollen whele, 1 cheese bord, 1 cheese crate, 1 form, 20d.
3 score of hempe, 3 score of flaxe, 2s, 8d.
Item, His Apparell, 6s. 8d.
‘ eee . acre and
Corne of all grains: One quarter of Rye, ros.; Item, Barley and Otes by estimacion, 3os.; Peas by estimacion, 105. Bd; ace
1 rood of Rye sowed in the field, 13s, 4d.
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Beasts: 5 Kyne, £4; 5 Horses, £5; 17 Sheep, 33s.
Cart and Cart gears: 1 plough, 1 pair of harrows and all the things belonging, 26s. 8d.
13 Swine young and old, 26s. 8d.
Hovells, palles, etc., 20s.
1 cock and 6 hens, 2s.
_ Sum Total, £21 17s. 4d.
Nichols’ History of Leicestershire, Vol. 3, page 65.
Letter from Sir Walter Mildmay (Chancellor of the Exchequer) to Adrian Stocks, Esquier,
of Beaumanor, A.D. 1580.
After my very hearty commendations unto you, the Inhabitants of Woodhouse in Leicestershire, whereot
divers be her Majesty’s Tenants as I am informed, do pretend to have Common of pasture, for certain space
of wynter tymes, in divers parcels of land in the parish of Barrow-on-Soar in the same shire, belonging to
Adrian Farnham, son and heir of Thomas Farnham of Quorndon, Esquier, deceased; and great Sute and
Debate in Law is likely to ensue thereuppon to the vexation, disquietness and hyndrance of both parties, which
might or were better to be prevented by some means beforehand. These are therefore most heartilie to desire
you the rather at my request to take some such gentleman as you think most meete to be assistant unto you
for that purpose, and to call the said parties before you, and by their assents, to take some such order in the
premisses as maie not only staie trouble and vexation in Lawe between them, but also be for the ease, profit
and quietness of the said parties ; for it is signified unto me that the Title of the said Inhabitants to the said
Common is very doubtfull and questionable ; and that some other good way with your help might be taken to
their satisfaction, and more to their profitt than the Common would be, and to the contentation of the said
Adrian, in his minoritie nowe being, to whom I praye you showe your friendshippe and furderaunce in anie
respect that maie please him therein, without the hinderaunce of the said Inhabitants. And what friendshippe
you showe to the said Adrian for my sake I will gladly requite the same as occcasion shall serve, as knoweth
God, who have you in his Keepinge.
From London this 6th day of Februarie 1580.
Your very loving friende,
Wa. Mildmay.
To my very friende Mr. Adrian Stocks, Esquier, at Beaumanor.
N.B.—Adrian Stocks of Beaumanor was one of the Supervisors of the Will of Thomas Farnham of the Over Hall, hence probably
the reason why Sir Walter addressed the above friendly letter to him.
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge of the lady Elizabeth, Queen of England, of her manor of Beaumanor
demised to Adrian Stockes, Esquier, held there the 7th day of April, 23 Ehzabeth, A.D. 1581.
Essoins.—Simon Mudde, Francis Chaveney, William Hassard, and Bartholomew Wyllocke.
Querndon.—Francis Baker, the Tything-man there, sworn, says that William Darker (the son of William
Darker and Agnes his wife, lately deceased) ought to have for the term of his life one cottage in Quern-
don to hold of the lord of this manor by copy of Court Roll, which copy of Court Roll the said
William Darker proffers, dated September 17th in the fifth year of King Edward VI., A.D. 1551, and seeks
admission as Tenant according to its tenour. To which the lord consents. William did fealty and was
admitted tenant.
Woodhouse.—John Battersbye, the Tything-man there, sworn, says that John Lee of Mountsorell (fined 3d.)
holds 3 water mills within this View of Frankpledge and took excessive toll, therefore he is in mercy.
John Caudwell comes and surrenders one messuage and one virgate of land and half of one virgate
and one little croft near the tenement of the “heirs of Staunton,” also half of a little croft lying by the
Hall Orchard. =
Feet of Fines, Michaelmas, 23 Elizabeth, A.D. 1581.
Between Thomas Jarrett, plaintiff, and John Hunt the elder, esquire, Remige Hunt, gent., and John
Hunt, gent., defendants of a messuage, a garden, 32 acres and 3 roods of land, 5 acres of meadow and 5 of
pasture in Mountsorrell, Rotheley, and Barrow. Thomas Jarrett gave the defendants #40.
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276 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Barrow Court Roll.
Manor of Barrowe-on-Soar.—View of Frankpledge with the Court Baron of the most noble lord Henry, earl
of Huntingdon, lord Hastinges, etc., K.G., Lord President of the Council of the lady the Queen in the
North, held at Barrowe aforesaid on the 13th day of October in the 23rd year of the reign of the lady
Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen. A.D. 1581.
Before John Smalley, gentleman, Steward of the said earl of his Manor aforesaid for the time being.
Essoins.—They appear below over the head of each one who is essoined.
Pleas of the Court.—And now comes here Richard Freman in his proper person, and offered here in the Court
his answer against the aforesaid Francis Peache in the plea aforesaid. And the aforesaid Francis demands
a copy and licence to imparl. The same day, etc.
Names of the Jurors for the Inquisition, as well as for the Homage—
Francis Peache. Edmund Barnard. John Munke.
William Judson, sen. William Perkyn. John Browne, sen.
Peter Bradshawe. William Staples, jun. Francis Squire,
William Brandern. William Hampson. William Rawlyn.
Christopher Foldes. Christopher Smalley.
Presentment of the Tithingmen of Barowe.—Robert Browne and Robert Barnard, the tithingmen there, sworn,
present on their oath that they give to the lord for a common fine at this day only 55.
And further that John Parker (12d.) of Rotheley, and John Rawlyn (6d.) of Mountsorell, are common
hawkers of human bread and sold loaves within this View under weight to divers lieges of the lady the
Queen, therefore both are in the mercy of the lord, etc.
And that the miller of Robert Braham (12d.), gentleman, took toll excessively from certain tenants
of this Manor, etc.
And moreover the wives of Peter Duckett (6d.), John Pancake (4d), John Burton (2d.), John
Hassard (2d.), James Hassard (4d.), and John Browne are common brewers of Ale within the View
aforesaid and sold Ale to divers tenants there too dear, etc., therefore they are in mercy, etc.
And moreover that a certain shepe called “a Jambe hogge” came within the View aforesaid as
chattel of estray about the feast of St. Michael last past, and it is seised to the use of the lord, and pro-
clamation is made according to the form of the law in this behalf, and it remains in the custody of the
said Tithingmen, etc.
Presentment of the Constable—William Boothe, the Constable there, concerning those articles which to the
Office of Constable pertain, says and presents on his oath that all is well.
Presentment of the Tithingmen of Querondon.—Peter Bradshawe and Francis Bradshawe, the Tithingmen
there, sworn, on their oath present that they give to the lord for a common fine at this day only 2s. 6d.
And further that the millers of Humphrey Katheryns (4d.) and Bartholomew Wyllocke (8d.), gentle-
map, took toll from divers tenants of this Manor excessively. Therefore both of them are in mercy, etc.
And that the wives of Richard Hampson (4d.), Robert Hubberd (nothing because outside), Andrew
Gamble (2d.), and Richard Johnson (2d.) are common brewers of Ale, and sold Ale to divers tenants of
this Manor by cups and measures not sealed. Therefore, etc.
And moreover that a certain wether of a black colour came within this View about the 24th day of
May last past, etc. And that four other wethers came within the View aforesaid on the 21st day of June
last past. And all are seised to the use of the lord. And proclamations are made according to the form
of the law in this behalf, etc.
Presentment of the Constable of Querondon.—Richard Leadbeater, the Constable there, sworn, presents on
his oath that Richard Baxter (12d.) and Thomas Warine (12d.) made an assault together, and the said
Thomas struck the other with a stone and drew blood against the peace, etc.
And that Edward Purse (12d.) and John Deakon (he has nothing) made an assault together, etc.
Therefore, etc.
Presentment of the Tithingmen of Willoughby.—Richard Huston and Ellis Cowper, the Tithingmen there,
sworn and charged, present that they give nothing to the lord for a common fine at this day.
And that Francis Wyllowbye, knight (nothing because he is heretofore charged before the Auditor),
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and John Nedeham, yoman, as in right of his wife, late relict of William Howett of Gaddesby, yoman,
deceased, are Free Tenants of this Manor, and owe suit to the Court Baron here, etc., and that the said
Francis pays 2s. yearly. The said John was not summoned.
Presentment of the Tithingmen of Woodhowse.—Francis Squyer and William Rawlyn, the Tithingmen there,
sworn, present that they give to the lord for a common fine at this day 25. 6d.
And further that Edward Burrowes (4d.) of Mountsorell is a common hawker of human bread, and
sold loaves of short weight to divers tenants of the lord there. Therefore, etc.
And that Agnes Rygge (2d.) and the wife of Richard Brodhurst (2d.) are common brewers of Ale
within this View, and sold by cups and measures not sealed, etc.
And that the cattle of estray are yeared and appraised at 4s.
And that a speckled calf and three sheep presented at the last View here are not yet yeared.
Presentment of the Constable there.-—Clement Tompson, the constable there, sworn, presents on his oath
that all is well.
Verdict of the Jurors.—Who say on their oath that all and singular the things above presented by the Tithing-
men and Constables are true, and that to their knowledge they have concealed nothing, and by virtue and
force of their oath they ratify, approve, and affirm them all and singular.
And further the Jurors aforesaid of their own knowledge say and present that John Hunt (124d.),
esquire, pays a fine of 12? pence at the feast of St. Michael only for respite of suit of Court.
And that Humphrey Babington (4d.), esquire, pays 4d. for respite of suit of Court for lands in
Woodhowse, etc.
And that Robert Pagnam (3s. 4d.), esquire, holds of the lord of this Manor divers lands in Barrowe
aforesaid, and owes suit of Court here and does not come. Therefore he, etc.
And that William Brett, gentleman, owes suit of Court and other services for divers lands in
Ratherby and does not come, etc.
And that Thomas Barcock (12d.), Francis Baker (12d.), William Ratcliffe (12d.), William Haskey
(12d.), and Richard Johnson (he has nothing), have severally forfeited the pain made in a certain ordinance
at the last Court, because they respectively tied their cattle on the common greens in Bretland.
And that William Perkyn (2s.), Thomas Lylly (2s.), William Boothe (2s.), William Gamble (2s.), and
William Lyster (2s.), have forfeited the pain put in another ordinance at the last Court concerning not
tying a mare and foal in the sown fields, etc. Therefore they each of them, etc.
And that Peter Duckett (2s.) has forfeited the pain in another ordinance made at the last Court con-
cerning not keeping sheep in the sown grain fields, etc. Therefore, etc.
And that William Barnard (2s.) has forfeited the pain in not separating the hedge of the “ Rycksted”’
with 4 yards of corn or hay.
And that Robert Braham (nothing because outside the fee), gentleman, has forfeited the pain contained
in a certain ordinance put at the last Court, because he did not sufficiently make his fence in Walton
Hades. Therefore he is in the mercy of the lord, etc.
And be it remembered that the Jurors aforesaid say on their oath that that piece of ground in the
Forest of Charnwood called “ Little Baldwyn’s Castell”? lies within the precincts of the lordship and
Manor of Barrow, and that John Haskey and George Cademan, vendors of wood for the now lord of the
Manor of Barrow, sold “Le Brush” and “Le Topwood” growing and being in the same place to
William Rawlyns for 53s. 4d., and that the same William cut the tops off the trees and cut down and
peaceably carried away the underwood and “ Lez Brambles,” and further that all that part of the ground
in the Forest aforesaid called ‘« Maplewell,” lying on that side of the little brook there towards Woodhouse
Eaves is within the Lordship, Manor and Parish of Barrow, and that the Rector of Barrow received tithes
of all cattle there. And further that that brook before its entry into Maplewell separates and divides those
two lordships of Barrow and Groby and runs across one side of Maplewell. When beyond Maplewell it
tuns down again, dividing the aforesaid two lordships.
And the said William Rawlyns says that Francis, late Earl of Huntingdon and lord of Barrow, took a
certain Carigman, a felon in Maplewell aforesaid, who was hanged, and the same Earl had and enjoyed
his goods.
278 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Item, that those who dwell in that part of the Forest bury their dead in Querondon, pay the Subsidy
and Fifteenth with Barrow and tithes to the Rector of Barrow, and as regards that piece of land in the Forest
aforesaid called “ Longdale,” lying on the other side of the brook aforesaid, the Jurors say that they do
not know whether it is in the lordship of Barrow or of Groby. Therefore to enquire further.
The Jurors aforesaid also say that a certain Hugh Whalley encroached on the soil of the lord in
Woodhowse Eaves from the dwellinghouse of the said Hugh (at present being a ‘free tenant of Robert
Conyngham, gentleman) on the common street there westward 14 yards in breadth, and in length
extending along that street from the extreme north side of a certain small house on the soil of the said
Jord newly built by the said Robert Conyngham as far as the south end of a certain chamber of the same
Robert across his hall. That is to say, it is built separated from the high street there by a certain ditch
and hedge where two willows grow.
And the said Robert being present in the Court acknowledged the encroachment aforesaid, saying
that the said Hugh Whalley, after the encroachment aforesaid was made by him, obtained the favour of
the lord Francis, late Earl of Huntingdon, father of the now Earl, that he should enjoy the ground
aforesaid, giving to the same late Earl one penny by the year.
Which said penny the aforesaid Hugh paid to the aforesaid late Earl all the time he occupied it.
And that he, the aforesaid Robert Conyngham, has paid one penny to the bailiff of the now Earl,
namely, Bartholomew Willock, yearly, hitherto to the use of the said now Earl.
And the same Bartholomew, present here in the Court, acknowledged the premises to be true, and the
receipt of the penny aforesaid. And further he says that he is charged with the aforesaid penny and has
from time to time faithfully accounted for it, etc.
William Boothe is removed from the Office of Constable for Barrowe and William Hassard is elected
in his room and place to execute that Office for the year following. He took the oath.
Richard Leadbeater is removed from the Office of Constable for Querondon and Peter Bradshawe is
elected in his room and place to execute that Office for the year following. He took the oath.
Sum of the profits of the aforesaid View of Frankpledge 39s. 6d.
Francis Peache.
The View and Court aforesaid affeered by< William Staples.
Christopher Smalley.
For the diet of the Steward and forage of his horses 10s.
Close Roll, part 20. 24 Elizabeth, July 1st, 1582.
Philip, Earl of Arundell, William Dix, Esq., and William Cantrell have sold to John Farnham of London,
Esquire, one of the Queen’s Gentlemen Pensioners, for the sum of £1600 their fourth part of the manor of
Highlighe and their moiety of the Forest of Worth in the county of Sussex, etc.
MSS. at Belvoir Castle. (Letter from John Farnham to Roger Manners.)
April 5th, A.D. 1582. From the Court. —
The Prince of Orange eats and speaks, and intends within three days to shew himself abroad, to satisfy
his friends, and to stop the speech of those who give out that he is in danger of his life. Monsieur lives in
great triumph in Antwerp, playing at tennis and using many other exercises, but all within the town, for the
fields grow too hot. The Prince of Parma “ sweryth by the brede and eates yt” that if they come abroad he
will make one (of their party). The poor Flemings love not to play with him in sport or in earnest. Some
think that Monsieur will not long be away from hence, and I can hear of no forces going to him. There 1s
speech of 10,000 Spaniards and Italians and 5,000 horse coming to the aid of the malcontents. If you have
any mind to Mrs. Elizabeth Howard, you come too late, for Mr. Southwell has her good will. Mrs. Trentham
is as fair, Mrs. Edgcombe as modest, Mrs. Ratcliff as comely and Mrs. Garrat as jolly as ever.
N.B.—Roger Manners was the third son of Thomas, first Earl of Rutland, and was Esquire of the body to Queen Mary and Queen
Elizabeth. In his Will John Farnham bequeathed to his very good friend Mr, Roger Manners his best Turkey carpet.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 279
State Papers, Domestic. Muster Roll, Leicester. Reign of Elizabeth, about 1583.
Leycester. New rate for the keeping of Horses in the county.
Demi Light Demi Light
Launces. Horse. Launces. Horse.
Sir George Hastings, knight : 2 , 2 Robert Brooksbye . ; i 2 : 2
Adrian Stokes, Esquier : 2 2 Francis Smith . ; . : 2 4 b}
Sir George Turpine . . . 2 ‘ 2 George Shburley ‘ : 2 : 2
Andrewe Nowell, Esquier 2 2
Thomas Haselrigge T b} Mr. Thomas Dannet. I 2
Frauncis Hastings I a Nicolas Beamonte I a
Brian Cave. ; : ; : I 2 John Tomworthe 2,
Sir Edward Hastings . I I Mr. Jo. Harrington . I I
Walter Hastings . I I Edmond Leighe I I
Thomas Cave I I
Henry Skipwith . 2 Thomas Skevington 2
William Digby : . 2 George Villers . 2
Morice Barkly 2 Thomas Ashby 2
.... Sherard 2 Audry Pant a
Edward Pate 2 William Hartoppe . 2
++. Segrave 2
M Duporte.
Remidge Hunt.
Burton of Stockerston.
Edward Turvill.
Butterisse of Eston.
John Kyrke of Burton.
.... Breame of Barrow.
Wren of Thurleston.
Rosse and Pratt of Lutterworth.
Dan. Banister and Thos. Roberts.
Frauncis Brown.
William Brockes.
asian Pell
.. ~~ Oliver of Norton.
Edward Bricknell and John Neale, 1.
Clement Saunders.
George Purfrey.
.» «+ Plombe.
Richard Dylckes.
Francis Beamont.
One Light Horse only.
Humphrey Babington.
Robert Palmer.
Dorothy Clarke, widow.
Henry Poole of Dawby.
.... Willett.
Humph. Katherines and
Midleton.
William Cave.
Raphe Whalley.
Mrs. Poole, widow.
.... Ballard of Winnefeld.
William Jarvase.
Henry Turvill.
Robert Bradshaw.
.... Temple.
Thomas Graye.
William Bembrigge.
John Danvers.
William Charnells.
Gabriel Pultney.
Jno.
George Wightman.
Thomas Waldram.
.... Staveley.
George Ashbye.
Everard Digby.
Edward Turvill.
Peter Duckett.
William Blunt.
Thomas Wyghtman.
John Graye.
Bennet Wilson.
Edward Winter.
Thomas Love.
Francis Staresmore.
Robert Everard.
Geo. Harecourt and Rob. Bradshaw.
Valentine Hartoppe and Burroughes
of Burrough.
The Borough of Leycester, 2 Demi Lances and 4 Light Horses.
The Totals are 27 Demi Launces, 113 Light Horses.
Exchequer Depositions by Commission. Leicester. No. 1245. A.D. 1584.
Inquisition taken at Tilton on the 29th day of May in the 26th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
before Bryan Cave, Esq., Thomas Skeffington, Esq., and William Cave, Esq.
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The Jury say on oath that there are g1 acres of land and 7 acres of pasture lying dispersed in the common
fields of Barrow-on-Sore, and also within the township of Barrow two small closes of pasture containing by
estimation 4 acres of pasture. Also there are lying dispersed in the common fields of Quarndon 28 acres of
‘land, 7 acres of pasture, and 104 acres of meadow, which lands lately belonged to the Monastery of Blessed
Mary in the meadows of Leycester, now dissolved, and tbe said ]ands were concealed and detained from the
possession of the Queen and her predecessors from the time of the Dissolution of the aforesaid Monastery
until the day of taking this Inquisition by one William Barnard, now deceased, for 16 years, and from the
death of William Barnard to the date of this inquisition by a certain Robert Braham, gent., the assign of the
said William Barnard.
And that the said lands, etc., in Barrowe are worth, beyond outgoings, Ios. a year, and those in Quarndon
8s. a year.
And the said William Barnard from the time of the Dissolution of the Monastery until his death, to wit
16 years, took the issues. And Robert Braham likewise from the death of William Barnard took the issues
by virtue of a Lease from the Abbot and Convent bearing date May 7th, A.D. 1534 (27 Henry VIII.) under
the Conventual Seal of One messuage (which is the Site of the Rectory of Barrow), and 3 cottages in
Quarndon for a term of 81 years, in which Indenture there was no mention of a Lease of the said lands,
pastures, etc., aS appears more fully by the said Indenture shewn in evidence to the said Jurors at the taking
of this Inquisition.
But the Jury say that the said lands, etc., from the time of the date of the said Indenture until the date
of the taking of this Inquisition were used and occupied by William Barnard and Robert Braham by colour
of the Lease aforesaid, together with the said messuage and cottages.
In witness whereof the Commissioners and Jury have set their seals the day and year above written.
Particulars for Leases. Augmentation Office. No. 83.
Lands and tenements, late parcel of the possessions of the Monastery of Blessed Mary in the meadows
at Leycester, lately dissolved.
A rent from gt acres of arable land and 7 acres of pasture lying dispersed in the common fields of
Barrowe-on-Sore in the county of Leycester and two closes of pasture containing by estimate 4 acres of pasture
in the village of Barrowe aforesaid worth Ios. ;
A rent from 28 acres of arable land, 7 acres of pasture and 104 acres of meadow lying dispersed in the
common fields and meadows of Quarndon in the county of Leycester worth 8s.
Mem.—This particular is made by an Inquisition taken at Tilton in the county of Leycester on the
26th day of May 1584, before Bryan Cave, Esq., Thomas Skeffington, Esq., and William Cave, Esq,
by virtue of her Highness’s Commission under the seal of her Highness’s Court of Exchequer to them and
others directed, and by them into the same Exchequer returned, and there in the custody of her Majesty’s
Remembrancer remaining ; wherein and whereby it appeareth the premises to lye in the townes and fields
aforesaid and to be of the yearly values above mentioned, and to have been concealed and detained from
her Highness and her progenitors by force of a Lease under the Convent’s seal of the Monastery of Blessed
Mary in the meadows of Leycester aforesaid, bearing date 7th May, 26 Henry VIII. (A.D. 1534). And that
William Barnard and Robert Braham have received the profits thereof successively ever since the Dissolution
of the said Monastery. xvii June 1584. Examined by me Thos. Fanshawe.
17th June 1584. For George Hastinges, knight. The clear yearly value of the premises is 66s. 8d. The
Fine £2 for the consideration aforesaid.
“Make a Lease of the premises to the said Sir George Hastinges, knight, for the term of 21 years
yielding to the Queen’s Majesty the said yearly Rent. The Lease to have commencement from the day
of date.”
On another sheet is written, ‘‘ Make a Lease of the premises to Henry Cave the tenant, Theophilus Cave
and William Cave his sons, for lives successively.”
[In the Particular for Leases, Augmentation Office, File 70, m. I.] The clear yearly value of the
premises is 66s. 8d. The Fine rated at 2 years’ rent comes to £6 1335. 4d.
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Make a Lease of the premises to the said Henry Cave the tenant, Theophilus Cave and William Cave
his sons, for their three lives successively, yielding to the Queen’s Majesty the said yearly rent and Fine aforesaid.
The Lease to commence from the date thereof. (Signed) W. Burghley.
Mem.—I have made this particular by virtue of your Honor’s warrant to me directed for a new Lease to
pass. 8th May 1596. (Signed) Alexr. King, Auditor.
Close Roll 1189. June 1st, 26 Elizabeth, A.D. 1584.
Theophilus Adams and Robert Adams have sold to Matthew Farnham,
One Messuage now or Jate in the tenure of Robert Taylor and five acres of arable land and four acres of
meadow lying in the fields of Quarndon in the County of Leicester.
One orchard and garden in Quarndon and seven acres and three roods of meadow in the South Field of
Quarndon now or late in the occupation of Richard Hainson, Christopher Bruerne and Robert Hubberde.
One Rood of arable land now or late in the tenure of Thomas Hebbe in the More Field in Quarndon.
One Cottage now or late in the tenure of Ewyne Courtebye.
One parcel of waste ground conteyning by estimacion one acre called The Willowe ground lying in
Quarndon, and now or late called the Towne Land in Quarndon.
One parcel of meadow conteyning one acre and a half now or late in the tenure of Bartholomew Willocke
called “ Scotte Greene.”
One parcel of meadow called “The Wellsticke.”
One parcel of meadow in “ Greenholme ” conteyning three acres.
One parcel of pasture in “ The Carr” conteyning one acre now or late in the tenure of Francis Chaveney.
Two cottages now or late in the occupation of Agnes Coles, widow, and William Smithe, and now
or late called “ the Towne Land ” there.
To have and to hold to Matthew Farnham in as ample a manner as Theophilus Adams and Robert Adams
had the same of the Gift and Grant of Our Sovereign lady the Queen’s Majesty that now is, by her Highness’s
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of England dated at Weald Hall in the county of Essex July 27th,
25 Elizabeth (A.D. 1583).
And to hold the same of Our said Sovereign lady the Queen, her heirs and successors, as of her manor of
East Greenwich by fealty only in free socage: Rendering to Our Sovereign lady, her heirs and successors,
yearly the rent of 10s, at Michaelmas, at the Receipt of the Exchequer of our said Sovereign lady the Queen
or into the hands of the General Receiver of Her Majesty’s revenues in the County of Leicester.
N.B.—This was a purchase of the Quorndon Town Lands by Matthew Farnham. The lands seem to have been seized by the Crown.
and sold to the two Adams, from whom Matthew Farnham purchased them. A small portion of these Town Lands were sold by
Matthew Farnham to Adrian Farnham of the Over-hall, and a still smaller part was sold to Francis Chaveney. By a Decree made in
1634 certain Commissioners appointed by the Crown under the Statute for Charitable Uses made in 43 Elizabeth (1601) ordered these
Town Lands to be restored to their original uses, and no compensation seems to have been paid to the then holders. Did Matthew
Farnham get the lands for nothing, or was the restitution without compensation to be regarded as a fine for acquiring the Town Lands.
at all? The whole transaction is not less curious from the fact that the brothers Adams appear also as grantees from the Crown and
vendors of the Mountsorrel Town Lands as well as the Quorndon Town Lands, and restitution was enforced later on in both cases.
Exchequer Bills and Answers, No. 5, Leicester. Trinity, A.D. 1585.
Plaintiffs: Adrian Stokes of Beaumanor, Esq., and Francis Peche of Barrow, gent., and Agnes his wife.
Whereas 40 years ago William Barnard, gent., held of the lord of the manor of Barrow by Copy of Court
Roll one messuage and 2 yard lands; and held of the manor of Beaumanor by copy of Court Roll for term of
his life and the life of his daughter one croft and 2 yard lands in the parish of Barrowe, paying to the lord of
Beaumanor the yearly rent of 28s.
And died so seised, after whose death the daughter entered on the premises for term of her life, and so
seised, died.
After whose death one Thomas Jones, Esquire, servant to the right Honorable Francis, late Earl of Hunt-
ingdon (1558), took of the Earl, being lord of the manor of Barrow, the said messuage and 2 yard lands ;
And at the same time took of Adrian Stokes (her Majesty’s farmer of the manor of Beaumanor) the said
oe 2 yard lands and 2 selions of land for the term of his life by Copy of Court Roll for the yearly rent
of 26s,
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So seised, Thomas Jones sold his interest to John Gladwin of Barrow.
At a Court at Beaumanor held Sept. 28th, 1559, John Gladwin did take out of the lord’s hands the said
croft and 2 yard lands, to whom the lord’s Steward granted seisin, to have and to hold to him, Agnes his
daughter and Francis Jones, the son of Thomas Jones, Esq., for term of lives and the longer liver, at the Will
of the lord, according to the Custom of the manor, for a yearly rent of 28s.
But soon after, one Stephen Judson, being tenant of the said messuage and 2 yard lands belonging to the
manor of Barrowe, compounded with the said John Gladwin to have the said 2 yard lands of the manor of
Beaumanor for term of John Gladwin’s life, paying the same rent of 28s. to the lord of Beaumanor ; by which
arrangement John Gladwin held the croft alone, without any rent, and Stephen Judson and William Judson
(after Stephen’s death) held the said yard lands of Barrow and Beaumanor intermingled till about 3 years
last past that John Gladwin died.
After whose death the interest having come to the said Agnes the wife of Francis Peche; at a Court
Baron held at Beaumanor 22nd April 1580 Agnes and Francis Jones did surrender the said 2 yard lands into the
lord’s hands, to the use of Francis Peche, Agnes his wife and Adrian Peche his son, to whom the lord, by his
Steward, did grant seisin; To have and to hold to them fer term of lives and the longer liver for fhe rent
of 28s.
But the Barrowe lands and the Beaumanor lands having been held so long (between 4o and 50 years)
together, they cannot now be distinguished the one from the other, and William Judson the elder hath refused
to lay out the same or allow the same to be laid out or divided, so that Francis Peche has only the occupation
of the croft, and though Stephen and William Judson have for 24 years paid to Adrian Stokes the rent of 285., yet
now, since the title has fallen to Francis Peche by the death of John Gladwin, the said Judson, for a space,
would pay the same but as great charge, and now taking further stomacke, being by some sinister counsel
persuaded that Adrian Stokes cannot knowe the parcels apart so cannot distrain for the said rent, hath of late
denied also to pay the said rent, by means whereof Her Majesty is like to be disinherited of the said rent.
For although the Earl of Huntingdon would agree to have his 2 yard lands marked out by metes and
bounds, William Judson do most obstinately refuse to allow the same, saying that during the time of his estate
there shall be no other division thereof, unless compelled by law.
And since the longer the division be delayed the more difficult it will become, as the ancient men who
might remember will be dead, the Plaintiffs therefore beg the assistance of this honorable Court to compel
Judson to do what is right and proper, etc.
Answer of the Defendant.
William Judson says that at a Court at Barrow 12th May 1578 the Rt. Hon. Henry, Earl of Huntingdon,
lord of the manor of Barrow, did grant by Copy of Court Roll to William Judson the elder One messuage,
2 yard lands and One Leasue in Barowe Holme containing 4 acres, One parcel of Leas lying upon “ Les
Akers” and 6 acres of land called “ Broken Land,” One half Rood lying therein and One parcel of meadow
lying near the Crab tree and 3 acres of meadow lying upon the Hillinge, late in the occupation of William
Barnard in Barrow aforesaid.
To hold to this defendant (William Judson), his son and Margaret the wife of this defendant for the term
of 3 lives and the longer liver successively according to the custom of the manor of Barrow, yielding yearly to
the said Earl 37s. 64d.
And the said Earl at the same time, by another Coppy, did grant to the said defendant 8 selions of land
lying upon “ Les Akers ” sometime in the occupation of Oliver Hanson, 5 other selions of land upon “ Les
Akers,” late in the occupation of William Barnard, 2 acres of pasture called “ Lenton Thing,” one selion of
land lying in the “Ox Leasue,” and one parcel of meadow called “ A Nooke,” lying in Coxpoole in Barrow
aforesaid ;
To hold to this defendant, Margaret his wife, and William Judson the son of this defendant, for term of
lives and the longer liver at a rent of 8s. 2d. yearly.
He knows nothing of the statements respecting William Barnard or Stephen Judson (father of this
defendant) holding lands of the manor of Beaumanor, and if they happen to have done so he denies that the
Plaintiffs have substantiated their case in a satisfactory manner.
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The Depositions in the Case are—
Exchequer Depositions by Commission, No. 6, Leicester. Hilary, A.D. 1586.
Writ dated 26th November, 28 Elizabeth, to Our Trusty and Well beloved Francis Brown, Esq., Bennett
Wylson, Esq., Edward Aston, E'sq., and George Purefey, Esq.
The Interrogatories.
1. Did you know William Barnard of Barrow, gent., deceased, and when did he die ?
a. Did William Barnard or Isabell his daughter, or either of them, hold of the lord of the manor of Beau-
manor by Copy of Court Roll one croft, 2 yard lands, and 2 selions in Barrowe ?
3. How many acres of land, how many acres of meadow, and how many acres of pasture do there for the
most part belong to a yard land in Barrow? What is the yearly rent and how many yard lands holden of the
manor of Beaumanor are there in Barrow ?
John Marshall of Barrow, yeoman, aged 72 years, deposed that he knew William Barnard; he sayeth
there doth appertain to a yard land of the hold of the manor of Beaumanor 4 or 5 acres in every field and there
be 3 fields and in every field 4 or 5 acres, and that there is in the holding of one Pancocke one yard land, and
in the holding of one Crampe one other yard Jand, and some other land in the holding of one Widow Barton,
but how much he knoweth not. He says that John Gladwin took of Mr. Jones Two closes called ‘‘ Newton
Closes” belonging to Beaumanor, and he hath heard Stephen Judson did agree with Thomas Jones, gent., for
land of the manor of Barrowe, but how much he knoweth not. He says that John Gladwyn is dead, but how
Jong he cannot tell, and that Agnes the wife of the Plaintiff is the daughter of John Gladwin.
William Burbage of Barrow, carpenter, aged 56 years, sayeth that William Barnard died about 28 years
ago, and he knew him well as he was his godfather. William Barnard held land of Beaumanor, but how
much he knoweth not, except one close, now in two parts, in the tenure of Francis Peach and Jobn Pancocke.
He says that there are 3 yard lands in Barrowe holden of Beaumanor: one in the tenure of John Pancocke,
one in the tenure of John Crampe, and one in the tenure of John Hampe of Querne, and he hath heard that
there should be to every yard land in Barrowe holden of Beaumanor some 5 to 6 acres of land [? in each
field].
John Pancocke of Barrow, aged 72 years, says that William Barnard and Isabell did occupy by Copy of
Court Roll of the manor of Beaumanor for term of lives one croft and 2 yard lands of land and meadow and
2 leys in Bredcrofte in Barrowe and paid yearly a rent of 28s., and this he knows because he was servant to
William Barnard and heard him say so.
He says there belongs to a yard land 5 acres of land in a field and 5 roods of meadow, and the usual rent
of a yard land varies from 135. to 15s., and there belong 4 yard lands in Barrowe to the manor of Beaumanor.
He says that Thomas Jones did occupy one messuage and 2 other yard lands in Barrow holden of the earl of
Huntingdon, together (as he hath heard) with the lands parcels of Beaumanor. He says that all the tenants
of the manor of Beaumanor in Barrowe do pay Common Fine to the lord of the manor of Loughborough for
every yard land 24d.
John Crampe of Barrowe, husbandman, aged 54 years, saith that Wiiliam Judson did pay to William
Clarke the husband of Agnes, the daughter of John Gladwin, the yearly rent of 28s., as he hath heard, for
2 yard lands parcel of Beaumanor.
Peter Ducket of Barowe, aged 60 years, also deposes to the same effect as the former witnesses.
Witnesses for the Defendant.
William Estwell of Barrowe, husbandman, aged 55 years, sayeth that one messuage and 2 yard lands and
all such other land as the said defendant occupieth or possesseth in Barrowe are auncient Copie hold lands
and parcel of the manor of Barrow-on-Soar, as far as he knoweth, and have been so taken and reputed for
26 years last past, and that the said defendant doth enjoy the said messuage and land by a grant of Henry now
Earl of Huntingdon, and to the knowledge of this deponent the defendant doth not occupy any land holden of
the Queen’s Majesty manor of Beaumanor.
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284 QUORNDON RECORDS.
William Moncke of Mountsorell within the parish of Barrowe, innholder, aged 69 years, sayeth that
he knoweth the messuage and land held by the defendant is parcel of the manor of Barrowe and hath been so
occupied by Barnard of Barrowe 56 years past or thereabouts.
Edward Barnard of Barrowe, taylor, aged 72 years, sayeth the same.
Richard Whyte of Barrowe, laborer, aged 60 years, sayeth that he knows the said messuage and lands
have for 40 years been reputed to be parcel of the manor of Barrowe and not of Beaumanor.
Anthony Asheley of Barrowe, laborer, aged 56 years, deposeth the same.
N.B.—The result of these lengthy proceedings seems to have been a decision in favour of Beaumanor, for in a Beaumanor Rental of
1599 (which see) we find Francis Peach paying 14s., presumably a half year’s rent of 28s., which was the exact amount in dispute.
Deeds at Quorn House. Charter from William Marston to Matthew Farnham. A.D. 1585.
To all the faithful of Christ to whom this present writing shall] come—William Marston, son and heir of
Agnes Marston, one of the daughters and heirs of Richard Barrett, late of Medborne in the Co. of Leicester—
Eternal Greeting in the Lord.
Know ye that I, William, in part performance of a certain arbitrament made on the judgment of William
Hortopp and William Bent, set forth in certain Indentures made between Matthew Farnham of Cottesmore in
the county of Rutland, gentleman, and Humphrey Farnham his son, son and heir of Laurence Farnham, late
wife of the aforesaid Matthew, another of the daughters and co-heirs of the aforesaid Richard Barrett, of the
one part,
And the said William Marston of the other part, bearing date Sept. 4th, 26 Elizabeth (A.D. 1584),
Have released for myself and my heirs and have quit-claimed to the said Matthew Farnham and
Humphrey Farnham and the heirs and assigns of Humphrey Farnham for ever—all my right, title, claims
and interest in 2 messuages and all the tofts, crofts, lands, meadows, closes, commons of pasture, woods, etc.,
to these 2 messuages belonging or appertaining, or reputed to appertain, late parcel of the lands and tenements
of the aforesaid Richard Barrett, situate, lying and being in Medborne and in Blaston and Slawson in the
county of Leicester: lately in the separate tenures and occupations of John Swane and Richard Hitchcocke
(except that all the lands and tenements called ‘ Wilcocke’s Jands”? in the occupation of John Swane are for
ever reserved to William Marston and his heirs). So that neither I, the said William Marston, nor my heirs
can ever have any claim or title to the said lands above granted, but that I and my heirs will warrant and
defend all the above granted premises to the said Matthew and Humphrey and the heirs and assigns
of Humphrey against all men for ever.
In witness of which to this my present writing I have affixed my Seal.
Given this fifth day of April in the 27th year of the reign of Our lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God, of
England, France and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith.
N.B.—In connection with the foregoing Charter is the following Fine which shews that Matthew Farnham and his son Humphrey
Farnham soon sold their portion of the Barrett property awarded to them.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Trinity Term, 29 Elizabeth, June 12th, 1587.
This is the final Agreement made in the Court of the lady the Queen at Westminster on the morrow of.
Holy Trinity in the 29th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Before Edmund Anderson, Francis Wyndam, William Peryam and Francis Rodes, Justices, and other
faithful men of the said lady the Queen then and there present.
Between Richard Garrett, plaintiff, and Matthew Farnham, esquier, and Humphrey Farnham, gentleman,
son and heir apparent of the aforesaid Matthew, defendants of 2 messuages, 2 tofts, 2 gardens, 2 orchards,
Too acres of land, 20 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture and 30 acres of furze and heath in Medburne,
Hallaton, Blaston, Slawston and Welham.
The aforesaid Matthew and Humphrey have acknowledged the said tenements, etc., to be the right of the
said Richard as those which the same Richard has of the gift of the aforesaid Matthew and Humphrey, and
those they have quitclaimed for them the said Matthew and Humphrey and their heirs to the aforesaid
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Richard Garrett and his heirs, and will further warrant the aforesaid tenements to the said Richard Garrett and
his heirs against all men for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, quitclaim, warrant, fine and agreement the same Richard gave to the
aforesaid Matthew and Humphrey £800 sterling.
N.B.—The family of Barrett had long been settled at Hallaton and the neighbourhood, e.g., in 1324 Robert Baret and Margery his
wife give half a mark for leave to agree with John de Weston of Halughton in a plea of Covenant concerning a tenement in Halughton
belonging to John de Weston (De Banco Roll 253, m. 123). In 1421 John the parson of Preston in co. Rutland and William Baret of
Haloughton granted a messuage and curtilage in Haloughton to John Miton of Haloughton by a Charter dated on Tuesday next before
the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary in the 8th year of King Henry V. (Charter at Quorn House).
Feet of Fines. Morrow of St. Martin, 27 Elizabeth, A.D. 1585.
This is the final Agreement between Francis Beaumont, gent., and Huntington Beaumont, gent.,
plaintiffs, and Thomas Beaumont, gent., and Katherine his wife and John Farnham, esquire, and Matthew
Farnham, gent., defendants of the manor of Stoughton and 22 messuages, 10 cottages, 22 tofts, 1 windmill,
22 gardens, 20 orchards, 1200 acres of land, 300 acres of meadow, 500 acres of pasture, 6 acres of wood and
10s. of rent in Stoughton, Haughton, and Thurneby, also the rectories of Thurneby and Stoughton together
with the tythes of whatsoever nature arising in Thurneby and Stoughton. The defendants acknowledge the
above premises to be the right of Francis Beaumont as those which Francis and Huntington have of the gift
of Thomas and Katherine, John and Matthew, and for this acknowledgement Francis and Huntington gave
to Thomas and Katherine, John and Matthew, £1000 sterling.
N.B.—The above is evidently a Settlement of the Stoughton estate and not an ordinary sale.
Mountsorell Town Lands Deeds.
This Indenture made the 4th dav of May, 28 Elizabeth, A.D. 1586.
Between Theophilus Adams of London, gentleman, and Robert Adams of London, grocer, of the one party,
And Thomas Jarrett, George Jarrett and Thomas Toughe of Mountsorell in the County of Leicester,
yeoman, Henry Yonge, mercer, Richard Marshall, husbandman, John Lee, miller, and John Hoode, glover, all
of Mountsorell, of the other party,
Witnesseth
That the said Theophilus Adams and Robert Adams for and in consideration of a certain sum of good and
lawful money of England to them in hand at and before the ensealing hereof and by the said Thomas Jarrett
and the others well and truly paid,
Have sold to the said Thomas Jarrett and the others, their heirs and assigns for ever,
All those messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments whatsoever, situate, lying and being in Mount-
sorell, heretofore given to maintain priests, obits or other Superstitious Uses whatsoever in the Churches or
Chapells of Mountsorell and Rothley, or any of them; or else wheresoever in the said County of Leicester,
limited, applied or appointed, or otherwise by any means concealed, withdrawn or unjustly detained from the
Queen’s Majesty; and all woods, underwoods and trees growing in or upon the premises or any parcel thereof,
and the ground and soil of the same, and the reversion and reversions of all and singular the premises, every
part and parcel thereof; and the rents, arrears of rent, services, revenues, conditions, forfeytures, commodities,
emoluments and yearly profits whatsoever reserved upon any demises or grants made of the said premises or
any parcel thereof.
To have, bold and enjoy the said messuages, lands, etc., in Mountsorell aforesaid and all premises by
these presents above mentioned to the said Thomas Jarrett and the others, their heirs and assigns for ever.
In as large and ample a manner and form as the said Theophilus Adams and Robert Adams held the
Same amongst other lands and tenements of the gift and grant of Our Sovereign lady the Queen that now Is,
by her Higness’ Letters Patent under the Great Seal of England bearing date at Weald Hall in the Co. of
Essex the 27th day of July, 25 Elizabeth [1583], paying to the Queen, her heirs, etc., a yearly rent of 4s.
Mountsorell Town Lands Deeds.
Indenture made July roth, 28 Elizabeth, A.D. 1586.
Between Thomas Jarrett, George Jarrett of Mountsorell in the County of Leicester: yeoman), Fenty
Yonge of the same, mercer, John Lee, miller, Richard Marshall of the same, husbandman, and John Hoode of
the same, glover, on the one party,
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And Ralph Rawlyn of Mountsorell, mercer, on the other party,
Witnesseth,
That the said Thomas Jarrett and the others, for and in consideration of £40 of current English money
taken in hand before the sealing and delivery hereof by the said Ralph Rawlyn well and truly paid, have sold to
the said Ralph Rawlyn, his heirs and assigns for ever,
All that Chappell and Chauncell commonly called “The Upper Chappell,” together with the Chappell
yard also and all manner of woods, underwood and trees whatsoever growing in or about the same Chappell
yard, sett, lying and being in the Over Ende of the town of Mountsorell aforesaid, within the parish of Rothley
in the said County of Leicester.
To have and to hold the aforesaid premises to the only use and behoof of the said Ralph Rawlyn, his heirs
and executors for ever, in as ample a manner as Thomas Jarrett and the others had them of the gift and
grant of Theophilus Adams of London, gentleman, and Robert Adams of London, grocer, by their Deed
indented bearing date May 3rd last past.
And to hold the same of Our Sovereign lady the Queen, her heirs and successors, as of her manor of East
Greenwich in the County of Kent, by fealty only in free and common socage and not in Chief nor by Knight’s
service.
And to yield and pay unto Thomas Jarrett and the others their heirs and assigns for the above mentioned
premises yearly the sum of 2s. at the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel only.
Barrow Court Roll.
Barrowe-upon-Soar with its members.—View of Frankpledge together with Court Baron of the most noble
lord Henry, earl of Huntingdon, lord Hastinges, etc., K.G., Lord Lieutenant of our Sovereign lady the
Queen in the Northern parts and lord president of the Council of the North, held at Barrowe aforesaid on
the 14th day of October in the 28th year of the reign of our said lady Elizabeth by the grace of God of
England, France, and Ireland, Queen. A.D. 1586.
Before John Smalley, gentleman, Steward of the Manor aforesaid.
Essoin.—Whbo is essoined and for what cause appears in the Roll of Suitors of the Court there, etc.
Names of the Jurors, both of the View of Frankpledge and Court Baron—
William Judson, Jun. William Barnard. John Hampe.
Robert Barnarde. William Arnolde. Clement Foldes.
Bartholomew Marshall. William Burbage. Will. Staples.
Peter Bradshawe. Richard Staples. Will. Rawlyn.
Christopher Bruerne. Wilham Greenam.
Christopher Foldes. John Browne.
Presentment of the Tithingmen.—John Browne and William Perkyns, tithingmen there, sworn and charged,
on their oath present and say that they give to the lord of this Manor for a common fine at this day 55.
And further they present that the heirs of John Hunt of Lyndon (12d.) in the county of Rutland,
esquire, deceased, Robert Pagnam, esquire (6d.), for land in Barrowe in the occupation of William Judson
the younger, Thomas Brokesbie (lunatic) for land in Frisbie upon the Wreyke, Hugh Mascall (12d.) of
London, gentleman, for lands in Frisbie aforesaid, and William Munke (4d.) of Mountsorell, yoman, are
Free Tenants of the lord within this Manor and owe Suit of Court Baron on this day. Therefore, ete.
And moreover that William Drake (2d.), Hugh Taberer (2d.), and John Callice (2d.) are residents:
within this View of Frankpledge, and owe appearance on this day and have not appeared but make
default. Therefore they are in mercy. :
And moreover that Robert Braham (4d.), gentleman, farmer for our lady the Queen of watermills
has taken toll excessively, therefore he is in mercy.
And that the wives of Peter Ducket (6d.), John Hazard (4d.), and James Hazard (4d.) are common
brewers of Ale and beer within the View aforesaid, and have sold Ale and beer to divers liege subjects of
Our Sovereign lady the Queen within this View contrary to the form of the Ordinance of the Assize
thereof made, published, and provided. Therefore, etc.
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And also that John Rawlyn (6d.) of Mountsorell and Thomas Parker of Rothley (6d.) are common
purveyors of bread within this View and broke the Assize, therefore, etc.
And that Robert Warde (1s.) and Richard Duycke (1s.) owe appearance at this View of Frankpledge
and have not come, but made default, therefore, etc.
And further they say that they have delivered to Bartholomew Willock, gentleman, bailiff of this
Manor, three sheep’s skins about Pentecost, and that one sheep called “a shepe hogge”’ is forthcoming
within, etc., since the feast of St. John the Baptist which is not yet ringed.
Presentment of the Constable—Francis Peache, gentleman, constable of the same place, sworn, presents upon
his oath that all is well to his knowledge.
Election of Constable-—The aforesaid Francis Peache was removed from the Office of Constable there, and
John Crampe was elected in his place to exercise that Office for the ensuing year, and he rendered his
corporal oath.
Election of Tithingmen.—John Browne was removed from the Office of Tithingman there and William
Burbage was elected to that Office in his place to exercise that Office with William Perkins for the
ensuing year, and he rendered his corporal oath.
Querndon. Presentment of the Tithingmen.—William Taylor and William Hampson, tithingmen there,
sworn and charged, upon their oath present that they give to the lord for a common fine at this day
2s. 6d.
And further they say that the miller of Matthew Farnham (8d.), gentleman, water miller, has taken
toll to excess, etc. Therefore, etc.
And that Robert Nixe (8d.) did likewise. Therefore, etc.
And that Edward Burrowes (6d.) of Mountsorell and Thomas Parker (6d.) of Rothley are common
bakers of bread and purveyors of the same within this View of Frankpledge, and have sold loaves of
smaller weight contrary to the form of the ordinance of the Assize. Therefore, etc.
And moreover that the wives of Edward Purse (4d.), William Smyth (2d.), Richard Hampson (24d.),
John Welles (2d.), Andrew Gamble (2d.), and Thomas Barcocke (2d.) are common brewers of Ale and
beer within this View of Frankpledge and broke the Assize. Therefore, etc.
Presentment of the Constable there——William Brandon, Constable there, sworn and charged, upon his oath
presents that Francis Staresmore (6d.), gentleman, and James Walleys (6d.) made an assault one upon
the other within this View of Frankpledge against the peace of our lady the Queen, therefore each of them
is in mercy.
And that one Nicholas Wilson (12d.) made an assault upon certain unknown women and struck
them with his fist within this View of Frankpledge against the peace of the same lady the Queen, there-
fore he is in mercy.
And moreover that Walter Gryffyn (6d.) and Richard Allyn (6d.) likewise made an assault one upon
the other within, etc., therefore each of them is amerced, etc.
Election of Constable—William Brandon was removed from the Office of Constable and William Staples was
elected in his place to exercise that Office for this ensuing year, and made his corporal oath.
Woodhouse. Presentment of the Tithingmen.—William Rawlyn and William Staples, tithingmen there,
sworn and charged, upon their oath present that they give to the lord of this Manor for a common fine on
this day 2s.
And further that Humphrey Babington (4d.), esquire, and Nicholas Gravener (appears) are Free
Tenants of the lord within this Manor and owe Suit of Court Baron on this day, etc.
Presentment of the Constable-—Robert Smyth, constable there, sworn and charged, upon his oath presents
that all is well to his knowledge.
Election of Tithingman.— William Staples was removed from the Office of Tithingman there and Richard
Broadhurst was elected in his place to exercise that Office for the ensuing year and took the oath.
Willoughbie.—Elishah Cowper and William Arnolde, tithingmen there, sworn and charged, upon their oath
present that Francis Willoughbie (2s.), knight, and John Needham (appears) of Gaddesbie, yoman,
are Free Tenants of the lord of this Manor and owe Suit of Court Baron on this day.
Verdict of the Jurors aforesaid.— W ho say upon their oath that all and singular the presentments made above
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by the Tithingmen and Constables aforesaid are true to their knowledge and that they have concealed
nothing that they ought to present, and by virtue and strength of their oath they confirm and
approve them.
And further they say that Thomas Ryder (3s.) forfeits a penalty because he kept beasts and sheep
after the feast of St. John the Baptist in the Fields without an oxherd or shepherd, therefore, etc,
And that William Ryder (3s.) tethered a mare and foal in sown fields, etc. Therefore, etc.
And that William Copeland (3s.), John Kynton (3s.), David Beby (3s.), William Kyrke (35.), Agnes.
Lee (3s.), James Hazard (3s.) have forfeited a penalty by tethering in Melton Gate, therefore, etc.
And that Peter Duckett (12d.) and Mary Adnet (12d.) have forfeited a penalty by gathering mustard,
therefore, etc.
And that Thomas Ryder (35.) kept beasts upon “les Akers” before the first day of August commonly
called “‘ Lammas,”’ therefore, etc.
And that Bartholomew Marshall (20s.) has forfeited a penalty for not grinding his grain at the lord’s.
mills within the Manor without any reasonable cause shewn by him and without any complaint made
against the miller that he did not grind well.
And that Robert Braham (nothing because outside the View) and Andrew Reynes (12d.), gentleman,
Richard Whyte (12d.), and James Hazard (12d.) and Christopher Smyth (12d.) have incurred a penalty
for sending their swine to wander at large against the form of the ordinance in that respect made.
And that the said Andrew Reynes (6s. 8d.) did not make fences at the Fishepooles at the day given
to him, therefore, etc.
And that William Judson the younger (6d.), Bartholomew Marshall (6d.) and William Wylde (6d.)
have forfeited a penalty for keeping geese against the ordinance, therefore, etc.
And that Humphrey Caterins (3s. 4d.) has kept sheep in Sutclyffe against the form of the
ordinance, etc. ,
And that William Smyth (12d.) has forfeited a penalty for gathering wood against the form of
the ordinance.
And further they say that all is well to their knowledge, etc.
William Judson the elder.
Affeerers | Wiliam Rawlyn.
William Staples. Sum, £4 13s. od.
Whereof is allowed to the bailiff for board for the Steward and for hay and forage for his horses tos.
Sum, £4 35. od.
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumanor with its members.—Court Baron of William Stockes, Esquire, executor and assignee of Adrian
Stockes, esquire, deceased, of the manor of Beaumanor demised to the aforesaid Adrian for term of
....years yet to come and held there on the 27th day of November in the 2oth year of the reign.
of Queen Elizabeth, A.D. 1586.
Essoins.—None.
Homage.—
William Godewyn. Christopher Foldes. Thomas Burbage.
James Millnes. Edward Foldes. Robert Mumfelde.
Robert Sneathe. Clement Thomson. William Brewarne.
John Lee. William Purse. Robert Sareson.
John Battersbye. John Pancocke. William Staples.
Thomas Bonshaghe.
All the above were sworn.
Surrender.—To this Court came Margaret Burton, widow, relict of Thomas Burton, late of Querndon,
deceased, and surrendered into the hands of the lord a messuage with appurtenances in the Town
and Fields of Querndon, to retake for lives of Margaret Burton, John Hampe and Anne Staples,
the daughter of Roger Staples, successively, according to the custom of the Manor. They were
admitted tenants.
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To the same Court came Anne Staples, daughter of Roger Staples, late of Querndon, deceased, and
surrendered a cottage and a croft in the Township of Querndon, parcel of this Manor, and also a virgate
of arable land in the Fields of Barrowe-on-Soar, also parcel of this Manor, to the intent that it may please
the lord to re-grant the premises to the same Anne and certain William Hampe and Francis Hampe for
lives successively ; rendering yearly for the cottage and croft in Querndon 35. 64d., and for the virgate of
land in Barrowe 8s. and the accustomed services, and a Fine on entry. Fealty is respited because of the
minority of age of the tenants. They were admitted.
To the same Court came Thomas Hebbe of Querndon, yeoman, and surrendered to the lord a cottage
and 7 butts of land lying in the Town and Fields of Querndon, with the intention that it may please the
lord to re-grant the premises to the said Thomas Hebbe, Margaret his wife and Francis Hebbe the son of
the same Thomas ; rendering yearly 4s. 4d. in two equal portions. Fealty was respited by consideration
of the Court and they were admitted tenants.
Thomas Hebbe of Querndon, yeoman, came to the Court and surrendered into the hands of the lord
8 acres and 3 roods of arable land and 3 acres of meadow in the Fields and Meadows of Querndon, parcel
of this manor, with the intention that it may please the lord to re-grant the premises to the same Thomas
Hebbe, Margaret his wife and Francis Hebbe his son, for term of their lives and the longer liver according
to the custom of the Manor; rendering vearly 4s. 4d. and all the due and accustomed services. They
were admitted tenants. Fealty was respited by consideration of the Court.
Robert Braham,
Steward there.
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 24, Spencer. A.D. 1587. (John Farnham of the Nether Hall.)
In the name of God Amen, the ninth day of December in the 28th year of the reign of Our Sovereign
lady Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen of England, etc. I, John Farnham of Salisbury Court in the
suburbs of London, Esquire, one of the Gentlemen Pensioners of our said Sovereign lady Queen Elizabeth,
being weak in body and yet of perfect memory, do make this my last Will and Testament, revoking all former
Wills made by me.
I bequeath my body to be buried either in the North side of Saint Bartholomew’s chapel in Querndon in
the parish of Barrow-on-Sore in the county of Leycester, or in Christ Church within Newgate by or near unto
my good friends Walter Haddon, doctor of Laws, and Nicholas Beaumont, Esquire, or within the church
of the parish where I shall die, at the discretion of mine Executrix.
In which Chapel or Church my mind and Will is that there be set up and placed a convenient Tomb in
remembrance of me with such device of engraving or otherwise as by the discretion of mine Executrix shall be
thought meet ; in and about the making of which Tomb I will there shall be bestowed the sum of 100 marks
if mine Executrix shall think it so convenient, and whatsoever shall be unbestowed of the said 100 marks with
£10 more I give and bequeath to the poorest people of the parish wherein I shall die and where I shall be
buried, to be equally divided between them by the discretion of mine Executrix.
Item, I will and bequeath 100 marks in money to be bestowed in and upon my funeral, namely in blacks,
alms, deeds and other things fit and convenient for a burial answerable to my degree.
And touching the disposition of my lands, tenements and hereditaments whatsoever being within the
parish of Barrow whereof I am now possessed I bequeath them to my brother Matthew Farnham, Esquire, and
his heirs and assigns as is already limited to hin by assurance.
All my other lands, etc., which I have of her Majesty’s gift in Fee Farm by her Highness’s Letters Patent
I bequeath unto my well beloved wife Dorothy Farnham and to her heirs and assigns for ever.
I bequeath to Sir Christopher Hatton, knight, Vice-Chamberlain to her Majesty, my Agate with the
picture of Our Lady thereupon.
Item, I give to my brother Matthew Farnham, Esquire, £40, and whereas to my said brother Matthew
Farnham I lately delivered one Specialty wherein he stood bound to pay me £80 which he owed me and then
freely forgave him the said debt, I do now also by these presents confirm the gift of the said debt unto him.
Ttem, I give to my nephew Humphrey Farnham, son and heir of my brother Matthew Farnham, #10.
Also I give to my servant Humphrey Farnham #100.
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Item, I give to my servant Edmund Frost £50, and also I give to Marie his wife my gilt salt, and after
her death my Will is that the same be bestowed on John Frost, the son of Edmund, being my godson.
Item, I give to Thomas Hewitt my servant, if he be my servant at the time of my death, the sum of #10,
In like manner I give to Walter Dalton my servant the sum of #10.
And to every woman servant in my house which shall serve me at my death 20s. each.
Item, I give to Maud Welwyn £20 and the furniture and bedding of her chamber wherein she lyeth in
my house.
Also I do forgive Bartholomew Wollock, gent., all such money as he oweth me, and I give to Nicholas
Wollock my nephew £10.
To Francis Staresmore my cousin, who married the sister of the said Nicholas Wollock, the sum of £5.
Item, I give to my very good friend Mr. Roger Manners my best Turkey carpet, and to Mr. Thomas
Warrop my good friend and fellow pensioner my little chamber basin and laver of silver.
To my nieces Margaret Dawes and Anne Stacey £10 each.
To my nephew Thomas Beaumont my three steel saddles with my best harness and furniture for my
great horse, and to my niece Catherine Beaumont his wife one chain of gold of the value of #20, the which
chain of gold I desire that my Executrix shall cause to be made and shall deliver the same to my niece
Catherine in remembrance of me.
Item, I give unto her daughter Anne Beaumont (my god-daughter) all those my 18 buttons of gold
enamelled for a cap band.
To my nephew Thomas Wollock £3 6s. 8d., and to my nieces Frances and Elisabeth Wollock
£3 6s. 8d. apiece.
And of this my last Will and Testament I do constitute and make my well-beloved wife Dorothy Farnham
my only Executrix.
And I will that my right honourable good friend the Lord Buckhurst and my very good friend Mr. Ralph
Sheldon, of Beelie in the county of Worcester, Esquire, and my very good friend Mr. Bryan Annesley, of Lee
in the county of Kent, Esquier, be the Overseers of this my last Will and Testament.
And I do give and bequeath to each of them for their great goodwill in this behalf and to remain as a
remembrance of the friendship between us one chamber bason and laver of silver of the price of £25 each of
lawful money of England, and on every one of which basons and lavers I will that my arms be engraven.
Also I give to Mr. Brian Annesley my little brooch wherein is set a rock of pearl.
All the residue of my goods and chattels not before given I bequeath unto my well beloved wife Dorothy
Farnham to her use for ever.
In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal the ninth day of December in the eight and
twentieth year of the reign of our Sovereign lady Queen Elizabeth. (Signed) John Farnham. —
In the presence of—T. Buckhurst, Ralphe Sheldon, Will. Grosse, Bryan Annesley, Thomas Horde,
W. Awbrey, John Morecroft, minister, Humphrey Farnham.
Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury May 22nd, A.D. 1587.
N.B.—John Farnham was the eldest son of William Farnham of the Nether Hall by his wife Dorothy Nevill. According to his
monument in Quorn Church he was born in or before 1507, which is probably an exaggeration of his age. He was a soldier in his early
days, as we learn from his portrait at Quorn House, on which is painted ‘Miles eram juvenis,” and soon after the accession of Queen
Elizabeth he was appointed one of her Gentlemen Pensioners, which office he retained until his death. As this appointment entailed a
nine months’ residence at the Court John Farnham could spend but a short time in each year at his ancestral home. Unlike his next
brother Thomas he shewed no particular attachment to his family or his home in his Will.
John Farnham’s wife’s maiden name was Dorothy Walwyn, probably a member of the Herefordshire family of that name; she
remarried, in December 1588, Sir Robert Wright, but had no children by him. John Farnham left by Dorothy his wife one daughter
also named Dorothy, who married August roth, A.D. 1597, Sir George Wright, knight, of Richmond, co. Surrey, by whom she al
a numerous family. Sir George died November 24th, 1624, his wife died July 10th, 1631, both were buried in St. Mary Magdalen's
‘Church at Richmond, where there is a monument to her memory erected at the expense of her mother, who died in August 1638, no less
than 50 years after the death of her first husband John Farnham; she also was buried at Richmond, which probably accounts for the
date of her death not having been engraved on the monument in Quorn Church, which was erected in accordance with the wish expressed
in John Farnham’s Will. The monument in Quorn Church is a finely-carved altar-tomb of alabaster, on which repose carved figures of
John Farnham in armour and his wife by his side; at the foot of the tomb their little daughter is kneeling. On the sides and ends of the
tomb are carved the Farnham and Walwyn arms. This monument was originally erected in the North Chapel, but was removed with
the other Nether Hall monuments into the South Chapel in 1887.
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Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds at Leicester. January 31st, A.D. 1587.
This Indenture made January 31st, 29 Elizabeth.
Between Robert Braham of Barrowe in the county of Leicester, gent., on the one part,
And Henry Turvile of Aston Flamvile in the same county, Esquier, on the other part, Witnesseth
That whereas John, late Abbot of the late monastery of our lady in the medows of Leicester and the
Convent of the same place, by an Indenture dated May 7th, 26 Henry VIII. (A.D. 1534), did (inter alia)
demise and to farm Jet unto one William Barnard of Barrowe a Close in the Forest of Charnwood called
“ Oldfyld,’ with all the wood and underwood within the same close (samplers always excepted), to have to
William Barnard from the feast of the Annunciation of our Lady last past for the term of 81 years next
ensuing and fully to be completed, The estate of which William Barnard is by law conveyed to the said Robert
Braham.
And now the said Robert Braham for good reasons and considerations hath assigned and sold unto the
said Henry Turvile as well the said close with the wood and underwood, as also all the estate, title, and interest
of the same Robert in the said premises,
To have and to hold the said close, etc., unto the said Henry Turvile, his ex’ors and assigns, from this
day until the full end of the said term of 81 years unexpired (the estate, title, and interest of one Richard
Wheatley in the same premises for certain years yet enduring, if he shall so long live, only excepted).
Further covenant on the part of Robert Braham to give peaceful possession to Henry Turvile and his
assigus.
N.B.—Feet of Fines. Leicester. Hilary, A.D. 1587. Between Henry Turvile, Esq., and Anne his wife, plaintiffs, and Benedict
Wilson, gent., and Anne his wife, and Ambrose Wilson, gent., defendants of a messuage, 20 acres of land, 200 of meadow, 500 of
pasture, 40 of wood, and 500 of furze and heath in Charley, Ratby, Newtoun, Markfield, and in “ Le Old Field.”
Henry Turvile’s first wife was Anne, daughter of John Sheldon of Sheldon, Esquire. Benedict Wilson was son of John Wilson and
Jane his wife, who was the sister and one of the heirs of Frideswide the wife of Robert Strelley of Great Bowden. Frideswide Strelley
had a grant of Ulverscroft Abbey and Charley from Queen Mary Tudor, and died 21st July 1565, after whose death Charley passed to her
nephew John Wilson, who died 7th February 1578, and was succeeded by Benedict Wilson.
Mountsorell Town Lands Deeds.
This Indenture made March 20th, 29 Elizabeth, A.D. 1587.
Between Thomas Jarrett, George Jarrett, yeoman, Henry Yonge, mercer, John Lee, miller, Richard
Marshall, husbandman, and John Hood, glover, all of Mountsorell in the County of Leicester on the one
party,
And Margaret Lynsey, widow, and Richard Lynsey, sherman, of Mountsorell, on the other party,
Witnesseth
That the said Thomas Jarrett and the others for and in consideration of the sum of £30 of current
English money to them in hand before the sealing and delivery hereof by the said Margaret and Richard well
and truly paid,
Have sold unto them, the said Margaret and Richard, and to the heirs of the said Richard for ever,
All that messuage or tenement situate in the Nether End of the Town of Mountsorell, between the ground
of Thomas Muncke on the one side and the common lane leading to the bridges there on the other side.
Together also with one close shooting up to the Common Hills at the one end, and abutting on the north
end upon the ground of Thomas Hood and John Ashon.
One acre of arable land lying in “ Hoclyffefield” within the liberties of Mountsorell aforesaid, between
the lands of William Muncke on the one side and the land of John Poole on the West.
One half acre ley lying in Barrow South Holme, between the land of Mr. Hunte on the north and the
ground of the Right Hon. the earl of Huntingdon on the south.
One piece of ground lying in “Bover Sicke’’ within the fields of Quarnedon, between the ground of
Francis Chaveney on the South and the ground of John Farnham on the North.
And four pieces of ground lying two of them the one side of the Bridges there and the other two on the
other side of the same bridges, and now in the tenure or occupation of them the said Margaret and Richard or
their assigns,
Except and always reserved unto the said Thomas Jarrett and the others—All the Elms, Oaks, and Ashes.
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which are or hereafter shall be growing in or upon the ground above mentioned to be bargained and sold, with
free and quiet ingress and egress and regress for the felling, cutting, and carrying away of the said wood at all
convenient times.
To have and to hold the said messuage and the other premises unto the said Margaret Lynsey and
Richard Lynsey, their heirs and assigns, for ever, in as ample a manner as Thomas Jarrett and the others
held the same, amongst other lands, of the gift and grant of Theophilus Adams of London, gentleman,
Robert Adams of London, grocer, by their Deed indented bearing date May 3rd last past.
To hold the said premises of Our Sovereign lady the Queen as of her manor of East Greenwich in the
County of Kent by fealty only, in free and common socage and not in Chief or by Knight’s service.
And to pay unto Thomas Jarrett and the others 12s. 8d. yearly at the four usual terms for the
aforesaid premises, with power to Thomas Jarrett and the others to distrain for non-payment of the stipu-
lated yearly rent, and a clause against selling the said premises to any one else than Thomas Jarrett and
the others.
In witness of which, etc.
and
Beaumanor Court Roll. A.D. 1587.
Beaumaner.—View of Frankpledge with Court Baron of William Stockes, Esq., farmer of the lady Elizabeth
now Queen of England, of her manor of Beaumaner held there 30th March, A.D. 1587.
Theophilus Montgomery, gent., Steward.
The Inquisition present
That Henry, earl of Huntingdon, for divers lands in Shelthorpe within the parish of Loughborough,
and for his lands in Woodthorpe and Woodhouse,
Matthew Farnaham, Esq., for his Jands in Quernedon in the occupation of William Brandon,
Francis Hunt, for his lands in Barrowe,
William Estwell, for his lands, late Sherleyes, in Barrow in the tenure of Robert Barnard,
William Hassard, for his lands in Barrowe,
George Caudwell, for his lands in Woodthorpe,
Francis Chaveney, for his lands in Quernedon,
Humphrey Katherenes, gent., for the lands in Quernedon which he holds for the term of life of his wife,
Adrian Farnaham, Esquir, whose guardian Humphrey Katherenes is until he attains his majority, for
his Jands in Quernedon and Woodhouse,
William Bosse, for his lands in Woodthorpe,
William Heneys, for his lands in Thorpe,
and... . Gadesbie de Frisbie,
are Free Tenants, and hold of the lady the Queen as of her manor of Beaumaner and owe Suit and Service
to this Court at this day.
Thomas Hebbe, William Staples, Joan Dythe, William Purse, John... . for term of life of his wife,
William Darker, William Smyth, Francis Stanley, Richard Spick, Robert Hubbarde, and John Hampe
are holders in Quernedon by Copy of Court Roll.
Among the pains laid down is the following, viz., “Item, that Elizabeth Harlie shall not receive nor
keep within her house her son William Burbage without the License of the lord, upon pain to lose for
every default 40s.”
The perquisites of the Court amount to £3 os. 2d.
Affeerers: Thomas Burbage, John Pancocke.
Barrow Court Roll. A.D. 1587.
Barrowe with its members.—View of Frankpledge with the Court Baron of the most noble Lord, Henry, earl
of Huntingdon, lord Hastings, K.G., Lord Lieutenant of the Lady the Queen in the North, and also Lord
President of the Council in the North, held at Barrowe aforesaid, within the Manor aforesaid, on the
a1st day of April, 1587, in the 29th year of our Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen.
Before Humphrey Purefey, esquire, Steward there.
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Essoins.—It appears in the Roll of Suitors who is essoined and for what cause.
Names of the Jurors for the View of Frankpledge, as well as for the Court Baron there—
Francis Peache, gent. Robert Sneith. Robert Barnarde.
William Arnolde. Edward Fouldes. William Taylour.
John Hazarde. William Barnarde. Christopher Bruarne.
William Squier. William Judson the elder. Henry Rawlyn.
John Staples. John Mouncke.
All the above were sworn.
Presentment of the Tithingmen there.—William Perkins and William Burbage, the tithingmen there, sworn
and charged concerning the articles which to the Office of Tithingmen pertain, present and say on their
oath that they give nothing to the lord of this Manor for a common fine at this day, but at the feast of
St. Michael only, 5s.
And further they say that the heirs of John Hunt, esquire (2s.), Robert Pagnam, esq. (makes a fine
of 6d. at Mich. only), William Brett, gent. (over 70 years of age), Thomas Brokesbie, esq. (nothing because
a lunatic), William Eastwell (appears), and Bartholomew Marshall (appears) are Free Tenants of the lord
of this manor and owe Suit of Court, and some of them appeared and some did not appear.
And that John Hulcocke (2d.), John Kinge (2d.), Valentine Forman (2d.), and John Pancock the
younger (2d.) are residents within this View of Frankpledge and owe their appearance, etc. And they
did not appear, etc. Therefore each of them is in the mercy of the lord, ete.
And moreover that the wives of John Hazard (4d.) and James Hazard (4d.) are common brewers of
Ale and Lupulin, and broke the Assize. Therefore in mercy, etc.
And that John Rawlyn of Mountsorell and Thomas Parker of Rotheley are common bakers of
human bread and hawkers of the same within this View of Frankpledge to divers lieges of the Lady the
Queen and sold loaves of short weight and unlawful food, therefore each has forfeited 12d.
And that the miller of Robert Braham (4d.), gentleman, farmer of the lord’s mills, took toll
excessively, etc.
And that one sheep called “a hogge”’ came within this View of Frankpledge about the feast of Simon
and Jude the Apostles as chattel of estray, and it is seised and proclaimed according to the form of the
law. And it remains in the custody of the bailiff.
Presentment of the Constable.—John Crampe, the Constable there, sworn and charged concerning those
articles which to the Office of Constable pertain, presents on his oath that certain Matthew Hawkyns
and Thomas Rodeley were taken by night at an unfit and suspicious time wandering within the View
aforesaid by watchers acting on the command of George Hastinges, knight, one of the Justices of the
Peace of the Lady the Queen, etc., within the county aforesaid about the feast of Simon and Jude
the Apostles last past, and the said Matthew beginning to run away was struck and stopped by the
watchers, and his dagger was taken from him and delivered to the bailiff of this Manor. Therefore
the bailiff is to be charged therewith.
Querndon. Presentment of the Tithingmen.—William Taylor and William Hampson, the Tithingmen there,
sworn and charged concerning all those things which to the Office of Tithingmen pertain, present on
their oath that Richard Staples (2d.), of Coates, is one of the Free Tenants of the Jord within this Manor
and owes suit of the Court Baron of the same lord and did not come, etc.
And that William Staples (2d.), Thomas Mantell (2d.) and John Wylson are residents within this
View of Frankpledge and owe their appearances at this day and did not come, ete. Therefore in mercy.
And that the miller of Matthew Farnham (6d.) took toll excessively, etc. Therefore he is in mercy.
And that William Nixe (4d.), miller, took toll excessively, etc. Therefore he is in mercy.
And that Thomas Parker (12d.) of Rotheley and Edward Burrowes of Mountsorell (10d.) are common
bakers of human bread and hawkers within this View and sold loaves to some of the subjects of the Lady
the Queen, etc. Therefore both are in mercy.
And that Edward Purse (2d.), William Smyth (2d.), Richard Hampson (2d.), Joan Welles (2d.),
Andrew Gamble (2d.) and Thomas Barcocke (2d.) are in thé mercy of the lord, etc., because their wives
are brewers of Ale and Lupulin, and sold, etc., against the form of the Ordinance of the Assize, etc.
294
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And further they say that the aforesaid “le fyllye,” which is presented as coming within this View
of Frankpledge as chattel of Estray, was yeared at Christmas last past, and she is delivered to the bailiff
of this Manor, and they appraise her at 2os.
And that the aforesaid gelding called “a baye Nagge,” which also came about the time aforesaid as
chattel of estray, is now yeared. And afterwards it died; and let the lord’s bailiff answer for its
hide, 18d. Estrays yeared 215. 6d.
Presentment of the Constable there.—William Staples, the Constable there, sworn and charged concerning
all those things which to the Office of Constable pertain, presents on his oath that a certain Thomas
Johnson (6d.) made an assault on Richard Allen, the common Pindar there, against the peace. There-
fore he is in mercy 6d., and he pays in hand to the bailiff. And further that Thomas Barcock (6d.) made
an assault on Edward Willowes against the peace, etc. Therefore he is in mercy, etc.
Woodhouse. Presentment of the Tithingmen.— William Rawlyn and Richard Broadhurst, the Tithingmen
there, sworn and charged concerning all those things which to the Office of Tithingman pertain, present
on their oath that Hugh Mascall (12d.), gentleman, is one of the Free Tenants of the lord of this manor
and owes suit of the Court Baron of the said lord at this day and does not come. Therefore, etc.
And that Robert Warde (12d.), Thomas Hooker (not summoned), and Richard Duycke (12d.) are
residents within this View of Frankpledge and owe their appearances at this Court and do not come, but
make default. Therefore each of them is in mercy.
And moreover that Edward Burrowes (12d.) of Mountsorell is a common baker of human bread
and a hawker of the same within this View of Frankpledge, and sold loaves, etc. Therefore he is in
mercy.
And that Agnes Rigge (2d.) is a common brewer of Ale, etc. Therefore she is in mercy, etc.
And moreover that a certain young mare called “a fyllye” and one wether came within this View
of Frankpledge as cattle of Estray about Christmas last past, and they are seised and proclaimed according
to the form of the law, and they remain in the custody of the bailiff.
And moreover that William Pyewell (4d.) and William Rawlin (4d.) have four servants who have
dwelt within this View of Frankpledge for one entire year and a day, and they have not permitted them to
appear, etc.
And that Christopher Bruerne (2d.) did not bring his son aged 12 years and more, etc. Therefore
in mercy.
And that Richard Wilcockes broke the hedges. Therefore, ete.
Presentment of the Constable there.—Robert Sneyth, the Constable there, sworn and charged, presents on his
oath that all is well to his knowledge.
Willoughbie. Presentment of the Tithingmen.—Ellis Cowper and William Arnold, the Tithingmen there,
Verdict of the Jurors.—Who say on their oath that the Tithingmen and Constables have well and faithfully
sworn and charged, present on their oath that Francis Willoughbie, knight, is one of the Free Tenants
of the lord within this Manor, and pays yearly to the lord for respiting suit of Court 3s. at the feast of
St. Michael only.
And that John Needham (12d.) and Anna his wife, as in right of the said Anna, late daughter and
heir of Everard Munke, deceased, is another Free Tenant of the said Earl, and they owe suit of Court
Baron, etc., and do not come, but make default. Therefore they are in mercy.
presented and have concealed nothing that they ought to present to their knowledge, and those all and
singular by virtue and force of their oath aforesaid they affirm and approve.
And further the same Jurors of their certain and proper knowledge on their oath present th
Braham (nothing because outside the fee) of Barrowe, gentleman, has incurred the pain of 35. 4d.
contained in a certain ordinance put at the last Court because he did not take care to make the fence
against his ground in “le Milhill,” etc.
And moreover the Jurors aforesaid on their oath present that John Marshall,
aforesaid, husbandman, who held whilst he lived and at the time of his death of the lord of this Manor, as
of his Manor of Barrowe aforesaid, two messuages, three crofts of pasture, 84 acres of arable land net
or less), 9 acres of meadow (more or less), and 3 acres of pasture lying in one parcel on “le Clyffe
at Robert
late of Barrowe
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(more or less), with the appurtenances in Barrowe aforesaid, in his demesne as of fee, by fealty, suit of
Court from three weeks to three weeks, and by suit to the View of Frankpledge twice a year, and by what
other services the Jurors aforesaid say they do not know, since the last Court held here has closed his last
day, and that after the death of the aforesaid John Marshall all and singular the premises descended to a
certain Bartholomew Marshall. Which said Bartholomew is first-born son and next heir of the aforesaid
John, and at the time of the taking of this Verdict is of the age of twenty-one years and more, to wit,
30 years. And because the Court here is given to understand that the same John Marshall held by the
service of “ Scutage”? and by the yearly rent of 20d. beyond the aforesaid services above mentioned,
Therefore it is considered that further enquiry be made, and that the fealty of the aforesaid Bartholomew
meanwhile be respited.
Memorandum that Thomas Turner of Oldefield came into this Court and sworne upon a matter in
controversie betwixt William Judson the elder and William Villers concerning a Lea of grounde lying in the
Oxe Leasue being my Lord’s lande confessed by both parties, and chalenged by the said William Judson as
parcell of his Coppie granted to Mr. Jones, Alice his wife, and from and after to the said Judson, to the which
the said Thomas Turner sayeth that his (Master) Mr. Barnard did once tell him that Lenten thing had a Lea
in the Oxe Leasue, and as he thought the third Lea from the Hedge.
(Signed) Thomas T. Turner.
Pleas of the Court.—Lawrence Preson complains against Bartholomew Willock, gentleman, in a plea that he
render to him 20s. which he owes him and unjustly detains, ete. And he demands process, etc. And he
has, etc. The same day, etc.
Sum 43s.
William Squyer.
Affeerers 3 William Judson the elder.
Edward Foldes.
Whereof there is allowed to the bailiff for the diet of the Steward and for the hay and forage of his
horses, Ios.
Sum of the two Views aforesaid £6 10s. od.
Estrays 21s. 6d. Amercements 108s. 6d.
And he is charged in the 29th year of Queen Elizabeth.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, 219-98. A.D. 1588. (John Hunt of Lindon, co. Rutland.)
The Queen’s writ, dated May 4th, 1588, was directed to Our beloved Everard Digby, Esq., Edward
Watson, Esq., William Ashebye, Esq., Antony Colley, Esq., Edmund Brudenell, Esq., Ferdinand Caldecote,
Esq., and Francis Morgan, Esq., for enquiring after the death of John Hunt, Esquire.
Inquisition taken at Uppingham on August 27th, 30 Elizabeth.
The Jury say on oath that John Hunt was seised in demesne as of fee of the Manor of Linden in the
county of Rutland, and 17 messuages, one mill, 600 acres of land, 300 of meadow, 500 of pasture, 20 of
wood, 200 of furze and heath, tos. of Rent, the View of Frankpledge in Linden and Tykyngcot, and the
advowson of the church of Linden,
And of 6 messuages, 7 cottages, 10 tofts, 1 dovehouse, 12 gardens, 300 acres of land, 100 of meadow,
200 of pasture, 3 of wood, 120 of furze and heath, and 20d. of Rent and Common of Pasture for 100 beasts
and 500 sheep in Barrow-on-Sore and Quarne, otherwise Quarnedon, in the county of Leycester, bought by
the said John Hunt from William Wigston, Esquire, and Elizabeth his wife (see Fines A.D. 1549),
And of the Manor of Barrowe called “ Roxton’s Manor,” and of 3 messuages, 9 cottages, 9 tofts,
9 gardens, 4o acres of land, 33 of meadow, 20 of pasture, and 14d. of Rent in Barrowe and Quarne, bought
by John Hunt from Robert Braham, Esquire, and Agnes his wife (see Fine A.D. 1566),
Also of lands in Prestwold and Halloughton in the county of Leicester, and at Stoke d’Albenie and
Bulwicke in the county of Northants, and at Wolstrop in the county of Lincoln, etc., etc.
John Hunt, so seised, made his last Will Dec. 28th, A.D. 1585, thus,
I will that Amice my wife have all my landes in Linden and Halloughton except Goodman’s closes and Swynnowe Hills in Hal-
loughton for her life and one year afterwards.
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My wood called ‘‘Boiswood” in Tickingcote to my Ex’ors for 30 years to pay my debts and legacies, the Reversio
Hunt the eldest, Francis Hunt the second, and John Hunt the third son of the said Remige Hunt in tail male.
I give to my son Francis Hunt, Swinnowe Hills and Goodman’s closes, and after my wife’s death all my lands in Hallou
my lands in Barrowe, Querndon, and Prestwold, unless I sell them in my lifetime.
n to Thomas
ghton, and
The Jury also say that John Hunt was seised of the Manor of Newton Marmion, otherwise Cold Newton
in the county of Leicester, and of 3 messuages, 3 cottages, 6 gardens, 6 tofts, 300 acres of land, 100 af
meadow, 500 of pasture, 6 of wood, and 4os. of Rent in Newton Burdet, otherwise Cold Newton, bought by
the said John Hunt from Thomas Clunghton, gent., and Katherine his wife, also of a messuage, 30 acres of
land, 11 of meadow, 40 of pasture, and 3 of wood in Newton Burdet bought from Kenelm Digby, Esq., and
of 2 cottages in Newton Burdet bought from Thomas Digby, Esq.,
Also of the Manor of Salt and other possessions in the county of Stafford.
The Manor of Linden was held of the Queen, and was worth £19 Ios.
The premises in Barrowe bought from William Wigston and Elisabeth his wife were held of Henry,
earl of Huntingdon, as of the Manor of Barrowe-on-Sore by fealty and an annual Rent of 12s. 114d., and are
worth #5 14s. 54d.
The Manor called ‘‘ Roxton’s Manor,” and the other premises in Barrowe bought from Robert Braham,
were held as to a part of the same earl by fealty and a rent of 13s. 64d., part also of the lady the Queen as of
her Manor of Beaumanor by fealty and a Rent of gs., and a part also of the lord Barkeley by fealty and a Rent
of 12d., and they were worth #5 145. 5$d.
N.B.—John Hunt married Amice the daughter of Sir Thomas Cave, knight, of Stanford. The Hunt family sold all their Barrow
property in the years 1604, 1605, and 1610 (see the Fines for those years).
Roxton’s Manor came into the possession of Robert Noone, who died seised of it in 1618 (see Ing. P.M.).
Andrew Reynes, then of Barrow, married Margaret the daughter of John Hunt.
John Hunt seems to have had four sons, viz., Remige, John, Thomas, and Francis,
John Hunt died on the 17th day of March, A.D. 1586.
And Remige Hunt is his eldest son and next heir, and 40 years old.
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D. 1588.
This Indenture, made the 18th day of September in the Thirtieth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
Between Thomas Moryson of Cadebye, co. Lincoln, esquier, of the first part,
And Matthew Farneham of Cottesmore, co. Rutland, esquier, and Humfrye Farneham, gent., son and
heir-apparent of the said Matthew, and Thomas Beaumont of Stawghton, co. Leicester, esquier, of the second
part,
George Villers of Brokesbye, co. Leicester, esquier, and Thomas Dygbye, gent., son and heir of William
Dygbye of Welbye, co. Leicester, esquier, of the third part,
And Charles Dixwell of Coton, co. Warwick, esquier, and Henry Cowper of Barrow-upon-Soar, co.
Leicester, gent., of the fourth part,
Whereas Thomas Farneham, esquier, deceased, by his last Will in writing, amongst other things
bequeathed divers manors, messuages, lands, and hereditaments in the said county of Leicester unto John
Farneham, esquier, now deceased, brother of the said Thomas Farneham, and unto his lawful issue male, in
default of such unto the said Matthew Farneham, another brother of the said Thomas Farneham, and unto
his lawful issue male, in default unto Robert Farneham, another brother of the same Thomas Farneham, and
unto his issue male lawfully born, with remainder over, etc.
And whereas he nominated Sir Thomas Nevill, knight, Sir Thomas Chaloner, knight, Nicholas Beamont,
and George Turpin, esquiers, now deceased, and Thomas Moryson, Supervisors of his said last Will, and
willed that his said Supervisors should take Bond in £500 of each of his brethren that none of his said brethren
should give, grant, bargain, sell, exchange, aliene, or discontinue any part of the said lands, etc., granted by
Will to them in tail male as aforesaid, and that if any one of his said brethren should break any part of the
entail the next heir should receive the value of the Bond, and Thomas Farneham dying shortly after the date
of making the said Will (which Will is dated August 6th, 1562), the said Matthew Farneham became bound
by Recognisance before Sir James Dyer, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, unto the said Nevill, Chaloner,
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Beamont, and Turpin, now deceased, and the said Thomas Moryson in the sum of £500 in accordance with
the terms of the said Will.
And whereas the said Matthew Farneham by any gift, grant, bargain, sale, exchange, or discontinuance
of the said land or any part thereof is to forfeit the said Recognisance, albeit the forfeiture thereof by the
express words and intent of the said Thomas, deceased, and of his last Will, and of the said defeasance of the
said Recognisance must and should be bestowed upon the next heir male if he receive any hindrance or be
damnified by reason of any gift, grant, bargain, sale, exchange, or discontinuance, which next heir is now the
said Humfrye Farneham.
And whereas for the advancement and preferment in marriage of the said Humfrye with Elizabeth,
daughter of the said William Dvgbye, and for some competent provision of living and jointure of the said
Elizabeth, at the special request of the said Humfrye and with the assent of the said Thomas Moryson and
Thomas Beaumont, the said Matthew is contented to levy a Fine to the intent to have a common Recovery of
the said lands and hereditaments, albeit that the desent of the said Jands remains as expressed by the said Will.
And it is fully agreed by all and every of the parties to these presents that the said Recovery shall be to
the only Use in these presents expressed, declared and set down, that is to say,
Concerning all that messuage with the appurtenances commonly called “‘ Nether Hall,” and the lands,
tenements, meadows, pastures, rents, etc., now in the tenure or occupation of the said Humfrye, heretofore
reputed and deemed to be part and parcel of the said messuage called “ Nether Hall,”’ and all that meadow
commonly called “ Monkesdam” and those two water mills with the fishings, waters and grownde thereto
appertaining in the parish of Barrow, co. Leicester, parcel of the premises contained in the said Recovery
(except woods and underwoods), shall be to the Use and Behoof of the said Humfrye for term of life of Matthew
(if Humfrye live so long), and from and after the death of Humfrye to the use of Matthew for life, then to
-Humfrye and his issue males, then to the use of Matthew and his issue males, in default to the use of Adryan
Farneham, gent., son and heir to Thomas Farnham the younger, also deceased, and unto his issue males,
remainder in default to the right heirs of Thomas Farneham the elder for ever.
And concerning all that messuage or tenement with the appurtenances in Querndon in the parish of
Barrow commonly called “ New-hall”’ and all lands, etc., thereto belonging, now in the tenure of Francis
Staresmore or his assigns, and all that close commonly called “ Stafford Orchard” with the appurtenances in
Querne, parcel of the said lands and hereditaments, the same shall be to the use of the said Matthew and his
assigns during the life of the said Humfrye and after the death of Matthew or Humfrye, whichever shall first
happen, then the same shall be to the use and behoof of the said Elizabeth for term of her life, in part of her
jointure, and after the death of the said Elizabeth and Matthew, then to the use of the said Humfrye and his
lawful issue male, in default to the use of Matthew and his lawful issue male, remainder in default to the
use of Adryan Farneham and his lawful issue male, in default to the right heirs of Thomas Farneham the elder
for ever.
And for and concerning the woods and underwoods and all and other the messuages, lands, tenements
and hereditaments whatsoever with their appurtenances in Querndon that late were the inheritance of the said’
Thomas Farneham the elder, deceased, and whereof the said Recovery is intended and meant to pass, the same
shall be to the use of the said Matthew Farneham and his lawful issue male, in default to the use of Adryan
Farneham and his lawful issue male, in default to the right heirs of the said Thomas Farneham the elder,
deceased, for ever.
In witness whereof, etc.
(Signed) Thomas Moryson, Matthew Farnham, Humfrie ffarnham, Charles Dixwell, Henry Cooper.
The Fine levied on the above Settlement made on the marriage of Humphrey Farnham, son and heir of
Matthew Farnham of the Nether Hall, with Elizabeth the daughter of William Digby of Welby was.
as follows :—
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 30 Elizabeth, A.D. 1588.
This is the final Agreement made in the Court of the lady the Queen at Westminster on the octave:
of St. Michael in the 3oth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Between Charles Dixwell, esq., and Henry Cowper, gent., plaintiffs, and Matthew Farnham, esquier,,
aa
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defendant of 10 messuages, 5 cottages, 10 barns, 2 water mills, 1 dovecote, 10 gardens, 4 orchards, 140 acres
of land, 60 acres of meadow, 40 acres of pasture, 6 acres of wood and tos. of rent with the appurtenances in
Barrow-on-Soar.
Matthew Farnham acknowledges the premises, etc., to be the right of Charles Dixwell, and quitclaimed
them to Charles and Henry and the heirs of the said Charles Dixwell for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, fine, etc., Charles and Henry gave Matthew Farnham #400 sterling.
N.B.—Matthew Farnham’s Agreement with the supervisors of his brother Thomas Farnham’s Will is among the Deeds now at Quorn
House, dated 13th November 1562, reciting that Matthew Farnham is bound to the supervisors in the sum of £500 by Recognizance had,
made and provided for the Recovery of Debts acknowledged and taken before Sir James Dyer, knight, Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas on the same day.
(Signed) Thomas Nevell, Nicolas Beamount, George Turpyn, Thomas Moryson,
Mountsorell Town Lands Deeds.
This Indenture made April 20th, 31 Elizabeth, A.D. 1589.
Between Thomas Jarrett, George Jarrett, yeomen, Henry Yonge, mercer, John Lee, miller, Richard
Marshall, husbandman, and John Hood, glover, all of Mountsorell in the county of Leicester, on the one part;
And John Thurman of the same place, glover, on the other part, witnesseth,
That the said Thomas Jarrett and the others for and in consideration of #30 to them in hand well and
truly paid before the sealing and delivery hereof by the said John Thurman,
Have sold to John Thurman, his heirs and assigns for ever
All that one cottage or tenement, one close at the backside thereof shooting upon the Common and lying
between the Jand of Adrian Farnham,.gentleman, on the south side and the ground of Thomas Phippes on
the north side,
One close lying at the end of the town of Mountsorell, the land of Thomas Chaveney lying on the south
side and the land of Thomas Hood on the north side,
Two leys lying at Barrow lane end, the land of the said Adrian Farnham on the north side and the land
of Thomas Chaveney on the south side thereof,
One half acre of meadow lying in the “ Outerholme” within the meadows of Quarndon, the ground of
William Olyffe on the south side and the ground of Hugh Royle on the north side,
One ley in the same meadow called “ Outerholme,” the ground of Humfrey Farnham, gentleman, on
both sides,
One other ley in the same Holme, the land of Charles Brandiron on the south side and the ground
of Thomas Though on the north side,
One rood ley lying near Chaveney’s close end, the ground of Robert Breame on the north side and the
ground of Robert Staples on the south side,
Together with all houses, barns, stables, gardens, orchards, woods, underwoods, profits and commodities
whatsoever to the same cottage belonging within the town and fields of Mountsorell, Barrow and Quarndon,
and now in the tenure or occupation of the said John Thurman or his assigns,
To have and to hold the above premises to John Thurman, his heirs and assigns for ever, in as ample a
manner as the said Thomas Jarrett and the others had the same premises of the gift and grant of Theophilus
Adams of London, gentleman, and Robert Adams of London, grocer, by their Deed bearing date May 3rd,
28 Elizabeth, A.D. 1586.
And to hold the same premises of Our Sovereign lady the Queen, her heirs and successors, as of her
Manor of East Greenwich in the County of Kent by fealty only, in free and common socage, and not in Chief
nor by Knight’s Service. '
Paying unto the said Thomas Jarrett and the others, their heirs and assigns, yearly for the aforesaid
premises 175. 8d. of current English money at the four usual feasts, viz., The Nativity of St. John the Baptist,
St. Michael the Archangel, the Nativity of Our Lord, and the Annunciation of our lady St. Mary the Virgin,
by even and equal portions.
With power to the said Thomas Jarrett and the others to distrain for nonpayment of the said yearly rent,
if demanded.
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Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, A.D. 1589.
Between Ralph Rawlyn, plaintiff, and John North and Alice his wife, defendants of a messuage, a toft,
a garden and an orchard in Mountsorell. Ralf Rawlyn gave John North and Alice #40.
Barrow Court Roll.
Barrowe-on-Sore.—View of Frankpledge of the lady the Queen on behalf of the most noble Jord Henry, earl of
Huntingdon, Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, President of the Council of the lady the
Queen in the North Parts, and Lord Lieutenant of the same lady the Queen in the same parts and in the
county of Leycester, with the Court Baron of the same earl severally held by themselves at Barrowe
aforesaid on the 22nd day of October in the 31st year of the reign of Our lady Elizabeth, now Queen of
England, A.D. 1589.
Before John Smalley, gentleman, Steward.
The Inquisition.—Francis Peache, gent. Christopher Smalley. John Staples.
Robert Barnarde. William Wilde. James Walles.
William Perkyns. Wilham Judson the elder. William Piwell.
William Arnolde. William Waren. Robert Parchett.
Charles Brandon. John Browne. Henry Martyn.
Robert Sneythe.
Presentment of the Tithingmen.—William Perkyns and William Burbage, the tithingmen there, sworn and
charged, on their oath present that they give to the lord of this Manor for a common Fine at this.
day 55.
And that Robert Pagnam, Esq. (6d.), Thomas Brokesby, Esq. (lunatic), Francis Hunt, gent.,
Thomas Lilly, William Brett, gent., Henry Cowper, gent., and Richard Barnard are Free Tenants of the
lord of this Manor and owe suit to the Court Baron at this day; certain of them made default.
And that Andrew Raynes (4d.), George Neyle, gent. (2d.), Robert Welesdale are resiants within
this Manor, and should, but did not, come.
And further they say that the wives of John Hazard (6d.), Richard Bruerne (2d.), John Burbage
(6d.), and Edward Kyrke (6d.) are common brewers of Ale, and sold Ale within the precincts of this:
View of Frankpledge to some of the Jady the Quene’s subjects contrary to the form of the Ordinance ot
the Assize of bread and Ale. Therefore each of their husbands is in the mercy of the lord.
And that Michael Bosse (12d.) of Rothley and John Rawlyns (12d.) of Mountsorell are common
bakers and hawk bread and Ale within the said View of Frankpledge, and sell bread of less weight, etc.
Election.— William Burbage is removed from the Office of Tithingman, and William Arnold is elected for this-
year and sworn.
Presentment of the Constable.—Thomas Lylly, the Constable, on his oath presents that he has nothing to
present at this day, because all things are safe and peaceful.
Election of do.—Thomas Lilly is removed from the Office of Constable, and Jobn Muncke is elected for this
year and sworn.
Querndon.—William Taylor and William Hampson, the Tithingmen there, sworn and charged, on their oath
present that they give to the lord for a common Fine certain at this day 2s. 6d.
And that one mare of a black colour came within the precincts of this View of Frankpledge about
the 21st day of September Jast past, and is seised and proclaimed according to the provision of the law,
and it remains in the custody of Humphrey Farnham, gent., bailiff of the Manor.
And that Thomas Hebbe (appears), Charles Brandon (appears), William Squire (essoined), and
Francis Chaveney (appears) owe suit to this Court.
And that the miller of Humphrey Farnham (2d.), gent., and Edward Wyllowes (2d.), miller, severally
took toll contrary to the Ordinance of the Assize of bread and ale, therefore each is in the mercy of
the lord. ;
And that Edward Burrowes (12d.) of Mountsorell and Michael Bosse (12d.) of Rothley are
common bakers and sold human loaves of less weight, therefore each is in mercy.
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Presentment of the Constable.—Francis Chaveney, the Constable there, sworn and charged, presents on his
oath that William Hampson (6d.) made an affray on a certain Matthew More against the peace of the
lady the Queen.
And that Edward Barrowdale (6d.) likewise made an affray on the same William More against the
peace, therefore each is in mercy.
Election of Constable.-—Francis Chaveney is removed from the Office of Constable, and Peter Bradshawe is
elected to that Office for the year and sworn.
Woodhouse.— William Rawlyn and Richard Broadhurst, the Tithingmen there, sworn and charged, present
on their oath that they give to the Jord for certain for a common Fine at this day 25.
And that Humphrey Babington, Esq. (4d.), Hugh Mascall, William Brett, gent., Nicholas Gravenour,
gent. (appears), and William Munck, yeoman (appears), are Free Tenants of the lord within this Manor,
and owe suit of the Court Baron of the said lord at this day.
And that Robert Ward (4d.) of Frisbye is a resident within the precincts of this View of Frank-
pledge, and makes a Fine as above.
Willowbye.—Ellis Cowper and William Arnolde, the Tithingmen there, on their oath present that Francis
Wylloughby, knight, and John Needham (4d.), as in right of his wife Anne, the sole daughter and heir of
Everard Munck, late of Gaddesby, yeoman, deceased, are Free Tenants of the lord of this Manor, and
owe suit of the Court Baron at this day.
And the aforesaid Frankpledges ought to pay 2s. td. to the lord yearly, beyond as. for the common
Fine.
Verdict of the Jurors.—Who say on oath that the Tithingmen and Constables have well and faithfully pre-
sented all things at their notice, and have concealed nothing, and they affirm, approve, and ratify all and
singular those things so presented by virtue and force of their oath aforesaid.
And further they say on their oath that Thomas Lylly (3s. 4d.) and George Kendall (3s. 4d.)
severally allowed their colts to stray in the fields there against the form of a certain Ordinance put at the
last Court with the View of Frankpledge held there, therefore each forfeits 35. 4d. to the lord.
And that the aforesaid Thomas Lylly (3s. 4d.) tied his horse on the mown grass against the form of
a further Ordinance put at the same last Court.
And that Henry Cowper (3s. 4d.), gent., kept his cows beyond his own ground against the form of
an Ordinance in that behalf put at the same Court, etc.
Sum, 515. 6d.
Wohereof to the Steward for his diet and his servants, and also for hay and corn for the horses, ros.
By John Smalley, Steward.
Francis Peache, gentleman.
Affeerers of both Courts—
James Wallis, Robert Sneyth.
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumaner.—Court Leet and View of Frankpledge of the Court Baron of William Stockes, Esquier, farmer
of the lady the Queen of her manor of Beaumaner, held there 31st day of March, A.D. 1589.
Before Theophilus Mountgomery, gent., Steward.
The Inquisition.— William Goodwyn. Simon Mudde. William Bosse.
William Staples. John Caldewell. John Pancocke.
John Hampe. James Millnes. John Crampe.
Clement Tompson. John Battersbye. Robert Sareson.
Thomas Marshall. Christofer Smalley. Henry Wright.
Robert Manfield. Thomas Boushall.
Who say on oath that Henry, earl of Huntingdon, for his land in Selthorpe and his land in Wood-
thorp and Woodhouse within the parish of Barrow ;
Humphrey Varneham [Farnham], for his lands in Quarndon ;
Wilham Estwell, for his lands, late Serles, in Barrowe;
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Francis Hunte, for his lands in Barrowe ;
William Hassard, for lands in Barrowe ;
George Caldewell, for his lands in Woodthorpe ;
Francis Chaveney, for his Jands in Quarnedon ;
Humphrey Katherenes, gent., for his lands in Quarnedon and Woodhouse, which he holds for the
term of life of his wife;
William Bosse, for his lands in Thorpe; William Heynes, for his land in Quarnedou and Wood-
house; and .... Seygrave of Friseby, are Free Tenants of this manor of Beaumaner, and owe Suit and
Service at this day.
Thomas Hebbe, William Staples, Thomas Staples, Robert Hall, William Purse, John Han. . for
term of life of bis wife, William Darker, William Smith, Francis Stanley, Daniell Tompson, Robert
Hubbarde, Thomas Hubbarde, and John Hampe are Tenants in Quarnedon by Copy of Court Roll.
To this Court came John Pancocke and surrendered into the hand of the lord of this manor a close
and a virgate of land in Barrowe (parcel of the manor of Beaumanor) for the purpose of taking a fresh
grant to John Pancocke, Alice Blunt, and John Blunt her son, who come and take the said premises
from the Steward on behalf of the lord of the manor at Will according to the custom of the manor for
lives and longest liver, rendering annually 13s. for all services. They paid a Fine on Entry of £15, and
were admitted Tenants. They did fealty.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 32 Elizabeth, A.D. 1590.
This is the final Agreement made on the Octaves of St. Michael in the thirty-second year of the reign of
Queen Elizabeth.
Between Edward Mundy and Richard Fletcher, gent., plaintiffs, and Humphrey Catherens, gent., and Anne
his wife, and Adrian Farneham, gent., defendants of the Manors of Russhall and Querne otherwise Quernedon
with the appurtenances, and of 10 messuages, 27 cottages, 1 windmill, 1 dovehouse, 37 gardens, 37 orchards,
800 acres of land, 140 acres of meadow, 300 acres of pasture, 200 acres of wood, 200 acres of furze and heath,
200 acres of moor and fos. of Rent in Querne otherwise Quernedon, Russhall, Barrow-on-Sore, Mountsorell,
Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves and Rothley, whence a Plea of Covenant was summoned between them, that
is to say, that Humphrey, Anne and Adrian acknowledge the said Manors and lands to be the right of
Edward Mundy and Richard Fletcher, as those which Edward Mundy and Richard Fletcher have of the gift
of the said Humphrey Catherens, Anne his wife, and Adrian Farneham, and these they have quitclaimed
from them Humphrey, Anne, and Adrian and their heirs to the said Edward Mundy and Richard Fletcher
and the heirs of the said Edward for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, fine, quitclaim, etc., Edward and Richard have given to Humphrey,
Anne, and Adrian £340.
N.B.—The above would be the Fine levied on the Settlement of the Over Hall estates on the marriage of Adrian Farnham with
Constance the daughter of Edward Mundy of Markeaton in the county of Derby. This Fine is interesting, as it marks the highest
period of prosperity attained by the Farnhams of the Over Hall. From this date until 1800 the Over Hall estates gradually shrunk in
size, partly owing to the misfortunes and partly to the extravagance of the owners. Markeaton still remains in the possession of the
descendants of Edward Mundy, who has transmitted his Christian name ‘“‘ Edward” to almost every possessor of the Over Hall in
Quorndon down to the present time. The portraits of Adrian Farnham and Constance his wife, mentioned by Nichols as being at
Markeaton, are no longer to be found there. Edward Mundy died oth June 1607 seised of the manors of Markeaton, Mackworth and
Alestrey, co. Derby, and 8 messuages, 2 watermills and 2320 acres of land, etc., in Markeaton, Mackworth, Alestrey, and Derby, Free
warren and a View of Frankpledge in Markeaton, the advowson of Mackworth Church, etc., etc., and Francis Mundy, aged 28, was his
son and next heir (Ing. p.m.). Edward Mundy married Jane the daughter of William Burnell, lord of the manor of Winkbourne,
co. Notts.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 33 Elizabeth, A.D. 1591.
Between Francis Hunt, gent., plaintiff, and Remige Hunt, gent., and Elizabeth his wife, defendants of
the manors of Barrowe-on-Soare and Hallowghton and 12 mess., 24 cott., 2 dovehouses, 20 gardens, 20
orchards, 600 acres of land, 160 of meadow, 300 of pasture, and 6 of wood in Barrowe-on-Soar, Hallowghton,
Quarne, and Prestwold.
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Exchequer Depositions by Commission, No. 9, Leicester. Easter, A.D. 1592.
Writ directed to George Purefey, Esq., Humfrey Katherens, gent., James Abney, Esq., and John Mill-
ward, gent.;
Concerning the suit brought by William Stokes, Esq., plaintiff, and Francis Grymes and others
defendants.
Interrogatory 2.—Did you know John Purse, deceased, father of Edward Purse, one of the defendants?
Interrogatory 3.—Did you know that the same John in his lifetime was seised of a cottage and an —
of land thereto adjoining and of 24 acres of arable land dispersed in the common fields of Quarndon, and
whether the same lands and cottage were freehold or copyhold ?
Interrogatory 4.—Do you know Edward Purse to be son and heir to John Purse ?
Interrogatory 5.—Of what age was Edward Purse at his father’s death, and whether William Purse
uncle of Edward Purse, had the guardianship of Edward Purse and the said cottage and premises during his
minority ?
Interrogatory 6.—Whether William Purse had the occupation of certain Copyhold land in Quarndon
holden of the manor of Beaumanor ?
The Depositions of the witnesses to the above Interrogatories were taken at Loughborough on the 22nd
of March, A.D. 1592. i
James Wallis of Quarndon, husbandman, aged 80 years, says he knew John Purse, deceased, father of
Edward Purse, and he remembers that one Robert Purse, great-grandfather to the said Edward Purse, did
about 35 years ago cause to be erected and built one cottage upon the said acre of land in question, affirming
that it was his own freehold and that he had a Deed for the same. :
He says tbat he knows Edward Purse to be son and heir to John Purse, and that William Purse had the
occupation of the said cottage and one acre of land, and that William Purse did hold certain Coppyhold land
of Beaumanor, and that Francis Grymes did recover 24 acres of land by ‘Nisi Prius” at one Assize at
Leicester.
Dorothy Botham of Quarndon, spinster, aged 60 years, says that her father being a carpenter did build
the said house for one Robert Purse upon the said acre of ground and that it was his freehold, as he sayed,
and that the said Robert was minded to have built the said cottage upon a parcel of grounde whereof some
part was holden by Copy of Beaumanor and some part of Mr. Farnham of the Nether Hall in Quarndon, and
that he was advised by the said carpenter to build it on the acre of his own free land shooting on the “ Walke
Milne” dam and not upon the other ground.
She knoweth Edward Purse was son and heir of John Purse and aged 7 years about at his father’s death,
and that William Purse had the uccupation of the said cottage and acre of land.
William Ratclyfle of Quarndon, weaver, aged 47 years, does not depose to Interrogatories 2, 3, 4, 5, but
says that Francis Grymes did recover 24 acres by verdict and that he had execution of £6 tos. for costs and
damages, and that one John Pickeringe who did marry the mother of the said Edward Purse about 16 years
ago did “June one crop of Otes” growing upon one acre of land, parcel of the said 24 acres which the said
Francis Grymes recovered by “ Nisi Prius” in the right of the heir of Purse, and Pickeringe shortly after died,
and since that time William Purse hath had the occupation of the said cottage and acre of land.
William Squires of Quarndon, yeoman, aged 60 years, sayeth that about 35 years ago he heard John
Purse say the cottage and acre of land were his freehold, and so died seised of the same. He says William
Purse had no land holden of Beaumanor until the said Edward Purse did bargain and sell unto him all his
Coppye hold land holden of the said manor.
N.B.—The Purse family was an old one in Quarndon, the name of John Purse occurring at a Coroner’s Inquest at Quorndon
in 1413.
William Stokes was in 1592 lord of the manor of Beaumanor (farmer for the Queen), and seems to have had considerable trouble
to enforce the services of the tenants of Beaumanor. ;
Robert Purse and John his son (mentioned in the above depositions) occur as witnesses to a Charter in 1526.
Edward Purse and Mary his wife sell about 30 acres of land in Quorndon in 1595 and 1597 (see Feet of Fines).
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Depositions of witnesses taken at Loughborowe in Co. Leicester, January 10, 34 Elizabeth, A.D. 1592,
before George Purefoy, Esq., and Humphrey Katherens, gent., Her Majesty’s Commissioners, re William
Stocks, esq., Complainant, against Edward Purse, Mary his wife, Francis Grymes, and John
Warren, Defendants.
Humphrey Farnham of Querndon, Co. Leicester, gent., of the age of 34 years, sayeth that he knows the
parties and he knows one messuage in Querne now or late in the occupation of one William Purse; he
knoweth not of his own knowledge whether the said messuage, Jands, or tenements are held by Copy of Court
Roll of the Queen’s Majesty’s Manor of Beaumanor according unto the custom of the said manor, but he
hath heard that they are Copyholds.
To the 8th Interrogatory he saith that divers persons on or about the 14th July, 1590, did cut down Rye
growing upon the said lands abutting upon the said cottage, but whether there was any wheat there growing
he remembereth not. He saith that at the cutting of the said rye there was Francis Grymes (one of the
defendants) and Mary Purse (wife of Edward Purse of Querndon), with one other stranger whose name he
knoweth not, neither doth he know by whose means they came thither, and he further says that the said
Francis Grymes had a sword and a dagger, and further he cannot depose. He saith that the said Francis
Grymes did first draw his sword and dagger, and was he thinketh first to offer to strike George Colston, one
of the servants of the Complainant, and further he cannot depose.
Robert Braham of Barrow-on-Sore, gent., aged 62 years, knows the cottage in Querndon and one acre of
hedland lying on the west side of the said cottage and occupied with the same whereunto the said Edward
Purse pretendeth title; the said cottage and land have always been reputed as Copyhold and parcel of the
manor of Beaumanor for 20 years or more of his remembrance.
Thomas Hebbe of Querndon, yeoman, aged 30 years, says the same, and that acting as bailiff for the
plaintiff he hath collected a yearly rent of 26s. 8d., as well for the messuage as the Jand abutting thereon and
other land whereunto the said Edward Purse pretendeth title, and that Mary the wife of Purse, and John
Warren did cut down certain rye growing upon the said lands, and Edward Purse and Francis Grymes were
present, and hither came one George Coulson, gent., and John Belfield, servant to Mr. William Stocks the
complainant, to discharge them from cutting the same, and after came hither Mr. Humphrey Farnham of
Querndon, Peter Bradshaw, constable of Querndon, this deponent and others, and when George Coulson did
forbid Mary Purse and John Warren to cut down the rye the said Francis Grymes did draw his sword and
dagger and struck at George Coulson divers times until they were parted by the standers by.
William Staples of Querne, husbandman, aged 60 years, hath known one messuage and divers lands
thereunto belonging now or late in the occupation of William Purse in Querne by the space of 30 years,
holden he thinks of the Queen’s Majesty’s manor of Beaumanor by Copyhold, one cottage in Querne and the
land thereupon abutting, but whether an acre or not he knoweth not; they are taken to be Copyhold of the
manor of Beaumanor.
Exchequer Bills and Answers, No. 55, Leicester. 18th November, A.D. 1592.
William Stokes of Beaumanor complains that as he is answerable for a yearly rent of £29 135. 8d. to the
Queen in respect of Beaumanor, part of which is due from the Copyhold Tenants of the manor to himself,
One Robert Sneath holding by Copy of Court Roll a piece of ground containing 2 acres called “ Jakes’
yard or Jakes’ Hey ” being in Woodhouse, upon which is one mansion or dwellinghouse for which 2s. is due
annually for rent,
John Spalding (whose estate Robert Sneath has) paid in his time 2s. yearly for Jakes’ yard.
: Pa Sneath (grandfather to the said Robert Sneath) married Margaret Spalding the daughter to John
palding.
At John Sneath’s death the premises came to Clement Sneath, as the son and heir, who yearly paid
28, for rent, but Robert Sneath pretends the house and premises are held of the earl of Huntingdon as parcel
of his manor of Barrowe and not of the Queen as of her Majesty’s manor of Beaumanor.
There is no reply from the defendant.
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Feet of Fines, Leicester. Quindene of Easter, A.D. 1593.
Between Thomas Jarrett, plaintiff, and Edward Turvyle, Esq., defendant of a cottage, a garden, an orchard,
60 acres of land, and roo acres of pasture in Barrow-on-Sore and Woodhouse.
Thomas Jarrett gave Edward Turvyle £80 sterling.
Exchequer Bills and Answers, No. 61, Leicester. 16th May, A.D. 1593.
John Lee the miller of Mountsorell mills for 50 years wishes to have a grant from the manor of Beaumanor
of a new Copyhold Lease of the above mills to him, his wife and children according to the custom of the
manor; but William Stokes, farmer of the manor of Beaumanor for the Queen, refuseth to grant it.
Statement of John Lee.
He says that when he took the mills 50 years ago they were much out of repair, and there was consider-
able difficulty in letting them; he has spent £200 of his own money in rebuilding and repairing the said mills,
and wishes by taking a new grant to provide for his wife and children.
William Stokes’s defence is that John Lee has not produced any written evidence of his right title to a
renewal of his position as a Copybold tenant of the manor, and William Stokes has promised the reversion of
the mills to some connections of his own, which he asserts he could lawfully do. He says that the mills have
been much under rented, and that John Lee must have made at least £20 a year out of the low rent, which in
50 years amounted to £1000, therefore he could well have afforded to spend #200 upon repairs.
The Depositions in the above case.
Exchequer Depositions by Commission, No. 8, Leicester. Hilary, A.D. 1594.
Depositions taken at Mountsorell 17th January 1594, in obedience to a Writ directed to Our trusty and
Well beloved Edward Hastings, knight, George Villiers, Esq., Thomas Cave, Esq., and William Massy, Esq.
Henry Wrighte of Woodthorpe, husbandman, aged 80 years, sayeth that he knoweth the mills of
Mountsorell in the occupation of John Lee, parcel of the manor of Beaumanor, demised by Copy of Court
Roll according to the custom of the manor.
He saith the custom of the said manor is, and time out of mind hath been, that the first tenant in the
Copyhold and the last being tenant in possession may surrender his Copyhold tenement into the hands of the
lord, to the use of himself and to such other persons as he shall nominate and appoint, or to the use of three
other persons leaving himself out, giving the lord a reasonable Fine for the same, which he thinketh is One
Year’s Rent or Two at the most, and that upon such a Surrender made, the lord of the said manor ought to
grant a new Coppie according to the said Surrender for a reasonable Fine as aforesaid and by the custom of the
manor ought not to deny the same.
Henry Assar of Woodhouse, husbandman, aged 80 years, saith that John Lee built one water corn
milne and two fulling mills upon the said Copyhold tenement at his own cost, and saith the same as to the
custom of the manor of Beaumanor as Henry Wrighte did.
William Squier of Querndon, yeoman, aged 70 years, saith he knows John Lee has been tenant of the
said milne by the space of 50 years to his knowledge, and that the lord marquis of Dorset was lord of
the manor at the time John Lee was first tenant and copyholder of the said mills, and as he taketh it, John
Lee was then the first taker, and now is the first and last taker in the Coppye; at the time John Lee took the
mills they were much decayed and no one would take them at the old rent and keep them in repair; John
Lee hath built a water corn mill, etc.
And that when Adrian Stok was lord of the manor he did promise and grant unto one Myles Tayler, then
his servant, a Coppye in Reversion of one Copyhold tenement in Woodhouse, parcel of the manor of
Beaumanor, after the death of the tenant then in possession; and the tenant then in possession not being
compounded withall, at the next Court this Grant was disputed, and the Jury being charged the whole Jury
and Homage did then utterly deny the same to be according to the customs; whereupon the same Grant was
then rejected and the tenant then in possession made thereupon a Surrender at that Court of the same tenement
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to the use of himself and others ; whereupon a new Coppy was unto him then granted accordingly, and the
same Copyhold tenement is enjoyed until this day by virtue of the said Coppie.
Thomas Hebbe of Quarndon, yoman, aged 32 years, and Thomas Bonshaw of Woodhouse, tailer, aged
53 years, depose to the same effect.
Will of Matthew Farnham of the Nether Hall, P.C.C. Wills (73, Dixy). A.D. 1594.
My last Will one thowsand five hundreth ninety twoe. My goods as I thincke they be worthe.
First my sheepe, being five hundred, £260.
My horses worthe £50. My plate, £40. My neate beaste, being threescore, £90. My corn, £80.
My howseholdstuffe, £80. My woodcartes and thinges to busbandrye, £30. Hogges and other provision for
my howse, £10.
: Suma £640.
Thinge that I give away by this my last Will.
First to my sonne Humfrye Farneham and his heires all my Jandes in Quarne or within the parrishe of
Barowe-uppon-Soore with all the concealed landes in the same towne and parrishe, paying to the Queene the
farm fee, 10s. by the yeare; and to finde a scolemaster, 40s. a yeare for ever with that my cosen Farneham and
Frauncis Chawney payeth.
I give to my sonne Humfrye Farneham al] my righte, title and interest in Knighton or thereto belonging:
wheresoever, #20.
I give to my sonne Humfrye Farneham seaven score sheepe, £70. Neate beaste six kyen and fowre yonge
beaste, £15. A bason and ewer of silver, £20. One of my best silver bowells, 50s. A silver tankerde the
best, 50s. Six silver spoones, 50s. One silver salt occupyed every daye, 40s. All the furniture of the bedd
in the Buttrye chamber, a featherbed, a mattrice, twoe blanketts, twoe pillowes, one bolster, twoe payre of good
sheetes, the curtens and the tester, #5. All my golde buttons, #7.
To his three children #10 amongst them all, £10.
To Humfrye twoe of my best clokes, twoe payre of best hose, my best satten dublett, £5. To Humfrye
my curtail nagge, my best colte or fillye that I have at my deathe, #5. My sealing ring of gold, £3. To
Humfreye in money to be paid within twoe yeares after my decease, £30.
Suma £207.
And my sonne to be bounde to my Supervisors in £500 to discharge me, my wyfe, our heirs and assignes.
for all bonds that I stande bounden for him and to make three good leases, one to John Swan, another to John
Hampe, another to William Greenam for twenty yeares after my decease, paying the rent they nowe paye
me, they to enjoy all they nowe occupye to theire farmes.
To fowre of my sonne Stacye’s children that I have given no legacie, 20s. apeece, #4.
To Matthewe Stacye my godsonne to be delivered to my Supervisors to his use, £20. To Susan Stacye
to helpe to bringe her upp, £5. To my daughter Stacye to doe her good, #5.
To the poore of Cotsmore, 20s. To the poore of Barowe, 6s. 8d. I give to my sonne Dawes his wyfe,
Mr. Stacye of Bitam, 20s. apeece to make them a ringe of.
To every man I have at my deathe, 6s. 8d.
To every maide 3s. 4d., about #5.
Suma £76.
There is to be paide in all from my wyfe £250.
My wyfe to be bounde to my sonne in £200 to discharge all my landes for all my writinge and bookes
and all thinge ells in my studye but plate, gold, silver and all my subbarde in the parlor the lyke.
To my sonne William Farnebam I give £10. [He means to say his son’s son.]
Proved 8th October 1594.
N.B.—Matthew Farnham’s Will was probably written by himself, and though he mentions “Supervisors” he forgot to name any”
Supervisors or executors, therefore Administration of his Will was given to his second wife Bridget, viz., Octavo die Octobris 1594
emanavit commissio Brigitte Farnham relicte dicti defuncti ad administrandum bona etc. juxta tenorem Testamenti suprascripti eo quod
dictus defunctus nullum executorem nominavit.
Matthew Farnham married firstly, Lawrentia the daughter of Richard Barrett of Medbourn and coheir with her sister Agnes
Marston to the Barrett property in Medbourn, Blaston and Slawston. By this marriage he had one son Humphrey Farnham, who-
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succeeded him, and two daughters, Margaret, married to Richard Dawes of Stapleton, co. Leicester, and Anne, married to Christopher
Stacy of Creton, co. Lincoln.
Secondly, Matthew Farnham married Bridget Worley, who married for her second husband Arthur Barford of Shackerston,
after his death she married for her third husband Francis Danvers of Swithland.
and
Recovery Roll, 75, m. 115. Michaelmas, A.D. 1601. Leic.; Thomas Baradalle, clerk, gives 30s. to the Queen for leave to agree
with Arthur Barford, gent., and Briggitt his wife and Robert Barford, the son and heir apparent of the said Arthur, in a plea of Covenant
of all the Tithes of Odston.
And in the same Roll, m. 91d. Leic.; Thomas Astley, esq., gives 96s. 8d. to the Queen for leave to agree with Arthur Barford,
gent., and Bridgit his wife in a plea of Covenant concerning the manor of Naylston and 18 messuages, 18 cottages, 340 acres of land,
160 of meadow, 140 of pasture, 10 of wood and gas. rent in Naylson, Barton, Ibstocke, Bilston and Lindridge.
Arthur Barford of Shakerston’s Will was proved at Leicester 22nd October 1612. He mentions his sons Robert, Adrian and
Richard, also his well-beloved brother Thomas Ashby, esq.
Leicester Marriage Licences. A.D. 1614. Francis Danvers of Swithland and Bridgett Barfote of Shakerston.
Bridget Danvers’s Will was proved at Leicester 11th April 1632. She bequeathed to Elizabeth, the daughter of her stepson John
Danvers, ‘‘ My wedding ring that I had with Mr. Farneham.” To my daughter-in-law Dorothy Asheley the wedding ring that I had
when I was married to her father. To my daughter Cumberford certain furniture that were in the best chamber at my house at
Swithland. To Barnok Worley my brother's son many items of furniture, etc.
The marriage of Francis Danvers with his second wife Bridget must have occasioned some complicated relationships, for Dorothy
Danvers (sister of Francis) had married as his first wife Arthur Barford of Shakerston.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Hilary, A.D. 1594.
Between William Kynge, plaintiff, and Edward Purse and Mary his wife, defendants of 5 acres of land
and the balf of 3 acres of meadow and two acres of pasture in Querndon.
William Kynge gave to Edward Purse and Mary £40 sterling.
Morrow of Trinity, A.D. 1595.
Between William Kynge, plaintiff, and Edward Purse and Mary his wife, defendants of 2 cottages,
1 orchard, and 3 acres of land in Querndon.
William Kynge gave to Edward Purse and Mary £40 sterling.
Octaves of Hilary, A.D. 1595.
Between Henry Yonge, plaintiff, and Robert Staples and William Staples, defendants of a messuage, a
toft, a garden, an orchard, 3 acres of land, 3 of meadow, and 2 of pasture in Mountsorell, Quernedon, and
Barrowe-on-Sore.
Henry Yonge gave Robert Staples and William Staples £40 sterling.
The same date.
Between Thomas Baradall, clerk, and Hugh Kinge, plaintiffs, and Edward Purse and Mary his wife,
defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 17 acres of land, 6 of meadow, and 2 of pasture in Quarne.
The plaintiffs gave the defendants #40 sterling.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 37 Elizabeth, A.D. 1595.
This is the Final Agreement between William Heyrick, plaintiff, and Robert, earl of Essex, Thomas
Compton, esq., Robert Wright, esq., and Gelly Meyrick, esq., defendants of the Park of Beaumanor and of
2 messuages, 200 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture, 200 acres of wood, and 200 acres of furze and heath,
and Free Warren in Barrowe, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eves, Querne, and Mountsorell.
The defendants acknowledge the premises to be the right of William Heyrick as those which Willam
Heyrick has of the gift of the defendants, and these the defendants have released, granted, and quitclaimed
from themselves and their heirs to William Heyrick and his heirs for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, fine, grant, and warranty William Heyrick gave to the defendants £600
‘sterling.
N.B.—The above is the Fine levied on the Original purchase of Beaumanor by Sir William Herrick. According to Nichols, vol. 3,
p. 146, Queen Elizabeth had granted to Thomas Crompton, Robert Wright and Gelly Merrick, esqrs., a Lease of the manor of Beau-
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manor in Trust for the Earl of Essex, from whom Sir William Herrick bought Beaumanor and held his first Court there in the year
1595; and on p. 150 Nichols says that on August 18th, 1598, Sir William Herrick had a grant in Fee of Beaumanor, with free warren in
Beaumanor, Barrow, Woodhouse, Quorndon, Woodthorpe and Mountsorell from Queen Elizabeth by Letters Patent at a yearly fee-farm
rent of £34 19s. 8d. ; ;
The Herricks of Beaumanor are said to be descended from a family of Eyrick, who were settled at Stretton Magna, co. Leicester, as
early as the 13th century, e.g., De Banco Roll 123, m. 125, Leyc.; Alice, who was the wife of Walter Eyrik of Stretton, in a plea of
dower, A.D. 1298.
From this family was descended John Heyrick of Leicester, who served the Office of Mayor of Leicester in 1559 and again in 1572.
He had issue five sons, of whom William was the youngest. William Heyrick was born at Leicester about the year 1557, and married
May 6th, 1596, Joan the daughter of Richard May, citizen of London. William early in life joined his brother Nicholas Heyrick in London,
and carrying on the trade of banker and goldsmith acquired a large fortune. He was employed in the Exchequer, and was sent by
Queen Elizabeth on an embassy to the Ottoman Porte. He was knighted for his services by King James at Greenwich on April Ist,
1605, and was appointed one of the Tellers of the Exchequer. Sir William Heyrick represented the Borough of Leicester in Parliament
in the years 1601 and 1620. He died on March and, 1652-3, in the 96th year of his age.
Sir William Heyrick’s predecessor at Beaumanor, William Stokes, died in the year 1591, and by his Will appointed George
Belgrave to be one of his executors, and from a letter written by George Belgrave dated February 13th, 1596, it appears that after William
Stokes’s death the furniture and effects at Beaumanor were sold. This letter is still at Beaumanor, and runs :—
“Mem., that 1 George Belgrave have sold unto Humphrey Farnham, gentleman, these following parcels : Four large hangings for:
the Great Chamber in Beaumanor, Four other hangings for the duchess’s chamber, One picture of the duke, Three halberts, Three:
spits, One table in the great chamber, Three tables with forms in the Hall, etc.
“For all which parcels above-named I, George Belgrave, one of the executors of William Stokes, lately deceased, have received’
of him, Humphrey Farnham, in part of payment £23 10s., the whole sum being £43 10s.
“EBte., etc., etc.
“By me (signed) GeorGE BELGRAVE.”
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, 248/1. 39 Elizabeth, A.D. 1596.
After the death of Henry, earl of Huntingdon.
Inquisition taken at Ashby de la Zouch.
The Jurors say that the Manor of Barrow and the other premises in Barrow, Quarendon, Woodhouse
and Mountsorell were held by Henry, late earl of Huntingdon, of the lady the Queen, as of her Fee of Chester,
by fealty only for all services and demands, and are worth annually £66 13s. gd.
The earl died the 8th day of December A.D. 1595, and that George, now earl of Huntingdon, is the
brother and next heir, and aged 60 years and more.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Quindene of Haster, A.D. 1596.
Between Ralph Allyn, plaintiff, and George Cawdewell, defendant of 13 acres of land, 2 of meadow, and
4 of pasture in Quarndon in the parish of Barrowe-on-Sore.
Ralph Allyn gave George Cawdewell #40 sterling.
Morrow of Trinity, A.D. 1596.
Between William Kinge, plaintiff, and Edward Purse and Mary his wife, defendants of a messuage, a
garden, an orchard, 3 acres of pasture and Common of pasture for all sorts of cattle in Querndon.
William Kinge gave to Edward Purse and Mary #40 sterling.
Morrow of Trinity, A.D. 1597.
Between William Catherens, gent., plaintiff, and George Connyngham, gent., and Jane his wife,
defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 4 acres of pasture and Common of pasture for all sorts of
cattle in Woodhouse Eves.
William Catherens gave to George and Jane #40 sterling.
Octaves of St. Michael, A.D. 15977.
Between Henry Cave, gent., Robert Gryffyn and Humphrey Gulston, plaintiffs, and Thomas Hebbe and
Margaret his wife, defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 15 acres of land, 4 acres 14 roods of
meadow and 24 acres of pasture in Quarnedon.
The plaintiffs gave the defendants #40 sterling.
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Quindene of St. Michael, A.D. 1597.
Between John Staples, plaintiff, and William Staples, defendant of a messuage, a garden, an orchard,
2 acres of meadow and common of pasture in Woodhouse Eves and the Forest of Charnwood,
John Staples gave William Staples £40 sterling.
Octaves of Hilary, A.D. 1597.
Between William Kinge, plaintiff, and Edward Purse and Mary his wife, defendants of a messuage, a
garden, g acres of land, 1 of pasture and common of pasture in Quarne alias Quarnedon.
William Kinge gave Edward and Mary £40 sterling.
Bills and Answers, 11/47. Reign of Elizabeth, A.D. 1597.
Belgrave contra Farnham.
George Belgrave, Esq., of Belgrave, plaintiff.
Adrian Farnham of the Over Hall, Quarndon, Esq., defendant.
The Plaintiff stated that his grandfather George Belgrave was seised of the Manors of Belgrave and
Syston, and divers lands in Belgrave, Syston, Glen, Blaby, Laughton, Hoghton, Long Whatton, Birstall
and Leicester in the county of Leicester, and died about 40 years ago.
They descended to Ambrose Belgrave his son and heir. He so seised likewise died, your Orator being
his eldest son and heir.
Your Orator made sales of some small parcells of the premises, but one Adrian Farnham of Querndon,
gent., being next heir at law to one Robert Farnham, heretofore of Querndon, gentleman, hath of late made
some pretence of Title to such Manors and premises, and hath given forth that the said George the grandfather
did execute conveyances to the said Robert Farnham, which by course of Jaw should be rightfully descended to
the said Adrian. George Belgrave prays for a Subpcena.
Answer of Adrian Farnham.
He found among the Evidences left him by his father Thomas Farnham, deceased, a Counterplanne of an
Indenture bearing date the First day of November 1548 between George Belgrave the grandfather to the
Plaintiff and his grandfather Robert Farnham mentioned in the Bill, purporting that the said George Belgrave,
in consideration of £1000 paid by the said Robert Farnham, did sell to the said Robert Farnham all
his Manors of Belgrave and Syston in co. Leicester, and further as the said Deed doth import for the sum
aforesaid did grant unto the said Robert all his lands, manors, tenements, etc., in the county of Leicester.
He hath heard that Belgrave levied a Fine to the use of the said Indenture, but thinketh that the said
Assurance was principally made for the security of the Joynture of Joan the daughter of the said Robert and
late wife of the said George Belgrave, which Joan is yet in full life and reason. He thinketh that there was
an Assurance back again from the said Robert Farnham to the said George Belgrave and the said Joan his wife
of some part of the said lands to the heirs of the said George Belgrave and of the Residue of the said premises
to the said George and his heirs, for that the said Joan hath by herself, her farmers and tenants and the
husband as she hath married again enjoyed most of the said premises except the Manors of Belgrave
and Syston.
This defendant did never enter into or claim the said premises. He hath no other Charter, deed or
writing concerning the said premises in his custody save only the Will of the said George Belgrave the
grandfather, and in the Will the said Joan is made the Executrix.
N.B.—After the death of George Belgrave, his widow Joan (the daughter of Robert Farnham) married Clement Saunders
of Blaby.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. One month from Easter, A.D. 1598. ;
Between John Hunt, gent., plaintiff, and Henry Pakenham, Esq., defendant of 24 acres of pasture In
Barrowe-on-Sore and free fishing in the water of Sore.
John Hunt gave Henry Pakenham £41 sterling.
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Manor of Beaumanor. Rental. A.D. 1599.
Adrian Farnham F :
Humphrey Farnham . ;
Thomas Hebb. : j ‘
Margaret Barton. :
Widdow Hubbert . : ;
Robert Hawle . ‘ : 5
John Stanley . ; : .
John Hand
.... Burrowe. ‘ ‘ ‘
John Crampe .
Katherine, Countess of Huntingdon .
John Hunt. ‘ ; : :
Adrian Farnham. A rose Garland, a
Rose bud and a barbed arrow head
Thomas Lyllie :
Thomas Lyllie : . : .
Thomas Hassard. For a Ib. of pepper
Quarndon.
Ss d. s. da.
o 6 Adrian Farnham. P ; » @ 2
14 0 Thomas Hebb. 7 ‘ ‘ é Og
2 2 Thomas Staples. ‘ : . 15 6
3 9 William Squire ‘ : : . § 10
° 3 Richard Blunt. : ; i . 12 9
3 8 Danyell Tompson . ‘ : > 4.6
2 1 Frauncis Stanley. ; : - 2 4
o 8 William Bosse : : : i. 2°°9
Frauncis Peach 2 : ; . I4 0
7 6 John Pancocke . . : - 6 6
Freeholders.
3 64 Humphrey Farnham. For Byshop’s
4.0 house . : ‘ : s Tr -6
Frauncis Chaveney . : . ro
Robert Sneath 2 0
i William Haines. i : Io
are) Wilham Bosse 3 4
3.0 George Cawdwell Io
PEDIGREE OF CAVE OF BARROW.
Arms.—Quarterly : 1 and 4, Azure, fretty Argent, Cave; 2, Ermine, on a bend Sable three whales’ heads
erased Argent, Listey; 3, Argent, a chevron between three martlets Sable; impaling, Sable, a cross
flory, BRAHAM.
Witiiam Barnarp of Barrow.==Atice ....=RarpH SACHEVERELL.
Will proved P.C.C.
1556. 1st husband.
11 Sept. Will proved P.C.C.
2 Nov. 1559. 2nd
husband.
Acnes Barnarp, bur. at Barrow 1 Oct. 1609==Rosert Branam, bur. at Barrow 18 June 1600.
Puruippa Brawam, only dau. and heir.==-Henry Cave, 4th son of Francis Cave, Esq., of Baggrave ;
Will proved at Leicester 1609.
| bur. at Barrow 27 June 1600.
THEOPHILUS CavE of=Isazetxa, dau. of Five other Marecaret Cave,=-Aprian Basinetron, Five other
Barrow, bapt. 8 Nov. John Allen of sons. bapt. 16 Jan.1585. | Rector of Cossington. daughters.
1584; died 31 March Sileby; bur. 30
1656. Sept. 1650.
| ;
, Humprurey Basincton, D.D., founder of the Hospital at Barrow ;
Wills at Leicester.
heir
Vice-Master of Trinity College, Cambridge; bur. in the Chapel
there Jan. 1691, zt. 75.
Robert Braham of Barrow, gentleman. Will dated April 18th, 1600.
My body to be buried in the Chauncell of Barrow Church.
To the poor of Barrowe 20s. To the poor of Querndon 13s. 4d. To the poor of Mountsorell ros. To the poor of Woodhouse 10s.
To my wife Mrs. Agnes Braham 410 yearly during the term of my principal Lease of Barrow, if the said Agnes so long live.
1 give the residue to my daughter Philippa the wife of Mr. Henry Cave, whom I make my Executors.
N.B.—Nichols’ Leicester, vol. 3, page 68, Henry Cave (fourth son of Francis Cave of Baggrave) married Philippa, daughter and
of Robert Braham of Barrow by Agnes his wife, daughter and heir of William Barnard of Barrow. Henry Cave was buried at
310 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Barrow June 27th, 1600. Robert Braham was also buried in 1600 there; he was for some years Feodary for the county of Leicester.
Philippa Cave, widow of Henry Cave, was in 1601 tenant to William Herrick, Esq., of Beaumanor, at a rent of gs., for a messuage which
was the Site of the Parsonage of Barrow; and for two cottages in that town, which had been lately purchased of the Queen.
Agnes Braham, gentlewoman, was buried at Barrow Oct. 1st, 1609 (Barrow Register).
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Octaves of St. Michael, A.D. 1600.
Between Thomas Chamberlaine, clerk, plaintiff, and Henry Yonge and Elizabeth his wife and Thomas.
Yonge, defendants of a messuage, a toft, a garden, an orchard, 3 acres of land, 2 of meadow and 2 of pasture
in Mountsorell, Querndon and Barowe-on-Sore.
Plaintiff gave defendants £40 sterling.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. 43 Elizabeth, A.D. i601.
This is the Final Agreement made on the morrow of Holy Trinity in the 43rd year of the reign of Queen
Elizabeth,
Between Humphrey Farnham, gent., and Francis Cave, gent., plaintiffs, and Henry Beaumont, Esq.,
defendant of the manors of Coleorton, Quartermarshe, Sawcye and Gaulby and of 40 mMessuages, 50 tofts,
tooo acres of land, 500 of meadow, 500 of pasture, 200 of wood and 500 of furze and heath in Coleorton,
Quartermarshe, Sawcye, Thringstone, Sturdons, Whitwick, Gaulby and Neubold and of the Advowson of the
church of Coleorton,
Henry Beaumont acknowledges the said manors to be the right of the said Humphrey Farnham and quit-
claimed them to Humphrey and Francis and the heirs of Humphrey Farnham for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, fine, quitclaim, etc.. Humphrey Farnham and Francis Cave gave the said
Henry Beaumont 4000 marks of silver.
N.B.—This Fine evidently is a Settlement of Sir Henry Beaumont’s property to Trustees.
Octaves of St. Michael, A.D. 1601.
Between William Katherins, gent., plaintiff, and Hugh Kirke and Prudence his wife, defendants of
a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 4 acres of pasture and Common of pasture in Woodhouse Eves.
Plaintiff gave defendants £40.
Between Thomas Muncke and Thomas Fynes, plaintiffs, and Thomas Hebbe and Margaret his wife,
defendants of a cottage, a garden, an orchard, 3 acres of meadow and Common of pasture in Quarne and the
Forest of Charnwood. Plaintiffs gave defendants £40.
Between Robert Judson, William Wilde, George Wild and Nicholas Yates, plaintiffs, and John Hunt
and Margery his wife, defendants of 2 messuages, 1 cottage, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 7 acres of land, 4 of
pasture and Common of pasture in Barowe-on-Sore and the Forest of Charnwood. The premises are declared
to be the right of Robert Judson for ever, and the plaintiffs gave the defendants #40.
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds. June 14th, A.D. 1602.
Throughout this Deed “‘ free”? means the freeholder, and “ copy ” means copyholder.
A Tarrie delivered by John Mesome of all the land and medow belonging to the dwelling-house of the
said John Mesome in Quarnedon. Owner, Mrs. Philippa Cave.
Arable. In the Morefeild.
Half an acre lying on Church Hill, John Hampe for Mr. Humfrey Farnham free on the north, Henry Horn-
buckle for the said Mr. Farnham on the south upon Timber hedge at the west end.
Half an acre on the north side of the Windmill, shooting upon High Thorn at the west end, Francis Chaveney
free on the south, William Wallis for Mr. Humfrey Farnham free on the north side.
One acre at the More Gate, lying next the High Way on the north side, Ralph Chandler for the same held
land on the south.
Half an acre on the furlong beneath the More, abutting to the end of the More on the south, Thomas Hebbe
for Beaumanor on the west side, Thomas Staples for Beaumanor on the east side.
Two and a half acres lying together beneath the More, abutting upon Francis Bradshaw’s headland for the
Earl of Huntingdon at the north end, Mr. Adrian Farnam free on the east and Francis Chaveney free on
the west.
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Half an acre on Great Fenny Furlong... . common baulk and Price on the north side.
Half an acre shooting into Smitham Gill at the south end, John Swann for Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on
the west side, Robert King for his brother William King on the east.
One rood in the same furlong as the last named, land for John Swann lying betwixt the said rood and the
last-named half acre and Henry Jolly free on the west.
Half an acre in Little Fenny Furlong, abutting upon Richard Staples’ headland free on the east end, Francis
Chaveney free on both north and south sides.
Half an acre on Nether Stonecroft shooting upon.
Two roods together shooting into Pockie Sick, with their pasture at the north ends, and upon John Collington’s
headland at the south and William Reynes for Mr. Adrian Farnam free on the east, William Bosse of
Thorpe on the west side.
In toto 6 acres, I rood.
Layes in the same field.
One rood ley beneath the More, shooting upon the pasture at the south end,.... Bradshaw for Mr. Humfrey
Farnam free on the west side and Thomas Fynes for Mr. Farnam free on the east side.
One rood ley shooting into Smitham Gill at the south end and abutting upon William King’s headland at the
north end and the Common Pasture on the east side and Thomas Staples for Beaumanor on the
west side.
Half an acre ley, the last-named ley of Thomas Staples lying betwixt this ley and the last-named ley on the
other side of the leys for John Mesom and the said Thomas Staple on the west side also of this ley.
Five acres of inclosed leys containing 12 leys adjoining to the Common Pasture on the east side, Francis
Chaveney free on both sides.
Medow in the More Field.
Half an acre called a Hook, lying at the end of Blowpool leys towards the river of Sore, being the farthest
piece of stoned meadow towards Thorpe hedge, the end of one of Blowpool leys lying on the north and
Bart Price on the south side.
Arable. In the West Field.
Half an acre shooting into Poulton at the south end, lying upon a furlong called Thorpe Acres, Thomas
Hebbe free on the west side, Francis Staples for Mr. Adrian Farnam free on the east side.
Half an acre on the same furlong, Thomas Hebbe on the west side, William Wallis for Mr. Humfrey Farnam
free on the east side.
Half an acre on Plum Tree Hill, shooting into Poulton Brook at the south end and upon Francis Bradshaw’s
headland for the Earl of Huntingdon at the north end, Mr. Adrian Farnam free on the east side, Bart
Price for Mistress Philippa Cave on the west side.
Half an acre, two roods together on the same furlong, shooting into Poulton Brook at the south end,
Mr. Adrian Farnam free on the west side, Rafe Allin free on the east side.
One acre on the same furlong called the Picke Acre, shooting into Poulton Brook at the south end, Francis
Chaveney free on the west side, Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the east side.
Half an acre on the nether side Ridgestie, shooting into Poulton Brook at the north end and Woodhouse high
way at the south end, and William Wallis for Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the west side, and Francis
Staples for Mr. Adrian Farnam on the east side.
One rood on the Upper side Ridgestie, shooting into Woodhouse way at the north end, Mr. Humfrey Catterns
for Mr. Adrian Farnam free on the west side, John Collington for Mrs. Cave on the east side.
One rood on the same furlong on the homeward side of Ridgestie Pitte, shooting into Woodhouse way at the
north end, Bart Price for Mistress Cave on the west side, John Alderman for Heywards copy on the
east side.
One rood on the same furlong on the homeward side of Ridgestie Pitte, shooting into Woodhouse way at
the north end, Peter Bradshaw for Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the west side and Mr. Catterns for
Mr. Adrian Farnam free on the east side.
One rood on the same furlong shooting as before, Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the west, William Squire free
on the east side.
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Half an acre with half a Baulk lying beyond Mr. Adrian Farnam “? Carse,” shooting into Poulton Brook at
the north end, William Greenham for Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the west side, William Squire copy
of the Earl of Huntingdon on the east side.
One rood on the furlong beyond John Standley’s Carre, shooting upon Mr. Humfrey Farnam’s headland free
at the east end, Francis Bradshaw for the Earl of Huntingdon on the north side, William Greenham for
Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the south side.
Leys in the same field.
Two roods ley together at Ridgestie Leys, shooting upon Peter Bradshaw’s headland for Mr. Humfrey Farnam
free at the north end, Thomas Fynes for the said Mr. H. Farnam on the west side, William Greenham for
the said Mr, Humfrey Farnam on the east side.
Arable. In the South Field.
Three roods lying together beyond House Hills in the bottom, shooting upon Mr. Humfrey Farnam’s headland
free at the north end and upon Berrie’s headland for William King free at the south end, Bart Price for
Mistress Cave on the west side, .. . . of Mountsorell free on the east side.
One rood on the same furlong, shooting as afore, Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the east side, John Swann for
the said Mr. H. Farnam on west.
Leys in the same field.
One acre at the further end of Greenholme, shooting east and west, John Hawkins free on the south side,
Charles Brandiron’s meadow on the north side.
Outer Holme.
Two and a half roods leys lying together in Outerholme, shooting upon Peter Bradshaw’s headland for
Mr. Humfrey Farnam free at the north end and upon William Squire’s headland free at the south end,
Thomas Hebbe free on the west side, John Swann for Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the east side, the
half ley parted with Thomas Hebbe on the west.
Four roods leys lying together on the same shoot, abutting upon the same headlands, Thomas Hebbe free on
the west side, Bart Price for Mistress Cave on the east side.
Half an acre ley shooting upon Outerholme ditch at the west end, Mr. Adrian Farnam free on the south,
William Squire’s headland and the felow free on the north side.
One rood ley shooting upon an acre of Thomas Munke free of Mountsorell lately Thomas Hebbe’s called
“The Clubbe Acre” at the east end, William Greenham for Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the south side,
John Swann for the same Mr. Farnam on the north side.
Three roods lying at the north end of Francis Bradshaw’s Hooke now Edward Squier for the Earl of Hunting-
don by the Sore side at the south end, the one ley going through both the furlongs and from the said
Hooke, John Swann for Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the east side the through ley, and the Clubbe Acre
of Thomas Munke free on the west side being next the rood ley. ;
One rood lying at the Hither side of the furlong, shooting upon the stone meadow at the east end, Mr. Adrian
Farnam free on the north side, Henrie Martin free for Staples on the south side shooting upon Daw piece.
Half a rood ley in Outerholme parted with Bart Price’s end, John Mesom’s end crossing Outerholme Poole,
Francis Chaveney on the west side.
Half an acre lying in the third year fallow, lying next the Daw piece, but a ley of Mr. Humfrey Farnam on the
south side, George Jarratt on the north side.
One acre lying at the House Hills shooting upon Bart Price at the south end, Mr. Humfrey Farnam on the
east side, and Thomas Fynnes for the same Mr. Farnam on the west side. ;
One rood lying at Beggar Well, Mountsorell High Way on the east side, John Hawkins free on the west side,
abutting upon Beggar Well hedge at the north end. fee
One Hempe Land in the More Field lying by Bart Price’s Hempe Land by the Church wall by estimacion
half a Rood.
N.B.—The Total Farm consisted of 26 acres in 43 different strips scattered over the whole parish from the Woodthorpe boundary
to the Mountsorell boundary and from the river Soar to the Woodhouse boundary.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 313
Barrow Hospital Trustees Deeds. June 14th, A.D. 1602.
A Tarrie of all the land, leys and meadows belonging to the now dwelling house of Bartholomew Price in
Querndon. Owner, Mrs. Philippa Cave.
In the More Field.
Half an acre beneath the Windmill shooting into Barrow High way.at the south end and upon John Swann’s
headland for Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the north end; Thomas Staples for Beaumanor on both sides
east and west.
Half an acre on Nether Fennie Furlong shooting into Smitham Gill at the west end, Charles Brandiron free
on the south side, Peter Bradshaw for Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the north side.
One rood lying at the further side of Great Fenny Furlong next John Mesom’s ley by the Common Balke on
the south side, Thomas Staples for Beaumanor on the north side.
One rood beneath the More shooting upon the Stone meadow at the Sore side at the east end and upon John
Collington’s headland for Mrs. Cave at the west end; Mr. Catterns for Mr. Adrian Farnham free on the
south side and John Swan for Mr. Humfrey Farnham free on the north side.
Half an acre on Nether Stonecroft shooting into Loughborough High Way hard by Higgin Pitt at the west
end, John Mesom for Mrs. Cave on the south side, Mr. Humfrey Farnam on the north side.
Half an acre on the same furlong, Mr. Humfrey Farnam free on the south side, William Squire free on the
north side.
One rood shooting into Pockie Sick alias Thorpe Pasture at the north end upon William King’s headland free
at the south end, William Bosse of Thorpe on both the east and west sides.
Half an acre lying upon Upper Stancroft shooting into Loughborough High Way at the east end, John
Collington for Mrs. Cave on the north side, Henry Bushe for Mr. Bowet of Burley on the south side.
Half an acre on the same furlong, Charles Brandiron free on the north side, William Bosse free on the south side..
In Toto 3 acres and 3 roods.
Leys in the same field.
Half an acre ley beneath the More beyond William Squire’s [? Carse] shooting upon the Common Pasture at
the south end, Mr. Adrian Farnham free on the west side, Mr. Humfrey Farneham on the east side.
One rood ley at the further end of the More shooting upon Mr. Cattern’s headland for Mr. Adrian Farnham
free at the south end, Francis Bradshaw for the Earl of Huntingdon at the north end, Charles Brandiron
free on the east side, Francis Chaveney free on west.
Half an acre ley beneath the More beyond Pease Lands, shooting upon Charles Brandiron’s beadland free at
the west end, upon William King’s headland free at the east end, Thomas Hebhe on the south side,
Mr, Catterns for Mr. Adrian Farneham free on the north side.
One rood ley beneath the More beyond Pease Lands, shooting upon Mr. Humfrey Farneham’s headland free at
the north end, and upon Thomas Fynnes headland for the said Mr. Farnham free at the south end, Richard:
Blount for Beaumanor on the east side, John Hampe for Mr. Humfrey Farnham on the west side free.
Half an acre ley beyond Thomas Hebbe’s willows shooting upon Mr. Humfrey Farnham’s headland at the
south end, and upon a headland of Francis Staples for Mr. Adrian Farneham on the north end,
Mr. Catterns for the said Mr. Adrian Farneham on the east side, Ralfe Allen on the west side.
Two and a half acres leys in “ Shire Meere,” being the headland to the “Small Meadows” upon the new
ditch at the north end, Francis Bradshaw for the Earl of Huntingdon on the west.
Half an acre ley lying upon the “ Small Meadows” leys, shooting upon Stancroft Dicke at the west, and upon
the Small Meadows on the east, William Greenham for Mr. Humfrey Farneham on the south side,,
Mr. Catterns for Mr. Adrian Farneham on the north side.
Half an acre ley in “ Brakelands ”’ shooting upon Little Hill at the west end, John Hampe for Mr. Humfrey
Farneham on the north, Thomas Fynnes a land for the said Mr. Farneham on the south side.
Meadows in the same field.
One rood parted with Mr. Humfrey Farnham lying upon Blow Pool Leys.
Three roods of meadow called “A Hook” lying at the Hither side of Blow Pool Leys at the Sore side,
The Nether Tennes on the south side and John Mesom’s hook for Mrs. Cave on the north.
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In the West Field.
Half an acre upon “Thorpe Acres” shooting into “ Wellsicke” at the south end, Thomas Stevenson for
Mr. Humfrey Farneham on the west side, Charles Brandiron on the east side.
Two half roods together at the Hither end of “ Plumtree Hill” shooting into Wellsicke at the north end
Robert King for William King on the east side, William Squire on the west.
Two roods together upon “ Plum Tree Hill” being the headland shooting into Wellsicke at the north end,
John Hampe for Mr. Humfrey Farneham on the west.
One rood lying on the Nether Shoot of “Plum Tree Hill” shooting into Poulton Brook at the south end,
Thomas Fynnes for Mr. Humfrey Farneham on the west side, John Mesom for Mrs, Cave on
the east.
One rood on the Hither side of “ Ridgestie Pitte”’ shooting into Woodhouse High Way at the north end,
John Mesom for Mrs. Cave on the east, Mr. Adrian Farneham on the west side.
One rood on this side the ‘ Ridgestie ” shooting upon Peter Bradshaw’s headland for Mr. Humfrey Farneham
at the north end, The Common Balke on the east, William Greenham for the said Mr. Farneham
on the west.
One rood beyond John Standley’s Carre shooting upon Mr. Humfrey Farneham’s headland at the east end,
John Swann for the same Mr. Farneham on the south, Laurence Squire for William Squire free on the
north side.
Half an acre shooting into “ Lambkin Pitte”’ at the west end, upon Henry Martin’s headland for Staples free
on the east, Mr. Adrian Farneham on the south, Middleton for Mr. Humfrey Farneham on the north.
Two half roods leys together shooting on Bart Price’s headland at the west end, upon Charles Brandiron’s
headland free at the east end, John Collington for Mrs. Cave on the south and Wellsicke on the
north side.
One rood ley shooting on William Bosse’s headland free at the west end, Francis Staples for Mr. Adrian
Farneham on the south and William Greenham for Mr. Humfrey Farneham on the north.
In the South Field.
Three roods One half acre in the Bottom and one rood there together, shooting upon Mr. Humfrey Farneham’s
headland on the north, at the south the half acre shooting upon Mr. Catterns for Mr. Adrian Farneham
and the Rood upon Berrie headland.
One rood in the same furlong shooting upon “ Berrie Headland ” at the south end and upon Mr. Humfrey
Farneham’s headland on the north end, John Mesom for Mrs. Cave on the east, Francis Chaveney
on the west side.
Land in Outerholme. Leys in the same Field.
Two roods lying together shooting upon Laurence Squire’s headland at the south end, the same Squire on the
east side, and John Morton on the west side. ;
One rood shooting upon the “ Stone Meadow ” by the Sore at the east end, Francis Burbage’s headland on
the west, Mr. Adrian Farneham on the north and Ro. Berrie on the south side.
Half an acre Jey shooting upon Thos. Munke’s headland at the north end, Adrian Staples for Mr. Adrian
Farneham west and Ric. Hood of Mountsorell on the east side.
One rood one ley being one rood parted with John Mesam shooting down upon “ Daw Piece” at the south
end, Francis Chaveney on the west, Thos. Hull for Mr. Chamberlin’s house in Mountsorell on
the east.
Half an acre being part of a pike at “House Hills” shooting on John Mesam’s piece at the north end,
Thos. Fynnes headland for Mr. Humfrey Farneham free on the west side and Henry Jollye free
on the south. ;
One rood ley beyond “ House Hills” shooting upon Mr. Humfrey Farnam’s headland at the north, Francis
Chaveney on the west, Francis Bradshaw for the Earl of Huntingdon on the east side.
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One rood ley on this side of “ House Hills” shooting on John Swann for Mr. Humfrey Farnham at the east
end, William Greenham’s headland for Mr. Humfrey Farnham on the south, John Swann for the same
Mr. Farnham on the north.
Half a rood One Hempe land in the Moorfield lying by the Church Wall on the West side.
N.B.—In the Quorn Magazine for December 1908 is an account of this farm by the Vicar, the Rev. E. Foord Kelcey. He says that
the farm consisted of the house and buildings, in Meeting Street probably, and 16 acres in 4o disconnected pieces of arable and pasture
land scattered about the parish.
These Terriers are good examples of the old system of farming in open strips which prevailed in Quorndon until the Inclosure
Award of 1763.
Bartholomew Price was buried on April 19th, 1634, in Quorndon Churchyard. His father Henry Price also was a Quorndon
resident, and in his Will, proved at Leicester Feb. 4th, 1591, he mentions his son Bartholomew and three daughters Agnes, Ellen
and Joan.
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D, 1603.
This Indenture made the roth day of March in the 45th year of the reign of Our Sovereign lady Elizabeth,
Queen of England, etc.
Between Humphrey Farnham of Quarnedon in the County of Leicester, gentleman, on the one part,
And William Bosse of Woodthorp in the said County, yeoman, on the other part, Witnesseth
That the said Humphrey Farneham hath given, granted and confirmed unto the said William Bosse, his
heirs and assigns, for and in exchange,
All those his parcels of Jand containing by estimation One Acre and a half, being pieces of the land and
possessions of the said Humphrey Farneham situate in the Cominon Fields of Quarnedon aforesaid,
That is to say,
One Rood upon Sawegate Leas furlong; Adrian Farneham, gentleman, on the south side, and the said
William Bosse on the north side.
One other Rood upon the same furlong; Richard Blount on the south side, and ye said William Bosse on the
north side.
One half acre upon Stonecrofte furlong shuting to the Leicester High Way, the said William Bosse on the
south side, and William Kinge on the north side.
One other half acre upon the same furlong.
To have and to hold to William Bosse, his heirs and assigns, in exchange for ever.
And William Bosse has granted unto Humphrey Farneham, his heirs and assigns, in exchange for
the above-mentioned lands,
All those his pieces of Jand containing by estimation One Acre and a half, being pieces of land belonging
to the said William Bosse situate in the Common Fields of Quarnedon,
That is to say,
One acre and one rood upon Great Fenny Furlong with part of a quick set hedge thereunto belonging; the
said Humphrey Farneham on the south and north sides.
And One Rood upon Little Fenny Furlong; Richard Staples on the south side and Thomas Staples upon the
north side.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, 310-26. 27th September, A.D. 1603.
Inquisition taken at Lutterworth the 27th September, 1 James I.
Richard Jarrat.
Richard Jarrat died seised in his demesne as of Fee in One cottage and 16 acres of arable land in
Mountsorell in the tenure of John Duckett.
And 20 acres of land, meadow and pasture in Mountsorell, late parcel of the Monastery of Garradon’s
Possessions, now dissolved ;
And three closes of pasture in Woodhouse in the parish of Barrow called “ Turvile Leayes ” in the tenure
of John Duckett and Mary his wife, late the wife of Richard Jarrat, deceased ;
And the Reversion of One Messuage, 50 acres of land, meadow and pasture in Mountsorell and Rodeley,
$s 2
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formerly the inheritance of a certain John Hunt, Esquier, deceased, after the death of the said Mary Duckett
the now wife of John Duckett, still living.
The Jury say also that Richard Jarrat died the 16th day of November in the 42nd year of the reign of
Queen Elizabeth (A.D. 1600).
And that Thomas Jarrat is the son and next heir, and was aged 7 years on the day of his father’s death,
N.B.—The Jarrats were among the leading yeomen families of Mountsorell, and were much interested in obtaining a portion of the
Mountsorell Town Lands for themselves (see the Mountsorell Town Deeds).
Manor of Beaumanor.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of William Herrick, Esq., lord of the manor, held there
April 27th, 1603.
Thomas Staples surrenders a messuage or tenement, 58 acres and 3 roods of land, leyes and pasture,
7% acres of meadow, and certain meadow ground called “ Dole Meadowe” in the Township and Fields
of Quarndon,
To the use of Humphrey Sculthorpe, Jasper Sculthorpe and Elizabeth Sculthorpe the wife of the
said Humphrey.
Ex Sir William Herrick’s Survey of the manor of Beaumanor, dated 1608.
Humphrey Sculthorpe’s Copyhold.
Quarndon.—Humfry Sculthorpe holdeth by the words of his Copy dated... . of the grant of Sir William
Heyricke, knight, One messuage with 58 acres of land, leyes and meadow, 7% acres of meadow and
a certain meadow called “ Dole Medow ”’ for the lives of ....
Which premises we find to contain one messuage, 6 bays, one barn, 3 bays, one kitchen, 1 bay,
one kylne, 1 bay, 1 malthouse, 3 bays, a barn, 2 bays, a stable, cowe house and hay-barn, 8 bays,
one close of pasture in severalty near Stulp lane, 14 acres, with 1 bay of building lately builded thereon
and Common in the Fields and Forest, and the following parcels of lands, leys and meadow, viz.,
Westfield—One rood upon Thorpe Acres near Dustmoor, Francis Bradshaw on the East and Henry Jelly on
the West.
One rood on the same, Ralph Allen east and Charles Brandon west.
One half acre on the same, Mr. Humfry Catherens east, Mr. Humfry Farnham west.
One half acre on the same, Charles Brandon east and Thomas Fynnes west.
One rood on the same, Will. Bosse east and Charles Brandon west.
One half acre there, Charles Brandon east and Peter Bradshaw west.
Two half acres on the same together, Aaron Swann east, Mr. Adrian Farnham west.
One rood on Garbroods, Will. Bosse north, Fras. Chaveney south.
One rood there, Henry Pick north, Fras. Chaveney south.
One half acre on Plumtree hill shooting towards Polton brook, Francis Staples east, Henry
Hornbuckle west.
Two roods together on the same, Fras. Chaveney east, Richard Staples west.
One half acre on Rygsty shooting on Polton brook, Peter Bradshaw west and Fras. Chaveney east.
One half acre on the same, Richard Blunt west, Mr. Humfry Farnham east.
One rood on Rygsty shooting on Polton brook, Mr. Adrian Farnham west, Mr. Catherens east.
One rood there, Aaron Swanne west, Francis Bradshaw east.
Two half acres together at Foxholes, Aaron Swanne west, Mr, Catherens east.
One rood on the... . Furlong shooting on Swanne’s headland at Lambkin, Peter Bradshaw south,
Francis Staples north. :
One half acre on the Myddle Furlong shooting north on Mr. Farnham’s and Richard Staples
hadland, Francis Staples east, Richard Staples west.
Three roods on the same, Mr. Catherens east, Thomas Staples west.
One rood there, William Squier on both sides east and west.
One rood there, William Squier east, Mr. Adrian Farnham west.
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One rood there, Mr. Adryan Farnham east, Mr. Catherens west.
One rood on Rygsty above the Way, Mr. Catherens east, Mr. Adryan Farnham west.
One half acre on the same, Peter Bradshaw east, Aaron Swan west.
One half rood on the Nether Furlong shooting south on Wellowe, Aaron Swan west, Thomas
Fynnes east.
One rood on the same, Francis Staples west, Thomas Fynnes east.
Two roods together on Rygsty Leys, Richard Staples north, Mr. Catherens south.
Two half acres together shooting on Wellowe Nook, Henry Pick north, Edward Morrys south.
One rood shooting on Ship Close, Mr. Adryan Farnham west, Thomas Fynnes east.
One rood on the same, Francis Chaveney west, John Collington east.
Two half acres together on Water Furrows, Mr. Adryan Farnham north, William Kynge south.
One rood on the same, William Kynge north, Thomas Fynnes south.
One rood shooting on the yard’s end, Mr. Adryan Farnham on both sides.
One half acre there, Edward Morrys west, John Collington’s close east.
Meadow.—The 3rd rood of meadow from the lord of Barrow in the Upper Ten of Polton brook.
The eleventh rood from the lord of Barrow in the same Ten.
The 3rd rood from the lord of Barrow in the Myddle Ten.
The eleventh rood from the lord of Barrow in the same Ten.
The third and eleventh roods from the lord of Barrow in the Hither Ten.
Sum arable 15 acres, three roods. Meadow 1} acres.
South Field.—One rood in Chaveney Corner, Chas. Brandon north and south.
One half acre there, Francis Staples north, Francis Chaveney south.
One half acre there, Mr. Adryan Farnham north, Peter Bradshaw south.
One half acre there, Peter Bradshaw north, Mr. Adryan Farnham south.
One three roods there, John Collington north, Thomas Staples south.
One half acre on the Long Furlong under Blood shooting towards the Wood, John Harrys south,
Richard Staples north.
north,
east.
Two half acres on the same Furlong, Will. Squier on both sides.
One half acre on the same Furlong, Will. Squier south, Richard Staples north.
One half acre hadland shooting north on Brandon’s Lynge, Aaron Swan west.
One rood at Beggerwell, William Greneham east.
One rood on Blood, John Harrys east, William Squier west.
One rood on the same, Mr. Humfry Farnham east, Francis Staples west.
One rood and one half acre shooting on Rucklewood gate, Henry Jelly south.
Five roods there, William Greneham north, Mr. Humfry Farnham south.
Five roods together at Castlowe, Richard Staples west, the High Way east.
One half acre on Andlebury Hill, Will. Squier east, J. Collington west.
One half acre on the same, Chas. Brandon east, John Collington west.
One rood shooting over Castlelowe way, Francis Staples south.
Two half acres on the same, Aaron Swan north, Francis Staples south.
One rood shooting south into Bover sick, Mr. Adryan Farnham east, Henry Pick west.
Five butts at the Woodgate, one acre shooting south on Chambleins close.
One half acre leye at Househill leyes, William Greneham east, Thomas Stevenson west.
One rood shooting towards Mountsorell, Fras. Chaveney on both sides.
Three roods on the same together, Aaron Swan north, Francis Smalley south.
One rood on the same, Aaron Swan north, Richard Staples south.
One rood shooting on Mr, Adryan Farnham’s hadland, Henry Hornebuckle south, Robert Bery
Two half acre leyes at Mr. Farnham’s yard end, Peter Bradshaw west and his yard and others
Sum 15 acres, 1 rood.
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Meadow.—The third rood from the lord of Barrow in the first Ten in Greneholme.
The eleventh rood from the lord of Barrow in the same Ten.
The eleventh rood from the lord of Barrow in the second Ten.
Half the 15th rood from Stanley in the same Ten.
One rood in the Akerland, Francis Chaveney and Mr. Humfry Farnham west, and Francis Bradshaw
east.
One rood there, Henry Hornbuckle west, Francis Chaveney east.
One rood there, William Wallys and Mr. Humfry Farnham west, Laurence Squier east.
Three roods in Beeby Holme in the Upper end of Greneholme.
Seven roods of meadow together at Outerholme pool, Robert Berry and George Jarrat west and
Mr. Adryan Farnham east.
One rood shooting on Squier’s hadland, Edward Morrys west, George Jarrat east.
One rood in Cockley roods, Chas. Brandon north, Richard Allyn and William Greneham south.
One rood shooting on Bradshaw’s hook, Will. Squier west, Chas. Brandon east.
The third rood from the lord of Barrow in that Ten in Outerholme Dole meadow which is next the
Tythe piece.
The eleventh rood from the lord of Barrow in the same Ten.
The eighth rood from the lord of Barrow in the Fourth Ten.
The third, sixth and eleventh roods from the lord of Barrow in the Hither Ten of Broad meadow near
Mountsorell.
The third and eleventh roods from the lord of Barrow in the Second Ten of Broad meadow.
Sum 7 acres, 4 a rood.
Four roods of arable in Mountsorell field shooting into Bowbean syck, Thomas Hood west.
Morefield.—One half acre on Church hill, John .... south, Mr. Adryan Farnham north.
One half acre there, Mr, Adryan Farnham south, Aaron Swan north.
One rood there, Francis Hampe south, Francis Chaveney north.
One half acre there, William Kynge on both sides.
One rood on Lytle hill, Francis Bradshaw south, Aaron Swan north.
One rood on the same, Chas. Brandon south, Aaron Swan north.
One rood and a half there, Aaron Swan south, Thomas Fynnes north.
One half acre on the same, John Hawkyns south, Aaron Swan north.
One half acre shooting on Dustmoor, Mr, Adryan Farnham east and Francis Chayeney west.
One half acre there, Thomas Burbage east, Peter Bradshaw west.
One half acre there, Peter Bradshaw east, Francis Bradshaw west.
One half acre there, Francis Bradshaw east, Will. Squier west.
One rood on Saltgate, Peter Bradshaw south, William Bosse north.
One rood shooting into Pocket Sick, Mr. Humfry Farnham west, William Bosse east.
One rood on Over Stonecroft, Aaron Swan north, Fras. Staples south.
One rood on Nether Stonecroft, Mr. Humfry Farnham west, John Collington south.
One half acre on the same, William Squier north, William Bosse south.
Two half acres together on the same, Mr. Humfry Farnham on both sides.
One half acre there, Mr. Humfry Farnham on both sides.
Four roods together at Nitty Hole, Peter Bradshaw west.
Two roods together under Church hill, William Kynge south, Charles Brandon north.
One rood there, Charles Brandon south, Lawrence Squier north.
Two roods together there, Lawrence Squier south, Mr. Catherens north.
One rood on the same, William Squier south, William Kynge north. ae
One half acre beneath the Windmill shooting south on Barowe way, Aaron Swan west, William
Kynge east.
One half acre on the same, Francis Hampe west, Thomas Fynnes east.
One half acre there, Thomas Fynnes west, Bartle Price east.
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One half acre and two roods together on Holman lands, Mr. Humfry Farnham on both sides.
One rood beneath the Windmill shooting into Smytham Gill, Henry Bush east, Francis Chaveney west.
One half acre on the same, William Kynge east, William Bosse west.
One rood there, Edward Morrys east, Francis Hampe west.
Two half acres on Short Bretlands, John Hawkyn south, Mr. Adryan Farnham north.
One rood shooting south on Smytham Gill, Henry Lea east.
One rood shooting north on Long Bretlands, William Kynge west, John Measom east.
One rood there, John Measom on both sides.
One half acre on Long Bretlands, Mr. Adryan Farnham south, Aaron Swan north.
One rood and one half acre together, the Common Balk south, Peter Bradshaw north.
Two half acres together on Great Fenny Furlong, Mr. Humfry Farnham on both sides.
One half acre there, Mr. Humfry Farnham north, John Mesom south.
One rood at Barowe way, William Hamson on both sides.
One rood there, William Hamson west, John Tealor east.
One half acre at the Moor gorse, Thos. Staples west, Richard Blunt east.
One rood beneath Higthorne, John Hawkyn east, Thos. Fynnes west.
One half acre beneath the Moor, Chas. Brandon east, John Measom west.
One half acre there, Will. Squier east, Thos. Fynnes west.
Two half acres on the same, Francis Chaveney east, Mr. Humfry Farnham west.
One half acre on Barbridge Furlong, Thos. Staples south, Chas. Brandon north.
One rood ley and a half on Nether Longlands, the Tithe piece east, Aaron Swan west.
Two half acres of arable shooting west on the Moor lane, William Squier north, Robert Griffith south.
Sum 23 acres, I rood.
Meadow.—One half acre on Blowpoole Leves, Mr. Catherens north, Henry Hornbuckle south.
One half acre there, Richard Staples north, Mr. Humfry Farnham south.
One half acre on the same, William Kynge north, John Hawkyn south.
The third acre from the lord of Barowe in the Over Barbriggs.
The eleventh rood from the lord of Barowe in the same Ten.
The sixth rood from the lord of Barowe in Nether Water Ten.
The eleventh rood from the lord of Barowe in the same Ten.
The seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh roods together in the Four and Twenty.
The third, sixth and ninth roods from the lord of Barowe in Stonecroft Ten of small meadows,
The third, sixth and eleventh roods in Wolmerings.
The third, sixth and eleventh roods in the Nether Calver meadow.
The third, sixth and eleventh roods in the Hither Calver meadow.
Sum 9 acres and I rood.
The 19th rood from the lord of Barowe in the same Ten.
The 18th and igth roods from Stanley in the same Ten.
The third rood from the lord of Barowe in the Hither Water Ten.
The sixth rood from the lord of Barowe in the same Ten.
The eleventh rood from the lord of Barowe in the same Ten.
N.B.—This was the largest Copyhold in Quorndon held by Copy of Court Roll of the manor of Beaumanor. John Swan, John
Hampe and William Greneham were tenants occupying the land belonging to Humphrey Farnham in 1594; probably therefore Aaron
Swan and Francis Hampe (mentioned in the foregoing Terrier) were their successors in the tenancies, for under the Will of Matthew
Farnham of the Nether Hall, Swan, Hampe and Greneham were to have leases of their occupations for 20 years from his death. The
Staples were tenants for several generations of lands belonging to the Over Hall estate. The house occupied by Humfry Sculthorpe
with the Copyhold lands seems to have been situated in Meeting Street on the south side.
| The freehold of this Copyho!d was purchased from the lord of the manor later on by Humphrey Sculthorpe’s son James Sculthorpe,
bya payment of £150 and £4 for timber and an Annual Chief Rent to the lord of the manor of Beaumanor of §s.
Humphrey Sculthorpe was buried at Quorndon on July 4th, 1654. Elizabeth Sculthorpe his wife was buried there on March gth,
1636. Jasper Sculthorpe their son was buried there on August 1st, 1618. Jasper’s place in the Copyhold was taken by James Scul-
thotpe the second son of Humphrey and Elizabeth. James Sculthorpe was baptized at Quorndon on April 25th, 1614, and buried there
on August 3oth, 1684.
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Richard Blounte’s Copyhold.
Richard Blounte holds by Coppy dated 31st March, 37 Elizabeth, of the Grant of William Stokes, Esq.,
One messuage, one croft, one cottage and a moiety of one messuage or cottage and 47 acres of arable
land, meadow and pasture in the Town and fields of Quarndon and Barrowe-upon-Soare for term of lives of the
said Richard, Agnes Blount his wife and Francis Burbage the son of Richard Burbage, late deceased, and
payeth the yearly rent of 25s. 6d. and Common Fine at Beaumanor one penny.
By which he holdeth one messuage containing 3 bays, two barns, one on the east side of the yard con-
taining 4 bays, and one on the west side of the yard 4 bays; one kylne, one bay; the back yard with a croft
adjoining lyig in severalty, one acre, and in the occupation of Nicholas Purse ; one cottage of 2 bays with
a several backside containing one rood, three lands of arable in the Moorfield thereto adjoining, 3 roods; and
half a cottage in the occupation of William Dutton, parted with Humphrey Farnbam, gent., which containeth
in the whole 2 bays and half the yard thereof, half a rood, and Commons in the fields and forest for the said
messuage, and these parcels of land and meadow in the fields of Quarne.
In the West Field.
One rood of arable on Thorpe Acres, Humfry Farnham, gent., east.
Two roods on Rygsty Furlong together, Mr. Catherens west, William Squir Coppy east.
Two half roods together on the same furlong, Mr. Humfry Farnham west and Humfry Sculthorpe
east.
One half rood on the same, Mr. Humfry Farnham west, Mr. Adrian Farnham east.
One rood on the Bryery Furlong shooting on Swan’s hadland west, Mr. Adrian Farnham south
and north.
One rood in the Middle Furlong shooting north on Mr. Humfry Farnham’s hadland, Mr. Humfry
Catherens east, Francis Chaveney west.
One half acre on Wrongelands, William Squire south, Ralph Allen north.
One rood above Rygsty way, Mr. Adrian Farnham east, Mr. Humfry Farnham west.
One half acre on the Nether Shoot towards Wellowe, Mr. Adrian Farnham west, Francis Staples east.
One rood shooting towards Chaveney’s lane end, Fras. Chaveney west, Thomas Fynnes east.
One rood on the Furlong shooting towards the yard’s end, John Collington west, Thos. Fynnes east.
One half rood of meadow in the Upper Tenne of Poulton Brook, Mr. Humfry Farnham west,
Henry Bush east.
One half rood in the Hither Tenne, Mr. Humfry Farnham west, Henry Bush east, being the
half xxvth roode.
Summa 4 acres, 3 roods.
Moorfield arable.
One rood upon Little Hill, Thos. Fynnes south, Aaron Swan north.
One rood on Saltgate Furlong, William Bosse south and north.
One rood on Over Stonecroft, Edward Morris north, Ralph Allen south.
One rood on Nether Stonecroft, Will. Squire south, Mr. Humfry Farnham north.
Two half roods beneath the Windmill, Will. Squire west, William Raynes east.
One 3 rood hadland in Long Bretlands, the Furlong south, Fras. Chaveney north.
One rood in Little Ferny Furlong, Mr. Humfry Farnham north, Mr. Catherens south.
One half acre on Great Ferny Furlong, Mr. Humfry Farnham north, John Collington south.
Two half acres on the same, Ralph Allen north, Francis Bradshaw south.
One half acre on the same, Greenham north, Thos. Fynnes south.
One half acre at the hither end of Ferny Furlong, Fras. Bradshaw north, Henry Jolliffe south.
Three half acres on Ellesmere Furlong, the Furlong of Barrowe way on the north, Mr. Humfry
Farnham south.
Two half acres at Moregorse, Humfry Sculthorpe west, Mr. Humfry Farnham east.
One rood ley on Peyse lands, Bart. Pryce south, Thos. Fynnes north.
One half acre ley of meadow on Blowpool leyes, Mr. Humfry Farnham north, Richard Staples
south.
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One half acre and one rood ley of meadow on the same Furlong, William Squire north, Mr. Humfry
Farnham south.
One half acre and a rood of meadow in the Outer Barbrigge, the 17th rood from Stanly between
Mr. Catherens north and Henry Bush south.
Half the 17th roud from Stanly in the hither water Tenn of Barrobrig.
One rood of meadow being the 5th in the 24. Francis Staples and Laurence Squire north, Edward
Morris south.
One acre and a half of meadow at Cossicles, William Hamson north, Mr. Adryan Farnham south.
One rood of meadow, the 17th from Stanly in Stonecroft Tenne of small meadows.
One rood of meadow, the 17th from Stanly in Wolmerings.
One half rood, being the 17th from the lord of Barrow in the farther Calver meadows.
One rood, the 17th from the lord of Barrow in the Hyther Calver meadow.
Three lands together shooting west on More Jand and east on Cossicles, John Stanly south
containing 3 acres.
Two leyes together on the same furlong, 3 acres, Francis Hampe north, Mr. Humfry Farnham south.
One half acre shooting west on More land, Mr. Humfry Farnham on both sides.
Two half acres between Conygrees, Mr. Humfry Farnham west, Thomas Fynnes east.
One parcel of Jey ground and the Flash enclosed and without the Flash adjoining, 7 acres.
Three roods shooting on the cottage where Nicholas Purse dwelleth, Thomas Bingham west,
Nicholas Purse east.
One half acre arable shooting on the Town side, William Hamson east, Charles Brandon west.
One half acre there, Mr. Humfry Farnham east, Francis Chaveney west.
Summa 24 acres 3 roods arable, 44 acres meadow.
South Field.
One Wong of 13 lands and a Hadland on the top of Blood containing 34 acres, John Collington
west, Mr. Pagnam east.
Nine lands and a Hadland together on the same Furlong and seven lands together on the cross
furlong containing 4 acres, Mr. Pagnam west, John Collington east.
Six half acres together shooting south into Boversicke, Mr. Adryan Farnham west, Francis.
Bradshawe east.
One half rood of meadow, the 17th from Stanly in the Hither Tenne of the short meadow at
Mountsorell Town end.
Half the 17th rood from Stanly in the Farther Tenne of Broad Medows.
One acre shooting towards Castlowe, Mr. Humfry Farnham south.
One rood at Brincks, Francis Staples north, Mr. Humfry Farnham south.
One half rood of meadow, the 17th from Stanly in the First Tenne of Greenholme.
Half the 17th rood from Stanly in the Second Tenne acres.
One rood ley and one half acre of meadow on Cockley roods in Outerholme, Francis Chaveney
north.
One rood of meadow, the 17th from Stanly in the Second Tenne acres in Outerholme towards the
Tithe Piece.
Summa 11 acres and 1 rood arable, 14 of meadow.
And one half acre of meddowe in Barrowholme near Whatton Poole.
Total arable 40 acres 2 roods, meadow 6 acres, 3 roods.
N.B.—This Copyhold of Richard Blounte’s is the second largest Copyhold held in Quorndon of the lord of the manor of Beaumanor..
Richard Blunt’s Will, dated Feb. goth, 1630, was proved at Leicester. He bequeathed his lands, etc., in Quarndon to his wife for life,
and then to Humphrey Sculthorpe of Quarndon on condition that he paid the many legacies to relations and friends mentioned in the
Will. His body he desires to be buried at Walton among his ancestors. He also leaves the sum of £10 to those who shall follow the
Suit for the Recovery of the Town Lands of Quarndon to their original uses. The residue of his goods he leaves to his wife Agnes
Blunt’s nephew Francis Burbage, his executor.
This bequest of £10 to those who follow the Recovery of the Town Lands shews that the inhabitants of Quarndon had commenced.
an Action to recover their ancient Town Lands with satisfactory results, as proved by the Decree obtained.
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Francis Hampe’s Copyhold.
Francis Hampe holdeth by Copy, dated 16th September, 36 Elizabeth, of the Grant of William Stokes
esq., one messuage and 54 acres of land, meadow and pasture in Quarndon for term of lives of the said Francis
Hampe, John Hampe and Anne Squire, and payeth yearly rent 7s. 3d. and Common Fine at Loughborough, 2d,
In Quarndon Field.
One half acre in the bottom upon Dry Furlong between Robert Berry west and Mr. Adryan Farnham
east, a meddowe ley.
One half acre ley of medowe in Outholme Leyes shooting east on the Dole meadow, between Humfry
Catherens, gent., south, Francis Bradshawe north.
In More field.
One half acre on Church Hill, Richard Staples south, Humfry Sculthorpe north.
One rood on Little Hill, Henry Jolly north, Church Hill Furlong south.
One half acre beneath the Windmill shooting into Barrowe way, Charles Brandon west, Humfry
Sculthorpe east.
One rood shooting into Smith Holme north, Humfry Sculthorpe east, William Bradley west.
One rood shooting south on Smith Holme.
Five roods of medowe in Small Medow Calver medowe, the furthest Tenne between Mr. Catherens
north and John Hampe south.
One rood beneath Hyghthorn, William Wallis east, Mr. Catherens west.
One ley going through two furlongs at Cossicles.
One acre, John Stanly north, Richard Blount south.
One close lying on the east side the Moore Land containing two acres.
In West field.
One half acre on Thorpe acres, Will. Squire east, Will. Bosse west.
One rood on Plombtree Hill, Mr. Adryan Farnham west, Bart. Pryce east.
Five roods of meadow in the farthest Tenne of Polton Brook between Thomas Fynnes.
Summa, 9 acres 3 roods, viz., Southfield 14 acres, Westfield 2 acres, Morefield 6 acres 1 rood.
William Squire’s Copyhold.
William Squire holdeth by Copy, dated 30th September, 6 James I. (1608), of the Grant of Sir William
Heyricke, knight, for term of lives of William Squire and William and Moses his sons, 8 acres and 3 roods
of arable Jand and 3 acres of meadow in Quarndon, and payeth yearly 4s. 4d.
By this he holdeth 3 half acres together shooting west on More Lane, between Humfry Sculthorpe
south, Francis Chaveney north.
Two half acres together on the furlong beneath Highthorne, John Measom east, Humfry Sculthorpe
east (sic).
One half acre on Great Ferny Furlong, Humfry Farnham, gent., north, Francis Bradshawe south,
One half acre at Dustmoor Pool, Geoffrey Ripley west, Humfry Sculthorpe east.
One half acre ley on Shyremere leys between Measom’s close south, Mr. Adryan Farnham north.
One half acre ley at Small medowe side, Thos. Fynnes west, Francis Staples east.
One half acre at Nitty Hole, Francis Chaveney east, Nether Stonecroft west.
One half acre ley at Cossicles, William Bradley north, William Hamson south.
Four roods of meadow, that is the 20th rood from the lord of Barrow in the Four (and Twenty)
Tennes in Small Medows.
One half acre ley of meadow, the farthest ley of Blowpoole leys.
In the West field.
One half acre on Thorpe Acres, William Bosse west, Thos. Burbage east.
One other half acre ley there, William Squire west, Mr. Catherens east.
One rood at Lord’s Hedge, Laurence Squire south, Henry Jolliffe north.
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Two Roods on Rigsty shooting over the Way, Richard Blount west, Fras. Chaveney east.
Three roods of meadow on Polton Brooke, the 20th rood from the lord of Barrow in the 3 Tennes.
In the South field.
One half acre in the Corner next Mr. Adryan Farnham’s close south and Thomas Staples north.
Three half acres lands together on the Long Furlong shooting towards the Wood, Humfry Sculthorpe
south, John Collington north.
Two half acres together on Dry Furlong in the bottom, Aaron Swan west, Francis Staples east.
One half acre ley of meadow at Mylne Hille, Francis Chaveney north, Mr. Adryan Farnham south.
- Summa, 134 acres: Moorfield 7} acres, Westfield 24 acres, Southfield 34 acres.
Adryan Farneham, esq., holds by Copy dated 3oth March, 39 Elizabeth (1597), a piece of ground in
Quarndon called “Lyttle Mylne dam” for the lives of the said Adryan, Aune Catherens and Edward
Farneham, son of the said Adryan, and payeth yearly rent with Suit of Court 12d.
This parcel of ground lyeth in a close called “ The Carre”? near the dwelling house of the said Adryan,
between the ground in the occupation of Francis Staples on the North, and Thomas Fynes on the South Side,
the ground of the said Adryan on the West and the common brook on the East, containing one acre.
Humfry Farneham holdeth in fee farm one capital messuage and... . acres of land, leyes and meadow
belonging thereto, and payeth yearly with Suit of Court 28s.
Humfry Farneham, gent., holds freely one messuage or tenement with the appurtenances and... . acres
of land, leyes and meadow belonging thereto, and payeth yearly with Suit of Court 12d.
Francis Stanly holds by Copy dated 31st July, 34 Elizabeth (1592), a cottage, a shop, a backyard and
orchard, one rood, one croft or close of pasture in severalty, lying at Chaveney’s lane end on the North
side in Quarndon, containing 3 roods, and one piece of ground in the open fields adjoining to the said croft
about one rood.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Morrow of St. Michael, 1 James I., A.D. 1603.
Between John Jarratt and Mary his wife, plaintiffs, and Edward Picke and Elizabeth his wife, William
Picke and Margaret his wife, Thomas Toughe and Elizabeth his wife, John Braunch and Anne his wife and
Richard Marshall, defendants of 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, half an acre of meadow and 4 acres of
pasture in Mountsorell and Querndon.
The plaintiffs gave the defendants £40.
Octaves of Hilary, 1 James I., A.D. 1604.
Between John Foldes, plaintiff, and Edward Foldes, defendant of a cottage, a toft, an orchard, 7 acres of
meadow and Common of pasture in Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eves and the Forest of Charnwood. £40.
Between Thomas White, Thomas Browne, William Wylde, junior, and William Burton, plaintiffs, and
John Hunt and Mary his wife, defendants of 4 cottages, 2 acres of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrow--
on-Sore and Charnwood Forest. Right of Thomas White for ever. £40.
Quindene of Trinity, 2 James I., A.D. 1604.
Between William Kinge, plaintiff, and Humfrey Purse, defendant of 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 1 dovehouse,.
% gardens, 2 orchards, 30 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 6 of pasture and Common of pasture in Querndon
alias Querne. £60,
Octaves of St. Michael, 2 James I., A.D. 1604.
Between John Pancocke, plaintiff, and John Hunt and Mary his wife, defendants of 2 acres of meadow
and half an acre of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and Querne. £40.
Between John Buttrys and Thomas Warren, plaintiffs, and John Hunt and Mary his wife, defendants of
4 cottages, 2 tofts, 2 gardens, an acre of land, an acre of meadow, 3 acres of pasture and Common of pasture
in Barrowe-on-Soar and Forest of Charnwood. Right of John Buttrys. £40.
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324 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Between George Kendall and Francis Smalley, plaintiffs, and John Hunt and Mary his wife, defendants
of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 12 acres of land, 6 of meadow, 3 of pasture and Common of pasture in
Barrowe-ou-Sore and Charnwood Forest. Right of George Kendall. #40.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 3 James I., A.D. 1605.
Between Thomas Musson, plaintiff, and William Katherens, gent., and Philippa his wife, defendants of
a messuage, a garden, 4 acres of land and Common of pasture in Woodhouse Eves. #’40.
Between Richard Barnard, plaintiff, and John Hunt and Mary his wife, defendants of a cottage, a garden,
15, acres of land, one acre of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and Charnwood Forest. #40,
Between Robert Rustat, clerk, plaintiff, and John Hunt and Mary his wife, defendant of a messuage,
a cottage, 42 acres of land, 6 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and Charnwood Forest,
£60.
Between George Arnolde and William Arnolde, plaintiffs, and Robert Rustat, clerk, and Alice his wife,
defendants of 18 acres of land and 1 acre of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore. Right of George Arnolde. #40,
Between Robert Griffith, Thomas Hassard and Antony Boothe, plaintiffs, and John Hunt and Mary his
wife, defendants of 40 acres of land, 2 of meadow and 13 of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore.
Common Pleas Plea Roll, No. 1738, m. 1510. Trinity, 3 James I., 1605.
Leyc. ; Clement Foulds of Woodhouse in the Co. of Leicester, yeoman, and Thomas Braunston of
Woodhouse, laborer, were attached to answer to Adrian Farnham, gent., in a plea wherefore with force and arms
they broke the close of the same Adrian at Russhall and his herbage there growing did depasture and consume
with certain beasts to the value of roos. and did other enormities to the grave damage of the said Adrian and
against the peace, whence Adrian, by his attorney, complains that Clement and Thomas on the 28th day
of December in the first year of the reign of James the now King consumed his herbage at Russhall with
horses, oxen, cows, pigs and sheep, and did damage to the amount of £20.
Clement and Thomas come by their attorney and deny force and injury, and say they are not guilty
and put themselves on their country, and Adrian likewise and Clement and Thomas aver that the pasture in
question was ten acres of land at the time belonging to them called Swyftes in Russhall.
The result is not filled in.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 4 James I., A.D. 1607.
Between William Squier and Francis Smalley, plaintiffs, and Thomas Hebbe and Margaret bis wife,
defendants of 22 acres of land and 8 of meadow in Querndon. Right of William Squier. £40.
Between William Judson, senior, and William Judson, junior, plaintiffs, and Robert Rustat, clerk, and
Alice his wife, defendants of a cottage, a garden, 8 acres of land and 3 of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore. Right
of William Judson, senior. £40.
Between Robert Griffith and Thomas Thorp, plaintiffs, and Thomas Hebbe and Margaret his wife,
defendants of an acre of land, 3 of meadow and 10 of pasture in Querndon. Right of Robert Griffith. £40.
Between Edward Morris and William Kinge, plaintiffs, and Thomas Hebbe and Margaret his wife,
defendants of a cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 17 acres of land, 3 of meadow, 6 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Quarndon and Charnwood Forest. Right of Edward Morris. #40.
Inquisition P.M., George, Earl of Huntingdon. Court of Wards 33-7, A.D. 160%.
This Inquisition taken at Assheby de la Zouch on the 30th of September, 5 James I.; before Robert
Baynbrigg, Esq., and Edward Seede, Esq., Escheator, and William Bent, Feodary of the King in the county
of Leicester, and a Jury, for enquiring after the death of George, late Earl of Huntingdon, the grandfather of
Henry, now Earl of Huntingdon, who say that George, Earl of Huntingdon, was seised of the manors of
Assheby de la Zouch, Barrowe and Evington and 200 messuages, 5000 acres of land, 1000 of meadow,
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4ooo of pasture, 1000 of wood, 10,000 of furze and heath and £20 rent in Assheby, Barrowe, Evington,
Blackfordby, Coldoverton, Colewardby, Raveneston, Alton, Quarnedon, Woodhouse and Mountsorell, etc.
The manor of Barrowe and the premises in Barrowe, Quarnedon, Woodhouse and Mountsorell were held
of the King as of the Fee of Chester by fealty only for all services and demands, and were worth yearly beyond
outgoings £66 135. gd.
George, Earl of Huntingdon, died on December goth, 1604. And Henry, now Earl of Huntingdon, is
kinsman and next heir (being the son and heir of Francis, Lord Hastings, deceased, the son and heir apparent
of the said George), and was aged 18 years and 6 months at his grandfather’s death.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 6 James I., A.D. 1608.
Between John Harrys and Francis Harrys, plaintiffs, and Thomas Hebbe and Margaret his wife,
defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 8 acres of land, 4 of meadow, 2 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Querndon and Charnwood Forest. Right of Francis Harrys. £60.
Between Francis Danvers, Esq., plaintiff, and Frances Gee, widow, and William Gee, gent., and Elizabeth
his wife, defendants of a cottage, 2 acres of meadow, 2 of pasture and Common of pasture in Rotheley and
Barrowe-on-Soar. £40.
Michaelmas, 7 James I., A.D. 1609.
Between Robert Noone, gent., and Robert Blunt, plaintiffs, and Richard Grove and Elizabeth his wife,
defendants of 12 acres of land and 2 of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore. £40.
Easter, A.D. 1609.
Between Simon Walmsley, plaintiff, and Nicholas Neale, gent. and Elizabeth his wife, defendants of
2 messuages, 6 cottages, 50 acres of land, 3 of meadow, to of pasture and Common of pasture in Loughborough,
Woodthorpe, Querndon and Charnwood Forest. £100.
Between George Blounte and Anne his wife, plaintiffs, and Thomas Chaveney, defendant of a cottage, a
toft and Common of pasture in Mountsorell. £40.
Quindene of Easter, 7 James I., A.D. 1610. ‘
Between Richard Grove, plaintiff, and John Hunt and Mary his wife, defendants of a messuage, an
orchard, 55 acres of land, 13 of meadow, 10 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and
Charnwood Forest. £80.
Between Robert Blunt and Robert Rustat, clerk, plaintiffs, and Maria Judson, widow, and Robert
Judson, defendants of a dovehouse, a garden, an orchard, 80 acres of land, 13 of meadow, 30 of pasture and
Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and Charnwood Forest. £80.
Between Thomas Knight and Thomas Thorpe, plaintiffs, and Richard, Margaret, and Emanuel Scott and
Margaret his wife, defendants of a messuage, a toft, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 4 acres of land and Common of
pasture in Mountsorell, Rothley, Barrowe-on-Sore and Querndon. Right of Thomas Knight. £40.
Michaelmas, 8 James I., A.D. 1610.
Between Thomas Hallam, plaintiff, and Edward Morris and Isabel his wife, defendants of a cottage, a
garden, an orchard, an acre of pasture and Common of pasture in Quarndon. £40.
Between Robert Noone, gent., and Francis Noone, gent., plaintiffs, and John Hunt and Mary his wife,
and Richard Grove and Elizabeth his wife, defendants of 20 acres of land, 20 of meadow and 4 of pasture in
Barrowe-on-Sore, Right of Robert Noone. #41.
. Between Edward Morris, plaintiff, and John Hunt and Mary his wife, Robert Rustat, clerk, and Alice his
wife, Richard Grove and Elizabeth his wife, defendants of 10 acres of land and 5 of meadow in Barrowe-on.
Sore and Querndon, £41.
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Lay Subsidies 134-282, Leicester. 7 James I., A.D. 1610.
This Indenture made 19th September A.D. 1610 witnesseth that We, Henry, lord Graie, barron of
Groobye ; Thomas Hasselrige, knight; Bassal Brooke, knight; Henry Berkley of Wymondham and William
Cave, Esquires, Commissioners amongst others assigned to the taxing, assessing, levying and collecting of
the first payment of the entier Subsedie graunted to the King’s most excellent Majestie at the last session of
the Parliament holden at Westminster begun in the first yeare of his Highness’ reign, and from thence
prorogued by divers prorogations until the seventh year of his Highness’ said reign to cause to be assessed
and taxed every person who, in the Hundreds of Gartery, East Goscott and Framland in the county of
Leicester, is chargeable to the said payment of the said entier Subsedie according to the terms of the graunt.
The gross sum amounteth to £277 7s. 4d. And we have appointed William Barrett of Wymeswold in
the said county, gent., to be High Collector of the said payment and to make true payment of the said sums
of money into the receipt of Exchequer at the days appointed by the said Act.
Barrow-on-Sore.
Assessment. Tax.
Thomas Lylley, in land . F ‘ : 2 £2 . 5s. 4d.
Henry Cowper, in goods : ‘ 2 : £4 j 6s. 8d.
William Judson, in goods. : : ? £3 : 5s. od.
George Love, in goods . 3 : : ‘ £3 . 55. od.
Theophilus Cave, in goods. . F : £4 2 6s. 8d.
/ Robert Griffine, in goods , ‘ ‘ : oe 58. od.
Assesors Joe Marshall, in goods : ‘ : ; £3 : 55. od.
Richard Barnard, in goods’. : : : £3 r 5s. od.
Roll 134-280.
Quarndon.
Assessment. Tax.
Adryan Farnham, gent., in land. P ‘ £6 - 16s. od.
Humfry Farnham, gent., in land. . : £3 : 8s. od.
William Squier, in land . . as. 8d.
Heese Francis Chaveney, in land. ‘ 7 ‘ £1 105. 4s. od.
Richard Blounte, in goods’. : i ‘ £3 : 5s. Od.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Quindene of Easter, 8 James I., A.D. 1610.
Between John Hood, Francis Smalley, John Jarratt and Matthew Nedd, plaintiffs, and Henry Yonge
and Thomas Yonge, defendants of 9 acres of land and half an acre of meadow in Mountsorell, Rothley and
Barrowe-on-Sore. Right of John Hood. £40.
Michaelmas, 9 James I., A.D. 1611.
Between Robert Noone, gent., plaintiff, and Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and Elizabeth his wife, defendants
of a messuage, a cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 66 acres of land, 30 of meadow, 20 of pasture, 20 of furze and
heath and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore, Querndon and Charnwood Forest. £41.
Between Thomas Thackray and George Peas, plaintiffs, and William Hebb and Elizabeth his wife,
defendants of a messuage, 2 barns, a garden, an orchard, 3 acres of meadow, 2 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Loughborough and Quarne. Right of Thomas Thackray. £41.
Between Robert Noone, gent., plaintiff, and Richard Grove and Elizabeth his wife and Thomas Hassard
and Jane his wife, defendants of 17 acres of land, 4 of meadow and 4 of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore. £41.
Between Robert Noone, gent., Robert Griffith and Richard Barnard, plaintiffs, and Henry, Earl of
Huntingdon, and Elizabeth his wife, defendants of 20 messuages, 20 cottages, 1 watermill, 2 dovehouses,
40 gardens, 50 orchards, 440 acres of land, 120 of meadow, 180 of pasture, 200 of furze and heath and
Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore, Querndon, Woodhouse, Mountsorell and the Forest of Charnwood.
Right of Robert Noone. #400.
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Easter, 10 James I., A.D. 1612.
Between John Jarratt and John Adcocke, plaintiffs, and John Marshall and Elizabeth his wife, defendants
of a messuage, 2 cottages, 3 gardens, 2 acres of land, 2 of pasture and Common of pasture in Mountsorell.
Right of John Jarratt. £41.
Between Robert Noone, gent., plaintiff, and Thomas Hood, defendant of 3 acres of land and half an acre
of pasture in Mountsorell. £40.
Between William Wylde, plaintiff, and Edward Morrys and Isabel his wife, Margaret Judson, widow,
William Judson and Cecily his wife and Thomas Judson and Margery his wife, defendants of 26 acres of land
and 3 of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore. #41.
Trinity, 10 James I., A.D. 1612.
Between Thomas Judson, plaintiff, and William Judson and Cecily his wife, defendants of a cottage,
half an acre of land and 3 acres of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore. #41.
Between Robert Noone, gent., plaintiff, and Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and Elizabeth his wife,
defendants of 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 3 gardens, 80 acres of land, 12 of meadow, 30 of pasture and Common
of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and Charnwood Forest. £100.
Between Henry Rawlyn, plaintiff, and Thomas Rawlyn and Susanna his wife, defendants of 10 acres of
land in Barrowe-on-Sore. #41.
Between Thomas Yonge and Thomas Muncke, plaintiffs, and Thomas Hoode the elder, defendant of
5 acres of land, 2 of pasture and Common of pasture in Mountsorell and Quarndon. Right of Thomas
Yonge. £41.
Michaelmas, 10 James I., A.D. 1612.
Between Robert Patchett and William Patchett, plaintiffs, and Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and Elizabeth
his wife, defendants of a messuage, 20 acres of land, 4 of meadow, 8 of pasture and Common of pasture in
Barrowe-on-Sore and Charnwood Forest. Right of William. #41.
Between William Love, plaintiff, and Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and Elizabeth his wife, defendants of
a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 60 acres of land, 18 of meadow, 20 of pasture and Common of pasture in
Barrowe-on-Sore and Charnwood Forest. #60.
Between William Browne and George Marshall, plaintiffs, and Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and Elizabeth
his wife, defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 22 acres of land, 8 of meadow, 13 of pasture and
Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and Charnwood Forest. Right of William Browne. #41.
Between William Judson, plaintiff, and Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and Elizabeth his wife, defendants
of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 50 acres of land, 17 of meadow, 18 of pasture and Common of pasture
in Barrowe-on-Sore and Charnwood Forest.
Between Robert Rustat, clerk, plaintiff, and Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and Elizabeth his wife,
defendants of 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 60 acres of land, 12 of meadow, 6 of pasture and Common
of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and Charnwood Forest. £41.
Between Edward Smyth, plaintiff, and Thomas Chaveney and Katherine his wife, defendants of a cottage,
a garden, half an acre of meadow and Common of pasture in Mountsorell, Rothley, Barrowe and Querndon.
£40,
Between Nicholas Reynes and John Welles, plaintiffs, and Theophilus Cave, gent., and Isabel his wife,
defendants of a cottage, a toft, a garden, an acre of pasture and Common of pasture in Querndon. Right of
Nicholas Reynes. #40.
Between Francis Smalley and John Jarratt, plaintiffs, and Thomas Hood and Alice his wife, defendants
of a cottage, a barn, 5 acres of land and an acre of meadow in Mountsorell, Rotheley and Quarndon. Right
of Francis, £41,
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Between Edward Kirke and Margaret his wife and Mary Kirke (his daughter), plaintiffs, and William
Clarke and Elizabeth his wife, defendants of a cottage, a garden, and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore
and Charnwood Forest. #41.
Between Nicholas Wilde and John Perkins, plaintiffs, and William Love and Elizabeth his wife,
defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 60 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 12 of pasture and Common
of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and Charnwood Forest. Right of Nicholas. £60.
Lay Subsidies, Leicester. Rolls 134-283 and 134-284, A.D. 1612.
Barrow-on- Soar.
Theophilus Cave, gent., in goods £4; tax 4s.
Henry Cowper, gent., in goods £4; tax qs.
Thomas Lylly, in lands £2; tax as. 8d.
Jobn Marshall, in goods £3 ; tax 3s.
Rob. Griffine, in goods £3 ; tax 3s.
Rich. Barnard, in goods £3; tax 3s.
Will. Judson, in goods #3; tax 35.
George Love, in goods £3 ; tax 3s.
Quorndon.
- Adryan Farnham, in land £6; tax 8s.
Humfry Farnham, in land £3; tax 4s.
Francis Chaveney, in land #1 1os.; tax 2s.
William Squire, in land 20s.; tax 15s. 4d.
Ralph Ranes, in goods #3; tax 35.
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D. 1613.
This Indenture made January 2nd in the Tenth year of the reign of King James the First,
Between the Right Hon. Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, Lord Lieutenant of His Majesty’s county of
Leicester, of the one part,
And Humphrey Farnham of Quorndon in the county of Leicester, gentleman, of the other part,
Witnesseth that whereas by an Indenture tripartite dated October 25th last past,
Between the said Ear] of Huntingdon of the First part,
And Robert Noone of Walton on the wolds in the county of Leicester, gent., Robert Griffiths of Barrowe-
on-Soar, yeoman, and Richard Barnard of Barrowe-on-Soar, yeoman, of the Second part,
And Robert Rustat of Barrowe-on-Soar, clerk,
Jobn Allen of Syleby, yeoman,
William Love of Barrowe, yeoman,
Anthony Booth of Barrowe, yeoman,
Robert Whittle of Barrowe, yeoman,
William Clerk of Barrowe, yeoman,
William Arnold of Barrowe, yeoman,
Thomas Judson of Barrowe, yeoman,
John Hassard of Barrowe, yeoman,
William Lyllye of Barrowe, yeoman,
William Daye of the Town of Derby, mercer,
Jobn Palmer of Coats in the county of Leicester, husbandman,
Richard Burbridge of Sytheston, co. Leicester, carpenter,
Adryan Peach of Smythby in co. Derby, gentleman,
John Kendall of Barrowe, yeoman,
Richard Barnard of Syleby, yeoman,
William Browne of Barrowe, mylner,
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Thomas Marshall of Woodhouse in co. Leicester, yeoman,
Humfrey Farnham of Quorndon, gentleman,
Francis Bradshaw of Quorndon, yeoman,
George Chaveney, son of Francis Chaveney of Quorndon, yeoman,
John Heyward of Swythland, yeoman, and Joyce his daughter,
John Tayler of Quorndon, tanner,
Ralph Allen of Quorndon, yeoman,
William Greyseley of Mountsorell, co. Leicester, yeoman,
Humphrey Greyseley of Quorndon, blacksmith,
Laurence Squyer of Quorndon, yeoman,
Robert Everatt of Loughborough, yeoman,
Edward Hill of Woodhouse, yeoman,
Henry Rawlyn of Woodhouse, yeoman,
Thomas Rawlyn of Woodhouse, yeoman,
George Heynes of Woodhouse, glover,
John Brodburst of Woodhouse Eaves, yeoman,
William Pywell of Woodhouse Eaves, yeoman, and
Francis Squyer of Woodhouse Eaves of the Third part,
It was covenanted that the said Earl and the Jady Elisabeth his wife should levy a Fine to the said Robert
Noone, Robert Gryffyth and Richard Barnard and the heirs of Robert Noone, and should, by the same
Fine, acknowledge All those messuages, tenements and cottages, etc., in Barrowe, Quorndon, Woodhouse,
Woodhouse Eaves and Mountsorell, then or late in the several tenures of the said parties of the Third Part
just recited, together with Robert Gryffyth and Richard Barnard, and all the lands appertaining to the same,
and also all those Watermills in Barrowe standing upon the River Sore in the tenure or occupation of
Theophilus Cave, gent., or his assigns, and all the estate, right, title and interest of the said Earl in the said
messuages, lands, mills and hereditaments,
By the name of 20 messuages, 20 cottages, one watermill, 2 dovehouses, 40 gardens, 40 orchards,
440 acres of land, 120 acres of meadow, 180 acres of pasture, 200 acres of furze and heath and Common.
of Pasture in Barrowe, Quorndon, Woodhouse and Mountsorell and in the Forest of Charnwood to be the
right of the said Robert Noone, as those which Robert Noone, Robert Gryffyth and Richard Barnard have-
of the gift of the said Earl, with warranty against the said Earl’s heirs and the heirs of Henry, late Earl of
Huntingdon, for ever.
And as for the Aftermath of one parcel of Meadow ground containing 4 acres in Barrow Holme and now
in the occupation of the said Humphrey Farnham, called by the name of Moncksdam, this Aftermath is.
reserved to the exclusive use of Humphrey Farnham.
N.B.—Rather a long Deed for so small an affair as the Aftermath of four acres of meadow ground, but the list of yeomen in Barrowe:
at this date makes the deed interesting, for the Earl of Huntingdon sold most of his land in Barrow to these yeomen about this period.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, 411-102. 21st December, A.D. 1613.
Inquisition taken at Leicester after the death of John Marshall of Barrowe-on-Sore, yeoman, deceased.
John Marshall died seised in his demesne as of fee of and in One Messuage and three virgates of land,
meadow and pasture and three Cottages in Barrow-on-Sore ;
And of and in One acre of meadow lately bought of John Hunt, Esquier, deceased ;
And being thus seised John Marshall died the 16th day of January in the ninth year of the reign of
King James I. (A.D. 1612).
And the Jury say that John Marshall is the son and next heir and was 7 years old on the 11th day of
November last past (1613).
The Jury state that they are unaware of whom the Messuage and three virgates of land, meadow and
pasture are held.
The one acre lately bought of John Hunt, Esquier, was held of the lord the King as parcel of his Honor
of Chester, but by what part of a Knight’s Fee the Jury are ignorant; it is worth beyond outgoings 4d.
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Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 11 James I., A.D. 1613.
Between William Thurman, plaintiff, and John Marshall and Emmota his wife, defendants of 7 cottages
a
3 barns, 7 gardens, 3 acres of land, 2 of pasture and Common of pasture in Mountsorell, Rotheley and
Querndon. £100. ‘
Between Adrian Farnham, gent., and John Burrowes, gent., plaintiffs, and Henry, Earl of Huntingdon
and Elizabeth his wife, defendants of 2 messuages, 20 cottages, 4 gardens, 150 acres of land, 120 of meadow
and 500 of pasture in Loughborowe. Right of Adrian Farnham and his heirs for ever. Consideration £400,
Between John Foldes, plaintiff, and Adrian Foldes and Anne his wife, defendants of 3 acres of land,
3 of meadow and 4 of pasture in Woodhouse Eaves and Barrowe-on-Sore. #41.
Between Ralph Allen and Nicholas Allen, plaintiffs, and William Greisley and Joan his wife, defendants
of a messuage, a garden, an acre of land and Common of pasture in Mountsorell, Barrowe, Rothley and
Querndon. Right of Ralph Allen. #41.
Patent Roll 2052. 11 James I., A.D. 1613.
Pardon for alienation to Adrian Farnham and another.
The King to all, etc., Greeting.
Whereas Adrian Farnham, gent., and John Burrowes, gent., lately, to wit, in one month from
St. Michael’s day 1613, by a fine levied in Court before Henry Hobart and his fellows, Justices of the Bench,
bought for themselves and the heirs of Adrian from Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and Elizabeth his wife
2 messuages, 20 cottages, 4 gardens, 100 acres of land, 120 acres of meadow and 500 acres of pasture in
Loughborowe, co. Leicester, which were held of Us in chief, and whereas the said alienation was made without
‘Our Royal Licence first being obtained,
Know ye that We of Our special grace and for the sum of #12 paid to Our Farmer, by virtue of Our
Letters Patent have pardoned and remitted the trespass done in this matter, and also the forfeiture of the rents,
issues and profits of the premises to be paid into Our Exchequer, in that the said alienation was made without
licence.
And further We grant, for Us, Our heirs and Successors, to the said Adrian and John that they may
have and hold all the premises to them and the heirs of the said Adrian, to be held of Us, Our heirs and
Successors by the right and accustomed services, without let, molestation, vexation, or hindrance of Us, or of
Our heirs or Successors or of any Justice, Escheator, Sheriff, Bailiff or other of Our or Our Successor’s
ministers by reason or pretext of the aforesaid alienation.
Witness the King at Westminster the 4th day of July.
Bills and Answers, No. 113, Leicester. James I., A.D. 1613.
Sir William Herricke, knight, Plaintiff.
[Opening statement of the grant of the manor of Beaumanor to Sir William, etc. ]
Whereas one Thomas Hazard of Barrow in the county of Leicester, yeoman, is seised in his demesne, or
in fee, or for term of his life, in One Tenement and divers lands of great value, late William Barnard’s, situate
in the parish of Barrowe; which tenement and lands now are, and time whereof no man remembereth the
contrary were [parcel of the] said manor held by fealty, suit of Court and the yearly rent of one pound of
pepper payable at the feast of St. Michael, which said services and rent have been done and performed by the
same Thomas Hazard himself to the Farmers of the manor under her late Majesty (i.e., Adrian and William
Stokes, Esqrs., and others) and all former lords; and one Hugh Mascoll of Friseby on the Wreke in the county
of Leicester, gent., is seised of a tenement and lands in Friseby held of the manor of Beaumanor by fealty, suit
of Court and a yearly rent of 4s. payable at the feast of St. Michael ;
Yet now it is, that both the above do refuse to pay the lb. of pepper and the rent of 4s. respectively, and
do refuse to do suit at Sir William’s Court Baron to his great damage.
[With the usual complaint about his inability to pay the Crown reserved rent unless such practices were
stopped. ]
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Defendants’ Reply.
Thomas Hazard saith that he knoweth that the said manor of Bewmanor was parcel of the possessions of
Henry Gray, Duke of Suffolk, for High Treason attainted, but whether the late Queen’s Majesty did by her
Letters Patent. grant the same premises to Sir William Herrick and John Hawes and their heirs he knoweth not.
He saith he is seised in demesne as of fee of and in one yard land, one toft, one croft and one house
within the parish of Barrowe which were some time the land of one William Barnard by and under a yearly
rent of one pound of pepper and 6d. in money at the choice of this defendant, and payable at the feast of
Easter. He denies that in addition he has to do fealty and suit of Court to the Plaintiffs Court Baron.
Depositions by Commission, No. 33, Leicester. Michaelmas, A.D. 1613.
Sir William Herrick, knight, plaintiff.
John Hazard or Hassard, defendant.
Clement Foulds of Woodhouse, veoman, aged 60 years, saith that the said Hazard about g years ago did
bring and pay to him this deponent, being then Bailiffe unto the Complainant Sir William Herricke of his
manor of Beaumanor, shortly after Michaelmas day at the Court then holden for the manor to the use of the
Complainant, one pound of pepper as a Chief Rent for the house and land which the said Hazard’s mother
then held and now dwelleth in; and further saith that about 3 weeks ago he the said defendant Hazard did
bring and pay at 2 several times unto him this deponent to the use of the Complainant 8 pounds of pepper as
due by his mother.
And that about g vears ago, being then Bailiff of the manor of Beaumanor, this deponent did summon
the said defendant to appear at the Court Leet and Court Baron of the said Complainant shortly after to be
holden for the manor, and that accordingly the said Hazard the defendant did appear and was then and there
impanelled of a Jury and served accordingly, without any exception or allegation by him made to the contrary
to this deponent’s knowledge or remembrance.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Hilary, 11 James I., A.D. 1614.
Between John Moreton the younger, plaintiff, and Robert Noone, gent., and Margaret his wife, defendants
of a messuage, a cottage, a garden, an orchard, 60 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 10 of pasture and Common.
of pasture in Querndon and the Forest of Charnwood. £100.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 12 James I., A.D. 1614.
Between Humphrey Middleton and Humphrey Skulthorpe, plaintiffs, and Edward Morris and Isabel his
wife, defendants of a cottage, a garden, an orchard, 15 acres of land, 4 of meadow, 5 of pasture and Common:
of pasture in Querndon and Charnwood Forest. Right of Humphrey Middleton. £41.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, 683-166. 20th October, A.D. 1614.
Inquisition taken at Leicester after the death of William Judson of Barrowe-on-Sore, 12 James I.
On the oaths of John Reynes, William Gilbert, John Gregory, Thomas Bent, William Coleman, George:
Waldram and others, jurors,
Who say that long before his death William Judson was seised in his demesne as of fee of and in One
Messuage and 6 virgates of land, meadow and pasture, situated in the Town and Fields of Barrowe-on-Sore ;
And William Judson, being so seised, made his last Will, dated 15th July, 1 James [. (A.D. 1603), and
left to Marie Judson his then wife the said Messuage and 6 virgates of land, meadow and pasture in Barrowe-
on-Sore for the term of her natural life, and after her death to Robert Judson the brother of the said William.
Judson and his heirs.
The said Messuage and 6 virgates were held at the death of William Judson of Henry, Earl of Hunting-
don, as parcel of his manor of Barrowe-on-Sore in free and common Socage by an annual rent of 5s. and Suit.
of Court, and were worth 40S.
The Jury further state that William Judson died the 6th day of July, 1 James I. (A.D. 1603).
N.B.—William Judson was a member of a leading family of Barrow yeomen. He was serving as Churchwarden in 1563, the first:
year of the Barrow Parish Register, and continued to serve as such for many years.
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Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 12 James I., A.D. 1614.
Between Robert Rustat, clerk, plaintiff, and Richard Grove and Elizabeth his wife, defendants of a
messuage, a garden, an orchard and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore. £40.
Between Arthur Church, plaintiff, and Robert Rustat and Alice his wife, defendants of 5 acres of pasture
in Barrow-on-Sore. #41.
Wills at Leicester, Ralph Allen of Quarndon, yeoman. Will dated October 5th, 1614.
I will that my son-in-law Thomas Ludford maintain his old father in his own house or else allow him £4 a year towards his
maintenance, as a bargain made when the son Thomas Ludford married my daughter.
To Anne my wife all that one cottage in Quarndon wherein I now dwell, purchased by me in my lifetime of the Right Hon. the
Earl of Huntingdon, and also that arable land and meadow which I bought of George Cawdle of Loughborough in the fields of Quarndon
for the term of her life, and after her decease to my daughter Hellen Ludford, and in default to Ralph Allen the son of Nicholas Allen,
To my daughter and son-in-law Ludford all my stock, etc., except the horse that I bought of Mr. Humfrey Farnham.
Also I give to Thomas Ludford and Hellen £60 in money.
The corn and hay that is at Woodhouse I leave to be equally divided between Anne my wife and the said Thomas Ludford my
son-in-law.
To the poor of Quarndon 20s.
The residue of my goods and chattels I give to my wife Anne, whom I make my full and sole executrix.
Witnesses: Francis Chaveney, Francis Bradshawe, George Worthington.
N.B.—The Rev. George Worthington was curate of Quorndon and signed the Parish Register as such from 1613 to 1618. Heseems
to have held the curacy, however, from 1611 at least. He was buried at Quorndon 7th Dec., A.D. 1619.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, 443-56, Robert Griffith. 6th June, 13 James I., A.D. 1615.
Robert Griffith, deceased, held 22 acres in Barrowe-on-Sore and one close of pasture in Barrowe called
“Le Overholborne,” and a piece of pasture in Barrowe called “ Le Fisshepooles.””
And 3 acres of arable Jand in Barrowe in the tenure of Richard Crosse, deceased, bought from John
Hunt, gent., deceased.
And a piece of Jand in Barrowe called “ Millne brincke,”’ bought from Robert Noone, gent.
The Jury also say that long before the death of Robert Griffith, Henry, then Earl of Huntingdon, was
seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Barrowe-on-Sore, and being thus seised, at a Court held at
Barrowe on October 2nd, 34 Elizabeth (A.D. 1592), the same Earl granted by Copy of Court Roll according
to the custom of the manor to Alice Griffith, then the wife of Robert Griffith, to Hold to the same Robert and
Francis Griffith their son,
One messuage and 39 acres and one rood of land and one close of pasture called “ Harvey Close,” one
close called “ Millne Close,”? one small piece of land called “ Lyme Pitt Holes,” also 3 acres of land called
“ Brokenlands,” one acre of meadow in Coxpoole and one ley in Barrow Holme, one and a half acres in
Wigweare and South Holme, one half acre of meadow in “ Longdoles,” one piece of pasture called
“« Fishpooles,” one piece of meadow called “ Benelst,’’ and all the Pits called “The Common Lyme Pitts,”
with all their appurtenances, which premises were parcel of the manor of Barrowe,
To hold to Alice, Robert and Francis Griffith for term of lives and the longer liver by Copy of Court Roll.
The Jury also say that after the death of Henry, late Earl of Huntingdon, the manor of Barrow came by
good and sufficient conveyances and assurances in law to Katherine, now Countess of Huntingdon, for term
of her life, the reversion to Henry, now Earl of Huntingdon, and his heirs for ever.
And they say that the said Countess, so seised of the manor of Barrow, held a Court at the manor of
Barrowe 6th October, 2 James I. (A.D. 1604), and granted by Copy of Court Roll to Robert Griffith and Alice
his wife and Robert Griffith their son one tenement in Barrowe and all the lands belonging to the said
tenement in the tenure of Robert Griffith, deceased,
And one other tenement with the land belonging called “ Broweshouse ” in Barrowe, then in the tenure
of Robert Griffith, deceased, and one acre of meadow called “‘ Coxpoole” for term of lives and the longer liver.
And at another Court of the same Countess held at Barrowe gth March, 4 James I. (1607), the same
Countess, by Copy of Court Roll, granted to the said Robert Griffith the father and to his sons Francis and
Theophilus One close of pasture called “ Le Oxleasowe ” in Barrowe, then in the tenure of Robert Griffith the
father.
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To hold to Robert, Francis and Theophilus for lives and the longer liver.
And that at another Court of the same Countess held at Barrowe 2nd June, 5 James I. (1607) the same
Countess by copy of Court Roll granted to Robert Griffith the elder, Robert Griffith the younger and
Theophilus Griffith One cottage, one orchard, one parcel of land sown usually with hemp and one croft in
Barrowe, and 8 selions of arable land containing 5 acres in a certain place called “ Campion brooke” in the
South Field of Barrowe, and 6 selions of arable land in a place called “ The Akers ” in the fields of Barrowe
with the appurtenances, then in the tenure of George Willocke, gent., To hold for term of lives and longer
liver.
And that Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, thus seised of the Reversion of the manor of Barrowe-on-Sore long
before he died, by his Indenture bearing date 2nd January, 9 James I. (1612), sold to the said Robert Griffith
and his heirs the Reversion and all the title and interest of the same Earl of and in the messuages, lands and
premises specified in the said Copies of Court Roll.
And also the Reversion of a water Mill on the river Soar.
The Jury also say that the 22 acres, the close called “ Overholborn,” the pasture called “ Fishpoole” and
the other premises lately bought from John Hunt and the piece of land called ‘‘ Millnebrinke ” were held of
Henry, now Earl of Huntingdon, as of his manor of Barrowe-on-Sore in free socage by fealty and by doing
Suit of Court to the manor of Barrowe from 3 weeks to 3 weeks, and were worth 4os.
The messuage, the close called “‘ Harvey’s Close,” Milne Close and 40 acres of land, meadow and pasture,
now in the tenure of Alice Griffith, lately bought amongst others of the said Earl, the acre in Coxpoole, the
close called “ Oxleasowe,” and the cottage and orchard, all lately bought from the said Earl, were held at the
death of Robert Griffith of the lord the King as of his Honor of Chester by knight’s service and were
worth 20s.
The Jury also say that Robert Griffith died October rst last.
And that Katherine, Countess of Huntingdon, is still living at “ Le Charterhouse” in London.
And that Alice Griffith, Francis Griffith, Robert Griffith and Theophilus Griffith are all alive at Barrowe-
on-Sore.
And that Francis Griffith is the son and heir of Robert Griffith the elder, and was 22 years of age at his
father’s death.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 13 James I., A.D. 1615.
Between John Benskin and Robert Cockeran, plaintiffs, and Edward Squire, defendant of a messuage,
4 cottages, 40 acres of land, 12 of meadow, 8 of pasture and Common of pasture in Querndon and Charnwood
Forest. Right of John Benskin. £60.
Between Nicholas Wilde and John Perkin, plaintiffs, and William Love and Elizabeth his wife, George
Love and Joan his wife, Matthew Wilde and Elizabeth his wife, defendants of a messuage, a garden, an
orchard, 60 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 12 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and the
Forest of Charnwood. #60.
Easter, 14 James I., A.D. 1616.
Between Henry Skipwith, esq., Adrian Farnham, esq., John Codden, gent., and Robert Blunt, clerk,
plaintiffs, and Robert Noone, gent., defendant of the Manor of Barrowe-on-Sore and 6 messuages, 6 cottages,
1 dovehouse, 6 gardens, 6 orchards, 260 acres of land, 60 of meadow, 100 of pasture, 100 of furze and heath
and 2s. of rent and Common of pasture in Walton, Barrowe, Prestwold, Querndon and Charnwood Forest
and free fishing in the river Sore. #240.
N.B.—This Fine was a Settlement to Trustees, and is referred to in the Inquisition taken after Robert Noone’s death in 1618. The
manor of Barrowe is merely the reputed manor called “ Roxton’s Manor.”
Between Thomas Burbage, plaintiff, and William Arnold the elder and Mary his wife, and William
Amold the younger, defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 10 acres of land, an acre and a rood of
pasture, 2 acres of meadow and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soar. £60.
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Exchequer Bills and Answers, Leicester, No. 147. James I., A.D., 1617.
Humbly sheweth unto your good lordship your orator Thomas Rawlins, constable and one of the
inhabitants of Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves, in the county of Leicester, for and on behalf of himself and.
the rest of the inhabitants there, except the parties herein particularly complained of.
That whereas Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves is and time out of mind has been an Ancient Town,
and whereas in Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves it has always been observed that after any lawful warrant
or commandment hath been sent and received by the Constable or his Deputy from the King’s Majesty’s
Officers for the commanding and appointing the said Town and the Inhabitants there to do any public service
unto his Majesty for the payment of any sum of money or duty unto his Highness and for the good of the
Commonwealth, and the same have been made known unto the Inhabitants there, they have thereupon by
common consent and agreement of all the said parties or the greater part of them equally and reasonably rated
and assessed themselves by their cattle or land or both which they had in their occupation or possession at
the time of the assessment within Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves or the liberties thereof for levying of
money or other necessaries for performing the several duties and services to be performed, paid or done to the
King’s Majesty, and for the good of the Commonwealth, any overplus to be kept for the next similar occasion;
and whereas these three years last past divers warrants have been directed to the Constable of Woodhouse for
providing of carriage to remove the King’s Household in the time of his progress in these parts which cost 20s.,
as also for in fit and convenient manner furnishing two trained soldiers for the said Town and for keeping them
during the several times of Mustering and Training of soldiers in the county of Leicester in these last two
years which cost £3, also with collecting two several sums of money amounting to 14s. towards the payment
of the Muster Master, as also for levying 4s. out of the said Town yearly for Provision Money for his Majesty’s
Household and 4s. yearly for the relief of his Majesty’s prisoners in Leicester gaol. And the Inhabitants of
Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves were acquainted with the said warrants and charges in March last past
and met according to custom at Woodhouse and agreed on a Rate, etc.
May it please your lordship that Nicholas Gravenor of Mapplewell, gent., the said Mapplewell being
within the parish of Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves, having at the time of Assessment 100 acres within
Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves in his occupation, for which he ought to pay (6s. 4d.,
Likewise Adrian Farnham having 80 acres in the aforesaid Town for which he ought to pay 13s. 4d.,
And Humphrey Farnham 6s. 8d. for 40 acres in the said Town,
Seeking by all means to trouble the quietness of the said Town and to pervert all good order and
government, not only in the said Town but also as much as in them lies to call in question the lawfulness of
the laudable customs and usages in this Realm concerning the performance of his Majesty’s service and the
good of the Commonwealth, have not only contemptuously refused themselves to pay the contributions owing
by them, but have instigated others to refuse.
Wherefore may it please your good lordship to grant Writs of Subpoena to compel the said Nicholas,
Adrian and Humphrey to pay the lawful contribution claimed of them.
(Signed) William Babbington.
The joint and several Answers of Adryan Farnham, Humphrey Farnham and Nicholas Gravenor,
defendants to a Bill and Replication of Thomas Rawlins, Complainant.
The said defendants by protestation not acknowledging anything in the said Replication more than in the
Original Bil] which is material for these Defendants to answer, say jointly and severally,
That this Bill doth properly concern matters examinable in other Courts, and before and by the Order
of other persons and Judges and not in this Honorable Court, viz., ;
The point of Contributions towards carriages for his Majesty’s journeys in his Progress and Removing
belongs to the lords and others of his Majesty’s Green Cloth.
And the Ordering of payments towards Musters and Muster Masters is usually within this Realm done
by the Lieutenants of every Shire and their Deputies.
And for poor prisoners and maimed soldiers the same by several Statute are to be provided for and
ordered by the Justices of the Peace of every County. ey are Ae
Nevertheless Adrian Farnham, if ordered to answer, says that he had 80 acres at the time in his
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occupation, but within the Manor of Rushall, which is, and always has been, in Barrow and not in
Woodhouse or Woodhouse Eaves, and he denies that he has used any means or persuasions as alleged in
the Bill.
Humphrey Farnham also acknowledged that he had 40 acres in his occupation, but whether in Woodhouse
or not he does not know, but be says they are certainly in the parish of Barrow.
Nicholas Gravenor also admits his occupation of 100 acres, but says these acres are in the parish of
Barrow and not in Woodhouse or Woodhouse Eaves.
All which matters the said Defendants are ready to aver and prove.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 15 James I., A.D. 1617.
Between John Hebbe and Robert Cosbye, plaintiffs, and Thomas Jarratt and Katherine his wife,
defendants of 2 cottages, 2 orchards, one acre of pasture and Common of pasture in Mountsorell, Rotheley,
Barrowe-on-Sore and Quarnedon. £41.
Between Nicholas Wilde and Thomas Burbage, plaintiffs, and William Bosse and Henry Bosse,
defendants of a messuage, a cottage, 2 gardens, 60 acres of land, 15 of meadow, ro of pasture, 6 of furze and
heath and Common of pasture in Woodthorpe, Quarndon, Barrowe-on-Sore, Loughborowe and the Forest
of Charnwood. #100.
Chancery Inquisition Post-mortem, Series 11, Vol. 368, Robert Noone, gent. 16 James I., A.D. 1618.
The Jury say on oath that long before the death of Robert Noone the noble Katherine, Countess
of Huntingdon, was seised of a Free Tenement and 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 120 acres of meadow and pasture
in Barrow-on-Soar in the tenure of John Perkyns, Joan Booth, widow, William Hassard, Thomas Gamble,
James Baker, Alice Burton and Thomas Raven. The Reversion of these premises after her death belonged to
Henry, now Earl of Huntingdon, which Reversion was conveyed legally to Robert Noone and his heirs, who
long before his death was seised in demesne as of fee of the Reversion, also of a Manor in Barrowe called
“Roxton’s Manor,” bought from John Hunt, knight, and 46 acres of land, meadow and pasture in the fields
of Barrow called “ Southholme, Lamcroft and Rycroft,” also bought from John Hunt.
And of holding a View of Frankpledge in Walton-on-the-wolds, and of 2 messuages, 3 cottages, 9 virgates
of Jand, meadow and pasture, and 13 acres of land in Walton aforesaid.
The said Robert Noone so seised by his Indenture bearing date April rst, A.D. 1616, made between Robert
Noone of the one part and Henry Skipwith, Esq., Adrian Farnham, Esq., John Coddon, gent., and Robert
Blunt, clerk, of the other part, granted to the said Henry Skipwith and the others, their heirs and assigns, all
and singular the aforesaid premises in Barrow and Walton to have and to hold to them to the use of Robert
Noone for life, and after his decease to the use of Margaret his wife for life or until remarriage, then to Francis
Noone the eldest son of the said Robert for life in tail male, in default to the use of William Noone the son
of Robert, in default to the right heirs of Robert Noone for ever.
[This entail is set out at length, and the names of the fields given.]
Further the said Robert Noone held a toft and a virgate and a half of land, meadow and pasture in
Woodthorpe and a messuage in the Newarke in Leicester, and so seised died the 23rd of April, A.D. 1617.
And they say that Francis Noone is the son and next heir of the said Robert Noone and aged 22 years,
And Margaret the widow of the said Robert Noone is living and yet unmarried at the day of taking this
Inquisition.
The land in Barrow, late the Countess of Huntingdon’s, was held of the King in Chief by Knight’s
service. Roxton’s Manor was held of Henry, Ear] of Huntingdon.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 16 James I., A.D. 1618.
Between Theophilus Cave, gent., and Richard Barnard, plaintiffs, and Thomas Hassard and Elizabeth his
wife, defendants of a messuage, 27 acres of land, 6 of meadow, 6 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-
on-Sore. £41.
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Trinity, 16 James I, A.D. 1618.
Between Adrian Farnham, esq., and Edward Farnham, gent., plaintiffs, and Henry, Earl of Huntingdon,
and Elizabeth his wife, defendants of 40 acres of pasture in Quarnedon in the parish of Barrowe-on-Sore,
The premises are declared to be the right of Edward Farnham and his heirs for ever. And the plaintiffs gave
the defendants £100.
Easter, 17 James I., A.D. 1619.
Between William Heyricke, knight, plaintiff, and Thomas Jarratt and Katherine his wife, defendants of
a cottage, a garden, an orchard, 6 acres of land, 26 of pasture and Common of pasture in Woodhouse and the
Forest of Charnwood. #41.
Trinity, 17 James I., A.D. 1619.
Between John Morton, gent., plaintiff, and Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and Elizabeth his wife, defendants
of 80 acres of land, 6 of meadow and 60 of pasture in Quernedon and Barrowe-on-Sore. £160.
N.B.—This Fine apparently finishes for the time being the sales of land in Barrow and Quorndon made by the Earl of Huntingdon,
Further sales of the woodland were made later on, so that scarcely any land was left in the manor of Barrow in the ownership of the
Earl of Huntingdon and his successors, though they retained the manorial rights until the nineteenth century.
Nichols (vol. iii., p. 605) says that an Act was passed oth Nov. 1653 to enable Ferdinando, Earl of Huntingdon, to sell lands for
the payment of his own and his father’s debts; and that another Act was passed in 1662 to confirm the sale of Buddon Wood, etc., by
Ferdinando, late Earl of Huntingdon, Lucy his wife, and Henry, Lord Loughborough, his brother, consenting thereto.
Manor of Beaumanor. Michaelmas Rental. 25th August, A.D. 1618.
Freeholders.
s. d, 5 @,
Lady Katherin, Dowager Countess of The heirs of ? Lowill : F F
Huntingdon. 4 0 William Bosse , : : « 3 4
Adrian Farnham, Esq., fon Daddieshanel o 2 William Haines”. . o se eo
Thomas Lyllie . : : zs Io Francis ? Noon i : : = FO
Thomas Lyllie . Io Robert Everit . ; . 2 0
Humphrey Farnham, abe, Io The Common Fine of Woodtiouse « 2 2
Francis Chaveney ie 47 The Common Fine of Quarndon . 0 8
Those which bought Mr. Hgnes land Theophilus Cave, land in Barrow, 1 Ib. of pepper.
in Barrowe . : ; ‘ e eid
Frisby upon Wreke.—John Segrave holdeth certain Jands and tenements in Friseby and a messuage near
there, and payeth yearly 2s.
Coppieholders in Quarndon.
s. da. sd,
Adrian Farnham, Esq. . ‘ . 0 6 Humphrey Farnham ‘ . 14 0
Francis Harrise : i ; . % @ John Parker . ‘ : : - 2 2
Hompbrey Sculthorpe. ‘ . 15 6 Thomas Hubbard . : : - 0 3
Richard Blount =. we Adryan Hall. . . + + 3 8
James Tompsonne . : 3 - 4.0 William Bosse . : : . 2 2
Thomas Steevenson . . : 24 Antony Baull . : > & wes
Francis Hampe é ‘ . - 29 Francis Stanley . , « - 4
.. Burrow . : ; : ; William Storer : . » + 14 0
William Storer . ‘ . . & 6 John Parker and his wife i © 97°
William Crampe . ‘ 2 »- 7 6
John Jarret for Turvil Leyes. £7.
Mr. Adrian Farnham for a rent belonging unto Turvill Leyes dewe at Michaelmas. 115.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 337
Inquisitions Post-mortem, Humphrey Farnham of the Nether Hall, Series II., No. 7 (Vol. 516).
A.D. 1620.
This Inquisition taken at Market Bosworth in the county of Leycester on the eleventh day of August in
the 18th year of the reign of King James I.
Before Fulcon Knottesford, Esquire, escheator of the King in the said county, by virtue of a Writ of the
same King of “diem clausit extremum ” for the purpose of enquiring after the death of Humphrey Farnham,
late of Quarndon in the said county, gentleman, and to this Inquisition attached,
And on the oaths of John Moreton of Quarndon, gent., James Farmer, gent., Richard Maye, William
Drackley, Thomas Digbye, gent., Thomas Jarratt, George Clare, Richard Ravens, Richard Vesey, John
Mearinge, William Browne, Thomas Johnson, Edward Clarke and John Higginson,
Who say on oath that a certain Matthew Farnham, late of Quarndon, father of the said Humphrey named
in the Writ, long before his death was seised in his demesne as of fee in one messuage in the tenure of Robert
Taylor and 5 acres of arable land and 4 acres of meadow and leyes lying in the Fields of Quarndon,
And of one orchard and garden in Quarndon, and 7 acres 3 roods of meadow in the South Field of
Quarndon then or formerly in the occupation of Richard Hamson, Christopher Breweare and Robert Hubbert,
And of one rood of land then in the tenure of Thomas Hebbe in the “ More Field”? in Quarndon,
And of one cottage then or late in the tenure of Ewin Cortbye,
And of one parcel of waste ground containing one acre by estimation called “ Le Willowe ground” in
Quarndon, then or Jate called ‘ Le Towne Lands ”’ in Quarndon,
And of one parcel of ground containing a rood and a half in the tenure of Bartholomew Willocke called
“ Scott Greene,”
And of a parcel of meadow called “Le Wellsicke” and a parcel of meadow in “Greene Holme” con-
taining 3 acres more or less,
And of a parcel of pasture in “ Le Carre” containing by estimation one acre in the tenure of Francis.
Chaveney,
And of two cottages then or formerly in the occupation of Agnes Coles, widow, and William Smyth
respectively, then or lately called “ Le Towne Lands” in Quarndon, and lately bought by the said Matthew
Farnham for himself and his heirs from Theophilus Adams of London, gent., and Robert Adams of London,
grocer.
And further they say that the said Matthew Farnham was seised in his demesne as of fee tail for himself
and the male issue of his body lawfully begotten, of and in the Manor of Quarndon commonly called “Smyth’s.
Manor ” and of two messuages, 72 acres of arable land, 23 acres of meadow, Io acres of pasture and 5. gd. of
Rent in Quarndon, then or late parcel of the possessions of William Alycocke and Jane his wife, as in right
of Jane,
Also of all that water mill and all and singular the lands and tenements, meadows and hereditaments.
pertaining to the mill, situate in Quarndon and elsewhere in the parish of Barowe-on-Sore, then or formerly in
the occupation of Christopher Thompson or his assigns, and to the lately dissolved Priory of Berdmonsey
formerly belonging,
Also of all that Chantry of Quarndon with all its rights and members, and 4 messuages and those lands,.
etc., in Quarndon now or Jate in the several occupations of Agnes Rafin, widow, William Clive, William
Lowe and William Sampson or their assigns, and to the lately dissolved Chantry of Quarndon formerly
belonging,
And 6 acres of arable Jand in the tenure of William Smyth, and two cottages in Quarndon now or late in
the occupation of Elicius Ward and William Burton or their assigns,
Also a Mansion House and garden in Quarndon now or late in the occupation of Richard Harte, to the
late Chantry of Quarndon formerly belonging,
Also of two other messuages, two other cottages, one dovehouse, 70 acres of arable land, 37 acres of
meadow, 8 acres of pasture in Quarndon lately bought by Thomas Farnham, Esquire, deceased, brother of the
a bee Farnham, for himself and his heirs for ever, from John Farnham, a brother of both Thomas.
and Matthew,
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338 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Further they say that Matthew Farnham, by a certain Indenture of four parts between Thomas Morison
of Cadeby in the county of Lincoln, Esq., of the first part,
And the said Matthew Farnham and the said Humphrey Farnham in the Writ named (son and heir
apparent of the said Matthew), and Thomas Beaumont of Stoughton, Esq., of the second part,
George Villiers of Brokesbye in the county of Leycester, Esq., and Thomas Digbye, gent. (son and heir
apparent of William Digbye of Welbye in the said county of Leycester, Esq.), of the third part,
And Charles Dixwell of Coton in the county of Warwick, Esq., and Henry Cooper of Barrowe-on-Sore
in the said county of Leycester, gent., of the fourth part,
Dated the 18th day of September in the 3oth year of Elizabeth late Queen of England, and by other good
and sufficient assurances in Jaw shewn at the taking of this Inquisition, conveyed all and singular the before-
recited premises to the said George Villiers and Thomas Digbye and their heirs to the uses following, that is
to say,
“ Concerning all that messuage commonly called “ The Nether Hall” and all the lands, tenements, etc.,
then in the occupation of the said Humphrey named in the Writ or his assigns, formerly reputed and accepted
as part and parcel of the same messuage called “ The Nether Hall,” and the two water mills, fisheries, waters
and farm pertaining to them in the parish of Barrowe in the county of Leycester (except woods and underwood)
to the use and behoof of the said Humphrey during the life of the said Matthew, if Humphrey so long live, and
after the death of the said Humphrey the before-recited premises to the use of the said Matthew for life, then
to the use of Humphrey and his male issue, and in default to the use of the male heirs of the said Matthew, in
default of such male heir to the use of Adrian Farnham, gentleman, son and heir of Thomas Farnham the
younger and his male issue, in default of such to the use of the right heirs of the said Thomas Farnham the
elder for ever.
“ And concerning that messuage in Quarndon commonly called “ New Hall’ and all the Jands, tenements,
etc., then in the tenure of Francis Staresmore or his assigns, and all that close commonly called “ Stafford
Orchard ” in Querne, parcel of the said Jands and tenements, to the use and behoof of Matthew Farnham and
his assigns during the life of the said Humphrey, and after the death of either Matthew or Humphrey
(whichever first happens) then the said premises last mentioned shall be to the use of Elisabeth the wife of the
said Humphrey for term of life in part of her Joynture, and after the death of the said Elisabeth and Matthew
then to the use of the said Humphrey and his issue males, and for default to the use of the said Matthew and
his issue males, and for default to the use of the right heirs of the aforesaid Thomas Farnham the elder
for ever.
“ And concerning the woods, underwoods and all the rest of the first-recited premises in Quarndon (which
were the hereditaments of the said Thomas Farnham the elder, deceased) to the use of the said Matthew for
life, then to the use of the said Humphrey Farnham and his male issue, in default to the right heirs of Thomas
Farnham the elder for ever.”
And further they say that Matthew Farnham so seised died [1594], after whose death the lands, ete,
bought from Adams descended to Humphrey Farnham as son and heir, who entered on them and was seised in
his demesne as of fee, as also of all the other premises mentioned before, and so seised in tail on the 19th day
of January last past Humphrey Farnham died at Quarndon, and Elisabeth his wife is still alive at Quarndon,
And William Farnham, gentleman, is the son and next heir of the aforesaid Humphrey and at the time
of Humphrey’s death was aged 27 years and more.
And further they say that the lands, etc., bought from Adams were held of the King, as of his manor
of East Greenwich in co. Kent, by fealty only, in free and common socage and not in Chief nor by Kuight’s
service, and were worth, beyond all outgoings, 12d.
And that the manor of Quarndon commonly called “Smyth’s Manor” and the other property bought
from William Alycocke and Jane his wife were held, at the death of Humphrey, of George, Lord Barkley, as
of his manor of Mountsorell in free socage by fealty only, and worth, beyond outgoings, 10s.
And the water mill and the other premises, etc., Jate in the occupation of Christopher Thompson,
held of the lord the King as of his manor of East Greenwich in co. Kent, by fealty only and not in Chief; these
and all the other premises lately belonging to the Priory of Berdmonsey were worth, beyond outgoings, £4.
The Chantry of Quarndon and other premises lately belonging to the same Chantry were worth 1os., the
were
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premises occupied by Agnes Rafyn were worth 2s. 6d., the rest of the Chantry’s possessions were worth
75. 6d., and were held of the King as of his manor of East Greenwich in free socage.
The two messuages and the other premises in Quarndon bought by Thomas Farnham from his brother
John Farnham were held of Sir William Hericke, knight, in free socage by fealty and a rent of 24s. annually
for all services and demands, and were worth, beyond outgoings, 13s. 4d.
And further they say that Humphrey Farnham named in the Writ held no other manors, lands, tenements
or hereditaments in the county of Leycester or elsewhere of the Lord the King in chief or otherwise or of
anyone else in demesne, reversion or service on the day he died.
In witness of which the said escheator and the jurors have individually set their seals the day and year
above written.
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D. 1620.
This Indenture made the 1gth day of September, 18 James I.
Between William Farneham of Quarnedon, co. Leycester, gentleman, of the one part,
And Thomas Aldersey of Bredgar alias Bredgate, co. Kent, gent., and Margaret his wife of the other part-
The said William Farneham, in consideration of the sam of £200 paid by Thomas and Margaret
Aldersey, hath granted to the said Thomas and Margaret and the heirs of Margaret for ever,
All that Messuage situate in the Forest of Charnwood within the parish of Barrowe-on-Soare, co.
Leycester, wherein one Thomas Teate and Richard Wright do now dwell,
And also one Close commonly called “The Meadow Close” containing 16 acres more or less, and also
one other Close of pasture commonly called “ The Wood Close” containing 17 acres or thereabouts, lying in
the said Forest of Charnwood and adjoining unto the said Messuage, also all buildings, commons, commons
of pasture and appurtenances whatsoever to the said Messuage belonging or at any time before usually occupied
with it; all which premises are commonly known by the name of “ Alderman Hall alias Alderman Hagg,”
To hold to Thomas Aldersey and Margaret and the heirs of Margaret subject to certain conditions, viz., a
Lease to Thomas Teate and Elizabeth his wife for term of lives of the said messuage, garden, yard and common
and pasturage for two kyne within the said 2 closes for the winter time, also that if William Farnham, his
heirs or assigns shall pay before the 25th day of March 1626 at the dwellinghouse of Thomas Aldersey the full
sum of £200, then that this Indenture shall be utterly void, but if default be made in the payment before the
day specified, then they, Thomas Aldersey and Margaret or the heirs or assigns of Margaret, shall within six
months next ensuing the said day pay or cause to be paid unto the said William Farnham, his heirs or
assigns, the further sum of #50 at the now dwellinghouse of Edward Snowden, citizen and draper of London,
in Cornehill within the City of London, in full payment and satisfaction for the said messuage, Closes and.
premises. :
(Signed) William ffarnham.
N.B.—Alderman Haw had been granted to Thomas Farnham among the lands he obtained in the parish of Barrow, formerly
belonging to the dissolved Priory of Bermondsey in Surrey.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 18 James I., A.D. 1620.
Between Francis Smalley the elder, plaintiff, and John Hood the younger and Sara his wife, defendants:
of an acre of pasture in Mountsorell and Barrowe-on-Soar. £40.
Between Edward Morris and Ralph Roome, plaintiffs, and Robert Rustat, clerk, and Alice his wife, and
Richard Barnard and Joan his wife, defendants of 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, to acres of land, 1 of
meadow, 14 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and the Forest of Charnwood. £100.
Between William Rothelie, plaintiff, and William Mouncke and Joan his wife and Thomas Mouncke and
Elizabeth his wife, defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 2 acres of land, 2 of pasture and Common
of pasture in Mountsorell and Quarndon. £60.
Michaelmas, 19 James I., A.D. 1621.
Between William Heyricke, knight, plaintiff, and William Rawlyns, defendant of 8 acres of pasture in.
Woodhouse and Barrowe-on-Sore. £4.
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Easter, 20 James I., A.D. 1622.
Between Lawrence Squyer and Thomas Salsbury, plaintiffs, and Thomas Bradshaw and Lucy his wife
defendants of an acre of land, 4 of meadow and 5 of pasture in Quarnedon alias Quarne and Barrowe-on.
Sore. #41.
Between Francis Smalley the elder, plaintiff, and Thomas Judson the elder and Margery his wife,
defendants of a cottage, half an acre of Jand, 3 acres of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-
Sore. #41.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, Richard Jarret. 18 James I., A.D. 1621.
Inquisition taken at Leicester after the death of Richard Jarret.
James by the grace of God King of England, etc., to Our beloved Henry Newporte, Esq., Henry Skip-
with, Esq., Adrian Farnham, Esq., and to the Escheator in the county of Leicester, Greeting. Order to hold
another Inquisition.
The former Inquisition after Richard Jarret’s death had been held at Lutterworth on September the
297th, 1603.
It was found that Richard Jarret, yeoman, late of Mountsorell, died seised of (amongst other Property)
one cottage and 16 acres of land in Mountsorell and 7 acres of land in Rothley and Mountsorell and 3 Closes
of pasture in Woodhouse in the parish of Barrow-on-Soar called “ Turvile Leyes,” and the Reversion of one
messuage and 50 acres of meadow in Mountsorell and Rothley, etc., etc.
The Turvile Leyes were held of Sir William Herrick as of his Manor of Beaumanor in Free Socage by
Fealty and a yearly Rent of 19d. for all services.
Wills at Leicester. Francis Chaveney of Quarndon, yeoman. Will dated December 6th, 1621.
. My body to be buried in the Chapel of Quarndon where my ancestors are already buried.
To Francis Chaveney my son £40 at the expiration of one year after my death.
To John Chaveney and George Chaveney, two other of my sons, to each of them £20 at the end of two whole years after my decease.
To Ann the wife of Aaron Swan, one of my daughters, 6s. 8d.
To Elizabeth, the now wife of John Hassard, one other of my daughters, 12d.
To Joyce Worthington, one other of my daughters, 6s, 8d.
The above sums to complete the portions that I have given them already.
To the Chapel of Quarndon 3s. 4d.
I appoint Isabel my wife to be my executrix.
In the presence of Edward Farnham and Ro. Palmer.
Proved March 15th, 1621-2.
N.B.—-Francis Chaveney was buried at Quarndon December 13th, 1621.
Elizabeth Chaveney was married at Quarndon May 2oth, 1600, to John Holiacke. She subsequently married Thomas [? John]
Hassard at Quarndon Dec. aist, 1613.
The Rey. George Worthington signs the Quarndon Register as Minister from 1613 to 1619.
Francis Chaveney’s wife was Isabel Griffin. They were married at Barrow Feb, 21st, 1575.
Beaumanor Court Rolls.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of William Heyrick, knight, held there 3rd May,
20 James I., A.D. 1622.
Before George Wadland, Steward there.
Essoins.—Adrian Farneham, Esq., William Farnham, gent., Isabel Chaveney, widow, Francis Chaveney,
gent., and others. .
The Jury present that Francis Chaveney has died, and that Humfry Chaveney is the son and
next heir.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of William Heyrick, knight, held there 7th October,
a1 James I., A.D. 1623. ;
Essoins.—Robert Bennett, Francis Smalley of Mountsorell, William Warren, Henry Hemynge, Adrian
Farneham, Esq., William Farnham, Esq., Francis Chaveney, Anthony Ball, Thomas Stevenson, Francis
Hampe, Humfry Sculthorpe, William Tompson, William Bosse of Loughborough, William Hayne, John
QUORNDON RECORDS. 341
Brewen, William Wotton, Thomas Heath, Thomas Littlewood, Theophilus Cave, gent., William Crampe,
William Storer and John Allen.
Verdict.—Nicholas Smyth, Thomas Rawlins, Robert Wright, Humfry Foulds, Henry Rigg and Edward Hill,
are common brewers and broke the Assize of Ale; fined 4d. each.
Manor of Beaumanor, Rental. October 4th, A.D. 1623.
Freeholders.
Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, for lands in Shelthorpe . : : : ; : 45.
Adrian Farnham, Esquire. F . ; ‘ ‘ ; . ‘ ; ; ad.
Thomas Lylley. ‘ ‘ ‘ . . : . ; : é ‘ ; 15.
Thomas Lylley again. . : ; : : ‘ ‘ : : : ‘ IS.
William Farnham, Esquire . : . : . . 5 . . ; ‘ IS.
Francis Chaveney 5 ‘ . gd.
William Butteris and divers ottierst in Baitowe for Mr. Hants s land Bansbt — : 45.
William Bosse in Woodthorpe. . - : : : ‘ ; . ; 45.
William Hazard . f : : : , ‘ ‘ ‘ : : : , IS.
Symond Wamesley .. . : ‘ P - ; IS.
Adrian Farnham, Esquire, for mer bisigat of Jas. That - ‘ : ‘ . TIS.
Theophilus Cave, gent., for lands in Barrow, 1 |b. of pepper.
Mr. Adrian Farnham on Midsummer-day, A red rose Garland, 2 red rose buds and
a barbed arrow head.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Trinity, 21 James I., A.D. 1623.
Between Daniel Shuttlewood and William Lyllye, plaintiffs, and Robert Morris and Isabel Morris, widow,
defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 36 acres of land, 8 of meadow, 13 of pasture and Common
of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and Charnwood Forest. £100.
Michaelmas, 21 James I., A.D. 1623.
Between Thomas Knight, plaintiff, and Michael Bosse and Anne his wife, John Hood and John his son
and heir apparent, Richard Palmer, Robert Palmer and Thomas Parneham and Anne his wife, defendants
of g acres, 3 roods of Jand, and a rood of meadow in Rothley, Mountsorell and Barrow-on-Sore. #41.
Between Ralf Allen, Edward Needham and Robert Dawkyn, plaintiffs, and John Allen and Elizabeth
his wife, Thomas Parneham and Agnes his wife, William Trough and Anne his wife, Elizabeth Trough,
Thomas Vesier and Agnes his wife, George Turvile the elder and George Turvile the younger, defendants
of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 12 acres of land, 3 of meadow, 3 of pasture and Common of pasture in
Mountsorell, Barrowe-on-Sore, Rotheley, Quarnedon, Thurcaston and Charnwood Forest. £60.
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Manor of Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of William Heyricke, knight, held there the
14th of April, 22 James I., A.D. 1624.
Before George Wadland, gent., steward there.
Essoins.—Robert Everard, Francis Foulds, Robert Wright, Henry Hemings, Thomas Francke, William
Farnham, Esq., Richard Canner, Thomas Hubard, William Burbidge, William Heayne, Humfry
Chaveney, Humfry Sore, William Thompson, William Squier, Bartholomew Wallis, Thomas Burbidge,
Thomas Heath, Thomas Littlewood, William Darker, Anthony Warren, Francis White, William Storer,
Francis Smalley of Mountsorell, Danyel Shepherd, Thomas Foulds, Francis Corviser, Richard Smyth,
Humfry Sculthorpe.
The Homage.—Clement Foulds. William Whatton. Thomas Stevenson.
Henry Bosse. Robert Dawson. Edward Radcliffe.
Richard Blount. Francis Hampe. Anthony Ball.
Thomas Ludford. William Crampe. Adrian Hall.
John Sarson.
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Verdict.—The Jury say on oath that Richard Battersby, Robert Barnelt, Nicholas Smyth, Humphrey Foulds,
John Parker and Anne his wife (by Richard Skellington his tenant), William Mason, Francis Deacon
alias Shepherd, Ann Barnard and John Thorpe owe Suit and have made default, therefore each is in
mercy ; fined 4d. each.
John Dixon and Humfry Burrowes broke the Assize of Bread; fined 4d. each,
William Farnham, gent., broke the pain by not repairing the Common way at Prior Field, therefore
in mercy ; fined 10s.
Jobn Baker permitted his pigs to wander unrung; fined 12d.
Henry Hemyng has not repaired the Common way in Hawkewell field according to the pain;
fined Ios.
Francis Stanley is dead since the Jast Court and Anne Phipps is the daughter and heir and holds
of the lord of this manor by Copy of Court Roll.
Henry Judson died since the last Court and Rowland Sympson is in his place and holds of the lord
by demise at Will.
William Phipps and Anne his wife came to this Court and did fealty for the tenements which they hold
within the said manor, and were admitted Tenants.
(Signed) George Wadland, Steward.
Patent Roll, Part 12. 22 James IL, A.D. 1624.
The King to all, etc., Greeting.
Whereas Elizabeth, late Queen of England, by her Letters Patent dated at Westminster the 18th day of
August in the 41st year of her reign (A.D. 1599) granted to Our trusty servant Sir William Herricke, knight,
one of the Tellers of Our Exchequer, and to John Hawes, citizen and goldsmith of London, their heirs and
assigns,
All that Her manor of Beaumanor, with all its rights, members and appurtenances in the county of
Leicester and all those Free Rents of the said manor amounting to £24 6s. annually,
And all that close of Jand and pasture called or known by the name of “ Vicarie Partie,” containing by
estimation 20 acres situated in the parish of Barrowe in the said county of Leicester, formerly in the occupation
of Richard Cadwalliter or his assigns at a yearly rent of 335. 4d.,
And also all that close of land and pasture called “ Newclose,” containing 20 acres in the said parish of
Barrowe, formerly in the tenure or occupation of Thomas Farneham or his assigns at a yearly rent of 26s. 8d.,
And all that pasture called “ Moglines ”? in the parish of Barrowe, formerly in the occupation of Henry
Foldes at an annual rent of 26s. 8d.,
And also all that water Mill, fisheries and commodities appertaining in the parish of Barrowe, formerly
in the tenure of Richard Cadwalliter at an annual rent of 135. 4d.,
And all those pieces of pasture, of which one lies in “ Cossicles,” another at “ Scotte Grene,” a third at
“ Dauwillowes” in the fields of Quarndon in the county of Leicester, formerly in the tenure or occupation of
Thomas Farneham or his assigns at a yearly rent of 13s. 8d.,
And all the rents of the said manor of Beaumanor, which in the 5th year of the reign of the said
Queen (1563) attained to 14s. 8d.,
Also all that wood called ‘ Mucklinges wood,” containing g acres, and all those woods and underwoods:
in divers parcels on the land of a certain Geoffrey Asser, tenant by Copy of Court Roll, containing 7 acres;
which woods and underwoods had been Jet and granted to a certain George Hastings, knight, by Letters
Patent of the said Queen under the Seal of the Exchequer, bearing date the 20th day of December, A.D. 1586,
for the term of 21 years beginning at the feast of Michaelmas then last past for an annual rent of 3os.
The manor of Beaumanor and other the premises were granted to Sir W. Herricke, knight, and John
Hawes, their heirs and assigns for ever, paying a rent, during several terms of years, of £29 145. 9d. to Henry
Broke Cobham, Christopher Freeman and Edward Hawthin,
And a rent of £34 Igs. 3d. to the Crown. :
John Hawes quit-claimed his share in the above manor and premises to Sir William Herricke, knight,
his heirs and assigns for ever.
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Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 22 James I., A.D. 1624.
Between William Love and John Walton, plaintiffs, and Robert Rustat, clerk, and Alice his wife,
defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 50 acres of land, 4 of meadow, 10 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare and Charnwood Forest. #60.
Between Humfreye Middleton, plaintiff, and Thomas Judson and Margery his wife, defendants of
a messuage, 2 barns, a garden, an orchard, 3o acres of land, 8 of meadow, 12 of pasture and Common
of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare, Quarnedon, Wodehouse and Charnwood Forest. #41.
Between Thomas Judson, plaintiff, and John Morrys, Godfrey Morrys and Robert Morris, defendants of
a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 60 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 12 of pasture and Common of pasture in
Barrowe-on-Soare and Charnwood Forest. £100.
Between John Browne, plaintiff, and John Pettie and Margery his wife and Dorothy Mouncke, defendants
of 2 cottages, 2 acres of land, 1 of pasture and Common of pasture in Quernedon. £40.
Ing. P.M., Richard Barnard, 667-193. September 28th, A.D. 1624.
Inquisition taken at Leicester 28th September 1624, after the death of Richard Barnard of Barrow-on-
Sore, yeoman.
The Jury say on oath that Richard Barnard long before his death, to wit, Jan. 1st, 10 James I. (A.D.
1613), was seised of and in one messuage, one cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 30 acres of arable land, 13 acres
of meadow and 24 acres of pasture in Barrowe lately bought from Henry, Earl of Huntingdon.
And of one other cottage, garden, orchard and croft containing 1 acre, 30 acres of arable land and 3 acres
of meadow in Barrowe lately bought from John Hunt.
The same Richard Barnard, thus seised, by a certain Charter bearing date 29th January, 10 James I.
(1613), in consideration of a certain marriage between Robert Barnard, the son and heir apparent of the said
Richard, of the one part,
And a certain Marian Jaques of the other part,
Enfeoffed John Smyth of Ibstock and William Love of Barrow, yeoman, in the said tenements, under
the name of All that messuage in Barrow wherein he then dwelt with all its appurtenances, orchards, gardens,
lands, tenements and hereditaments to the same messuage belonging and pertaining,
To have and to hold in Trust as to one moiety to the use of the said Richard Barnard for term of his life,
at his death for the use of Alice his wife for life in name of her joynture; and the other moiety for the use of
the said Robert Barnard and so on—
The premises (except one cottage) were held of the King by homage and were worth 5s.
The cottage was held of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, as of his manor of Barrowe-on-Sore in free and
common socage by fealty, Suit of Court and a rent of 3s. annually, and was worth 5s.
They further say that Robert Barnard is the son and heir and aged 31 years and more.
(Signed) Edward Chamberlayne, Escheator.
Will of William Farnham of the Nether Hall, eldest son of Humphrey Farnham, died unmarried
February 1624-5. Lincoln Consistory Court, 1624, Fol. 91.
In the name of God, Amen. I, William Farnham of Quarne in the county of Leicester, gentleman, do
make this my last Will and Testament.
I commend my body to the grave to be buried in the Chappell of Quarne as near to my father’s feete as
may be.
Item, I give unto my dear mother and my fowr sisters 205. apeece to buy every one of them a Ring.
Item, I do give unto the poore of Quarne 50s. to be bestowed every Sunday throughout the yeare for the
buying of one dozen of bread and to be distributed by my Executor amongst them,
I make my brother Thomas Farnham sole executor, and do likewise give him full power to make sale of
all my lands towards the payment of my debts; and so much moneys as shall remaine, my debts being paid,
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I do give to my brother Hector Farnham ; and if it shall happen that my brother Hector dye before his returne
into England, then I will that my whole estate unbequeathed shall descend unto my brother Thomas Farnham,
And further by these presents I revoke all former Wills, etc.
In witness whereof I have put my hand and seale this second of Februarie A.D. 1624.
(Signed) Will. ffarnham.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of William Rudiard, clerk, Henry Alleyn, Tho. Harrys, John Bynkes,
John Fountaynes, Troylus Turbervile and Hughe Hall.
Proved at Leicester on the 7th day of May A.D. 1625.
N.B.—Hector Farnham was serving in the English Army abroad at the time of his brother’s death. In Vol. 174, No. 48, of the
State Papers Domestic of James I.,in the year 1624, we find that the Council of War had recommended Hector Farnham, Edward
Waldram and Henry Harington (son to old Sir Henry Harington) as able men to be Lieutenants and Ensigns in the Army if His Majesty
shall so please.
Deeds at Quorn House,
A True Inventorie of all the goods that William Farneham of Quarndon in the Countie of Leicester, gent.,
dyed seised of ; taken by theise whose names are here underwritten the 3rd day of May Ano Dni 1625.
In primis, in the Hall.
Two tubbs, six long pikes. 26s. 8d. _
In the Great Chamher.
A fayre table, three cheires, three formes, two stooles, two cushions, two carpitts and a cupboard clok
with other necessaries. £4.
In the Chamber over the Kitchin and two little Chambers near it.
Three bedsteads, two feather-beds, two blankitts, two bolsters, one counterpoint, two trunkes, two
cheires and a little table. £3 6s. 8d.
In his Closett.
Two gold rings, a silver snaffell, two trunkes and many other implements. £7.
In his Studie.
His bookes, some boxes and a table. #1 6s. 8d.
In the Workhouse.
Crossbows, netts and other implements. £2.
In the Timber house.
Sawne Timber and other. #4.
In the Brewhouse.
A lead and brewing vessels. £2.
In the old Malthouse.
Two arkes and an old Clock with other implements.
In the great barne.
Wood, Osiers, and a little hay. £3.
In the Milne.
Two milne stoanes, three tubbs, one gable and other implements. £6.
In the Stable.
One stoaned horse and a gelding, with 7 others which run in the Forest. £22.
The money in his purse, his wearing apparell, his rapier and girdle. £8.
In the Yard.
Two leathers and a little wood. 6s. 8d.
Item, All other things unseene or forgotten, 208.
William Brandon, Thomas Burbige, Edward Squire, Nicholas Allen.
Exchequer Bills and Answers, No. 70, Leicester. Charles I.
Sir William Heyricke, knight, of Beaumanor, Plaintiff.
Whereas the Abbot and Convent of Our Lady in the meadows of Leicester were seised in their demesne
of the tithes of corn, grain, hay and all other tithes arising, growing and renewing in Barrow, Quorndon,
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Woodhouse, Beaumanor and Maplewell in the county of Leicester; the Abbot and Convent by their Lease
dated 7th May 1534 (26 Henry VIII.), did demise unto William Barnard all the said tithes for 81 years at a
reserved rent of £41 48. od. to be paid by equal portions annually at the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula and the
Purification of Our Lady ;
And whereas, after the expiration of the said Lease, by the Statute of Dissolution of Monasteries made
1539 (31 Henry VIII.) the Reversion of the tithes did come to King Henry VIII. and his successors,
The late Queen Elizabeth, being thus seised of the said Reversion, did by Indenture dated rath February
1583 (26 Elizabeth) grant the said tithes unto Thomas Windebanke for a term of 30 years, to begin at the
expiration of the said Lease at the former reserved rent of £41 45. od.
And that both Leases afterwards, by Assignments, came to William King, Richard Bradley and one
Baradall; and they being possessed as well of the residue of the term of 81 years as of the Reversion of
30 years ;
And Nicholas Gravenor being seised in demesne as of fee of 200 acres of ground called “ Maplewell,”
being all or the greater part thereof wood and underwood, for which 200 acres the said Nicholas Gravenor and
those who had been owners and occupiers thereof had always paid tithes in kind to the said King, Bradley and
Baradall, and the previous tenants and farmers of the said tithes ;
About 30 years ago Nicholas Gravenor and the others did cunningly devise how they might for ever
deceive the said late Queen Elizabeth and her Successors of the due tithes, so that Nicholas Gravenor and his.
successors should not hereafter be charged with any payment for tithes, but with a Rate Tithe only if the said
ground should hereafter be improved and converted into arable land, meadow and pasture. They therefore
made an Agreement amongst themselves by and with the advice of John Chippingdale, then Doctor of Law,
and by the advice of John Stanford, then Chancellor at Law, and others, whereby it was agreed that the said
Nicholas Gravenor should pay to King and the others the sum of £30 or £40 and that the said King and the
others should accept and take yearly thenceforth of Nicholas Gravenor and his successors for 21 years next
following a “ Rate Tithe” only of 3s. 4d. annually for Maplewell ground, which took effect as far as the above
parties were concerned.
The said William King, by his Deed dated 1st November 1589 (31 Eliz.), did grant to your Orator as
well the residue of the Lease of 81 years as also the Lease of 30 years of the aforesaid tithes. Your Orator
then dwelling in London and not knowing that tithes should be paid for Maplewell, Nicholas Gravenor told
your Orator’s servants, on being asked for tithes, that he would pay 3s. 4d. as he had formerly paid for his
tithes, which statements your Orator’s servants believed to be true, and they did for some years (they being
strangers in Leicestershire) take 35. 4d. annually for the tithe of Maplewell, until about 7 years since that your
Orator came himself to live in the same parish as Maplewell. He then gave notice that the owners of Maple-
well must pay the same tithes as the other owners of grounds in Woodhouse.
But so it is that Nicholas Gravenor, who is still the owner of part of the lands, and Jeffery Whatton, who.
owns the rest, refuse to pay the tithes (the Reversion of which belongs to the King), whereby His Majesty not
only may be disinherited, but the said reserved rent of #41 4s. od. and the fee-far rent of #42 which your
Orator is for ever to pay to His Majesty for Beaumanor may be in jeopardy (the lands now being improved
and converted into arable ground, meadow and pasture), unless there be some speedy Order in His Majesty’s:
Court of Exchequer taken ;
For the which your Orator prays that Writs of Subpcena be directed to Nicholas Gravenor, his wife and
Jeflery Whatton commanding them to appear and answer to the Charge.
The Answer of Jeffery Whatton, one of the defendants, to the above.
He knows not that Leicester Abbey granted the said Lease to Barnard, nor that the Abbey owned the
tithes in question, but he believes it true that the Abbey owned the Rectory and Parsonage impropriate:
of Barrow and some tithes in kind, but he knoweth only of a “Rate Tithe” of 3s. 4d. for Maplewell. He
hath heard that a Suit was commenced by Richard Bradley and Richard Barradall against Nicholas Gravenor
for tithes, and that in order to end the Controversie the said Nicholas Gravenor, Richard Barradall and William
King bound themselves to submit to the order and rule of Jobn Chippingdale, E'sq., Henry Boothe, clerke,
John Danvers, Esq., and John Stanford, gent., who made their Award, dated 27th January 1562 (4 Eliz.).
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346 QUORNDON RECORDS.
By this Award Nicholas Gravenor was to reimburse to Richard Barradall all the money which he had
expended on the prosecution of the Suit by a payment of £16, and other sums were to be paid and the tithe
was settled as a Rate Tithe of 3s. 4d. for the future.
N.B.—The above Case is extremely long, and is here greatly condensed. The case is interesting for the information that in 1583
the ground round Maplewell was still in its wild and uncultivated state (part of the Forest of Charnwood), but that between that date
and the reign of King Charles I. the land was cleared and cultivated.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Morrow of All Souls, 1 Charles I., A.D. 1625,
Between Humphrey Chaveney, gent., one of the Officers of the Court of Chancery of the lord the King,
plaintiff, and Thomas Gerrard alias Jarratt, gent., and Katherine his wife and Thomas Aston, gent., defendants
of a messuage, 3 cottages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 3 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 3 of pasture and Common
of pasture in Mountsorell, Rotheley, Barrow and Quarndon. £60.
Trinity, 2 Charles I, A.D. 1626.
Between Humphrey Carvall, Esq., and Charles Bussie, gent., plaintiffs, and Thomas Waldram, knight, and
Elizabeth his wife, defendants of 2 messuages, 8 cottages, 20 acres of land, 200 of meadow, 500 of pasture, .
40 of wood, 500 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Charley, Ratby, Newtowne, Markfield,
Barrowe-on-Soare, Whitwicke, Sheepeshead, Thringeston and the Forest of Charnwood. #600.
Quindene of St. Martin, 3 Charles I., A.D. 1627.
Between Humphrey Fox, gent., plaintiff, aud William Heyricke, Knight, and William Heyricke, Esq., and
Elizabeth his wife, defendants of a messuage, 20 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 60 of pasture in Woodhouse
and Mountsorell, and of all tithes of whatsoever kinds annually arising or renewing in Woodhouse and Mount-
sorell. £100.
Inq. P.M., Hector Farnham of the Nether Hall, 674, No. 98. A.D. 1626.
Inquisition taken at Billesdon in the county of Leicester on June and, A.D. 1626.
Before Alexander Lapworth, Esq., Escheator of the lord the King in the county of Leycester, by virtue
of his Office, for enquiring after the death of Hector Farnham late of Quorndon, Esquire, deceased, and on the
oaths of William Woodward, Clement Judd, William Burows, Robert Greene, Henry Kempe, Thomas
Holder, Thomas Kinge, William Sanderson, Ralf Woodcock, John Davy, John Holwell, Anthony Andrewes,
Esward Andrewes, John Foxe, William Louthe, Richard Reeve, Jurors, who say on oath that
Hector Farnham, long before his death, was seised in demesne as of fee of and in the Manor of Quarndon,
commonly called “‘Smythes Manor,” and of 2 messuages, 72 acres of land, 23 acres of meadow, 10 acres of
pasture, and 5s. gd. of Rent in Quarndon in co. Leycester,
And of and in the Chantry of Quarndon with its appurtenances. And in one water mill with its
appurtenances and divers other lands to the same belonging, lying and being in Quarndon in the parish of
Barrow in the said county, formerly belonging to the lately dissolved Priory of Berdmonsey in the county
of Surrey.
And of and in one messuage, one orchard, one garden, 3 cottages, 10 acres of land and 20 acres of
meadow in Quarndon, lately bought by Matthew Farnham, gent., from Theophilus and Robert Adams.
And that the said Hector Farnham so seised died on April rst, 1626.
And that Thomas Farnbam, gent., is the brother and next heir of the said Hector, and at the time
of taking this Inquisition was 30 years old.
They say that the Manor of Quarndon, etc., was held of George, Lord Berkeley, as of his Manor of
Mountsorell in free and common socage by fealty only for all services, customs and demands, and were worth Tos.
The water mill and all the premises formerly belonging to Berdmonsey Priory were held of the King as
of his Manor of East Greenwich in co. Kent in free and common socage by fealty only, and were worth 10s,
The land bought from the brothers Adams was held of the King as of his Manor of East Greenwich by
fealty only, and worth 12d.
In witness of which the Escheator and Jurors affixed their seals.
N.B.—The curious part of the above Inquisition is that it omits the Nether Hall and the lands belonging to it altogether.
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Ing. P.M., Thomas Maydwell, 425, No. 73, Series II. A.D. 1626.
Inquisition taken at Leicester 25th July, 2 Charles I.
Before Alexander Lapworth, Esq., Escheator of the King in the said county, by virtue of a writ of
Mandamus to the same Escheator directed, for the purpose of enquiring after the death of Thomas Maydwell,
late of Geddington, co. Northants, gent., deceased,
And on the oaths of Richard Bent of Smeetheton, gent., Thomas Elkington, gent., Robert Greene, John
Swinfen, gent., George Waldram, gent., William Flud, Harrold Shyttlewood, Richard Burdett, Robert
Torleton, Hugh Mason, Michael Bosse, Robert Bradshawe, John Tompson and Thomas Cheney, Jurors,
Who say on oath that Thomas Maydwell at his death was seised in demesne as of fee of 2 messuages and
2 cottages in Barrow-on-Sore in the county of Leicester, and of one close in Barrowe containing 54 acres in
“Le Mylne Close,”
And another close in Barrow called “. ...,
And of two water mills in Barrowe on the river Soar and the right of turf cutting called “Turbary” on
the soil and waste of the Earl of Huntingdon necessary for the repair of “ The Breakes,”
And of a close in Barrowe called “ Le Holme Close,”
And of a parcel of meadow of 14 acres in Barrow Holme,
And a cottage and close in Barrowe in the tenure of Richard Presson,
And a close of pasture in Barrowe commonly called “ Holberne,”
And of eleven acres and one rood of meadow in Barrowe,
And a close of pasture in Barrowe called “‘ Harvy Close,”
And of two other closes in Barrowe called respectively ‘“‘ Le Fishepooles and Lymepitt Holes,”
And one other close in Barrowe called “‘ Le Myll Close,”
And 4 acres of meadow in Barrowe on the Myll Hill,
And several pieces of pasture in “ Le Field Ground” containing in all 44 acres, lying dispersed in the
Common Fields of Barrowe,
And also tro acres of arable land in Barrowe,
Which messuages, cottages, mills, closes and arable Jand were lately purchased by Thomas Maydwell from
Richard Hensheman, George Gage and Francis Griffith.
Thomas Maydwell so seised died 6th December 1624 at Geddington, and Laurence Maydwell is his son
and next heir and 49 years of age.
The close called “‘ Holborne ” and “ Le Fisshepooles ”” and 24 acres of the aforesaid 110 acres of arable
land were held of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, as of his manor of Barrowe-on-Sore by fealty and an annual
rent of 3s, 2d. for all services, and are worth clear 10s.
The messuages, cottages and all and singular the other premises are held of the lord the King in socage,
in Chief by a service of Homage and Fealty, and are worth clear 305.
The Jurors say that Thomas Maydwell held no other lands of the King or anyone else in demesne or in
service on the day he died in the county of Leicester.
In witness of which the Escheator and Jurors have individually affixed their seals the day and year
above written, ‘
”
N.B.—This property seems from a Deed dated 1708 to have continued in the Maydwell family throughout the seventeenth century.
Wills at Leicester, A.D. 1627. John Beridge of Tugbie, yeoman.
To my eldest son William Beridge the advowson and patronage of the vicarage of the parish Church of Barrow-on-Soar, and the
Profits, etc., to the same belonging.
To John Beridge, my second son, all my team, carts, gears, ploughs, after the death of Goodyth my wife, and a moiety of the farm
which I hold in Tugbie from Mr. Thomas Digbie of Sandon in the Co. of Stafford, Esq., and Marie his wife, and a moiety of my goods
and chattels,
To Edward, my third son, 1 heifer. To Thomas, my fourth son, £20.
To Anthony, my youngest son, £10 towards his maintenance at the University until he be a Graduate.
To Elizabeth and Anne the daughters of my eldest son William Beridge, to each of them an ewe and a lamb.
To the poor of Tugbie ros.
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The residue of my goods and chattels, etc., to my wife, whom I make my sole executrix.
Proved roth November 1627.
N.B.—Nichols’ History, vol. 3, page 553. In a letter from Mr. William Beridge, about 1626, he states that he was then the
Minister of Barrow, and his father the patron; and that the advowson of the Vicarage had been sold by Sir William Herrick to Robert
Rustat, who resold it to Mr. Beridge.
‘Wills at Leicester. Ralph Copestake of Rushie field in the parish of Barowe. J anuary 6th, 1628,
I give to the poor of Quarndon 3s. 4d.
The residue of my goods to Elisabeth Copestake my wife and Ralph Copestake my son.
I make my wife my sole executrix.
And lL appoint Mr. Adryan Farnham of Querndon aforesaid, Esquire, my master. Overseer of this my Will, desiring his Worshipp
to take the pains to see this my Will performed, and if any ambiguity or controversy do happen to arise between my said wife and
son, that then the same shall be ordered at the discretion of my said master.
Witnesses: Richard Battersbie, David Blanckley, John Smalley and Christofer Branson,
Proved March 27th, 1628.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 4 Charles I., A.D. 1628.
Between Laurence Squyer, Edward Squyer and John Welles, plaintiffs, and Thomas Farnham, gent., and
Frances his wife, defendants of a cottage, 22 acres of land and 40 acres of pasture in Quarndon and
Woodhouse. £100.
Trinity, 4 Charles I., A.D. 1628.
Between Thomas Somerfield and Robert Fenton, plaintiffs, and George Staples and Thomas Woodford
and Joan his wife, defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 46 acres of land, 6 of meadow, 60 of
pasture, 1 of wood, 4 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Cotes, Quarndon, Prestwould, Burton-on-
the-woulds and Hoton. #100.
Michaelmas, 4 Charles I., A.D. 1628.
Between Francis Smalley, plaintiff, and William Crampe and Anne his wife and Joan Judson, widow,
defendants of 14 acres of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore. To hold to Francis Smalley for eleven years at a
peppercorn rent from September 20th, 1627. £41.
One month from Easter, 4 Charles I., A.D. 1629.
This is the Final Agreement between John Morton the elder, gentleman, John Allen and John Wells,
plaintiffs, and Thomas Farnham, gentleman, and Frances his wife, defendants of 2 messuages, 3 water mills,
2 gardens, 2 orchards, 50 acres of Jand, 28 acres of meadow, 72 of pasture, 20 of furze and heath and common
of pasture for all cattle in Quarndon and Woodhouse, Barrowe-on-Sore and the Forest of Charnwood, whence
a plea of covenant was summoned between them in the same Court, that is to say, that Thomas Farnham and
Frances acknowledge the tenements and common of pasture to be the right of John Morton as those which
Jobn, John and John Wells have of the gift of Thomas Farnham and Frances, and these they release and
quitclaim from them Thomas and Frances and their heirs to the said John Morton, John Allen and John
Wells and the heirs of John Morton for ever. And the same Thomas Farnham and Frances grant for them-
selves and the heirs of Thomas that they warrant the said tenements to the plaintiffs and the heirs of John
Morton against the heirs of Matthew Farneham, Esquire, grandfather of the said Thomas, and against the
heirs of Humphrey Farneham, gentleman, father of the said Thomas, and against the heirs of William
Farneham, gentleman, and Hector Farneham, gentleman, brothers of the said Thomas, deceased, for ever.
And for this acknowledgement, grant, quitclaim, warranty and fine the plaintiffs gave the defendants #120
sterling.
N.B.—The above Fine reads like a Settlement or a Mortgage of the Nether Hall.
Between Geoffrey Bordman, gent., plaintiff, and Thomas Babington, Esq., and Katherine his wife, and
Robert Thurbarne, gent., and Elizabeth his wife, defendants of a messuage, 2 cottages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards,
40 acres of ]and and Common of pasture in Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves, Barrowe-on-Soare and Charn-
wood Forest.
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Morrow of Trinity, 5 Charles I., A.D. 1629.
Between Edward Aldersey, gent., plaintiff, and Thomas Aldersey, gent., and Margaret his wife,
defendants of 3 messuages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 30 acres of land, 5 of meadow, 16 of pasture and Common
of pasture in Quarndon, Barrowe-on-Soar and Charnwood Forest.
Michaelmas, 5 Charles I., A.D. 1629.
Between John Tompson and Elizabeth Middleton, widow, plaintiffs, and Edward Malston and Anne his
wife, Thomas Jolliffe and Margaret his wife, John Alsoppe and Margaret his wife, defendants of 7 acres
of land, 6 of meadow, 1 of pasture and Common of pasture in Quernedon. £60.
Between Richard Heyrick, clerk, and Helen his wife, plaintiffs, and Humphrey Foxe and Joyce his
wife, defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 20 acres of land, 10 of meadow, and 60 of pasture in
Woodhouse and Mountsorell. £100.
Between Thomas Walles, gent., plaintiff, and John Walton and Isabel his wife, defendants of :o acres
of land and 6 of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare, with a warranty against the heirs of Richard Godfrey, the
father of Isabel. £60.
Manor of Beaumanor.
View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of William Heyrick, knight, held there 8th March, 4 Charles I.,
A.D. 1629.
Essoins.—Adrian Farneham, Esq., Arnold Hill and Ann his wife, Wiiliam Lilley, Henry Bosse, Theophilus
Cave, gent., Margaret Foulds, widow, Adrian Foulds, Robert Bennett, Elena Foulds, widow, Anne
Stones, widow, Rouland Simpson, Edward Broadhurst of Woodhouse, William Storer, Thomas Duckett,
Francis White, John Adcocke, William Buttris and Arthur Warren of Barrow-on-Soar, Robert
Leicester, William Darker, William Lowe, Humfry Burbage, Thomas Heath of Woodthorpe, William
Tompson, Humfry Sculthorpe, Humfry Soare, Margaret Henson, William Burbage and William Mason
of Quarndon.
Verdict—The Jury present that Thomas Babington, Esq. (8d.), Thomas Farnham, Esq. (5s.), Ralph Rivett,
gent. (10s.), John Parker (3s. 4d.), John Seagrave (4d.) and Robert Duckett (4d.) owe Suit to this Court
and made default, therefore they are in mercy as appears.
George Tompson, gent., permitted his tenements which he holds of the lord of this manor by Copy
of Court Roll to decay, so that £6 13s. 4d. is not sufficient to repair them; he was ordered to repair
them before the feast of St. Matthew the Apostle under a penalty of £6 135. 4d.
Robert Ducket and Margaret his wife permitted their tenements to decay so that £3 was not
sufficient to repair them ; they were ordered to repair them under a penalty of #3.
Nichols’ Leicester, vol. 3, page 68.
In 1630 the Freeholders in Barrow were Theophilus Cave, gent., William Love, William Lilley, Arnold
Hill and Robert Barnard; at Mountsorell George Thornton, John Allen, Francis Smalley, Thomas Knight,
Robert Scampton and William Thorman; at Quorndon Adrian Farnham, Esq., John Morton, gent., Thomas
Farnham, Humfrey Greasley, William Brandon and Richard Blount. No freeholder is noticed in that year at
Woodhouse, but Sir William Herrick was then the owner of Beaumanor.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 6 Charles I., A.D. 1630.
Between George Rayson, gent., and Thomas Gilbert, plaintiffs, and Thomas Judson and Margery his
wife, defendants of a messuage, a garden, an orchard, 60 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 12 of pasture and
Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare and Charnwood Forest. #100.
Trinity, 7 Charles I., A.D. 1631.
Between Matthew Noble, plaintiff, and William Noone, gent., defendant of 24 acres of land, 16 of
meadow, 8 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrow-on-Sore. £60.
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Michaelmas, 8 Charles I., A.D. 1632.
Between Geoffrey Whatton, plaintiff, and Adrian Grosvenor alias Gravenor, gent., defendant of a
messuage, a garden, an orchard and half of 40 acres of land, 30 of meadow, 50 of pasture, 50 of wood and
Common of pasture in Maplewell, Charley, Barrowe-on-Soare and Charnwood Forest. £120.
Between Thomas Watson and Thomas Hoden, plaintiffs, and John Marshall and Elizabeth his wife,
Thomas Tompson and William Beebye, defendants of a cottage, a toft, a garden, an orchard, 2 acres of land,
3 of meadow, 1 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare, Mountsorell and Charnwood
Forest. £41.
Proceedings as to Charitable Uses, co. of Leicester, Ing. Bundle 13, No. 4. 7 Charles I.
The examination and Depositions of Witnesses taken at Querundon in the County of Leicester before
William Robinson, Doctor of Divinity, John Davenport, Esq., John Browne, John Porter and John Foxcross,
clerkes, the ninth and tenth days of November, A.D. 1630.
Adrian Farnbam of Quarndon in the County of Leicester, Esquire, of the age of threescore and one years
or thereabouts, sworn and examined,
In primis he sayeth that in the time of bis minority and the widdowehood of his mother there was a Suit
commenced in the Court of Requests between Mr. Matthew Farnham of the one part (as he thinketh) and
Mrs. Anne Farnham, widdow, mother of this deponent, and other Inhabitants of the Towne of Quarndon of
the other part, and that he, this deponent, hath seen some of the legall proceedings about that business since
he came to man’s estate, whereupon the matter was referred unto Mr. George Villers of Brooksbye, afterwards
Sir George Villers, Thomas Cave of Baggrave, afterwards Sir Thomas Cave, Mr. William Cave of Picwell,
Esquire, and Mr. Assheby of Loseby, Esquire, whereof they (three) for this named did meet personally
at Quarndon and there did mediate between the said parties that they should condescend to these particulars
following: First that the inhabitants of Quarndon should have to the use of the Minister or Schoolmaster for
the time being the house commonly called “ The Priest’s House” with a little orchard and gardeyne thereunto
belonging for ever, and should also have paid out of the “Towne Lands ” continually 4os. per annum towards
the mayntenance of the Minister or Schoolmaster, as also as this examinant hath heard that they should have
a piece of meadowe in “ Outterholme ”? commonly called or knowne by the name of “ Prieste Hadland”’ to the
same intent and purposes abovesaid, and in consideration thereof the inhabitants of Quarndon should suffer
the “ Town Landes ” to passe as concealed lands without contradiction, as he verily thinketh they did, and
afterwards, when it was passed to Mr. Matthew Farnham aforesaid, one Mr. Humphrey Cathernes, father-in-
law (i.e., stepfather) and guardian to this deponent, did bargaine with Mr. Matthew Farnham that he should
convey and passe over unto this deponent the fourth part of the aforesaid Towne Landes for and in considera-
tion of the sum of £20 as appereth by Indentures bearing date the 25th day of October in the 3oth year of
Queen Elizabeth, and further it was condescended that this deponent should continue and paye Ios, per
annum, part of the said 40s. aforesaid, towards the mayntenance of the Minister or Schoolmaster, which this
deponent hath duly paid ever since. And also that this deponent should paye yearly 2s. 6d. to Mr. Matthew
Farnham and his heirs as part of the fee farm rent of 10s. to the Queen’s Majesty and her successors, And
lastly that he this deponent should paye yearly 4d. as the allowance for the portage of the half crowne
aforesaid.
Lawrence Squire of Quarndon, yeoman, of the age of threescore and two yeares or thereabouts, sworne
and examined. In primis he sayeth that the house called “the School house or Priest’s house,” with an
orchard and gardeyne thereunto apperteyning have always during the time of his remembrance, which is about
threescore yeares, been in the occupation of the Ministers of Quarndon for the time being, for which neither
the Minister nor any for them did ever paye any rent till such tyme as the lands commonly called The Towne
landes were past awaye (by what meanes he knoweth not very well) into the hands of Mr. Matthew Farnham,
Francis Chaveney and Thomas Hebbe, after which time he this deponent was required, being Churchwarden,
to pay 6s. 8d. to one Mr. Humphrey Farnham as a rent due to the said Humphrey for the said house, orchard
and gardeyne, and one hadland Jey commonly called the Priest’s hadland, which accordingly he did, but
afterwards coming again to be in the office of a Churchwarden one Frauncis Chaveney, whose father some
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tymes was one of the feoffees for certain Town lands, as this deponent hath heard, told him that there was
_nothing due to the aforesaid Humphrey Farnham for the said house and premisses ; whereupon this deponent
refused to paye the said rent any more, and further sayeth that one Mr. Worthington being then Minister and
having the said house and premisses in occupation told this deponent “ Mr. Humfrev Farnham is my kind
friend and rather than I will lose his favour I will paye what he demands out of my own purse.” And further
he saveth that concerning other lands commonly called the Towne lands the said Mr. Matthew Farnham,
being at suit with the inhabitants of the said Town, came to see one Mr. Richard Hamson, father-in-law to
this deponent, and served the said Hampson with a subpeena, useing these words, ‘I praye thee Hamson bee
not against mee about theis Towne lands and as I am true gentleman thou shalt enjoy that part which is in
thine own occupation,” as the said Hampson his father-in-law told this deponent, but as soone as the said
Matthew had received this ]and he immediately took it away from the said Hampson, and yet afterwards upon
that part of meadow parcel of the said Towne land came into the hands of Adrian Farnham, the said Adrian
Farnham did condescend that he the said Richard Hampson should enjoy the foresaid parcell of meadow
commonly called “ the Upp End of the Broad Meadow lyeing near unto Mountsorrell Closes’ during the life
of the said Hamson, and that he this deponent being towards marriage with the daughter of the said Hamson
did helpe to make hay upon the said parcell of meadow commonly called the Townes ground, and further be
sayeth that two cottages, in one whereof Phillips the Neatherd and in another whereof one Ellis the Swyne-
herd dwelled, were built upon the Townes ground before the remembrance of this deponent and that the said
Ellis and Phillips and others who have successively dwelt in the said houses have payed rent yearly for them
to the Church wardens for the time being. And that afterwards one Lewin Courteby, Pinder of the said
Towne, with consent of the Inhabitants did build another cottage neare adjoining unto the two aforesaid
cottages and therein dwelt and payed rent unto the Churchwardens for the same, and that one William Smith
with the consent of the Inhabitants did build another cottage upon the common ground and therein dwelt and
payed rent unto the Towne for the said cottage as he had formerly done for the yard wherein the said cottage
was built. And this examinate sayeth that he knew one Brinsley who sometimes was tenant to that messuage
or farme now in the occupation of John Sareson and certain acres of land and meadow with an orchard and
gardeyne (some parcells of which he knoweth not), and that the said Brinesley payed rent to the Church-
wardens for the same, as by the accounts appereth, also that he knoweth one roode of ground nowe in the
occupation of widow Purse, and one acre of meadow called Scotchgreene, sometyme in the occupation of one
Woollock, and one parcell of meadow called “ Wellstick,” and one parcell of meadow called the “ Priest’s
Piece” in Greenholme in the occupation of Frauncis Chaveney, and one parcell of pasture ground in the Carr,
sometimes in the occupation of one Widdow Chaveney about 55 years ago, All which said parties having the
foresaid parcells above named in their severall occupations did yearly paye rent unto the Churchwardens for
the time being to the use of the Towne within this deponent’s remembrance, And further this deponent sayeth
that the Willowes growing upon the Greene in the said Towne have been cropt and let to farme for the use of
the said Towne, And this examinate sayeth he hath heard his father say that there was anciently a Deed
of feoffment of the parcells above named and other lands in Quarndon and elsewhere commonly reputed “the
Towne Lands,’ and that one Thomas Hebb, sonne of the last surviving Feoffee, shewed the said Deed
amongst the Inhabitants in .... aforesaid, and then Mr. Humphrey Kathernes encouraged them the said
Inhabitants to stand out [in the Suit] then to be commenced by one Mr. Matthew Farnham, assuring them
that he durst pawn his estate that the said lands appertayned to the Towne and would easily be preserved for
the use of the Towne, whereupon a common purse was immediately made amongst the said Inhabitants for
defraying the charges of the said Suit.
N.B.—The Original is torn at one corner, hence the vacant gaps. Laurence Squire served as Churchwarden of Quorndon in the
year 1617 and again in 1624, but as Humphrey Farnham died in January 1620-1 Squire’s statement is scarcely accurate.
John Hawkins of Quarndon, aged threescore and five years or thereabouts, sworne and examined,
In primis he sayeth he knoweth the house commonly called the Priest’s house and orchard and gardeyne
apperteyning thereunto, which said house during all the time of his remembrance, which is about threescore
yeares, hath bene inhabited by the Minister for the time being, who served the Cure and taught Schoole in
the said Towne, and that about threescore years ago one Mr. Bankes being the Minister, one Widdow Marriot
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did live in the kitchen of the said house, and sayeth that he knoweth that the Ministers for the time bein
have gotten the hey then growing upon a certain piece of meadow in Outhoome called the Priest’s hadland
and further sayeth that during the time of his remembrance 4os. yearly bath been payed to the Ministers -
the time being, whereof 30s. yearly was paid out of the lands of Mr. Thomas Farnham and his predecessors
and tos. out of the lands of Mr. Adrian Farnham. And further he sayeth that being servant to one
Mr. Frauncis Chaveney about 45 years ago, and being mowing in a piece of meaddowe in the occupation of
the said Frauncis Chaveney and his said Maister after him, Mr. Matthew Farnham came riding upon a Whyte
Nagg from Mountsorrell and coming to his maister saying unto him thus: “ Frauncis if you and Hebb wil]
stand to mee I care not for all the Katherenses in Quarndon,” whereunto the said Frauncis made answere in
this manner: ‘Sir, what I have I will hold.” And the said Matthew replyed “he should have it,” and so
accordingly he hath enjoyed it, And further this deponent sayeth that the said Matthewe Farnham being gone,
he this examinate sayed to his Maister Frauncis Chaveney, “ Will you be against the Towne ?” meaning in
respect of the Townes land. To which the said Frauncis answered, “ It will be gone and I had as good to
have some of it as none of it.”
Francis Danvers of Swithland in the County of Leicester, esquire, of the age of threescore and twelve
years or thereabouts, sworne and examined, sayeth as followeth: In primis he sayeth that about three score
and one years ago or thereabouts one Mr. Banckes then being Minister of the Towne of Quarndon did teach
School sometymes at the Church and sometymes in a house where commonly during his remembrance the
Minister of the said Towne hath dwelt, and that the said Mr. Banckes had a chamber and bed in the said
house and further sayeth not.
Francis Harris of Quarnedon, carpenter, aged 53 years, says that about 45 years ago he was a scholar at
the said Town of Quarnedon and that one Mr. Moore was then Minister in the said Town and taught a school
in the house commonly called “ The Priest’s house,” where this deponent had his learning freely, for that the
said Mr. Moore did always during his abode in the said Town enjoy the said Priest’s house, orchard, etc., and
he further sayeth that the said house and premises did continue in the occupation of Mr. Hangraue and
Mr. Watts, successors to the said Mr. Moore in the Minister’s place in the said Town. And that he this
deponent afterwards being churchwarden hath formerly received 30s. for the maintenance of the Minister and
Schoolmaster, and that the payment of the said 30s. yearly hath never been denied for ought he knoweth till
of late years, and further he sayeth that in the time of his churchwardenshbip, he, according to the articles then
exhibited, did present Mr. Humphrey Farnham, Mr. Adrian Farnham and Francis Chaveney for the holding
of certain lands belonging to the use of the Minister, Free School and Bridges in the aforesaid Town. And
also he sayeth that one William Taylor and Richard Draper alias Leadbeater did about 45 years ago rent of
the Churchwardens of Quarnedon the Willows that grew upon the Greene near or in the said Town.
Humphrey Johnson of Quarndon, carpenter, aged 60 years, sayeth that he knows one house, a little
orchard and garden in the Town of Quarndon, commonly called “The Priest house,” and one hadland ley in
Outerholme, called “The Priest hadland,” which parcels have been during the time of 50 years in his
remembrance most commouly in the occupation of the Minister for the time being, and about 50 years ago he,
this deponent, was a scholar in the said Priest house during the time of one Mr. Bancks and Mr. Moore,
Ministers and Scholemasters successively in the said Town, with whom he did usually lodge in the said Priest
house, and that neither he, nor his father for him, paid anything for his learning during his continuance at
the said school. And he sayeth he knew one Phillips the Swyneherd of the Town, whose house stood on the
Town’s ground was repaired by this deponent’s father, being a carpenter, at the charges of the Town.
And that Francis Bradshawe and John Collington being Churchwardens paid this deponent to crop the
willows growing upon the Greene in the said Town, and that the heads of the willows were sold to the use of
the said Town.
An Inguisition was taken at Loughborough on the 31st of March, A.D. 1631, before Timothy Levinge
and John Davenport, Esqrs., John Browne and John Foxcrosse, clerks, and John Howlt, gent., and a jury
(names given),
Who say that one messuage in Quarndon, now or late in the occupation of John Sareson, 5 acres of arable
Jand and 4 acres of meadow in Quarndon in the same occupation,
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A garden, 7 acres of land and 3 roods of pasture in the South Field of Quarndon, now or late in the
occupation of Adrian Farnham, Esq., and Thomas Farnham, gent.,
One rood called “le Willowe ground,” one acre of meadow in Quarndon called “ Scotsgreen,” one parcel
of meadow in Quarndon called “ le Welsicke,” one parcel of meadow in Greenholme in Quarndon containing
3 acres, now or late in the occupation of Adrian Farnham, Esq., Thomas Farnham, gent., and Humphrey
Chaveney,
A parcel of pasture in Quarndon called “The Carr” containing one acre, in the occupation of Walter
Brandon and William Hyndman,
A cottage in Quarndon called ‘‘ The Priestes house ” or the “ Schole house,”’ and a half acre called “ The
Priestes hadland”’ in Outerholme,
One cottage in Quarndon in the occupation of William Johnson and Adrian Collington,
One cottage in Quarndon in the occupation of John Till,
, A piece of land in a close in Quarndon called ‘ Lewes Close” in the occupation of John Tompson and
George Tompson,
A rent of 12d. issuing from a close in Quarndon in the tenure of Thomas Farnham, gent.,
And a parcel of Jand planted with willows called “The Swynes Greene ” were given, limited and appointed
for the maintenance of a Priest to celebrate Divine Services in the Chapel of Quarndon, and a School for
educating boys and youths in Grammar, and for the Repairs of Bridges in Quarndon, and other good and
charitable Uses in Quarndon. And that all and singular the premises aforesaid were used for charitable
purposes as afore mentioned from a time when the memory of man does not exist until the goth year of the
reign of Queen Elizabeth (A.D. 1587-8), when the ancestors of Adrian Farnham, Esq., Thomas Farnham,
gent., and Humphrey Chaveney converted the issues, rents and profits of the same to their own use.
In witness of which, etc.
[The result was an] Order to Adryan Farnham, Esq., Thomas Farnham, gent., and Humphrey Chaveney,
their heirs and assigns and all those persons that have or may have any interest or estate in the said premises
or any part or parcel thereof, severally and respectively upon reasonable request to convey the several parts or
parcels of the premises wherein they or any of them have any such interest or estate to Theophilus Cave of
Barrowe, gent., John Morton of Quarndon, gent., John Morton of Sileby, gent., William Brandon, Edward
Squire, Humphrey Sculthorpe, Peter Chaveney, John Hawkins the younger, Thomas Bradshawe and
Humphrey Staples of Quarndon, yeomen, and to their heirs and assigns for ever to and for the maintenance
and performance of the said charitable and godly uses for evermore.
Beaumanor with its members.
View of Frankpledge with the Court Baron of William Heyrick, knight, lord of the said manor, held
there 6th October, 6 Charles I., A.D. 1630.
Before George Wadland, gent., Steward there.
Essoins—Adrian Farnham, Esq., Arnold Hill, gent., Thomas Duckett, Nathaniel Catlyn, clerk, John
Haynes, Humfry Chaveney, Geoffrey Boardman, gent., Richard Battersby, gent., Ellen Foulds, widow,
John Allen, Robert Bennett, George Thompson, Francis Smalley of Mountsorell, Adrian Foulds, Frances
Smalley, widow, Adrian Hall, Humfry Soare, Agnes Hampe, Francis Hampe, William Tompson,
William Bosse, William Darker, John Brewen, Thomas Heath and Nicholas Caldwell.
The Homage.—Robert Dawson. William Squire. Richard Skellington.
Thomas Ludford. Richard Blount. Francis White.
Francis Foulds. Humfry Sculthorpe. Adrian Stables.
Nicholas Smyth. Thomas Stevenson. William Phipps.
Edward Ratcliffe. Daniel Sheppard.
Verdict.—Who say on oath that Thomas Farnhan, gent. (4s.), Alice Barton, widow (2d.), John Adcocke (12d.),
Ralph Rivett, gent. (12d.), Thomas Braunston (6d.), Robert Nicolls (2d.), Clement Tompson (12d.),
Thomas Broadhurst (4d.), Edward Savile, gent. (6d.), and Frances Sheppard, widow, owe Suit to this
Court at this day and made default, therefore they are in mercy.
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354 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Nicholas Smyth, Francis Foulds and Margaret Wryght are common brewers and broke the Assize of
Ale; fined 4d. each.
John Foulds, John Dixon and William Foulds are common bakers and are fined 12d. each for
breaking the Assize of bread; John Healy is fined 8d. for the like offence.
William Browne is fined 3s. 4d. for not keeping the Forest fence of Charnewood in sufficient repair,
Rowland Simpson broke the peace by reviling Alice Ratcliffe the wife of Edward Ratcliffe with
opprobrious words ; fined 6d.
Anne Foulds the wife of Adrian Foulds is a common scold; fined 4d.
They say that Francis Youle who held of the lord of this manor by Copy of Court Roll is dead since
the last Court and that... . Youle, widow, late the wife of Francis, is next in the Copy.
Composition for Fines, Special Commissions, Leicester, 5404. A.D. 1631.
Charles by the grace of God King, etc., To Our beloved kinsman Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and Our
trusty and beloved Henry Hastings, Bart., Wolstan Dixie, knight, and John Skeffington, knight, Greeting.
Given June 29th, 7 Charles I.
Order to the Commissioners to meet and arrange for holding a Commission to ascertain who ought to
compound, etc.
For your better direction with whom you are to deal in this case, You are to take knowledge that all
baronets who were not knighted at Our Coronation or before, all knights who have received that order since
that time, all who have lands or rents to £40 yearly value, although held in Socage or held of common
persons or of Us by a meane tenure, all who have but an estate of freehold for life only are liable to this Fine,
His Majesty reserving to himself the Composition with all the Nobilitie that are liable to the same. Any
who alleges that he has already compounded and paid shall shew his tally.
The Roll of Composition of all such persons in the county of Leicester as have compounded and paid
their Fines to the King for not appearing at his Royal Coronation to receive the Order of Knighthood, with
their habitations and the sums of money paid according to the agreement made with them at Ashby de la
Zouch, co. Leicester, the 28th day of April, A.D. 1631.
Sir Henry Shirley of Staunton Harold, Bart. . , ; » 690
Richard Turpin of Knaptoft, Esq. . F . i . » £10
Thomas Babington of Rothley, Esq. . : : ; é . £25
Adrian Farnham of Quarndon, Esq. . i : 3 é . #12
George Hartopp of Dalby Parva, Esq. : . ‘ ‘ . £25
John Morton of Quarndon, gent... ‘ , ‘ , . £10
William Marston of Slawston, gent. . . i ‘ ‘ . £10
John Heiricke of Leicester Town, gent. . A ‘ ‘ . £10
and many others.
N.B.—The total amount collected by this Roll was £879. In addition to this Roll there are several others of those who refuse to
pay and of minors. The basis of assessment seems, from the instructions given, which are set out at great length, to have been the
supposed ability of persons to pay, e.g., all Justices of the Peace are to pay heavily because they are supposed to be wealthy, etc.
P.C.C. Wills, 72 Russell, 29th October, A.D. 1632.
I, Constance Brinsley of Quarendon, co. Leicester, widow, make this my last Will and Testament.
In primis, I bequeath unto my most loving parents each of them £10.
Item, I bequeath unto my beloved brethren Mr. Edward, Thomas, Robert and Francis Farnham £40 to be equally divided among them.
To my beloved sister Mrs. Jane Farnham £40.
To my uncle Mr. Zacheus Mundy’s four children, viz., Philip, Constance, Zacheus and Helen, 40s. each.
To Mary Bray £5. To the poor of Quarendon 4os.
I ordain my eldest daughter Constance Brinsley sole executrix of this my last Will.
I give to the Minister of Quarendon 4os. '
The residue of my goods (my debts and legacies paid) I give to my three daughters Constance Brinsley, Margaret Brinsley and
Elizabeth Brinsley to be equally divided among them and I do entreat my worthy good friend and cosen Mr. William Danvers and my a
good brother Mr. Edward Farnham and my very good brother-in-law Mr. Robert Morphin to be Supervisors of this my last Will, to each o
whom I bequeath 20s. to buy gold rings in remembrance of me. ?
In witness whereof, etc. (Signed) Constance Brinsly.
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In the presence of Dorothy Estwick, Lucy Standey, Edward Farnham, Thomas Beridge.
Proved the 1st day of August, 1633, by Edward Farnham, the brother of the deceased, sworn to administer according to the terms
of the Will during the minority of Constance Brinsley the daughter and sole executrix named in the Will.
N.B.—Constance the daughter of Adrian Farnham married at Quorndon October 15th, 1616, John Brinsley of Blyth, co. Notts.
Their eldest daughter Constance Brinsley was baptized at Quorndon November rgth, 1617.
The Rev. Thomas Beridge signs the Quorndon Register as Chaplain for the six years 1629 to 1634 inclusive.
Wills at Leicester, Adrian Farnham of the Over-hall, Quorndon. A.D. 1633.
Nov. 17th, 1628. In the name of God, Amen. I, Adnan ffarneham of Querndon in the county of
Leicester, being in perfect memory and good health, etc., I commend my body to the earth from whence it
was taken and for my temporal estate first my Will is that my loveinge kinsmen and ffriends my brother
francis Mundaye, my cozen ffrancis Danvers, my cozen John Hackett and my sonne John Osborne they and
every one of them, the survivor of them or any of them, shall stand seized of all my lands and tenements in
Querndon, Barrowe, Mountsorell, Rotheley, Rushall and Woodhouse in as full compleat and effectual! estate
as I nowe doe for the performance of my last Will and to noe other use, effect or purpose, first my wil] is that
all acts done for a jovnture for my beloved wife shall stand good in every point according to the true intent and
meaninge of the same.
Alsoe my will is that my sonne Thomas ffarneham being my second sonne shall have £10 yearlie paid to
him out of my said lands by even portions at the feasts of St. Michael the Archangel and the Feast of the
Annunciation of the Virgin Mary or within twentie one daies after either of the said feasts, the first to begin
at Michaelmas next after my decease to be paid in the porch of the Chappell of Quarendon duringe my wive’s
life and after her decease my will is that my sonne Thomas shall have £20 by the year duringe his naturall
life to be paid to him in manner and forme aforesaid.
Alsoe my will is that Robert ffarnham being my third son and ffrancis ffarneham being my fifth sonne
shall each have £10 by the year during my wife’s life and after her decease they shall each have £20 by the
year in manner and forme as I have bequeathed to my sonne Thomas.
Alsoe Adrian my fowerth sonne shall have £20 by the year for his natural life, and if Elizabeth his wife
do outlive my son then she is to have the £20 yearly for her life.
And I desire that my son ffrancis be brought up in learning if it please God that I do not live to performe
it myself.
I will that after my wife’s decease my said sonne Thomas shall have the Lease which I have from
Mr. Robert Noone for soe much as concerned the house and ground belonginge to the house where Henry
Bush nowe dwelleth, My sonne Thomas passing al] his right in the lands which I bought of Thomas Hood of
Mountsorell in my sonne Thomas his name to my sonne Edward at the cost of my sonne Edward.
Also my will is that my daughter Jane ffarneham have £333 6s. 8d. to bee paid to her within 3 years
of my decease, such sum to be raised by my said feoffees either by sale of my woods growing upon my lands
or if they will not suffice by sale of land to make up the sum, but if my sonne Edward do give such security
as my daughter Jane think sufficient, then he to keep such woods and lands and to pay meantime #10 by the
year to my daughter Jane.
To the poore of Quarendon 40s. To the poore of Barrowe 20s. To the poore of Mountsorrell 20s. To
the poore of Woodhouse 20s.
Alsoe I give Cislie, daughter to my late Uncle George Eyre, 4os., and to my Cozen Richard Eyre 20s.,
and to my Cozen Constance Eyre £20 to bee paid to her within one yeare after her marriage.
I give to my servant George Neuton 4os., and to my servant Thomas Hudson 20s.
And whereas I do pay tos. by the year to the Minister and Scholemaster for the tyme being of Quarendon
out of those lands which I purchased of my Cozen Mathew ffarneham, I will that in future there be paid to
him 4os. by the year out of the aforesaid lands.
I give to my beloved daughter Brinsley and her daughters for a remembrance of my love to them £ 10.
I give to my loveinge Aunt Sutton for a remembrance a ring of 20s.
I give to my sister Burnell a ring of 20s.
I give to my loveinge kinsmen and friends whome I nominate feoffees every one of them a ring of 20s.
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All my lands, my debts, funeralls, legacies and annuities performed, I give to my eldest sonne Edward
ffarneham whoe I hope will bee both dutiful to his mother and loveinge to his brothers and sisters for in soe
doinge hee shall be both obedient to his father’s precepts and dischardge a good conscience to God.
Further I will that my daughter Elizabeth Osborne shall have a ring of 20s.
And I make my wife Constance and my soone Edward my full executors.
And if my wife shall not think good to join in probate with my soone that then my will is that my wife
shall have 2 beds and bedsteads furnished, the one of the best and the other of the second sort. And that m
sonne Edward shall pay unto her £40 wishinge my estate had beene to have dealt much more liberallie
with her.
In wytnes I have hereunto sett my hand and seale.
(Signed) Adrian ffarnham.
Proved at Leicester the 12th day of January, A.D. 1633.
Beaumanor. Michaelmas Rental, 30th September, A.D. 1633.
sd
Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, for lands held in Shelthorpe and Woodhouse 4.0
John Alcock, Buttris and 6 others for Jand bought of Mr. Hunt . 3‘ ‘ - 4:0
Thomas Lilley . . . Io
do. ‘ ‘ . : ; é ‘ : : : ‘ : . I 0
Theophilus Cave, gent., and Arnold Hill, gent., for Hassard’s Jand. 1 Ib. of pepper
Coppyholders in Barrowe.
William Storer . : ‘ : ‘ : : i F : . 3 . 14 0
do. ; . ; . . , : , ‘ ‘ : : . 6 6
John Parker in right of his wife ‘i : : ‘ . ‘ . : . 5 10
William Crampe ; : . F ‘ ‘ . ; : ; : . 7 6
Frisby ‘ ‘ : : : ‘ : P ‘ ‘ : : s 2-0
Freeholders in Querndon.
Edward Farnham, Esquire, holdeth certain lands in Quorndon and Woodhouse
and payeth on Mid-summer day A Rose Garland, Two red roses and a
barbed arrow head.
The same Edward Farnham holdeth certain lands called Dadde’s lands and pays . 2
Coppieholders.
s. d. s. d.
Edward Farnham, for a piece of ground William Tomson 2%
caulled “ The Ould Mill Dam”. 6 Adrian Hall 3 8
Thomas Farnham houldeth a freehould Humphrey Sore 4 0
in the occupation of Midleton . 1 0 William Boss . 4 4
Thomas Farnham houldeth in fee Thomas Stevenson . 21
farm and payeth yearly ‘ . I4 0 Francis Hampe 3 9
Humphrey Chaveney, for certain William Fips . a 4
lands in Quarne . . 3 = Pry Antony Baull . 8
Humphrey Sculthorpe. . . 15 6 George Kinge . : : : 3
Francis Burbridge_ . : : » 2 9 John Alyne, Mountsorell, for mill
William Squire ; : ‘ be and medowe . . «& £270 0
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Hilary, 8 Charles I., A.D. 1633.
Between William Danvers, Esq., plaintiff, and Gabriel Armstrong, Esq., William Walcott, gent., Henry
Kendall, Esq., Gabriel Kendall, gent., and Elizabeth Kendall, widow, defendants of 8o acres of wood In
Barrowe-on-Soare and Quarnedon.
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Gabriel Armstrong warrants the wood against the heirs of Henry Kendall, Esq., deceased, and against
Elizabeth Kendall and her heirs for ever. £60.
N.B.—The wood mentioned in the above Fine was the part of Buddon Wood nearest to Swithland, and it was then known as
Kendall's wood and later on as Danvers’ Wood.
Hill's Langton,” page 81. Henry Kendall married Elizabeth the daughter of Gabriel Armstrong of Rempston, co, Notts. He died
in the year 1617, leaving a son and heir Henry.
Michaelmas, 10 Charles I., A.D. 1634.
Between William Lilly and William Storer, plaintiffs, and Thomas Booth, defendant of a messuage,
a garden, an orchard, 40 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 12 of pasture and Common of pasture in
Barrowe-on-Soare and Charnwood Forest.
Hilary, 9 Charles I., A.D. 1634.
Between Geoffrey Bordman, gent., and Elizabeth his wife, plaintiffs, and Richard Battersby, gent., and
Elizabeth his wife, Robert ...., gent., and Anne his wife, defendants of a cottage, a garden, an orchard,
ro acres of meadow, Io of pasture and Common of pasture in Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves, Barrowe-on-
Soare and Charnwood Forest.
Between William Heyricke, Esq., plaintiff, and Humphrey Fox, Esq., and Joyce his wife, defendants of
12 acres of wood in Woodhouse. £60.
Easter, 10 Charles I., A.D. 1634.
Between Ralph Blither, plaintiff, and William Thurman, defendant of a messuage, 2 cottages, a garden,
an orchard, 60 acres of land, 4 of meadow, io of pasture, 10 of furze and heath and Common of pasture
in Mountsorell, Barrow, Quarndon, Rothley and Charley Forest. £100.
Michaelmas, 11 Charles I., A.D. 1635.
Between Humphrey Chaveney, gent., and George Chaveney, gent., plaintiffs, and Richard Holman, Esq.,
and Jane his wife, defendants of 3 messuages, 2 tofts, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 200 acres of land, 30 of meadow,
20 of pasture, etc., in Odeston, Barton and Shackleton. £160.
Between Geoffrey Boardman, gent., and Samuel Boardman, gent., plaintiffs, and William Parker and
Philippa his wife and John Marshall, defendants of 3 cottages, 3 gardens, 4 acres of land, 4 of meadow, t of
pasture and three parts of a messuage, 2 cottages, 3 gardens, 4 orchards, 100 acres of land, 24 of meadow,
16 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soar, Quarndon and Charnwood Forest. #100.
Easter, 11 Charles I., A.D. 1635.
Between Richard Archer, plaintiff, and Elizabeth, Viscountess Swords, and Henry Hastings, Esq., and
Elizabeth his wife, defendants of the manor of Charley, and a messuage, a dovehouse, a garden, an orchard,
80 acres of meadow, 100 of pasture, 100 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Charley, Oldfield and
the Forest of Charnwood. Lease to Richard Archer for 10 years from Lady-day last at a yearly rent
of £52 105. £200.
Between George Thorneton, plaintiff, and John Thurman alias Carver and William Thurman alias
Carver, defendants of a messuage, a garden, 2 acres of land, 1 of meadow, 4 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Mountsorell, Barrowe-on-Soare, Rothley, Rothley Plain, Quarnedon and Charnwood Forest, with
4 warranty against the heirs of William Thurman the father of both the defendants. 40.
Petty Bag, Special Commissions, Bundle 14, No. 26. April 28th, A.D. 1636.
To the Right Hon. Thomas, Lord Coventry, Keeper of the Great Seal of England.
Whereas in a certain matter of Controversy depending in his Majesty’s High Court of Chancery between
Adryan Farnham, Esq., Thomas Farnham and Humphrey Chaveney, gents., plaintiffs, and John Morton,
gent., and William Brandon and others, defendants, upon certain exceptions exhibited into the said Court by
358 QUORNDON RECORDS.
the said plaintiffs against a certain Decree made by certain Commissioners concerning certain lands and
tenements in Quarndon in the county of Leicester upon the Statute for Charitable Uses made in. the
year 1601.
By his Majesty’s Commission, dated at Westminster Feb. 20th, A.D. 1634, it hath been directed unto
us whose names are hereunder written and unto George Tate and William Eyre, whereby we or any three or
two of us are authorized and commanded to go, enter upon, view and set out so much of the said plaintiffs”
lands in quantity and quality as was decreed to the said defendants by metes and bounds, and to enquire and
find out whether the lands decreed to the said defendants and late in the possession of the said Thomas
Farnham were restored to the said defendants before November 15th, A.D. 1634.
And for the discovery of the Truth and for our better proceeding in the premises, power is, by the said
Commission, given to any three or two of us to examine any witnesses upon their oaths which should be
produced before us, and to demand from the said plaintiffs or from any other person all and singular the
evidences and writings decreed unto the said defendants before the time of the execution of the said
Commission.
These are therefore humbly to certify your good lordship that in obedience to his Majesty’s said
Commission for the discharge of our duties, and by virtue thereof, we did demand the said Evidences and
Writings so decreed to the said defendants of the said Thomas Farnham, who denied that he had any such
Writings save only one Deed which he shewed unto us, and we also sent unto Thomas Aldersey and Margaret
his wife, about two months before the time that we met to execute the said Commission, which was upon
August 21st, 1635, for such of the said Writings as we understood were in their hands, but could not have
any from them, yet such of the said decreed lands as we could by the testimony of witnesses produced before
us upon oath discover and find out, we have by metes and bounds according to the direction of his Highness’s
said Commission set forth in manner and form following, that is to say,
One messuage in Quarndon, late in the occupatioa of John Sarson, the land of Thomas Cave, Esq., on
the one side and the land of Thomas Farnham on the other side.
And the 5 acres of arable Jand and the 4 acres of meadow in the Decree mentioned to be late in the
occupation of the said John Sarson, we have by the like Testimony of witnesses upon oath set forth in manner
following :—
In the West Field.
One rood lying upon Plumtree Hill, the land of Humphrey Sculthorpe on the West in part or in all,
the land of Henry Bosse on the East.
One rood lying above Ridgestie shooting North and South, the lands of Edward Squire on the West
and the land of John Morton, gent., on the South.
One half acre lying upon Ridgestie furlong shooting North and South, the land of Thomas Farnham
lying on both sides. .
One pike rood lying above the High Way, the land of Mr. Thomas Farnham lying on both sides.
One rood lying in the Water Furrows, the land of Thomas Aldersey on the West, the land of
Humphrey Greasley on the East.
One half acre lying beneath Ridgstie Pitt shooting North and South, the land of Theophilus Cave
lying on both sides.
In the Moor Field.
Three lands lying together, containing 3 roods lying in Saltgate, the land of Theophilus Cave West,
the land of Thomas Bradshaw on the East.
Two little roods beneath the Windmill, shooting North and South, the land of Humphrey Sculthorpe
West, the land of Henry Bosse on the East.
One rood lying upon Holman’s lands, the land of Theophilus Cave on the South, the land of Richard
Stables on the North.
One half acre lying upon Fearnie Furlong, the land of Thomas Farnham on both sides. ;
One little rood lying beneath the Moor beyond the Highthorn, the land of Sir William Herrick
West, the land of Humphrey Sculthorpe on the East.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 359
One acre lying in Small Medowes, the land of Henry Bosse on the North and the land of John
Hawkyns on the South,
In the South Field.
One half acre in Outerholme in the Second Tenn from the Tithe Piece, being the third and fourth
roods from the Lord of Barrow.
One rood Ley lying in the Bottom, the land of H. Sculthorpe on the North, the land of Thomas
Farnham on the South.
One half acre in Greenholme, the land of Thomas Farnham on the West, and the land occupied by
H. Sculthorpe for Beaumanor on the East.
One little Acre there lying in the Hither Tenn Acres, being the Second Acre from Stanley.
One half Acre called “ Glover’s Pingle,” the land of William Caunt on the South, and a furlong of
land on the North.
Two lands, containing 3 roods, abutting upon the said Pingle and ye land of Edward Squire on the
East, the land of Richard Stable on the West.
One half acre lying in Chaveney’s Corner, the land of Edward Squire on the West, the Vicarage of
? Barrow on the East.
We have also set forth for the said garden in the said Decree mentioned, and also the 7 acres of ]and and
3 roods of meadow in the Decree mentioned, by metes and bounds as follows :—
The 12th rood from the lord of Barrow in those Ten Acres next unto the Tythe Piece, late in the
occupation of Adrian Farnham.
One rood in Second Ten Acres from the Tythe Piece, being the gth rood from Stanley, and late in
the occupation of Adrian Farnham.
One other rood being the gth rood from Stanley in the Second Ten Acres from the New Bridge, late in
the occupation of Adrian Farnham.
One five rood piece in Second Ten from the New Bridge, viz., the 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20th roods from
Stanley, late occupied by Adrian Farnham.
One five rood piece in First Ten from the New Bridge, the 16, £7, 18 from Stanley, late occupied by
Thomas Farnham, and the rgth and 2oth from Stanley, late in the occupation of Adrian Farnham.
On Milne Hill, one half acre Ley, late occupied by Adrian Farnham, lying between Sir William Heyrick
and Thomas Farnham.
One rood Ley more in the same furlong, the land of T. Cave on one side and the land of Thomas
Farnham on the other, and lately occupied by Adrian Farnham.
One rood Ley lying upon Cockley Roods, between the land of Sir William Heyricke on one side and
Richard Stables’s land on the other, and late in the occupation of Thomas Farnham.
One Pyke half acre Ley in Outerholme, shooting upon Edward Squire’s hook, lying between the land of
Richard Stables on one side and the land of Edward Blunt of Wymeswould on the other side.
One rood shooting over and through Outerholme Poole, lately occupied by Adrian Farnham, the land of
Edward Farnham and late of the said Adrian Farnham lying on both sides.
Three roods lying together in the Bottom and every third year fallow, one rood whereof lyeth next
towards Quarndon, late in the occupation of Adrian Farnham, and the others which lie furthest from Quarne
were late in the occupation of Thomas Farnham, and lying between the land of Robert Bury of Mountsorell,
yeoman, and the land of Edward Farnham.
One acre of meadow ground lying near unto Mountsorell Town End, every third year fallow, late in the
occupation of Adrian Farnham, between the land of Thomas Jarret of Mountsorell and Edward Blunt of
Wymeswould.
But because we could not by diligently enquiring find out 5 roods which were wanting of the 7 acres of
land and the 3 roods of meadow, we being informed by sufficient testimony upon oath that such of the said
decreed lands as were in the occupation of Adrian Farnham and Humphrey Chaveney were severally delivered
up to the defendants, except one acre in the Carre hereafter mentioned, we did therefore by virtue of the
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Commission set out 5 roods of the said Thomas Farnham’s lands to supply that which was wanting of the
said 7 acres and the said 3 roods as followeth,
One half acre in the South Field of Quarndon lying upon a Furlong there called “ Castle Hill,” crossing
a way called Mountsorell Highway leading from Mountsorell to the Town of Quarne, the hade belonging to
the acre, the land of Edward Farnham lying on both sides, and a headland of Humphrey Chaveney lying on
the South and West thereof.
Three roods more of arable Jand in the same Field lying together upon a Furlong called “ Andlebury,” ye
land of William Brandon on the South and the land of Theophilus Cave North and shooting upon a headland
of Sir Wilham Heyricke on the South-West and upon a headland of Humphrey Chaveney on the
North-East.
And we did also set out one rood of arable land in Moorfield in the said Decree mentioned with a little
Barn therein now standing, in the occupation of Elisabeth Purs, widow, the land of Sir William Heyricke on
one side and the land of Robert Yearbie on the other.
One headland acre of arable land in Willow Croft called “The Willowes Ground” abutting upon the
Pinfold in Quarndon at the South end thereof and ye long hedge standing upon the East side thereof, and One
Piece of meadow ground called “ Ye Scott’s Grene ” containing one acre, shooting upon Priest’s Bridge at ye
North-East end and lying between the Bridge Meadows of Quarndon aforesaid and Lewes Close it
part or in all.
One parcel of meadow ground in ye West Field of Quarndon shooting East and West called “The
Wellsicke” containing 2 acres between the Furlong of “Thorpe Acres” and ye Breach on ye North side
thereof, and Plumtree Hill on the South side.
And there being divers pieces of meadow ground lying in Greenholme in Quarndon decreed to the
defendants containing 3 acres and late in the occupation of Adrian Farnham and Humpbrey Chaveney, yet we
upon diligent enquiry could find but two acres thereof, which we have set forth for the defendants, and Adrian
Farnham’s and Humphrey Chaveney’s lands having been delivered up to the defendants, we have taken one
acre of meadow ground from Thomas Farnham in Greenholme adjoining to the said 2 acres set out in
Greenholme by us on the East, and ye Meadow Ground of Laurence Squire on the West, and the river of
Soare at one end and one rood of meadow ground of the plaintiff Thomas Farnham at the South end
thereof.
We did also set forth one acre in the Carr, late in the occupation of Adrian Farnham, extending from the
Common Street ground on the North to a Stone set up by us in the Carr towards the South end thereof,
being 88 vards from the Meere Stone which divideth Humphrey Chaveney’s ground in ye said Carr from the
rest of the said Carr.
One half acre in Outerholme called “ The Priest Headland,” ye land of Edward Farnham on the North.
One piece of land in Lewes Close containing one acre in the occupation of John Tompson, lying between
John Tompson and Matthew Oswyn on one side and Scott’s Grene on the other side.
One parcel of land lately set with willows called “ Ye Swynes Grene,” by estimation balf an acre.
One cottage called “ Ye Priest House or School House” between the land of John Wells and ye lane
leading to ye Church and abutting upon the Churchyard.
Four cottages lying altogether in ye North End of Quarndon, one each in the occupation of Laurence
Haskew, Aaron Johnson, Adryan Collington and John Till, between one little lane called “ Tinker’s lane” on
the South and the fields on the North and East sides.
We do also find by testimony on oath that the yearly Rent of rad. is issuing out of a Close in the
occupation of Thomas Farnham called “The Conningrey Close,” and payable to the said defendants.
And we likewise find by the examination on oath of Lawrence Squire, aged 68 years, and sometime
tenant of the said ground called Scott Grene, that a piece of ground extending from the pales over against the
said Thomas Farnham’s Mill Tail to Scott Grene now in the said defendants’ occupation, containing in length
about 74 paces and in breadth from the Ancient Watercourse which runs from the said Mill 22 paces, Is part
of the said Scott Grene, and that the said piece, containing 74 paces in length and 22 paces in breadth, is, and
for the space of one whole year before the time of the execution of the said Commission hath been, detained
from the rest of the Scott Grene by the said Thomas Farnham to his own use.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 361
But because we perceived some variance between the testimony of the said Lawrence Squire and of others
who affirmed upon their oaths that the said piece of ground hath been reputed as Common ground, but
whether it be parcel of the Scott Grene or not they cannot certainly depose, we therefore forbore to set out the
said piece of ground, but humbly leave this and the rest of our proceedings by virtue of his Majesty’s
Commission to your lordship’s grand and just consideration. April the 28th, 1636.
At your lordship’s service, Robert Reynes.
State Papers, Domestic Series, Vol. 321-28. May 16th, A.D. 1636.
Endorsed “ The humble petition of Edward Squire and Francis Burbage.”
To the most Reverend Father in God the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury his Grace, Primate and-
Metropolitan of All England and one of his Highness’ most honorable Privy Councell.
The humble Peticion of Edward Squire and Francis Burbage of Quarndon in ye county of Leicester sheweth,
That whereas your Grace’s Peticioners, Ao Dni 1633, were elected into and served ye office of
Churchwardens in ye Chapelry of Quarndon aforesaid and procuring a Levy to be made within ye said
Chappelry for ye repaire of ye leads, bells and other parts of ye said Chappell, being in great decay, by ye
consent of divers inhabitants there, Edward Farnham and Thomas Farnham of Quarndon aforesaid, gents.,
and some other persons by their instigation there purposely opposing themselves against the said work and
against your Peticioners have refused to pay their part of the said Levy, whereuppon your Peticioners were
constrained to present them for ye same at ye Ecclesiastical Court att Leicester, where sentence was given
against ye said Farnhams and ye rest; from which Sentence, though must unjustly and to put your
Peticioners to unnecessary charges (they having already spent £20 in ye Sute), the said Farnhams and ye rest
have appealed unto ye Court of Audience and have given out speeches that they wil] enforce your Peticioners
to spend an £100 in Suites before they will pay their said Levy, which will prove to your Peticioners utter
undoinge, unless your Grace be pleased to take some Order in the premises for your Peticioners releife.
Your Peticioners therefore humbly beseech your Grace, in tender consideration of your Peticioners much
wronged condition, to take such a course for their redresse therein as to your Grace shall seeme meet.
And your Peticioners (as most bound) will ever pray for your Grace’s longe health and prosperity.
I desire Sir John Lambe and Sir Charles Caesar to consider of this Peticion, and thinke upon some
course that the Cause may be dispatched and ye Peticioners freed from further Suite. May 16th, 1636.
: (Signed) W. Cant.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 12 Charles I., A.D. 1636.
Between William Berridge, clerk, Antony Berridge, clerk, and William Saunderson, plaintiffs, and George
Bennett, gent., and Thomas Bennett, gent., defendants of 4 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 26 of pasture, 1 of
wood and Common of pasture in Scraptoft and of the tithes issuing in respect of the aforesaid premises.
£60,
The same date.
Between William Danvers, Esgq., plaintiff, and Thomas Babbington, Esq., and Katherine his wife, and
Thomas Babbington, clerk, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 cottage, 4 acres of land, 6 of meadow, 10 of pasture,
10 of wood and Common of pasture in Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves, Barrowe-on-Soare, Quarndon and the
Forest of Charnwood. #60.
The same date.
Between John Hazard and Edward Parsons, plaintiffs, and Robert Ryder and Mary his wife and Henry
Smyth, gent., and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 30 acres of
land, 2 of meadow, 4 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare, Longe Whatton and the
Forest of Charnwood. #60.
Trinity, 12 Charles I., A.D. 1636.
Between Geoffrey Bordman, gent., and Samuel Bordman, gent., plaintiffs, and John Marshall, defendant,
of 3 messuages, 3 cottages, 5 gardens, 2 orchards, 100 acres of land, 14 of meadow, 30 of pasture and
Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare, Quarndon and the Forest of Charnwood. #120.
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Hilary, 12 Charles I., A.D. 1637.
Between Thomas Readinge, plaintiff, and Thomas Brighte and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of % acres
of meadow and 3 acres of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare; with a warranty clause against the heirs of
cee Brighte and George Marshall, deceased, and against Robert Marshall and his heirs for
ever. 41. :
Easter, 13 Charles I., A.D. 1637.
Between Francis Smalley the elder, plaintiff, and Edward Blunt and Helen his wife, defendants of 7 acreg
of meadow in Quorndon. A lease for 22 years at a peppercorn rent. #41.
Easter, 13 Charles I., A.D. 1637.
Between Thomas Mouncke, plaintiff, and Robert Barnard the elder and Mary his wife and Robert
Barnard the younger, defendants of 1 cottage, 1 dovehouse, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 5 acres of land, 8 of pasture
and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood. Lease to Thomas Mouncke for
99 years at a peppercorn rent. #41.
Easter, 13 Charles I., A.D. 1637.
Between William Greisley the elder, plaintiff, and William Greisley the younger and Mary his wife,
defendants of 10 acres of land, 2 of meadow, 2 of pasture and Common of pasture in Quarnedon. William
Greisley the younger warrants to the elder these premises, which belonged to Humphrey Greisley and Dorothy
his wife for life and then should descend to William Greisley the younger and his heirs. #41.
Easter, 14 Charles I., A.D. 1638.
Between Henry Cooke, plaintiff, and Thomas Ludford and Helen his wife and William Cheatell and
Dorothy his wife, defendants of 1 messuage in Quarndon; with a warranty clause against Thomas Hebb and
his heirs for ever, #41.
The same date.
Between Thomas Adcock and John Wood, plaintiffs, and John Hood the elder and Sara his wife, John
Hood the younger, Thomas Starkey and Thomas Smyth and Mary his wife, defendants of 2 messuages
2 gardens, 2 orchards, 5 acres of land, £ of pasture and Common of pasture in Mountsorell, Barrowe-on-Soare,
Rothley, Quarndon and the Forest of Charnwood. £60.
Michaelmas, 14 Charles I., A.D. 1638.
Between Francis Smalley the elder and Ralf Smalley, plaintiffs, and Robert Basse and Elisabeth
his wife, defendants of 7 acres of meadow and 4o acres of pasture in Woodhouse and Barrowe-on-
Soare. #100.
Deeds at Quorn House. August 28th, 13 Charles I., A.D. 1637.
This Indenture made between Thomas Farnham of Querndon alias Querne, co. Leicester, Esquire, and
Frances his wife of the one part,
And Aaron Johnson of the same Town and County, carpenter, of the other part,
Witnesseth that the said Thomas Farnham and Frances his wife, as well in consideration of one gilded
penny for a Fine to them by the said Aaron Johnson paid, have demised and set to farme to the said Aaron
Johnson, his ex’ors and assigns all that messuage situate in Querndon, heretofore in the occupation of one
William Greneham, deceased, and also all the barns, stables, edifices, yards, closes, pastures and Common of
pasture to the said messuage belonging, together likewise with all and singular such pieces of arable land, leys,
etc., as in a Schedule annexed to these presents are particularly set down, lying dispersedly in the fields and
liberties of Querndon, containing in the whole by estimation 33 acres or thereabouts, :
To hold to Aaron Johnson, his ex’ors and assigns from Michaelmas next after this date until the full end
and term of 99 years if the said Aaron Johnson, Elizabeth his wife and Edward Squier, the son of Edward
Squier of Querndon, yeoman, or any of them so long live.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 363
Yielding and paying during the continuance of this Lease unto Thomas Farnham, Frances his wife, their
heirs or assigns, the sum of #9 yearly by two instalments, half at Lady day and half at Michaelmas, with the
usual conditions as to distraint for non-payment within 14 days, etc.
And Aaron Johnson covenants for himself and assigns during the continuance of the Lease to fetch
yearly two cart loads of Coals to the Mansion house of the said Thomas Farnham in Querndon (Thomas
Farnham paying for the coals only) and further to provide sufficient workmen to work four days in the time of
harvest (reasonable notice being given on both sides) at harvest work for the said Thomas Farnham, Frances
his wife, their heirs and assigns.
In witness, etc. (Signed) Thomas Farnham,
Frances Farnham.
In the presence of Dorothie Rammadge, Thomas Allen and Thomas Ellyott.
Chancery Inquisitions Post-mortem, 534-94. 12th January, A.D. 1639.
Inquisition taken at Leicester after the death of George Noone.
The Jury say that William Noone, lately deceased, father of the said George Noone, on the 6th day of
June, 2 James I. (1604), was seised in demesne as of fee in the Court Leet and View of Frankpledge of
Walton-on-the-wolds and in 2 cottages, g virgates of land, etc., in Walton.
And in 2 closes of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore in a certain place there called “ The Acres.’’
And in 20 acres of pasture in Barrowe in a close called “ The Acres.”
And in 4 cottages in Barrowe.
And in one close of pasture called “ The Holme” close.
And in 24 acres in Barrowe in a place called “ Bancroft Hades.”
And on the day and year before written he settled these premises as to the whole for himself for life,
a moiety to Jane his wife for her life, and as to the other moiety for issue.
William Noone thus seised died (July 1637) at Walton, and Jane his wife outlived him and is still in full
life at Rearsby in co. Leicester.
And George Noone was the son and heir of William Noone and after his father’s death entered on
the other moiety of which he was seised in fee as also the Reversion of the moiety held for life by his
mother Jane.
This George Noone so seised died 28th June, A.D. 1638.
And the Jury say that Mary Noone and Joyce Noone are the sisters and coheirs of George Noone and
at his death were under age, to wit, Mary was 7} years old and Joyce was 4 years old.
The Court Leet and View of Frankpledge of Walton were held of the King and worth 12d.
The premises in Barrowe were held of the King in Chief by knight’s Service by a fifth part of a knight’s
fee and the moiety was worth 10s., and Jane’s moiety was worth tos.
A cottage in Barrowe in the tenure of Ralph Mutton was held of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, as of his
manor of Barrowe-on-Sore, etc., etc.
N.B.—Did the widow Jane Noone marry the Rev. Clere Sacheverell? The inquisition is torn and stained in places.
P.C.C. Wills, 63 Harvey. Will of Jane Farnham, eldest daughter of Adrian Farnham of the
Over Hall. A.D. 1639.
I, Jane Farnham, one of the daughters of Adrian Farnham, late of Querndon, co. Leicester, Esquire, deceased, being of good health
and memory, etc., make this my last Will as followeth,
I give to the poor of Barrow-on-Soar 40s., to the poor of Mountsorel] 4os., to the poor of Querndon 4os.
To my dear mother Mrs. Constance Farnham 20s., to my aunt Sutton 20s. and to my aunt Burnell 2os.,to my uncle Mr. John
Mundy 20s. to buy each of them a ring for my memory’s sake.
To my brother Mr. Edward Farnham £10, and to my brothers Thomas, Robert and Francis £20 apiece.
To my brother Adrian Farnham and my sister Osborne 20s. apiece.
To my cousins Constance Brinsley and Margaret Brinsley and Constance Farnham 20s, apiece for gold rings.
To the two youngest children of my uncle Zacheus Mundy £5 apiece.
To my goddaughter Elizabeth Brinsley £100 to be paid her at 21 years old or day of marriage, but if she die before the date of
payment then £30 apiece to my brothers Thomas, Robert and Francis.
AAA 2
364 QUORNDON RECORDS.
To my cousin Mrs, Jane Farnham 20s., to my cousin Mrs. Elizabeth Aldersey 20s., to my godson Edward King of Querndon 20s, ¢
my godsons Michael Roson his child, Nicholas Collier his child, and Anne Page her child 20s. each to buy them Bibles. ae
Twenty shillings to the Minister that preacheth my funeral sermon and to the choristers that shall sing at my corpse going to th
Church (if they may be had) 4os. ;
To my cousins Mr. Thomas and Mr. Edward Aldersey 20s. each, to Mr. William Bisshopp 20s., to my cousin Mrs. Elizabeth
(daughter of my cousin Mr. Thomas Farnham) 20s., to my goddaughter Dorothy Savile 20s.,and to every servant in the house where
I shall die 5s. each.
If any of my brothers shall happen to die before me, then I bequeath to Constance Farnham {£10 to be paid to some trust
her mother's kindred for the only use of the said Constance, and not to be meddled with by her father.
Also if I die at any other house than at my cousin Mr. Thomas Aldersey’s house where I am now residing, my Executrix shall allow
#10 for my funeral expenses and no more. :
All my goods and chattells unbequeathed I give unto my loving cousin Mrs. Margaret Aldersey (wife of Mr. Thomas Alder:
cousin), whom I do nominate and make my sole executrix.
y body of
sey, my
(Signed) Jane F,
In the presence of these witnesses: Thos. Rainolde, James Rodames and Mary Seaman. ety ea eee;
Proved 11th April 1639 by Margaret Aldersey, the executrix named in the Will.
Wills at Leicester, Constance Farnham, widow. A.D. 1640.
And these small goods that are mine as followeth :—
In primis, I give to my son Mr. Edward Farnham “ The Bell Salte” of silver and gilt.
I give to my son Mr. Adrian Farnham and his wife The Jug with the silver cover, the silver Tun, and the bed with the furniture to
it as my husband gave it to me, and my maid’s bed also.
I give unto.... Farnham £10.
I give to my daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Osberne My tawney satten kirtle and stomager and a little jewel.
I give to my grandchild Mrs. Constance Brimsly The silver and gilt boulle which. ... Sutton gave me, and my best cushion cloth
and a fifteen-shilling piece of gold.
To my grandchild .... A fifteen-shilling piece of gold and my best Smocke.
(This grandchild was probably Margaret Brimsly, the second daughter of John Brimsley and his wife Constance Farnham.)
To my grandchild Mrs. Elizabeth Brimsly A fifteen-shilling piece of gold and my best holland apron.
I give to my sister Mrs. Dorothy Burnell A gold ring which was my... .
To my niece Burnell My best wrought purse.
To my niece Mrs. Dorothy Burnell my embroidered S....
To my brother Mr. John Mundy A twenty-shilling piece to buy him a ring. I give to the Minister that . . . . my decease 40s,
I give to the poor of Quarndon 20s. To the poor of Woodhouse .... To my maid Ann Judson My red petticoat with the velvet
gards, and an every day apron, ....and her wages to be paid her for the time she hath been with me after the rate of 20s..... To
John Erby, my son Adrian’s man, half-a-crown. To Ann Atkinson 2s. 6d. To Jane Hinde 2s. 6d.
I make my son Adrian executor of this my last Will, making all others void, desiring him to see me decently (brought to the
ground) and a dinner provided for my neighbours, which I think £12 will perform it.
I give to the Clarke 10s.
Proved 22nd April 1640 by Adrian Farnham the natural son and sole executor named in the Will. [The Will is torn, hence the gaps.]
N.B.—Constance Farnham was the daughter of Edward Mundy of Markeaton, co. Derby, and married Adyian Farnham of the Over
Hall about 1590.
P.C.C. Wills, 74, Evelyn. William Berridge of Barrowe-on-Soar, clerk. 21st October, A.D. 1640.
My body to be buried in the parish Church of Barrow.
My goods to be sold and the proceeds used to pay my debts and bring up my children, any surplus to be divided between my
two sons.
My two sons John Berridge and William Beridge shall be educated and brought up in learning.
To my eldest son and to his heirs and assigns for ever the right of the patronage of the parish church of Barrowe-on-Soar.
To my younger son William Beridge the leases of certain grounds and meadow which I bought of Robert Bernard and others ; and
the said William shall enter upon them when he come to the age of 21. Provided that if his elder brother John Beridge be not then
lawfully instituted and inducted into the vicarage of Barrowe, that then John shall have half of the said leases and profits hereof until
such time as he be instituted and inducted into the said vicarage.
I give full power to my ex’ors to sell the fee simple of the land at Thurneby which I bought of Whalley White, the money raised
by the sale I bequeath to my daughters Elizabeth, Anne, Lucy and Eleanor for their portions to be given to them at the age of 21.
To the poor of Tugby 20s. To the poor of Barrow 20s.
To the poor of each of the three other towns in the parish of Barrow Ios. apiece.
To the poor of Kibworth 3os.
To the Church of Barrow a great pewter flagon which I have used to lend at the administration of the Sacrament.
’ To each of the children of my brother Edward, deceased, £5 apiece.
To my brother Thomas Beridge 20s. to buy him a ring. ;
Executors: my friend and cousin John Onby, Esquire, and my brother Anthony Beridge, in consideration of whose pains I give to
each of them £3 13s. ;
QUORNDON RECORDS. 365
Whereas I granted in Trust to my cousin John Onby, Esquire, aforesaid, the next advowson of the vicarage of Barrow, my Will is
that the said Mr. Oneby shall present to the same presently after my death my brother Anthony Beridge, clerk.
Witnesses: John Angel, Thomas Bennington and Basil Beridge.
Proved 7th June 1641 by the oath of Anthony Beridge, executor.
N.B.—In the Barrow Register is the following note: A.D. 1640. William Beridge, Presbyter, Bachelor of Divinity, Vicar of this
perpetual Vicaredge of Barrow and Rector of Kibworth Beauchamp, was buryed the 29th of October.
Mem. that Anthony Beridge, clerk, was instituted into the parish church of Barrow by John, Lord Bishop of Lincoln, 26th November,
A.D. 1640, and was inducted into the real and actual possession of the same church the 1st day of November, and read and gave his
full and real assent and consent unto the Book of the Thirty-nine Articles November 6th, A.D. 1640, in the presence of Theophilus
Cave, William Love, Robert Roome, William Lilly and many other inhabitants of the same Town.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 15 Charles I., A.D. 1639.
Between William Beridge, clerk, and John Tompson, plaintiffs, and Thomas Judson and Anne his wife,
defendants of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 30 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 24 of pasture, 2 of
wood, 6 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood.
£100,
The same date.
Between George Willocke, gent., and Francis Muncke, plaintiffs, and William Heyricke, knight, and
Richard Heyricke, clerk, and Helen his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 2 cottages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards,
5 acres of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare. #41.
The same date.
Between Theophilus Cave, gent., and William Berridge, clerk, plaintiffs, and William Judson and William
Crampe and Anne his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 80 acres of land, 15 of meadow,
40 of pasture, 6 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare, Woodhouse and the Forest
of Charnwood. #120.
Easter, 16 Charles I., A.D. 1640.
Between Thomas Savage, clerk, plaintiff, and William Brandon, defendant of 30 acres of land, 5 of
meadow, 5 of pasture in Quarndon, with a warranty clause against the heirs of Charles Brandon, deceased, the
father of William Brandon. #41.
Michaelmas, 16 Charles I., A.D. 1640.
Between William Crampe and John Tompson, plaintiffs, and Mary Ryder, widow, William Ryder and
John Allott, defendants of 24 acres of land, 2 of meadow and 3 of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare. £41.
The same date.
Between Antony Beridge, clerk, and William Saunderson, plaintiffs, and Robert Barnard the elder and
Mary his wife, Robert Barnard the younger, Anne Barnard, Alice Barnard, widow, and Arnold Hill and Anne
his wife, defendants of 1 barn, 1 stable, 1 dovehouse, 10 acres of meadow, 10 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood; with a warranty clause against Arnold Hill and
Anne his wife and the heirs of Anne. #41.
Michaelmas, 16 Charles I., A.D. 1640.
Between Francis Monk and George Chaveney, plaintiffs, and Robert Bury and Mary his wife, defendants
of 1 messuage, 4 cottages, 5 gardens, 2 orchards, 1 acre of meadow, 1 of pasture and Common of pasture in
Barrowe-on-Soare, Mountsorell and Rothley. £41.
Easter, 17 Charles I., A.D. 1641.
Between Nicholas Basse, plaintiff, and John Marshall and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of 1 cottage,
1 garden, 1 orchard, 1 acre of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore and the Forest of
Charnwood. £40.
366 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Michaelmas, 17 Charles I., A.D. 1641.
Between Arthur Richards, clerk, and Antony Storer, plaintiffs, and John Marshall and Elisabeth his wife
Theophilus Marshall, George Marshall, Francis Brewyn and Margaret his wife, William Storer and Joha
Storer, defendants of 2 messuages, 1 dovehouse, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 80 acres of land, 14 of meadow, 32 of
pasture, 20 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare, Thrussington and the Forest of
Charnwood. Warranty against the heirs of Margaret. £120.
Trinity, 18 Charles I, A.D. 1642.
Between Thomas Dickman, plaintiff, and Edward Blunt and Helen his wife, defendants of 4 acres of
meadow and 2 of pasture in Quarndon. #41.
Michaelmas, 18 Charles I., A.D. 1642.
Between George Wilson and Hester his wife, plaintiffs, and Edward Heynes and Helen his wife,
defendants of 1 cottage, 1 garden, ¢ orchard, 2 acres of pasture and Common of pasture in Woodhouse,
Woodhouse Eaves and the Forest of Charnwood. £41.
The same date.
Between John Wigfall, William Crampe, Richard Skillington and John Tompson, plaintiffs, and Thomas
Tooley, gent., and Alice his wife, George Tompson the elder and Matthew Oswyn and Mary his wife,
defendants of 12 acres of land, 12 of meadow, 4 of pasture and Common of pasture in Odeby and Quarndon.
With a Warranty against John Oswyn, the father of Matthew Oswyn, and his heirs for ever. #41.
Lay Subsidy, Leicester. 17 Charles I., April 1st, A.D. 1641.
Mountsorell.
Tax
Francis Smalley, in land. ‘ ‘ ‘ . £2 : 8s.
John Jarratt, in goods . : ji . : : £3 ‘ 8s.
George Thorneton, in goods : ‘ ‘ : £3 = 8%
William Greisley, in goods . F : : P £3 : 8s.
Thomas Muncke, in goods . . . ‘ : s4 : 8s.
Samuel Knight, in goods. : : . : #93 : 8s.
Woodhouse.
Sir William Heyricke, kt., in Jand : j ; £6 . 24S.
Geffrey Whatton, in land. : . ‘ : 1 TRS. 7S.
Ralph Rivitt, inland . ; . : ‘ : £1 - 4s
Mr. W. Herrick, Esq.,in land. , ; - £4 . 165.
Quarndon.
Edward Farnham, Esq., in land . z ‘i : £6 475.
Thomas Farnham, gent., in Jand . ‘ : ‘ £2 « Tess
John Morton, gent., in land : ‘ ; : £6 105. 525.
George Chaveney, gent., in land . ; ‘ F £1 108. 125.
James Sculthorpe, in land . , ; ; « <2 OR las,
Humfrey Staples, inland. ‘ , : = see - oe
Edward Squire, in land : : : : : £1 10s. 128.
Deeds at Quorn House. April 15th, A.D, 1641.
This Indenture made the 15th day of April in the 17th year of the reign of King Charles I.,
Between Thomas Farnham of Querndon in the County of Leicester, gent., and Frances Farnham his now
wife of the one party,
QUORNDON RECORDS. 367
And William Allyn of Quarndon aforesaid, carpenter, and Alice Allyn his wife of the other party,
Witnesseth
That the said Thomas Farnham and Frances Farnham his wife, in consideration of one gilded penny of
good and lawful English money in the name of a Fine to them the said Thomas Farnham and Frances
Farnham his wife, or to one of them well and truly paid before the ensealing and delivery of these presents by
him the aforesaid William Allyn, as well as for the other considerations moving them,
Have demised, set to farm and let unto William Allyn and Alice his wife
All that their messuage or tenement with the appurtenances in Querndon, now in the tenure of Thomas
Allyn, father of the said William Allyn, together with the barns, stables, etc., thereunto belonging; and also
those their parcels of arable land, ley ground, grass ground and meadow hereafter in these presents mentioned;
lying dispersed in the fields of Querndon aforesaid, being also by estimacion II acres, viz.,
One half acre of several meadow in Greenholme, Edward Farneham, gent., on the one side, and Cowell
Acre on the North side.
Also a rood of several between Humfrey Chaveney on one side and Humfrey Sculthorpe on the other.
Three half acres beyond Outer Holme Poole between Alice Johnson and Adrian Staples.
Also half an acre Jea in the Botham between Humfrey Chaveney and Humfrey Borrowes.
Also a Rood hadland at Castle Hill between Humfrey Chaveney and Humfrey Sculthorpe.
A half rood in the Botham between Adrian Farneham, gent., and John M....
A rood shuting en Rucklewood between Edward Farnham, gent., and Humfrey Greasley.
Half an acre in the field towards Woodhouse at Slate Stone between Humfrey Chaveney on both sides.
A half acre at “ Rigsty ” shuting into Poulton Brook between Edward Farnham, gent., and Theophilus
Cave, gent.
A half acre on “ Plumtre Hill”? between Edward Farnham, gent., and Humfrey Sculthorpe.
A half acre at the Lord’s Hedge between Humfrey Bestew and Henry Bosse.
A half rood at the top of “ Plumtre Hill ” between John Hawkyn and Laurence Squire.
In Moore Field.
A half acre lea in “ Blopoole ”” between Edward Squire and Humfrey Stables.
Two half acre leas together in “ Blopoole ” between Edward Farnham, gent., and Humfrey Sculthorpe.
A half acre lea in “ Blopoole ” between Thomas Bradshaw and Edward Squire.
All that their twelfth rood from Bagley hadland parting with Humfrey Sculthorpe.
In Dole Meadow.
One rood and a half in the same parting with Thomas Bradshaw next the headland.
Half a rood in the same parting with Francis Burbage.
All that their eleventh rood from Standley in the same Tenns.
All that their eighth rood from the lord of Barrow in the Nether Water tenns.
All that their acre land on Church Hill between Edward Farnham, gent., and Theophilus Cave, gent.
Half an acre at “ Ball’s Gap” furlong between Humfrey Chaveney and Laurence Squire.
All that their rood land on “ Long Hedge Furlong ” between Edward Farnham on both sides.
Half an acre land on “ Nether Stonecroft ” between Edward Farnham, gent., and Moses Squire.
All those their five rood leas on “ Long Land’s Furlong ” between Francis Burbage and Humfrey
Sculthorpe. .
Half an acre on the Nether side from Thomas Bradshaw’s hadland between Humfrey Chaveney and
Edward Squire,
To have and to hold the said messuage and premises in the fields of Querndon unto them the said
William Allyn and Alice his wife from the day of the death of Thomas Allyn, father of the said William
Allyn, unto the full end and term of fourscore and nineteen years from thenceforth next ensuing and fully to
be completed, if the said William and Alice or the longer liver of them shall so long live,
Yielding and paying therefore yearly, during the whole term aforesaid, unto Thomas F arnham and Frances
Famham, their heirs and assigns, the yearly Rent of #5 of lawful English money at the two usual feasts, viz.,
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, in equal portions,
368 QUORNDON RECORDS.
With a clause of re-entry upon default in paying the portion of rent after 14 days from the proper
day of payment.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of William Mayes, Adrian Farnham, Elizabeth Farnham
and Henri Farnam.
Beaumanor. Michaelmas Rent Roll. 4th October, A.D. 1641.
Freeholders.
Henry, earl of Huntingdon, for land in Shelthorpe
William Lilly, for jand in Barrow-on-Sore
William Lilly
William Buttris and others, for land Bonstit af Mr. Hunt :
Mr. Theophilus Cave, for land bought by him and Mr. Arnold of
hua pe
0000 ®
one Hassard . ‘ a lb. of pepper at Michaelmas
Frysby. The heirs of Segrave . . a quiver, two fleeces and 20
Freeholders in Quorne.
Edward Farnham, Esq., for Daddies land 2
Thomas Farnham, Esq., for lands in Fee Farm. : ; - %I4 0
Humphrey Chavenie, gent. . F . : : . : . I 9
Good wife Middleton, for land. ‘ : ‘ i 2 : IO
Freeholders in Woodthorpe.
Henry Boss : : F ‘ : . ‘ , : : 3 4
John Haynes I oO
Coppieholders in Barrow.
William Storer 4.0
William Storer . : . ; 6 6
Richard Squier, for a yard fendi in Haiow A house in Quorne 5 10
William Crampe : 7 6
Coppieholders in Quorndon.
Edward Farneham, Esq. 4 . . : ; ; 6
Humphrey Sculthorpe . : . : : : i : . 15 6
Francis Burbage . 2 8
Adrian Hasele 3 8
Clement Tomson 4 0
William Boss 2 2
William Stevenson 2 1
Francis Hampe 3 9
William Fipes 2 4
Antonie Bawle 8
Margaret Brandon . : : : é : : F . 2 2
George King 3
Mr. Theophilus Cave, for 3 eters? in Montana aid reer “£2 10 0
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D. 1641.
This Indenture made April 29th, 1641, .
Between Thomas Farnham of Querndon, Esquire, and George Willock of Querndon, gent., and Anne his
wife, Witnesseth
That the said Thomas Farnham, in consideration of one gilded penny to him given for a Fine by the said
George Willock and Anne his wife, at or before the sealing of this Indenture and also in consideration of the
QUORNDON RECORDS. 369
yearly rent hereafter in these presents mentioned and expressed, and for divers other good causes and
considerations him the said Thomas Farnham thereunto especially moving,
Hath demised, granted, set to farm and let unto the said George Willock and Anne his wife, their heirs
and assigns,
All that Messuage or Tenement in Querndon aforesaid, situate and being near adjoining unto the
Churchyard, in a certain place there commonly called and known by the name of “The Hall on the Greene,”
late in the demise or occupation of Elisabeth Farnham, widow, or of her assigns, and now in the tenure or
occupation of him the said George Willock or his assigns, together with all and singular the houses, edifices,
buildings, barns, stables, outhouses, gardens, orchards, yards and easements to the said house belonging, used
or appertaining (three cottages or tenements with their appurtenances unto the said Thomas Farnham, his heirs
and assigns, always excepted and foreprized) and also
All that Close or ground enclosed in Querndon called or known by the name of “ The Chantrie Close.”
And also all that piece or parcel of meadow ground in the Overfield of Querndon called by the name of
“The Hooke” lying and being in a place there called “ The Gossicke.”
Also all those 2 roods of meadow ground in Querndon lying in the Ten Acres of meddowe next to Baglie
Headland, the seventh and eighth from the ground of the lord of Barrow.
One other acre of meadow ground in the same Ten being the fourth acre from the lord of Barrow’s ground.
Also 3 roods of meadow in Mountsorell Field in a place there called “ The Second Tens ” next the Tithe
piece, being 6th, 7th and 8th from the lord of Barrow’s ground.
All that 1 acre of meddowe in the said Tenns, the 4th acre from the lord of Barrow.
Three roods of meadow in Mountsorell field, in a place there called “The Second Tenns” next the Tithe
Piece, being the 6th, 7th and 8th from the lord of Barrow.
All that one acre of meddowe in the said Tenns, the 4th acre from the lord of Barrowe.
Three roods of arable in Mountsorell field called ‘ The Morefield.”
One acre of arable in Ball’s Gap.
Also all that one half acre of arable land lying in a place called “ Short Brattelands.”
And also all that one lea of Lea ground in Querndon aforesaid, lying and being near the Churchyard.
And also all that one acre of arable land lying and being in Woodhouse Field.
To have and to hold the said messuage and premises unto the said George Willock and Anne his wife,
their executors and assigns from and after the day of the death of Elizabeth Farnham of Sutton in the County
of Notts, mother to the said Thomas Farnham, for and during the natural lives of the said George Willock
and Anne his wife and the life of the longer liver of them,
Yielding and paying therefore yearly during the said term unto the said Thomas Farnham, his heirs and
assigns, the yearly Rent of £14 of lawful English money at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and
the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel by equal portions,
With a clause of Re-entry provided the portion of yearly rent shall be in default for the space of to days
after the due date of payment.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Thomas Skipwith, Ric. Palmer, clerk, Arthur Miller his mark,
Leo Reyne, Thomas Sharpe, Francis Harris.
Endorsed: My cousin Willock his Lease made 1642. 2 closes, 5 akers; several meadow, 4 akers
1 rood; arrable, 3 akers and a half.
Exchequer Bills and Answers, P. 6, 48, Parmiter and Farnham. Charles I., A.D. 1641.
John Parmiter of London, gent., living in the Isle of Kent in the Province of Maryland in America did in
May 1641 sell linnens, boots, shoes, etc., to Robert Farneham, of the said Isle of Kent, clarke, to the value of
£60 and upward, for which Robert gave a Bill of Exchange to receive said sum of William Pinder of London out
of the money coming to him from a certain Annuity of £20 due to Robert from his brother Edward Farneham
of Querndon, co. Leicester, gent. Robert directed Pinder to sell the annuity for him, but Pinder doth now
combine with Edward Farneham that he should pay the Annuity, as it groweth due, to Francis Farneham,
another brother of Robert’s, and that Francis and Pinder should dispose thereof, Pinder alleging that Robert is
indebted to him for more than the value of the Annuity.
BBB
370 QUORNDON RECORDS.
PEDIGREE SHEWING SOME OF THE CONNECTIONS MENTIONED IN THE WILLS
OF ELIZABETH FARNHAM AND JANE FARNHAM, PROVED P.C.C. 1646.
|
Sir Joun Dicsy of Eyeketilby, 3rd son, died==KaTHERINE, dau. of Sir Nicholas Griffin, knt.,
25 May 1533 (Ing. P.M.). of Braybrook, co. Northants.
|
Witiram Dicpy=-ELen, dau. of John=Sir Epwarp Montacu, (S1r) RowLanpD ELIsABETH=->Humpurey Hercy of Grove
of Lubenham, Roper, Esq. knt., Chief Justice of Diasy, clerk. co. Notts, born 1475; died
died v.p. Common Pleas, 2nd Sept. 14th, 1520 (Inq. P.M).
husband.
Joun Dicsy, born==Mary, Sir Joun Hercy, BARBARA,=-GEORGE NEVILL Witiiam Dicey of=-Exizasetu, dau. of
1508; died March | dau. of knt., of Grove, heiress jure uxoris of Welby, Esq., born | William Dixwell of
16th, 1548 (Ing. | Lord born 1497; died to her Grove, son and 1531; marriagecoven- | Coton, co. War-
P.M.). Parr. s.p. about 1570. brother. heir of Robert ant Aug. roth, 1555; | wick, Esq.
Settled Grove on Nevill of Ragnall, High Sheriff co,
A George Nevill and co. Notts; born Leicester 1598; died
Barbara by Inden- 1518; died Sept. July 2nd, 1604 (Inq.
ture dated June 12th, 1582 (Inq. P.M.).
1569. P,.M.).
ApriAN FARNHAM of the Over Hall,==Constance, dau. of Edward Mundy of BEATRICE>-FRANCIS BRINSLEY.
Quorndon, born Nov. 18th, 1568 ; | Marketon, co. Derby ; buried at Quorn-
died Dec. 1632. don Feb. 15th, 1640. .
EpwarpD FARNHAM, bapt. TuHomAS FARNHAM, bapt. FRANCIS FARNHAM, CoNnsSTANCE FARNHAM.=-JOHN Brinsey of Blyth,
March 3rd, 1594; died Jan. 22nd, 1598; died bapt. Sept. 29th, Will proved P.C.C. ea Notte oe
April 1669. 1644. 1612; died 1649. 1633. Pa Quorndon Oct. 16th,
1616.
ConsTANCE BrinSLBy, bapt. at Quorndon MARGARET BRINSLEY, married ELIZABETH BRINSLEY, buried
Nov. roth, 1617; married .... Waidestone ; Rev. Richard Kaye. Will at Quorndon Sept. rst, 1680.
buried at Quorndon March 16th, 168s. proved 1691.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 371
Everarp Diaby of Stoke Dry and Tilton,=-JaguetTta, dau. of Sir John Ellys,
born 1449; died Jan. 22nd, 1509. knt.; died 1483.
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Rowranp Dicsy, Esq., 5th son.=-Aeness, dau. and heir of Robert Ashby and relict of John Sheldon
Will proved at Leicester 23 July | of Sheldon and Welby; died Sept. 12th, 1529 (Inq. P.M.).
1520.
; |
... =Joun Diesy, died=-Janz, dau. of Thomas -»..==.... Brins- ANNE=-RoBERT SHERARD, Esq., Joycre.=-NIcHoLas SE-
Feb. 22nd, 1556| Ramsey of Hitcham, Ist LEY of co. of Lopthorpe. GRAVE of
(Ing. P.M.). Will | Berks; according to dau. Notts. Scalford,
proved P.C.C. Nichols 2nd_ wife.
Ex’trix of her hus-
June 26th, 1556.
band’s will.
RowLanD SHERARD,=Jane, dau. of A. Porter, Esq., 6 sons (Nichols).
died Oct. 9th, 1592. of Belton, co. Lincoln.
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Eight
Mary=-CuRISTOPHER NEALE of GeorGE TaTE.=-MARGARET=-RICHARD STANLEY of DorotHy=-NicHoLas Bury
other (Nichols, | Keythorp and _ Cotes, 1st husband. Sutton Bonnington,co. of Whissendine,
sons. iii., 362). | died 18 Henry VIII. Notts. 2nd husband. co. Rutland.
ANTHONY URsuLA, GeEorGE Bury.
TATE.
RicHarD Neteg, died Aug.=-ELizaBeETH, dau. of SUSANNA.
14th, 1558 (Ing. P.M.). Richard Slory of
Braunston.
BARBARA=>. .. .
leas
GeorGE LEEKE.
Joun LEEKE. Resecca. ELINOR.
born 1521; died Noy. 2nd, 1559 | Hall of Grantham. of Keythorp.
Francis NE LE of Prestwould,=-JANE, dau. of Francis=HeENry SkIPWORTH
(Ing. P.M.). i
Mary, dau. and heir.=Everarp Dicsy of Keythorpe. 1st husband.
ANNE=PSAMUEL CREECH
of Wartnaby, co.
Leicester.
ELIZABETH, married 1588.5=HUMPHREY
Will proved P.C.C. 1646. | FARNHAM
of Nether
| ] Hall, Quorn-
Joun Dicsy=- NaTHANIEL DiGBy=- A dau.=....GuLSON. E.izABETH Diapy. | don, born
T 1558; died
Jan. roth,
1620.
THomas Dicey, who sold Welby,=-ANNE, dau. of Humphry
born 1574. Peto, Esq.
URSULA. FRANCES,
KATHERINE Dicsy. GeorceE Dicsy.
1, WILLIAM FARNHAM,
3. THomas FAaRN---FRANCES,
MARGARET,=-L HOMAS
EvizaBeEtTH, bapt.
| |
Dorotny, bapt. 1596;
bapt, March 22nd, 1591; HAM, bapt. April | dau. of bapt. April | ALDER- Aug. 14th, 1595; married Thomas Ram-
died unmar.; buried at 18th, 1593; mar- | Sir Rich- 16th, 1590. | SEY of married at Quorn- midge.
Quorndon Feb, 1624-5, ried in 1622; buried | ard Wal- Will P.C.C. | Bredgar, don April 28th, =
-_ at North Wheat- | dron, knt. 1659. co, Kent. 1626, Hobbie Jane, bapt. Jan. 29th,
2. Hector FARNHAM, ley, co. Notts, Smith of Tunstall, 1598. Will dated
bapt. March 16th, 1592 ; Sept. 7th, 1666. co. Kent. 1642; proved P.C.C.
died unmar.; buried at
1646.
Quorndon April 1626, Terry ALDERSEY. FARNHAM ALDERSEY.
Henry Farnuam of the THomas FARN- ELIZABETH, married FRANCES, bapt. March Dorotny, bapt. MarGarer, bapt. July
Nether Hall, bapt. May 4AM, bapt. July Rev. Nicholas Hall, goth, 1630; married Sept. 6th,1631; 6th, 1635; married
3Ist, 1626; died 1684. 12th, 1638. B.D., Rector of Clifton Rodes of Stur- married Henry Feb. 11th, 1657, Rich-
Loughborough. ton, co. Notts. Waldron. ard Wilson of Wheat-
ley Woods, co, Notts.
BBB?
372 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Edward Farneham answers that he had always paid the Annuity due to Robert under the Will of their
father Adrian Farneham as the same became due until March 25th last there were #40 arrears in his.
(Edward’s) hands. Pinder came to his house at Querndon and told him that Robert had sent him over several
Bills of Exchange to be paid by Pinder. Edward Farneham also received a letter from Robert, dated:
March 3oth last, written with the said Robert’s own hand, wherein among other things he desired and.
besought Edward, as he tendered his welfare and reputation, to make payment of the monies then due to him
unto the said Pinder for Robert’s use without delay. In June last Edward sent £40 to Francis to pay unto
Pinder, cautioning Francis before payment to take a Bond of £80 from Pinder to the use of Edward in case of
fraud. He knows uothing about Robert’s debts beyond what appears in the Bill of Complaint.
Francis Farneham says that he persuaded Pinder to accept £15 and pay the balance of £25 to the other
creditors, who refused to accept the same, whereupon Francis in brotherly affection deposited a further £5 of
his own in Pinder’s hands by way of a loan to Robert. He also offered £100 for the said Annuity, which
Pinder did refuse, saying it was worth more.
Defendants deny all combination and pray to be dismissed.
Pinder says that after his return to London from his ride to Querndon, viz., about July 4th, he received
another Letter from Robert dated at Rickotan in Virginia April 29th, 1641. He may have refused £100 for
the Annuity because if he could get £140 for it he could then only just discharge the debts, and he hath often
requested the parties to find him a “ Chapman”? for it at that price. Denies all combination and prays to be
dismissed.
P.C.C. Wills, 65, Twisse. Will of Jane Farnham, the youngest daughter of Humphrey Farnham
of the Nether Hall. A.D. 1642.
The 20th day of October in the year of our Lord God 1642.
1, Jane Farnham of Querndon within the parish of Barrowe-on-Sore, co, Leicester, spinster, do make this my last Will and Testament
in manner and form following :—
My soul to Almighty God and my body to be buried where it shall please God.
I give 52s. to my ex’ors to be expended in bread for the poor of Querndon, that is to say, 12d. every Lord’s day until the 52s, be
expended.
Item, I do give £20 to be bestowed by my ex’ors upon a Tomb or Monument for my father and mother and all their children to be
set up in the Chapel of Querndon where my father lies interred.
Item, I do give £5 to be bestowed by my ex’ors upon a Clock and dial to be set up in the Chapel of Querndon.
Item, I do give my dear mother my best Jewel with the Amythist in it, my Opal ring, the 22s. piece of old gold given me by my
Godmother the old Lady Skipwith at my Christening, my moiety of the hives of bees at old Richard Skellington’s in Querndon and
a gold ring of 20s.
To my sister Aldersey my plain gold ring which was my father’s, a gold ring of 20s., and my crimson damask petticoat.
To my niece Elizabeth Aldersey my silver bowl, a silver tankard of £5, my pearl necklace, my green emerald ring and my little
Jewel made in the fashion of an S which was my sister Smith’s, also a ring of 20s.
To my nephew Terry Aldersey a silver tankard of £5 and a ring of 2os., and to his wife a ring of 20s.
To my nephew Farnham Aldersey the same as to Terry.
To my sister Farnham a silk gown and petticoat anda ring of 20s.
Item, I give to my niece Elizabeth Farnham my 6 silver spoons, my own Bible and £10 in money, the said £10 not to be put into
her father’s hands.
And whereas my brother Farnham owes me on bond £60 to be paid within 2 years after the death of my mother I will that my
ex’ors receive the sum when due and give £10 each to my nephews Henry Farnham and Thomas Farnham and my nieces Elizabeth
Farnham, Frances Farnham, Dorothy Farnham and Margaret Farnham (being my brother and sister Farnham’s six children), and to
each of my said nephews and nieces I give a Bible of 15s. price with their names to be set upon them. I likewise give to my said niece
Frances Farnham my silver pepper box.
I give to my sister Ramadge and her eldest son to both their uses £50 to be invested for their benefit, and I further give my brother
Rammadge and my said sister his wife rings of 20s. value apiece. :
Item, I give my cousin Mr. Edward Farnham and to his wife and to my cousin Francis Farnham his brother gold rings of
20s. apiece, and to my little cousin Susanna (my cousin Edward Farnham's daughter) I give my plain silver bowl with the letters J. F.
set upon it.
Also I give my cousins Mrs, Elizabeth Osborne, Mrs, Elizabeth Farnham, widow (the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe, widow),.
Mrs. Constance Brinsley, Mrs. Margaret Brinsley, Mrs. Elizabeth Brinsley and my cousin Mr, Edward Aldersey gold rings of 20s.
value apiece.
And to my cousin Thomas Farnham (the brother of the said Edward Farnham) a gold ring of 2os.
Further I give my said cousin Mrs, Constance Brinsley my gold borders.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 373
Item, I give my cousin Doctor Thomas Rives and his wife, my cousin Mr, Thomas Davies and his wife, my cousin Wright the
Councellor and my cousin Judith Cullam gold rings of 20s. price apiece.
I give my cousin Mr. George Tate, my cousin Susanna his daughter, my cousin Anthony Tate, my cousin Barbara Leeke, my cousin
Mrs. Frances Poole, my cousin Mrs. Dorothy Stacie (that was so named before her marriage), my uncle John Danvers and my cousin
Mr. Nicholas Segrave gold rings of 20s. price apiece.
I give to Mr. Theophilus Cave of Barrow and his wife, to Mr. Isham Perkins of Bunney and his wife, to Mr. William Herrick of
Woodhouse and his wife, to Mr. Smith of Swithland and his wife, his mother and his brother Mr. Elias Smith, and to Mr. John Cooper
(sometime Minister at Quarendon), to every one of them a gold ring of 20s.
I give to my cousin Wollocke and his wife, to Mr. Anthony Berridge and his wife, to Mr. George Chaveney and his wife, to my
cousin Katherine Storer, my cousins Humphrey Babbington, Anne Babbington, and to Mrs. Elizabeth Greene gold rings of Ios. price
apiece. These rings to be of the same fashion as those given by my cousin Mr. Edward Walrond in his last Will to his kindred and
friends.
My ex’ors to spend £10 for the schooling or preferment of my nephew Thomas Rammadge in addition to the £50 already given
by this Will.
To my brother Hector’s goddaughter Mrs. Margaret Babbington a 20s. piece of gold. To my cousin Elener Tate 20s. To
Mrs. Sarah Smith 20s. To my cousin George Berrie 20s. To my cousins Ursula Crich and Ursula Stanley 20s. each. To my cousin
Francis Crich 20s. To Anne Thompson (who served my mother) 20s., to old Thomas Teate 20s., to Francis Clarke (my nurse's son):
20s,, and to any of my godchildren not before mentioned tos. each to buy them Bibles therewith.
I give to Margaret Chaveney (my nurse's daughter) £6 and to Francis Chaveney (her husband) 20s.
I give 5s. apiece to my cousin Joan Worley, to old Thomas Allen, to Humfrey Bestew and his wife, to John Wells and his wife, to
Richard Thompson and his wife (dwelling at Sutton), as remembrances of my love for them.
Item, I give to the Preacher that shall preach at my funeral 20s. Furthermore my Will is that £15 be bestowed on my funeral and
that 40s, more be laid out for a Gravestone to be laid down upon my grave.
The residue of my moneys and goods (my legacies paid and my Will performed) I give to my dear mother, my good sister Aldersey
and my loving cousin Mr. Edward Farnham, whom I make Executors of this my last Will.
Sealed in the presence of Elizabeth Farnham, Francis Farnham, Thomas Hunt and Anne Atkinson.
(Signed) Jane Farnham.
Proved 22nd May 1646 on the oath of Margaret Aldersey, one of the ex’ors named in the Will. Power being reserved to Edward.
Farnham, one other of the ex’ors named, when he comes and seeks to be sworn, Elizabeth Farnham, the other ex’or named in the Will,
being dead.
N.B.—The provisions in this Will for monuments in the Chapel of Quorndon were either not carried out or the monuments have
been destroyed. No stone marks the last resting place of Jane Farnham, and as the Quorndon Parish Register is not kept after
February 1642 on account of the Civil War we do not know the date of her burial. :
P.C.C. Wills, 32, Twisse. November 17th, A.D. 1645.
1, Elizabeth Farnham of Quarne alias Quarnedon, co. Leicester, widow, make my last Will and Testament in manner and form
following :—
I bequeath to my dear daughter Mrs. Margaret Aldersey these several pieces of plate, viz.,a Caudle Cup with a cover, a plain.
silver Can with a hollow cover, a Porringer with feet, a plain round Pot with a cover, a Fruit Dish wrought with acorns, and a Ring
with a diamond,
Item, To my grandchild Mr. Terry Aldersey a 20s. piece of gold to bestow in a ring, and my little silver Bowl ; and to his wife:
a silver Tun parcel gilt, and one Salt with a cover.
Item, I give to my grandchild Farneham Aldersey a deep silver Bowl with a W and a D on it [evidently her father’s, William
Digby], a 20s. piece to buy him a Ring, and a Ring with 3 rubies.
I give to my grandchild Elizabeth Aldersey 7} yards of crimson satin damask with gold lace for it to make her a petticoat,a wrought:
cushion cloth, my best long tablecloth, a dozen of napkins, a towel, a cupboard cloth, a sideboard cloth, a cellar of glasses, a deep silver
Bowl with W. D. on it, and a Ring.
I give to my son Thomas Farnham a 20s. piece for a Ring ; and to my daughter his wife my best silk Grogeram gown, my tawny
damask petticoat and a wrought Quife and Cross Cloth.
I give to my grandchild Henry Farneham a silver Bason and Ewer parcel gilt which I desire him to keep for my sake.
I give to my grandchild Elizabeth Farneham my little silver Salt with a cover, my new baize petticoat with gold laces, a Smock, my
best Apron, a fine holland sheet of g ells, a pair of fine Pillow Beeres, my best feather Bed, Bolster and Pillows, a pair of Blankets of
yellow rug, the green Curtains and Valance, the greatest brass Pot, a Pan of 2 gallons, two great deep Pewter Dishes, two Stew ones,
two midling Dishes, two Sallett Dishes, two pair of flaxen Sheets and a ros. piece.
I give to my grandchild Frances Farneham my next longest table Cloth, a dozen narrow flaxen Napkins, a Cupboard Cloth,
a Towel, a long peeced table Cloth, two Towels more, a pair of flaxen Sheets, the next brass Pot and a 10s, piece.
I give to my grandchild Dorothy Farneham a down Pillow, a brass Pot of 3 gallons, etc., etc., and a 10s. piece.
I give to my grandchild Margaret Farneham a feather Bed and Bolster, a down Pillow, a blue and red Coverlet, a deep Pewter
Dish, etc., etc., and a 1os, piece,
I give to my grandchild Thomas Farneham £3 in money.
I give to my son-in-law Mr. Thomas Rammidge 20s. for a Ring, and to his son Thomas my grandchild £4 in money.
374 QUORNDON RECORDS.
I give to my cousin Mr. Edward Farneham my Ring with a Turkey stone, and to my cousin his wife my Heart Ring,
daughter my cousin Susanna a plain Ring that I usually wear.
To my cousin Francis Farneham my emerald Ring.
I give to my cousin Constance Brinsley my Turkeis Ring and my Limbeck.
To my cousin Margaret Brinsley my silver Bowl and a table that she has of mine, and to my cousin Elizabeth Brinsley a silver
Spoon.
To my cousin Edward Aldersey my Ring with a red stone.
I give to my cousin Mr. George Tate my wedding Ring, to my cousin his son Anthony £20 in money, to my cousin Leeke his
daughter my baking Pan with a cover and bottom, and to my cousin Susanna his daughter my great pewter Flagon and my red velvet
Chair; and to my cousin John, my cousin George, my cousin Rebecca and my cousin Elinor his children 5s, each.
To my cousin Ursula Stanley §s.
I give to my niece Frances Creech my blue paragon Petticoat, an Apron, a Quife and Cross Cloth, and 5s. in money; and to her
sister my niece Ursula Creech my serge Gown, my new baize Petticoat and Waistcoat of the same, a Smock, an Apron, a Quife, a Cross
Cloth, a pair of midling Sheets, a pair of coarse Sheets, 3 Towels, 6 napkins, two coarse board Cloths, a little Pan and 6s. in money,
To my nephew Mr. John Digby, my brother Thomas his son, and to my nephew Nathaniel Digby and to my niece Gulson and to my
niece Elizabeth Digby, my brother Thomas his daughter, 10s. each.
I give to Ann Tomson sometime my maid 2 Tablecloths, etc., and £6 in money.
To the poor of Quarne 4os., and to the Minister that preacheth at my funeral 20s.
I make Margaret Aldersey my daughter and my cousin Mr. George Tate my executors. And further my Will is that Francis
Chaveney his wife shall have 20s.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. (Signed) Elizabeth Farneham,
In the presence of Abraham Freeman, Henry Rowbotham, Robert Busbey and Henry Burton.
Proved 22nd May 1646 by the oath of Margaret Aldersey, daughter of the deceased and one of the executors named in the Will,
power reserved to George Tate the other executor, etc.
N.B.—Testatrix was the widow of Humphrey Farnham of the Nether Hall and daughter of William Digby of Welby.
and to his
The Sequestration Papers of Edward Farnham of the Over Hall in Quarndon. A.D. 1645,
[Edward Farnham of the Over Hall was in March 1646 fined #°480 as a delinquent for adhering to the
Royalist Cause in the Civil War between King Charles J. and the Parliament.’ His offence was that in
February 1642-3 he left his dwellinghouse at Quorndon and went to reside at Ashby de la Zouche, a garrison of
the enemy’s, where he was joined by his wife, and where they resided for about 2% years, until the
month of August 1645, when they returned to their own house at Quorndon. What active part he took in
the War we are not told, but shortly after Michaelmas 1645 a party of horse from Leicester went over to
Quorndon and took him to Leicester, where he was brought before the Parliamentary Committee and by them
committed to prison for his Delinquency in residing at Ashby.
His estate also was sequestrated, and his goods seized; also, according to his statement, bis deeds and
evidences were taken away and destroyed by the Parliament’s party.
He was not apparently charged with active participation in the different engagements and skirmishes of
the Ashby Garrison, but his going to reside there in the enemy’s quarters and not aiding the Parliamentary
party were signs of disaffection to the Parliament’s cause and sufficient in their opinion to cause them to treat
him as a delinquent.
In his petition Edward Farnham states that his brother Adrian Farnham had died in June 1642 in the
service of the Parliament at the fort of Kingsale in Ireland. (This was no doubt brought forward in the hope
of mitigating the penalties about to be exacted from Edward Farnham himself.) ]
PETITION OF Epwarp Farnuam, NoveMBER 8TH, 1645.
To the Honoble Committee att Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, for Compositions for Delinquents’ Estates.
The humble Petition of Edward Farnham of Querndon in the county of Leicester Humbly Sheweth
That your Petitioner being prisoner att Leicester for his Residence in the King’s Quarters in the same
county was lately informed of the Parliament’s offer of favour for such offenders as should embrace the same
within the tyme by them limitted, of which your Petitioner desires to partake. :
Humbly entreateth this Honoble Committee That you will be pleased to give order to the Committee at
Leicester that your Petitioner may come up and attend you herein and that the said Committee may certifie
you of your Petitioner’s crymes and the values of his Estate that you may doe therein as to you shall
seeme juste.
And your Petitioner shall daylie pray, etc. (Signed) Edward flarnbam.
8th November 1645.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 375
A letter to certify according to ye Petition.
Edward Farnham begs leave to compound, 8th November 1645.
To the honoble Committee att Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, for Compositions for Delinquents’ Estates.
The humble Petition of Edward ffarnham of Querndon in the county of Leicester Sheweth
That in ffebruary 1642 your Petitioner went from his house in Querndon aforesaid to Ashby de la Zouche
in the said County 9 miles distant from his said house and afterwards his wife went thither alsoe. And there
both resided till about August last past when they both returned to Querndon aforesaid to reside there again.
That aboute 2 months after their returne your Petitioner was by a partie of horse from Leicester fetched thither
and brought before the Committee and by them Committed to Prison for delinquency against the Parliament
in residing at Ashby aforesaid, for which cause alsoe his estate hath beene sequestred above 2 yeares and an
halfe last past, his rents received and his goods sold by the said Committee without any Allowance to his wife
and children.
That your Petitioner being nowe prisoner at Leicester and being informed of the Parliaments offer of
ffavour to such persons as before the first day of December next shall come in and accept thereof to compound
according to their Delinquency,
Your Petitioner humbly prayeth he may have liberty to attend this honoble Committee and bee discharged
from his imprisonment and sequestration in such wise as this honoble Committee shall think fitt.
And your Petitioner shall dailie pray, etc.
8th Nov. 1645. (Signed) Edward ffarnham.
18th ffeb. 1645. Tooke ye Oath.
A Particular of his Estate.
A true Perticuler of all the Messuages, houses, Lands, Tenements and hereditaments of Edward ffarnham
of Querndon in the County of Leicester, and of the full yearely values thereof accordinge to the profitts and
rents by him made and received about sixe yeares since or att any time (Communibus Annis) since the said
estate fell to him.
In Querndon.
Impris. his dwellinghouse with the outhouses, yard, orchards and garden thereto.
Three enclosed grounds, viz., to the Ley Close, the wood ground. Alsoe
Three acres called the Carr with meadow and arable land thereto belonginge 50 0 o
One fferine cailed Griffin’s ffarme. ‘ : ‘ . ‘ : . - 20 00
One Tenement in the possession of Adrian Stables 80 6
One Tenement in occupation of John Sareson 3 9 0
One cottage in the tenure of Rich. Greesley . I 10 0
One cottage in the tenure of Henry ffukes_ . ‘ ‘ : [0 0
One cottage in the tenure of Thomas Myers . ro 0
One cottage in the tenure of Isabell Sherman 6 8
Summe . . 84 16 8
In Mountsorell.
One ffearme in George Thornton’s possession . . : . et ee as
One cottage in Edward Marriott’s possession 53 9 9
One cottage in Thomas Jarrit’s possession . : : : . : ‘ 3°00
One cottage in John Chandler’s possession . : P . ; 3.0 0
One cottage in Rich. Samsom’s possession be
One cottage in Thomas Jesson’s possession . ‘ : : , . : 10 0
One cottage in ye widdow Norman’s possession . : ‘ : F . 16 0
One cottage in Thomas Hill’s possession. : : : : . . To 0
One cottage in George Hodon’s possession . : : : : . : 2 0 0
One cottage in William Peake’s possession . - F ‘ ‘ ; 4 10 Oo
One cottage in the widdow Peake’s possession . . + + + + EIO 0
Summe . - 4716 0
376 QUORNDON RECORDS.
In Barrowe. ae:
Impris. Adrian Duckett, one Tenement ‘ : ; ‘ ; : ri 2 6 8
Robert Browne, one Tenement . ‘ ‘ : i : d r »- 10 0 0
Widdow Barnard, one Cottage. : : : i : : é F I0 0
Thomas Hallams, one cottage. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ . . , 10 0
John Lindsay, one cottage . . i . ; : : : ; . 10 0
Summe . . 13:16 8
In Woodhouse.
One close called Thorney close let to Mr. Bodeman F . ‘i ‘ » 4g
ome)
Rushall ffeild and howse ' 3 : ; . . ‘ ‘ < - 15 © 0
Ransicke Close . P : - . - r ‘ i ? 600
Ralphe Copestake, for Sting Gloss 5 Oo 0
The sixe acres Close : : : ; ‘ : : : ‘ 5 0 0
Brand Close ‘ : : j ‘ . . : 6 00
Mr. Smyth, for Cistvarerstt anil Huagectill 8 0 oO
Robert Tufton, one Tenement : 4°00
John ffisher, one Cottage, late Hudsons 6 8
John Smaley, one Tenement : : : : : ‘i : . . 8 0 o
John ffouldes, one Cottage . : ‘ ‘ ; ‘ . ‘ : : I 10 0
Henry Bush, one Cottage . : : ; ‘ . : : : . 4.00
Robert Honeye, one Cottage ‘ : ‘ : : ‘ . : . 2 0 0
Clement Tallam, one Cottage j . ‘ " . 7 ‘ : : 200
Summe . . 81 16 8
Summa totalis . £238 6 0
This is a true and just perticuler of all my estate reall and personall for which I only desire to compound
to free it out of sequestration and doe submitt unto and undertake to satisfie such ffine as by this Committee
for Compositions with delinquents shall be ymposed and sett to pay for the same in order to ye freedome and
discharge of my person and estate.
Charges on his estate.
Rents and Charges issueinge out of the before mentioned estate of the said Edward ffarnham and
chardgeable thereupon.
Impris. Fower small Annuities of Twentie pounds per an.a peice due to his fower Brothers, viz., Thomas,
Robert, Adrian and ffrancis duringe their severall and respective naturall lives given by the last will of Adryan
ffarnham theire father deceased ;
Of which fower brothers the said Adryan dyed in the moneth of June 1642 in the Parliament service in
Treland in the fort of Kings Sale, and his Annuitie is by the said will continued to Elizabeth his wife duringe
her naturall life.
And the said Thomas ffarnham dyed about a year since att Querndon aforesaid. Item, one Lease made
by the said Edward ffarnham to the said ffrancis ffarnham, dated the 22nd of May 1637, of all his howses and
Jands in Mountsorell with certaine meadow ground in Querndon aforesaid to the value of about £60 per ann.
to commence the day next after the death of the said Edward ffarnham and to continue for gg years thence
next ensueinge and fully to be compleate and ended.
Md. all the before mentioned estate lyes still under the power of the King’s Garrison at Ashby de la
Zouch and the tenants are forced to pay great taxes to the said Garrison Monethly and they doe pay to the
Garrison of Leicester alsoe and little or noe stock is kept upon the said grounds.
That he hath sold parte of the estate his father left him.
The Condition of the said Edward ffarnham’s estate.
About twelve yeares since Adrian ffarnham his father dyed leavinge him aboute £1,000 in debts to pay
parte thereof yet unpaid and £100 per ann. of his Estate in joynture to his mother whoe died aboute sixe
QUORNDON RECORDS. 377
veares since; and his Estate hath been sequestred and his rents received by the Parliament’s Officers for
almost three whole yeares last past, his goods, evidences and writinges taken away and destroyed and himself
imprisoned ; only for his removinge from his house in Querndon aforesaid (being att the tyme of his removall
under the command of the King’s Garrison att Ashby de la Zouche) and goinge and residinge with his wieffe
in Ashby aforesaid in the said countie aboute g miles distant from his said house in Querndon And that long
before the ordinance of sequestration came forth.
Alsoe his wiefe never received penny of the fifth part allowed by ordinance of Parliament, shee haveing
petitioned the Committee att Leicester for the same to mainteyne her and her children,
Whereby he is much indebted for his and his wife and children’s maintenance during the said
sequestration.
(Signed) Edward ffarnham.
Report of the Committee at Leicester, 22nd January, 1646.
By the Committee at Leicester.
According to an order from the honoble Committee at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, of the 7th of November
last, on the behalfe of Mr. Edward ffarnham of Querndon in this county,
Wee certify that hee having lived at Ashby delazouche A garrison of the Enemyes for the most parte
since the warrs began, until about Michas. last past he was brought prisoner to Leicester and there detayned
untill such time as security was given for his Jiberty to repaire to the said Committee to compound for his
estate according to the Ordinance of Parliament in that behalfe. His estate in lands, lying and being in
Querndon, Barrowe, Mountsorell and Woodhouse in this county, about seaven yeares agoe were worth three
hundred pounds per an. As we have received information of the severall Tenants and others upon their
oathes.
And wee further Certify that the said Edward Farneham (as appears) the 22nd of May 1637 did make
a lease unto Francis Farneham his brother of all his messuages, houses, Jand and tenements and hereditaments
in the towne and fhelds of Mountsorell aforesaid in this county and of some parcells of meadows and pasture
to the messuage belonging lying in Querndon aforesaid. To hold the same unto the said ffrancis ffarneham,
his executors, administrators and assignes from the next day after the death of the sayd Edward ffarneham for
and during the full end and tearme of ffower score and nineteen yeares, paying for the same one pepper corne
yearly, which said Messuage and lands were worth in the best times £62 or thereabouts per an., and that
there are three annuities issuing and going out of the sayd Edward ffarneham’s lands in this county of
threescore pounds per an., viz., to the sayd ffrancis ffarnham, Robert ffarnham, two of the brothers of the said
Edward, and unto Elisabeth ffarneham, the relict of Adrian ffarneham, deceased, another of the brothers of the
said Edward ffarneham, viz., to each of them twenty pounds per an. during their severall lives, which sayd
Annuityes have not bine payd by us since the said Edward ffarneham’s estate hath bine sequestred, because
they were not demanded of us till after the moneys was paid out to the soldiery.
And for any personall estate that the sayd Edward ffarneham hath in this county or elsewhere wee
know not of. All which wee refer to the sayd Committee’s consideration.
Edm. Cradock, Maior. Jo. Stafford, Vic.
2and January 1645. Will. Hewet, ffr. Smally, Jo. Browne, Ric. Ludlam, ffor the honoble Committee
at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, 22nd Jan. 1645, present these.
Certificate per ffarneham.
Certificate that he has taken the National Oath and Covenant, 18th February 1646.
ffebruary 14th, 1646.
These are to certify whom it may concerne that Edward ffarnham of Querndon in the County of Leicester,
Gentle., hath taken the National Oath and Covenant in the Honoble Society of Graies Inne accordinge to the
Ordinance of Parlt. in testomonie hereof I have hereunto subscribed.
Isaac Reynolds, Hospitii Graiensis Capellanus.
18th ffeb, 1645. Jur.
Cte
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Edward Farnham of Querndon in the County of Leicester, Esqr., fined £480.
A letter to the Committee of Leicester to let them know that Mr. Farneham affirmes that he hath sould
80 acres of his land, and to knowe whether they took notice of it and whether the land which now he holds
seven years since was worth besides that £300 per annum. Paying the Moyety to have a letter to suspend
County Committee to certify whether they took notice of his sale of 80 acres of land, ete., 17th March
1646-7.
At the Committee for Compositions with Delinquents.
Gent.,
Wee lately received from you a certificate of the estate of Edward ffarnham upon which wee have
proceeded to a composition and have proposed a fine according to the value returned by you. Mr. ffarnbam
hereupon affirms that he hath sold 80 acres of his land certified by you wee desire you would speedilye
sattisffye whether you take notice of any such sale or whether the estate hee nowe holdes were seaven veares
since worth £300 per ann. and for what it was then lett. And in the meane tyme to take notice of the
enclosed from your very loveinge friend,
John Steyrlens. Antho. Irbye,
David Watkins. Robte. Jenner,
17th Martii 1646. Jerom Alexander. Sam. Moyer.
18th August 1646. Fines past in the House. Edward Farnham £480.
N.B.—These Sequestration Papers are to be found at the Record Office, and the reference to them is in the printed Calendar of the
Committee for Compounding, vol. ii., p. 941.
Under a List of persons discharged by the Committee for Compounding, dated 21st April, 1648, occurs the name of Edward
Farnham, Quarndon. (Vol. G, ccxlvii., p. 78.)
A Fine of £480 on the top of the loss of all his income from his property for three years seems a heavy penalty for Edward
Farnham to have incurred merely for a residence of 2} years in the Royalist quarters at Ashby, and one is inclined to think that
he must have taken a more active part in the War than appears in the Statement. That he was a steady adherent to the Royal cause
is further shewn by his appointment on Nov. 28th, 1644, on a new Commission of the Peace for the county of Leicester issued by King
Charles. Whatever his overt actions may have been, it is certain that he was regarded as an enemy to the Parliamentary cause and
treated as a delinquent accordingly.
We need not consider Edward Farnham’s Particular of his estate as being more than approximately true. The method adopted by
the Commissioners for assessing the Fines on delinquents seems to have been based on a Fine at the least equivalent to two years’ rent,
It was therefore important for a delinquent to furnish as low a rental value for his estate as he could.
An Ordinance of the Parliament, 27th March 1643, had declared that all who had directly or indirectly assisted the King were to be
reckoned as delinquents, and that their property was to be sequestered by the Committee of the County in which it was situated. By
a later Ordinance a portion of the income, not exceeding one-fifth, might be set aside for the benefit of the delinquent's wife and
children. In October 1645, after the capture of Bristol, delinquents who would submit before December Ist were to be admitted to
compound for their estates. The delinquent had first to appear before the Committee for compounding, and then to take the Negative
Oath by which he bound himself never again to bear arms against the Parliament. After this he had to declare the value of the rents of
his estate, and his Fine was then fixed.
By comparing the Fine levied by Edward Farnham’s father in 1590 with the Fine levied by Edward himself in 1668 (both of which
were Settlements of the Over Hall estate) we find that in the latter a decrease of nearly 1,100 acres in the amount of the estate is shewn.
A large part of this represents the loss sustained by the family owing to Edward Farnham’s unfortunate attachment to the Royal Cause.
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D. 1646.
This Indenture made on the gth day of October, A.D. 1646, and in the twenty second year of the reign
of King Charles I.
Between Edward Farnham of Quarndon in the county of Leicester, Esq., on the one part,
And Thomas Clarke of Barrow-upon-Soar, yeoman, and Isabell his wife of the other part.
Edward Farnham in consideration of the sum of £250 paid to him by the said Thomas Clarke, the
receipt for which the said Edward Farnbam hereby acknowledges, has granted and sold to the said Thomas
Clarke and Isabell his wife and the heirs and assigns of the same Thomas,
All that Messuage in Barrow-upon-Soar now or late in the occupation of George Wild, and all those
several pieces or parcels of arable land, meadow and pasture, containing by estimation 67 acres, within the
fields and liberties of Barrow-upon-Soar, now or late in the occupation of the said George Wild,
Also all those three acres in Barrow and one acre of pasture in Querndon late in the occupation of Adryan
Duckett,
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To have and to hold to Thomas Clarke and Isabell and the heirs and assigns of the said Thomas for ever
to be holden of the Chief Jord or lords of that fee by the right and accustomed seryices,
With a declaration that Edward Farnham is true and Jawful owner and legally able to make the sale,
also with a clause of warranty against the heirs of Adryan Farnham, Esq., deceased, late father of the said
Edward.
(Signed) Edward Farnham.
In presence of Anth. Maior, Robt. Studd, Robert Clarke, Henry Clarke and William Hallam (his
marke).
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D. 1646.
This Indenture made the 22nd day of October, 22 Charles I.
Between Thomas Farnham of Quarndon, co. Leicester, gentleman, of the one part,
And Humnfrey Chaveney of the same Town and County, gentleman, of the other part, Witnesseth
That the said Thomas Farnbam in consideration of £140 paid to him by the said Humfrey Chaveney
hath sold to the said Humfrey
All that hill of pasture ground with the appurtenances commonly called or known by the name of Adam
Kekke; and all that wong of arable land thereunto adjoining, containing by estimation 8 acres or thereabouts,
And all those 4 acres of fallow meadow ground with the appurtenances to the said wong and hill
adjoining called Bover Sicke lying in the Soyth Field of Quarndon aforesaid, late in the occupation of John
Sareson of Quarndon aforesaid, Innholder ;
And all that half acre of meadow ground lying in “ Utter Holme” in the South meadow of Quarndon
between the lands of Thomas Farnham on one side and Theophilus Cave, Esquier, on the other, now in the
occupation of the said Humfrey Chaveney ;
And all that Ley of pasture ground containing half an acre lying in a little close of pasture of the said
Humfrey Chaveney next adjoining to his now Homestead in Quarndon westward, and 2 leys of pasture of the
said Humfrey Chaveney’s on the west side thereof, now in the occupation of Humfrey Chaveney,
To have and to hold the said premises to the only use and behoof of him the said Humfrey Chaveney,
his heirs and assigns for ever,
To be houlden of the Chief lords of the fee by the right and accustomed rents and services.
N.B.—Adam Kekke hill is the field on the east side of the Beggarwell Lane numbered 473 on the 25-inch Ordnance Map, and was.
no doubt called so from Adam Keke of Quorndon, living in the year 1396. This field was sold with the Chaveney property to Sir J.
Danvers, and was subsequently bought back by Edward Basil Farnham about 1857, but was sold by his successor William Basil Farnham
in 1892 to Mr. Wright of Quorndon, the present owner.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 22 Charles I., A.D. 1646.
Between Robert Hood, Thomas Clarke and Isabella his wife, and John Linsey and Barbara his wife,
plaintiffs, and Edward Farnham, Esquire, and Isabel his wife, defendants of 2 messuages, 3 cottages, 5 gardens,
% orchards, 100 acres of land, 6 of meadow, 20 of pasture, 6 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in
Barrow-on-Soare, Querndon and the Forest of Charnwood. £120.
Between John Tompson, plaintiff, and Robert Barnard and Mary his wife and William Barnard,
defendants of 1 messuage, I garden, 1 orchard, 4o acres of land, 4 of meadow, 6 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood. £100.
Easter, 23 Charles I., A.D. 1647.
Between John Tompson and John Symon, plaintiffs, and Robert Roome and Mary his wife, William
Gray and Elisabeth his wife, Alice Tompson and Thomas Tompson, defendants of 29 acres of land, 26 of
pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare and Turlington. #4T.
Between Alice Potter, widow, plaintiff, and James Blacke and Mary his wife, defendants of 2 cottages,
2 gardens, 2 orchards, 2 acres of pasture and Common of pasture in Loughborough, Quarndon and the Forest
of Charnwood. £41,
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Between Henry Hynde and Hester his wife, plaintiffs, and Samuel Pywell, defendant of 7 cottag:
one rood of land in Mountsorell. £60. an
Between John Fowler, plaintiff, and Henry Browne and Sara his wife and Robert Browne,
defendants of
2 acres of meadow in Barrowe-on-Soare. #40.
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D. 1647.
This Indenture of Exchange made the 15th day of February, 23 Charles I.
Between Thomas Farnham the elder of Quorndon in the county of Leycester, Esquier, and Her
alias Harry Farnham, the son and heir apparent to the said Thomas Farnham the elder, of the one part,
And James Skulthorpe the elder of Quorndon, tanner, of the other part, Witnesseth
That Thomas Farnham and Henry Farnham have sold to the said James Skulthorpe the elder
One rood of arable land in the West Field of Quorndon, now or late in the occupation of Elizabeth
Middleton, widow, or of Matthew Middleton, being in a furlong or place called “The Wellow Nook ” between
the lands of the said James Skulthorpe and Grace Hawkyn, widow, abutting on a close called “The Sheep
Close.”
In consideration whereof the said James Skulthorpe the elder has sold to Thomas Farnham and Henry
Farnham and their heirs
All that one half acre, being an Hadland lying in a certain place called “ Willow Croft,” the land of
Humfrye Greislye lying on the one side thereof, which said land is in the West Field of Quorndon aforesaid.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Richard Raven, clericus, John Wells his marke, Henry Fukes.
anery
N.B.—Richard Raven was the Curate of Quorndon. He signs the Quorndon Register for the year 1640, the year after the Rev,
Anthony Berridge last signed it, so presumably he was Mr. Berridge’s successor at Quorndon. The Rev. Richard Raven died on or
about March 25th, 1649. (Nichols’ Hist.)
The Wellow Nook is numbered 355 on the Ordnance Map, 1903, just at the point where the parish of Woodhouse runs up to the
end of Dirty Lane.
Willow Croft is numbered 239 and 240 on the same Ordnance Map and adjoins Quorn Place.
Chancery Proceedings before 1714, Bridges, 479/41. A.D. 1647.
Plaintiff: Elizabeth, late the wife of Adrian Farnham, gent. (4th son of Adrian Farnham, Esquire, of the
Over-hall), deceased.
Defendants: John Morton, gent., Ralph Harris and Henry Bush.
Elisabeth Farnham states that her Jate husband Adrian Farnham purchased a messuage and 11 acres of
Jand in Quorndon with some of her money and settled the same upon himself and Elizabeth for lives and then
to their male issue. Also by an Indenture, dated October 1638, Edward Farnham did convey to Richard
Cook and William Beridge, their heirs, etc., a Close in Quarndon called “ The Laund ” with appurtenances
containing 80 acres to the use of said Adrian Farnham and his heirs for g9 years if the said;Adrian did so long
live. Defendants have entered on the house and lands alleging that Adrian did not settle the same until long
after his marriage with plaintiff for the purpose of preventing his creditors from seizing the premises, that
Adrian fled into Ireland for debt and is not dead, as the plaintiff alleges, but is living with the rebels
there.
John Morton states that about ro or 12 years ago the said Adrian did take a Lease of a pasture ground
in Woodhouse called “ The Prior’s Field,” belonging to John Morton, for a term of 7 years at a yearly rent of
£30, and did likewise take from John Morton a Lease of another pasture in Quarndon called “ Wellowes or
Dryhurst ” for a like term of 7 years at a yearly rent of £40, and held both until such time as he became in
arrear of rent to this defendant in the sum of £100; his promises to pay were not fulfilled. Further sums
being in arrear, Adrian did secure the sum of £140 to John Morton on the purchases aforesaid, leaving #105
due, still wholly unpaid, so that after Adrian fled the defendant was constrained to distrain on the said
premises in Quarndon (most of the horses, kyne, sheep and cattle having been removed by said Adrian before
his flight). The Sheriff valued the goods at £6, the house and 11 acres at 20s. yearly and the Close called
The Laund and an acre of arable at 515. yearly. He re-entered on the Leasehold land at Michaelmas year
before the expiration of said Lease. The Jand which the Sheriff valued lay within the enemy’s garrison of
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Ashby de la Zouch, and he could not joyst any cattle thereon for that the plaintiff did daily threaten with Suit
at Law all such as either did or desired to joyst any cattle in the same, so that for a great part of the time
the profits out of the said lands amounted to little more than would pay the taxes imposed on the same both by
King and Parliament.
N.B.—This Suit is interesting in that it enables us to know that Dryhurst, which was part of the ancient park of Querendon, was
situated in the Wellasses, thus proving the exact situation of the old Park. John Morton was wrong in saying Adrian Farnham was not
dead, for Edward Farnham states that his brother Adrian died at the fort of Kingsale in June 1642 fighting on the side of the
Parliament, but in those days the pleadings were always filled with statements that were supposed to damage the character of the
opponent.
The Prior’s Field is numbered 1,020 on the 1903 25-inch Ordnance Map, and measures nearly 36 acres, but must have been more
than double that acreage in 1647 if the rent was £30 yearly. The Wellasses adjoin Buddon Wood on the west side,
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 24 Charles I., A.D. 1648.
Between Edward Pate, Esquire, plaintiff, and Henry Hastings, Esquire, and Elisabeth his wife, and
Thomas Waldram, Esquire, defendants of 2 messuages, 8 cottages, 1 dovehouse, 120 acres of land, too of
meadow, 500 of pasture, 40 of wood, 500 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Charley, Ratby,
Newtown, Markfield, Barrow-on-Soar, Whitwick, Sheepshead, Thringston and Charnwood Forest. £560.
Between Humphrey Chaveney, gent., Matthew Rudkyn, Francis Wheatley and Francis Smyth, plaintiffs,
and Thomas Farneham, gent., and Frances his wife, John Faun and Elisabeth his wife, William Goddard and
Margaret his wife, and Edward Blunt and Anne his wife, defendants of 3 cottages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards,
12 acres of Jand, 12 of pasture and Common of pasture in Mountsorell, Barrowe, Quarndon and the Forest of
Charnwood. #41.
Between William Southwell and Susan Foulds, plaintiffs, and William Lord and Jane his wife, John
Gillam and Grace his wife, John Foulds the younger and Gooditha his wife, defendants of 2 messuages,
1 cottage, 3 gardens, 10 acres of land, 6 of meadow, 40 of pasture, 23 of furze and heath and Common of
pasture in Blaby, Countesthorpe, Woodhouse Eaves and the Forest of Charnwood. £100.
Michaelmas, 24 Charles I., A.D. 1648.
Between George Wilson and Hester his wife, plaintiffs, and Richard Wood and Cecily his wife,
defendants of 1 cottage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 3 acres of meadow, 3 of pasture, 2 of furze and heath and
Common of pasture in Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves and the Forest of Charnwood. £41.
Between Thomas Knight, plaintiff, and Richard Knight and Anne his wife, defendants of 1 messuage,
I cottage, 60 acres of land, 8 of meadow, 12 of pasture and Common of pasture in Mountsorell, Rothley,
Barrow and Quarndon. £100.
Between Ralph Dison, gent., plaintiff, and Thomas Readinge and Anne his wife, William Goddard and
Margaret his wife, and Thomas Goddard, defendants of 5 acres of meadow, 5 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Barrowe-on-Sore, Quarndon, Mountsorell and the Forest of Charnwood.
Between Hugh Bosse, Robert Shutlewood and Thomas Midleton, plaintiffs, and Thomas Perkin and
Mary his wife, William Perkyn, Thomas Chamberlyn the younger and Mary his wife, John Dawson, Thomas
Dawson and Robenia his wife, Agnes Brumbleby, widow, and Isabel Middleton, defendants of 2 messuages,
I cottage, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 14 acres of land, 4 of meadow, 4 of pasture and Common of pasture in Sileby
and Barrowe-on-Soare. #60.
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Easter, A.D, 1649.
Between William Staples, John Baker, gent., William Perpen and William Squire, plaintiffs, and Edward
Mawlson the elder and Anne his wife, Edward Mawlson the younger, William Squire the elder and Joyce his
wife, William Kinge and Elisabeth his wife, William Foulds and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of 1 messuage,
I cottage, 1 barn, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 30 acres of land, 4 of meadow, to of pasture, 6 of furze and. heath
and Common of pasture in Quarndon, Knighton, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves and the Forest of
Charnwood. #100,
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Michaelmas, A.D. 1649.
Between Lancelot Barrodale, Thomas Smyth and Francis Burrowes, plaintiffs, and Thomas Rodeley alias
Rotheley the elder, Thomas Rodeley the younger and Mary his wife, Robert Barnard and Mary his wife,
William Barnard, Arnold Barnard and William Scampton and Alice his wife, defendants of + cottage
1 garden, 1 orchard, 5 acres of land, 1 of meadow, 3 of pasture and Common of pasture in Sileby, Barrowe-on-
Soare, Mountsorell and Rothley. #41.
Depositions by Commission, Exchequer, No. 4, Leicester. Hilary, 1649-50.
Depositions of witnesses taken at Loughborough, co. Leicester, on the 11th day of January, A.D. 1649-50,
Before John Holte, John Morton and Edward Thorpe, gents., by virtue of a Commission to them and
Nicholas Segrave, gent., directed. Returnable in the Exchequer at Westminster in Hilary Term next coming,
for examining of witnesses in a Cause in the said Court depending, between Sir William Heyricke, knight,
Complainant, and Thomas Farncham, gent., Defendant.
Richard Skellington of Quornedon, co. Leic., laborer, aged 78 years, sworn and examined, deposeth as
follows :—
1. To the first Interrogatory this Deponent sayeth that he knoweth the parties and hath known them for
the space of 40 years last past, and that he did know Humfreye Farneham the father and William Farneham
the brother of the said defendant Thomas Farneham, that Humfreye died about 25 or 26 years ago and
William died about 23 years ago, and that this Deponent knew them for about 10 years before their several
deaths.
2. He sayeth that he hath known the manor of Beaumanor for 40 years, and that the said manor doth
extend into the Towne of Quorndon, and that the same manor doth also extend into the Towns of Woodthorpe,
Woodhouse and Barrow-on-Soar.
3- He sayeth that the Plaintiff is the Lord of the manor of Beaumanor, and hath been so these last
50 years.
4. He sayeth that the Plaintiff hath ever since he knew him kept a Court Leet and Court Baron twice in
the year in the said manor, viz., about Easter and Michaelmas, except in the time of the wars and some.
seldom times when extraordinary occasions have hindered.
5. He sayeth he doth know several Copyholders that hold land by Copy of Court Roll of the manor, and
that they have constantly at every Court done Suit and Service, or been essoined, or other way excused by
the Steward of the said Court; but he doth not know whether any Freeholders do hold their lands of the said
manor or not.
6. He sayeth he doth know several persons (but not certainly how many) in Quorndon that do hold both
houses and land of the manor of Beaumanor by Copy of Court Roll of the said manor, and that he hath
known them to pay their Copyhold Rents to the Lord of the Manor’s bailiff for the time being for the Lord’s
use; but for other rents, by reason that this Deponent hath lived off the Fee for 14 years last past, he
cannot depose, but only sayeth that one Mr. Chaveney, being a freeholder, yearly payeth 19d. for rent (but
what rent he knoweth not by reason of his absence) to the Lord of the said manor, or to his bailiff, to the
Lord’s use, and that Mr. Edward Farneham of Quornedon payeth yearly a Chiefe Rent to the Plaintiff's
bailiff of the said manor. ;
7. He sayeth that the Defendant to this Deponent’s knowledge hath been called and several times
appeared at the Court Leet and Court Baron as suitor to the said Courts held for the manor of Beaumanor
within the said manor, that Humfry Farneham, father, and William Farneham, brother of the Defendant,
were both in their respective lifetimes called and did several times appear at the Courts aforesaid as suitors to
the Courts, but for what houses or lands they or any of them appeared for, this Deponent cannot say. And
that the said Humfry Farneham and William Farneham have in their lifetimes been essoined by their special
directions and appointments when they have been absent from the said Courts. And that the said defendant
Thomas Farnham, when he hath been absent from the said Court, hath several times been essoined by his
special directions and appointment at the said Courts, and that he hath spoken to this Deponent to essom him
there, which this Deponent hath accordingly done with money for the essoining given by the Defendant to
this Deponent.
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8. He knoweth that the Defendant and his Ancestors in their respective lifetimes, viz., Humfry Farneham
the father and William Farneham the brother, have severally paid the vearly rent of 285., viz., 145. at Easter
and 14s. at Michaelmas yearly, to the bailiff of the manor of Beaumanor to the use of the Plaintiff; and the
grounds of this Deponent’s knowledge are that this Deponent was a servant to the said Humfry and William
in their lifetimes and to the Defendant since their decease, and by them employed for the payment of the said
rent, which he paid several years, viz., to one Clement Foldes, one Richard Rabye, and one other bailiff called
Clement.
And this Deponent sayeth he paid the said rent for the said Defendant and his Ancestors to the said
three bailiffs to the use of the said Plaintiff, and that the rent was paid to this Deponent’s knowledge above
4o years ago, and that this Deponent was appointed to pay the said rent by his said Masters out
of monies which this Deponent had of theirs in his hands, and they allowed the same to him in their
accounts.
g. He sayeth he knoweth not for what houses or lands the said rent of 28s. was paid, nor hath he heard
the Defendant or any of his Ancestors say for what houses or lands the rent was paid, but he hath heard
Clement Foldes, bailiff to the Plaintiff, say that the said rent was paid for a Close in Quornedon called “ Barley
Close,’”? which he knoweth not by that name.
To the roth and 11th Interrogatories this Deponent cannot depose, he having been servant to the
defendant and his ancestors 46 years since.
14. He sayeth that the Detendant hath since going from Woodthorpe to Quornedon appeared as a suitor
at the Courts held for the Plaintiff in the manor of Beaumanor, and hath (when he has been absent) given
special directions to this Deponent to essoin for him at the said Courts and allowed the same again.
Francis Hampe of Quorndon, co. Leic., husbandman, aged 72 years, sworn, sayeth he knows the parties,
and has known the Plaintiff for 50 years and the Defendant ever since he was a child, and he did know
Humfry Farneham and William Farneham, the father and brother of the Defendant. He hath known the
manor of Beaumanor for 60 years and that the Plaintiff has been Lord of that manor for 50 years.
He knoweth some freeholders in Barrow within the said manor of Beaumanor that hold lands of the said
manor and also several persons in Quorndon within the said manor of Beaumanor who hold by Copy of Court
Roll of the said manor, and one William Storer and one Widow Buttris, both of Barrow, hold lands there by
Copy of Court Roll of the manor of Beaumanor, and that those freeholders in Barrow do constantly perform
Suit and Service at the said Courts, and all the Copyholders in Barrow and Quornedon do perform Suit and
Service at the said Courts within the said manor, and when absent they have either been essoined, amerced or
otherwise excused by the Steward of the Court on some special reason for absence being shewn. He sayeth
that he (this Deponent) and James Sculthorpe and William Phipps and several other persons do hold land and
houses in the Town and fields of Quornedon by Copy of Court Roll of the manor of Beaumanor ; that
Humfry Farneham and William Farneham as well as the Defendant have many times done their Suit and
Service and appeared as suitors at the Courts of the manor of Beaumanor, and when they did not appear they
were essoined, and they did pay a certain rent yearly to the Plaintiff as Lord of the manor of Beaumanor, which
rent was 285., and he hath seen Mr. Humfry Farneham himself several times pay the said rent to the
Plaintiff’s bailiff, and he hath heard Mr. Humfry Farneham say the rent was for a piece of ground called
“Barley Close.”
Francis Burbage of Quorndon, co. Leic., husbandman, aged 66 years, sworn, sayeth that there are about
to inhabitants in Quornedon that are Copyholders of houses and lands held by Copy of Court Roll of the
manor of Beaumanor. To his knowledge in one year Mr. William Farneham paid the rent of 145. twice
himself about 23 years since, but for what houses or lands he knoweth not. He hath heard that the rent was
payable for the Barley Close, which Close he hath heard is part of a ground now called “ The Conygrey ” in
Quornedon, which is now in the possession of the Defendant, but whether the same is Freehold or Copyhold
he knoweth not.
Gregory Jones of Beaumanor, co. Leic., yeoman, aged 50 years, sworn, Says much the same as the others,
and that Mr. Edward Farneham of Quornedon holdeth freehold lands of the said manor for which he pays
a certain Chief rent every year, viz. a broad arrow head and a garland of Roses and some money, bnt how
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much money or whether the lands lie in Quornedon or no this Deponent knoweth not, but believeth that
they do.
He sayeth that the Defendant has appeared twice at the Courts within 20 years last past, and that he has
been usually called at the Courts among the other suitors, that he knoweth not for what lands the rent was.
paid, but has heard one Skellington and Francis Hampe say that the 28s. was due for the Barley Close and.
some house which was there, and the said defendant did acknowledge that there hath formerly been a house
and other buildings upon the said piece of ground (called by Skellington and Hampe the Barley Close), but
that the said house was called a “ Chauntrye House,” but he did not bear him allow that any rent was payable
in respect of either land or house.
N.B.—The above Depositions were taken on account of the refusal of Thomas Farnham of the Nether Hall to pay a yearly rent of
28s. demanded by Sir William Herrick in respect of a messuage, a cottage and half a cottage and appurtenances in Quorndon. Sir
William’s statement was that this rent had always been paid by Thomas Farnham and his ancestors to the manor Court of Beaumanor
until five or six years previously, when the wars having begun and the Plaintiff having had his Deeds and Court Rolls, etc., plundered
from him, Thomas Farnham refused to continue the payment any longer, alleging that the property in question for which the rent was
demanded had been King Edward VI.’s, who in March 1553 sold it to Thomas Farnham, the great uncle of the said Thomas, and that
the King covenanted in the Letters Patent to free the property from all rents (certain dues mentioned therein excepted). That while he
(Thomas) was living in the house of one Caldwell in Woodthorpe, which was within the Plaintiff's manor of Beaumanor, he did appear’
at the Plaintiff's Courts as a resident, and that after he succeeded to his father’s and brother’s property in the parish of Barrow (the
Nether Hall, etc.) he did in ignorance pay the rent demanded to avoid litigation. That Barrow is a manor by itself, and that he does
not allow that the Plaintiff has any manorial rights in his property in Quorndon, etc.
The result was that the Court decided that the said Cause should be tried in the Common Law Court, viz., at the next Assize for
the county of Leicester, and that meanwhile the arrears of the said rent were to be paid to the Plaintiff.
Apparently Sir William Herrick demanded the rent of 28s. from the wrong premises. This would not prove that the sum was.
not due for others, but from the earlier Deeds it does not seem that the Farnhams of the Nether Hall had always paid 28s. to the Court
at Beaumanor, though they had done so for many years when Sir William brought his Action; possibly the 28s. included some later
purchases made by Thomas Farnham before his death in 1562.
Depositions by Commission, No. 10, Leicester. Hilary, A.D. 1649-50.
Ferdinando, Earl of Huntingdon, plaintiff,
Thomas Farnham, gent., Francis Newberry, Henry Gossen and Caleb Thorpe, defendants.
Depositions taken at Loughborough, co. Leicester, on the 25th January 1649-50, before Robert Reynes, Esq.,
Edward Farnham, Esq., Gilbert Ward, gent., and John Morton, gent., by virtue of a Commission out of the
Court of Exchequer to any two or more of them directed for the examination of witnesses in the above Suit.
Thomas Harriman of Loughborough, labourer, aged 80, saith
1. He knows the parties and has known Thomas Farnham, gent. for 20 years.
2. He knew Henry, late Earl of Huntingdon, the Complainant’s father, for 30 years before his death
about 5 years ago. He also knew Lady Katherine, Countess Dowager of Huntingdon, also George, late Earl
of Huntingdon, and Henry, late Earl of Huntingdon, all successively owners and lords of the manor of
Loughborough.
3. He knows the manor of Loughborough hath 3 mills and 7 pair of Stones for grinding corn, malt and
oats, and hath known it ever since he can remember. The mills are called “The Walke Mill,” “The Malt
Mill ” and “ The Soare Mill,”’ near the Cotes bridge. He has known these mills 60 years.
4. He believes all or the greatest part of the houses in Loughborough are held of the manor of
Loughborough, some as freehold and some as copybold, others by Leases from the Plaintiff or his late father,
all suitors to the Plaintiff’s Court, some of them have been presented for grinding corn away from the said
mills, to wit, John Dixon, baker, Clement Hopkins, baker, John Nicholas, baker, but he knoweth not that one
Magnes Barfoote, bailiff to Lady Katherine, Dowager Countess of Huntingdon, told some of the said
inhabitants that they should be sued if they did grind corn at any other mill, and in particular that John Dixon
replied to Barfoote that he would grind where he liked, but after being threatened did grind at the Plaintiff's
mills and sometimes away.
5. The greatest part of the inhabitants do grind at the said mills as is their ancient duty so to do.
6. The Plaintiff’s mills are well built and in good order, and have so been for 20 years last past, and for all
his memory have stood where they do now and sufficiently able to grind all the inhabitants’ corn, ¢tc., except
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in great floods only, and one mill is set higher in order to ‘grind in great flood’s time, and it will grind wher
the water is so high that no other mill there can.
Richard Skillington of Quarndon, co. Leicester, laborer, aged 60, saith
2. That the Defendant Thomas Farnham and William Farnham his elder brother have several times for
22 or 23 years past fetched corn and grist from divers towns by loadsmen, but knoweth not whether from
Loughborough, and further saith that he was a servant to Mr. Humfrey Farnham, the father of the said
defendant, about 46 years ago, and lived in the house with him then for 3 years, and has been a retainer to
him and the defendant for many years since.
17. He hath lived in Quarndon for about 49 years, but knows not whether the Plaintiff’s late father did
send to the Defendant and his ancestors to forbear fetching any corn from Loughborough to be ground at the
Defendant’s mill.
Henry Woolley of Loughborough, weaver, aged 87, saith he hath known the town of Loughborough for
57 years last past, and the 3 mills have always been there during his memory and reputed to be mills of the
Plaintiff and bis ancestors.
Symon Peace of Loughborough, baker, aged 50 years, says
19. That he believes the said Plaintiff hath had great loss for 6 years past by the Defendant Thomas
Farnham’s loadsmen carrying of corn to the said Defendant’s mill at Quarndon, also great loss by the same
means at Dishley mill.
Witnesses on behalf of the Defendants Farnham and the others.
Jobn Palmer of Garroden, gent., aged 55 years, sworn, saith that
2. Dishley Mill standeth on a good stream called Garroden brook, and that those who grind their corn
there are well used and that the mills seldom want water. The Dishley Mill is in the manor of Garroden, and
that the said manor and mill are held by a Fee Farm rent payable to the State of above £140 odd money
yearly, and is constantly paid, and further that the manor and mil] are sequestrated to the use of the
Commonwealth, and that the said manor and mill, by the farmers or occupiers thereof, pay yearly upon
Sequestration to the use of the State £660, which this Deponent hath accordingly paid several years.
George Thorpe of Dishley, gent., aged 47 years, says that he knows the town of Loughborough and that
it is a very great Market town. He knew the Lady Dowager of Rutland to be owner or farmer of the said
Dishley Mill and manor of Garroden at a Fee Farm rent of £114 odd money yearly.
Thomas Dawson of Loughborough, ironmonger, aged 50 years, says that Henry, late Earl of Huntingdon,
commenced a Suit about 13 Charles I. against the parties in the Interrogatory mentioned and other inhabitants.
of Loughborough for not grinding at Loughborongh Mills. And that the said Earl was a very powerful man
in the county of Leicester and especially at Loughborough, and that the inhabitants of the said town and
county were in much subjection to him, and that the said Gertrude Dixon and the rest against whom the said
Suit was commenced were poor, and this deponent being one against whom the Suit was commenced did go-
to the said Jate Earl and did tell him that he would by no means stand forth suit of law with him, and that
rather than he would, he would let him take both bagge and grist too, and as the Earl was both lord and.
landlord of the said town therefore this deponent for his part durst not oppose him.
William Fouldes of Loughborough, baker, aged 50, says that Loughborough contains 500 families therein,
and is a very great Market town, and that he knows the mills and that he hath carryed corn to the mill called.
Mr. Thomas Farnham’s mill in Quornedon to be ground 40 years past from Woodhouse, and that he did then
and since know that Mr. Dixon, a then baker in Loughborough, did send corn to Quornedon to be there ground.
by two horses at a time, and that he hath seen Mr. Dixon’s servant there divers times with corn to be
ground,
That the mill called The Walke Mill Jay ruined for several years, but was rebuilt 20 years ago and made
a sufficient mill, and that in the Walke Mill there are 3 pair of Stones, and that they have as good a custom as.
the other Soare mills have.
He hath known about 30 years past that there were divers quernes in the said town of Loughborough,
and that the inhabitants did at their wills and pleasure grind their malt at their own and other’s quernes.
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386 QUORNDON RECORDS.
without allowance of Toll for the same to the Plaintiff’s ancestors, but he knoweth not whether there are any
quernes there now, and further that there is an ancient windmill in Knightthorpe Field, and been there to his
knowledge 34 years, and the inhabitants have carried corn and grist to the said mill to be ground at their wil]
and pleasure.
He believes all the time of his memory that the inhabitants of Loughborough have sent corn, ete., at their
free wills to the Defendants’ mills at Quornedon and Dishley and to the said windmill and other mills, and pay
toll where they have ground, and that the servants of the Defendants Mr. Farnham and Henry Gossen and
their predecessors and ancestors have used for all the time of his knowledge (34 years) with their horses or
other cattle to enter into the said manor of Loughborough and fetch away at their pleasures corn, malt, grist
and grain to be ground at Quornedon and Dishley mills, and paid their toll to these mills without any allowance
to the owners and occupiers of Loughborough mills.
Laurence Haskew of Quornedon, mason, aged 83 years, says that he has known Thomas Farnham’s mill
for 70 years past, and that it and Dishley Mill are good mills and grind corn well. For 70 years the inhabitants
of Loughborough have at their wills and pleasure sent corn to be ground to these mills, and that the Defendant
Thomas Farnham and his ancestors in their respective times have for 70 years usually sent loadsmen to
Loughborough to fetch corn and grist to the said Defendant’s mills at Quornedon to be ground there.
Other witnesses depose to the same effect.
Manor of Beaumanor, Rental. October 2nd, A.D. 1650.
Freeholders.
Earl of Huntingdon, for land in Shelthorpe : : : : . 3
Edward Farnham, Esqr., for Daddies land : ‘ ; ; ‘ p
Edward Farnham, Esq., for Turvile Leys . ‘ F . :
Theophilus Cave, for Hassard’s land . : ‘ t lb. of pepper
Anthony Warren, Thomas, Duckett and others, for land bought of
Mr. Hunt
Humphrey Chaveney : : : : . F : .
Henry Bosse of Woodthorpe . : ‘ . : : . .
Ralph Rivett, for Jacques yard
The heirs of Segrave
Widdow Middleton.
Thomas Lilley of Barrow F
Thomas Lilley of Barrow : :
Edward Rainols, for Warmesley’s lan
John Haines
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Copyholders in Barrow.
Theophilus Cave, Esqr., for 3 mills in Mountsorell . : ; . 310 0
William Storer . : . : : . 5 : ; 8 0
The same : ‘ : : : a j ‘ ‘ : F 6 6
John Marshall. ‘ j : ; : ‘ vane)
William Chapman, for a tenement in Quarndon and land in Barrow . 5
Copyholders in Quarndon.
Edward Farnham, Esqr. . F ‘ é ‘ a : :
Humphrey Sculthorpe. . . . : : ; . . I
Francis Burbage
William Squire
William Tompson .
Widdow Hall .
John Wood
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Bartholomew Wallis ‘ : . . . : . . : 2 0
Alice Bosse, widow . ‘ : : : . : ; ‘ : % 3
William Stevenson . : ‘ , ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ : : 2 1
Thomas Farnham . ‘ : . , : ; : ‘ : 14 0
Francis Hampe : : . ; : ‘ ‘ . 3 P 3 9
Will. Phippes . : ; . . . : ; : ; : 2°
Anthony Balle 8
George Kinge . 3
Common Fine 10
Copyholders in Woodhouse.
Jeffrey Tilcote. F : 1 2.0
Henry Bosse, in right of his wife 6 It
Jeffry Bordman, gent. BO
The same . 1 8
Francis Smalley 1 8
The same é ‘ 4
Richard Battersby . . ji : ‘ ‘ ; : F ; 4 0
My daughter, for John Brodhurst’s close . . : ‘ ‘ : 3 10
William Musson, for the rough land : j : : : . 11 0
Robert Tarlton, for Thorney Close . ° . : : ; i § © ©
John Groves . ‘ : : 5 : : F ; ‘ » 8 & 9
William Chapman of Quarndon, for Scotch Greene and Cossicles . 5 0 0
Bull Piece medow in Woodthorp : i F ; ; : Io oO
Thomas Farnham oweth me this Michaelmas . : ; ‘ - 10 10 0
My mills in Mountsorell with 3 pieces of medow my miller is
countable to me for weekly : . ‘ : : : - 313 0
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Trinity, A.D. 1650.
Between Edward Palmer, gent., and Thomas Knight, plaintiffs, and George Thorneton the elder, defendant
of 2 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 15 of pasture and 4 of 24 acres of land, 3 of meadow, 6 of pasture
and Common of pasture in Mountsorell, Rothley, Quarndon, Barrowe, Woodhouse, Thurcaston and
Swithland. £100.
Between John Pye, Esq., plaintiff, and Thomas Waldram, Esq., Henrv Hastings, Esq., and Elisabeth his:
wife, and William Gamble alias Boyer, Esq., and Katherine his wife, defendants of 2 messuages, 8 cottages,
1 dovehouse, 120 acres of land, 50 of meadow, 100 of pasture, 40 of wood, 500 of furze and heath and Common
of pasture in Charley, Ratby, Newtowne, Markefield, Barrowe-on-Soare, Whitwick, Sheepeshead, Thringston.
and the Forest of Charnwood. £300,
Michaelmas, A.D. 1650.
Between Matthew Noble, gent., Robert Clarke, John Marshall, gent., and Theophilus Lilly, plaintiffs,
and Robert Roome and Mary his wife, William Roome and Anne Lilley, widow, defendants of 1 messuage,.
T garden, 1 orchard, 14 acres of land, 1 of meadow, 2 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare,
Quarndon, and the Forest of Charnwood. 60.
Easter, A.D. 1651,
Between Peter Chaveney, gent., Thomas Watson and Thomas Holden, plaintiffs, and Richard Heyne and
Martha his wife, Thomas Gerrard alias Jarratt the younger and Elisabeth his wife and Thomas Phippes,.
defendants of 3 Messuages, I cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 6 acres of land, 2 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Mountsorell, Rothley, Quarnedon and the Forest of Charnwood. £100.
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388 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Between Joel Shittlewood and Michael Middleton, plaintiffs, and Henry Browne, gent., and Sarah his
wife, Robert Browne and Frances his wife, Henry Peach, gent., and Mary his wife, and William Chettle and
Anne his wife, defendants of 2 cottages, 2 gardens, 6 acres of meadow, 4 of pasture and Common of pasture
in Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood, with warranty against Adrian Peach, the father of Henry
Peach. #41.
Michaelmas, A.D. 1651.
Between Robert Perkyns, Susan Hasard, widow, and Anne Crampe, widow, plaintiffs, and John
Rustat, clerk, and Helen his wife, and Toby Rustat, gent., defendant of 20 acres of meadow in Barrowe-
Soare. £41.
on-
Barrow Manor Deeds.
This Estreat of the Amerciaments of the Court Leet and Court Baron of the Right Honorable
Lord Ferdinando, Earl of Huntingdon, Lord Hastings, etc., held at Barrowe-on-Soar the 22nd day of
April 1651.
Before John Maior, Steward.
Thomas Booth, Richard Jackson, John Marshall, William Judson, fined 3s. 4d. each for not appearing
with the rest of the Jury.
John Browne, Robert Roome, John White, William Perkyus, William Clarke, John Wesson, Mary
Soore,.... Bucke, Humfrie Greasley, John Searson, Widdow Bosse, Widdow Whorley, Widdow Collington,
William Ray and Thomas Braunston are fined 6d. each for breaking the Assize of Ale.
William Stevenson, Mary Burrowes, Robert Brookesby, Thomas Hood, George Steynes, William
Stevenson, Widdow Brouxbie, Widdow Burrowes, Thomas Hood, William Silverhood and William Parker are
fined 6d. each for breaking the Assize of bread.
Thomas Lilley fined 2s. for rescuing a mare from Francis Stables.
Robert Hood is fined 5s. for a Pound Breach.
John Harrison, John White, Widdow Reeker, William Brotherhood, Thomas Clarke, William Clarke,
William Thorpe, Mary Arnold, John Barnard and Edward Morrice are fined 4d. each for not appearing.
Humphrey Knight of Quarne; Gregory Brookesbie, Richard Sharpe and Robert Lewin of Frisby;
William Cooper and Robert Arnold of Willoughby ; John Morton, gent., Robert Barnard, gent., Thomas
Oswin, Thomas Readinge and Thomas Perkyn of Sileby; Francis Smalley, gent., William Greasley, Francis
Munck, John Tompson, Widow Knight and Robert Hood of Mountsorell; Robert Blunt, gent., Henry
Peach, gent., and Robert Johnson of Walton are fined 4d. each for not appearing.
Examined and agreed with the Court Rolls by John Maior, Steward.
An Estreat of the Amerciaments of the Court Leet and Court Baron of the Right Honorable Ferdinando,
Earl of Huntingdon, Lord Hastings, etc., lord of the Manor of Barrowe-on-Soar with its appurtenances, held
there the 26th day of October in the year of Our Lord 1652.
Before John Maior, gentleman, Steward.
William Storer of Barrow aud Michael Middleton are fined 10s, each for not appearing, being summoned
to serve on the Jury.
William Hall, William King, Barbara Kimsey, John Browne and Widow Beeby are fined 6d. each for
not appearing.
John Marshall the elder and John Marshall the younger are fined 6s. for keeping horses and beasts upon
the Common in the North End contrary to the Pains.
William Stevenson of Quarndon, Widow Corley, Widow Burrowes, John Boss of Rothley and George
Steane of Sileby are fined 1s. each for breaking the Assize of Bread.
John Browne, Robert Roome, Widow White, John Weston, William Perkins, Nicholas Hassard and
Widow Sore are fined 1s. each for breaking the Assize of Ale.
Jobn Bramson, Richard Sheppard and John Heanes are fined 2s. each for trespassing upon the Common
by burning Fern in the Forest.
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Charles Stevenson is fined 1s. for selling Fern to Thomas Greasley of Mountsorell.
John Thurman is fined 13s. 4d. for carrying gorse and fern out of the Forest, having no Common
there.
Widow Bruxby and Widow Burrowes are fined 6d. each for breaking the Assize of Bread.
Thomas Braunson and Widow Rigge are fined 6d. each for breaking the Assize of Ale.
Quarndon.
Thomas Farnham, gentleman, Nicholas Seagrave, gentleman, William Stables, Widow Mason, Ralph
Harris, Elizabeth Price are fined 6d. each for not appearing.
John Sarson, Humphrey Greasley, Thomas Bush, Alice Collington and Jone Morley are fined 6d. each
for breaking the Assize of Ale.
Robert Tarlton is fined 5s. for selling gorse and fern out of the Forest to Mountsorell.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, A.D. 1652.
Between Christopher Wormall, gent., plaintiff, and Thomas Waldram, Esq., and Eleanor his wife, Henry
Hastings, Esquire, and Elisabeth his wife, and Edward Cosyns, Esquire, defendants of the Manor of Charly
and of 12 messuages, 1 dovehouse, 140 acres of Jand, 120 of meadow, 600 of pasture, 50 of wood, 600 of furze
and heath and Common of pasture in Charly, Ratby, Newtown, Barrowe-on-Soare, Whitwick, Sheepshead,
Thringston and the Forest of Charnwood. £300.
Hilary, A.D. 1652.
Between Edward Fox the elder, plaintiff, and William Kendall and Dorothy his wife, and James
Sculthorpe and Isabell his wife, Robert Blunt and Jane his wife, Michael Blunt and Elisabeth his wife,
defendants of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 16 acres of land, 4 of meadow, 6 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood. With warranty against the heirs of Isabel
Sculthorpe. #41.
Michaelmas, A.D. 1653.
Between George Thorneton, James Fox and Elisabeth Heiricke, plaintiffs, and Francis Scampton, gent.,
and Mary his wife, Edward Thornton, Anne Thornton, Thomas Greesley and Mary his wife, John Watts,
clerk, and Judith his wife, defendants of the moiety of 1 messuage, 2 cottages, 1 barn, 52 acres of land,
7 of meadow, 7 of pasture, 4 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in the Borough of Leicester,
Mountsorell, Rothley, Quarndon and Great Wigston. The plaintiffs have given the defendants the sum of
money between them accorded.
Between Edward Palmer, gent., one of the Attorneys of the Court of Common Bench, plaintiff, and
Thomas Knight and Ursula his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 3 cottages, 20 acres of land, 8 of meadow,
15 of pasture and Common of pasture in Mountsorell, Rothley and Barrow-on-Soar.
Between John Maior, gent., and Antony Maior, gent., plaintiffs, and William Heyricke the elder,
Esquire, and William Heyricke the younger, Esquire, defendants of the Manor of Beaumanor and the Park of
Beaumanor and of 20 messuages, 40 cottages, 3 mills, 2 dovehouses, 60 gardens, 40 orchards, 500 acres of
land, 200 of meadow, 500 of pasture, 100 of wood, 300 of furze and heath, 40s. of rent and View of Frankpledge
and Free Warren in Beaumanor, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eves, Woodthorpe, Querndon, Loughborough,
Mountsorell, Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood.
Between Richard Staples and Joan his wife, Thomas Clarke and Isabel his wife and Richard Jackson and
Faith his wife, plaintiffs, and Henry Peach and Mary his wife, Robert Blunt, gent., and Joyce his wife,
defendants of 1 cottage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 1 acre of land, 10 of pasture and Common of pasture in
Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood.
390 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Manor of Beaumanor. A Rental for Lady-day. Renewed April 26th, A.D. 1653.
Barrow Copyholders.
Ss, dy
Ss.
William Storer F : ; . 14 0 William Chapman, for land in Quarn
do. ‘ 4 7 . 6 6 and Barrow . Fi ‘ ‘ « 5 10
Widow Buttrisse . . : » 9 6
Quarndon Copyholders.
s. da, s ad
Edward Farnham, Esq. . : . 2 6 Alice Bosse 22
Humphrey Sculthorpe. ; . 15 6 William Stevenson . 201
Francis Burbage. ‘ ‘ . 12 8 Francis Hampe 3 9
William Squire . : ‘ s Boo William Fipps 3 8
William Tomson 2 2 Mr. Thomas Farnham. . » 14 0
Henry Preston : . ‘i 1 & @ Anne Fipps : : - 2 4
Bartholomew Wallis 2 0 Walter Brandon. ; : ; 8
George Kinge . : : . 3
Michaelmas Rental, A.D. 1653.
Freeholders.
s. a. 4s ad
Ferdinando, Earl of Huntingdon, for Mr. Bordman.. . ‘ . 9 8
Shelthorpe . : 4 0 Thomas Lilley. P I 0
Edward Farnham, Esq., for Daddy's s Edward Reinolds, for Wannedleyrs s
land . z 2 land. . : . ‘ I oO
Edward Farnham, HBsqu; fe Turvile’s s William Titherlaud ‘i 5 ‘ I 0
land. : Ir oO Richard Battersby : : : 4 0
Theophilus Cave, oe I Ib. of nenier The Mill piece of meadow in
Anthony Warren and others, for Mountsorel]l . - - 190
Mr. Hunt’s lands. 4 0 Robert Tuffe, for another elec
William Bosse of AWoailtharie, 3 4 Another piece 2 F
Mr. Rivett, for Jaques’ 2° 9 William Storer, Barrow ; . 14 0
John Hetherly. Io do. ; . 6 6
Peter Chaveney Io7 Widdow Buttris . é 4 6
The heirs of Segrave 2 0 William Chapman, for land in
Widow Middleton . Io Barrow . ; ‘ ‘ F 5 Io
Thomas Lilley of Barrow 2 oO
Copyholders in Quarndon.
s. a, Ss. de
Edward Farnham, Esq. . 6 Alice Bosse, widow . 2 4%
James Sculthorpe (Humphrey erased) 15 6 William Stevenson . 2 4
Francis Burbage. : ‘ . 12 9 Francis Hampe 3 9
William Squire . . : eB Thomas Farnham {4 0
Edward Preston 2 0 Anne Fipps 24
Robert Tompson 2 2 Walter Brandon 8
William Fipps : . s 3.8 George Kinge . . 3
John Wood . . P : - 2 0 The Common Fine . i
Bartholomew Wallis ‘ 2 0
Manor of Barrowe-on-Soar. ’
An Estreat of the Amerciaments of the Court Leet and Court Baron of the Right Honorable Ferdinando,
Earl of Huntingdon, etc., there held the 23rd day of October in the year of Our Lord 1655.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 391
Before John Maior, gent., Steward.
John Wesson, Robert Roome, Caleb Thorpe, Widow White, Widow Soare and William Perkins are
fined 6d. each for breaking the Assize of Ale.
John Bosse of Rothley, Widow Brookesby, William Stevenson, Widow Burrowes and George Steane are
fined 6d. each for breaking the Assize of Bread.
The Inhabitants of Barrow for not repairing their Bridge and Streets are fined ros.
Philip Francke, Thomas Bramson, Edward Taylor, Thomas Farnham, gent., Francis Harris, William
Chapman, Edward Wheatcroft, Robert Stacey, Richard Ward and Widow Burstall for not appearing are fined
4d. each,
Adrian Shepard (5s.), Laurence Page, Henry Fisher and Widow Mason are fined 6d. each for breaking
hedges and erecting a building on the waste.
John Jackes (2s.) and John Marshall (1s.) for incroaching upon the Lord’s Waste.
Will. Stapleford for keeping swine unrung is fined 6d.
Frauncis Chaveney for surcharging and oppressing the Common is fined 6s. 8d.
William Squire for trespassing upon and straighteninge of the Common and for plowing up the Common
at Begger Well is fined ros.
Peter Chaveney for a nuisance is fined 3s. 4d.
Francis Johnson (2s. 6d.) and Richard Johnson (3s. 4d.) for building upon the waste without an order.
William Stables for committing a nuisance in the High Street, fine 15.
John Middleton for the like, 1s.
Widow Brookesby and Widow Burrowes for breaking the Assize of Bread, 6d. fine each.
Henry Racke and Thomas Bramson for breaking the Assize of Ale, 6d. each.
John Cheatle of Woodhouse for cutting gorse in Barrow Liberty, fine ros.
Henry Squire, John Browne, Henry Squire and Robert Alen for not repairing the fence between Swithland
and Turveleys, fine 1s. each.
Jobn Sarson, William White, Francis Johnson, Widow Bosse, Richard Johnson, Alice Collington and
Joane Whorley for breaking the Assize of Ale are fined 6d. each.
William Stevenson, Widow Brookesby, Widow Burrowes and John Ereday Thurman for breaking the
Assize of Bread are fined 6d. each.
Examined and agreed with the Court Roll by John Maior, Steward.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, A.D. 1655.
Between William Allen and William Stevenson, plaintiffs, and William Greisley and William White and
Mary his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, I cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, g acres of land, 3 of meadow, 3 of
pasture and Common of pasture in Quarnedon and the Forest of Charnwood. With a warranty against the
heirs of Mary. £60.
Trinity, A.D. 1656.
Between Thomas Coppin, Esquire, plaintiff, and William Heyricke, Esquire, and Elisabeth his
wife, defendants of all manner of Tithes of corn, grain and hay growing, renewing or increasing in
Quamedon. #200.
Michaelmas, A.D. 1656.
Between William Trye, Esq., Thomas Kynnersley, Esquire, and Thomas Trye, gent., plaintiffs, and
Edward Cosyns, defendant of the Manor of Charly and of 12 messuages, 1 dovehouse, 140 acres of land,
120 of meadow, 600 of pasture, 50 of wood, 600 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Charly,
Ratby, Newtown, Markfield, Barrowe-on-Soare, Whitwick, Sheepshead, Thrinkston, and the Forest of
Charnwood. £600.
Between Thomas Harley, gent., and Thomas Clarke, plaintiffs, and William Alsop and Thomas Knight
and Ursula his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 60 acres of land, 12 of
392 QUORNDON RECORDS.
meadow, 40 of pasture, 20 of wood, 20 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Markefield, Mountsorell
f
Rothley and Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood. #120.
Manor of Beaumanor. Survey taken 10th October, A.D. 1656.
Edward Farnham, Esq., holdeth the manor called “The Over-hall” in Quarndon and one cottage in
Quarndon and 80 acres of land, 40 of meadow, 20 of pasture and 40 of wood of William Herrick, Esq., of the
manor of Beaumanor and payeth yearly one red rose garland and one barbed arrow or broad arrow head with
two red rosebuds on the day of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, commonly called Midsummer-day ”
for all other services but Suit of Court.
Edward Farnham, gent., holdeth by fealty of William Herrick, Esq., of the manor of Beaumanor, certain
Jands in Woodhouse, formerly “ Turville’s Land’? and now called by the name of ‘ Thorney Closes,” now
divided into two closes and in the tenure of Edward Boardman, and pays yearly with Suit of Court 115.
Edward Farnham, gent., holdeth freely certain lands and tenements in Woodhouse, formerly the Manor of
Rushall, containing 80 acres of land, 40 of meadow, 20 of pasture and 40 of wood of William Herrick, Esq.
of the manor of Beaumanor, part of which lands we find now called by the name of “ Rushall Fields,” now in
the tenure of Thomas Heath and Richard Healey, with one tenement upon the same, and payeth yearly to the
manor of Beaumanor one red rose garland and one barbed arrow head with two red rosebuds on the day of
the Nativity of St. John the Baptist with Suit of Court.
Edward Farnham, Esq., holdeth by the words of his Copy, dated 30th March, A.D. 1598, of the grant of
Sir William Herrick one piece of ground in Quorndon, formerly the mill dam and waste ground belonging to
the mills, now called or known by the name of the “ Hall Carr,” the common brook running through it from
the way by Chaveney’s house to the Common Street near William Allen’s house, the brook runneth on the
outside of it and from Sculthorpe’s wall through the nether part of the said ground til] it comes to the open
brook next the bridge, the land of William Allin south, the land and dwelling house of the said Edward
Farnham south, part of the Common field called “ Chaveney Corner Close” south, the Common way west, the
Common Roadway east, the dwelling house and land of James Sculthorpe north, the Town Street north
near being William Allin’s house north, containing in itself “8”? acres for the life of the said Edward only,
and pays yearly rent 12d.
N.B.—This piece of ground varies in size from 1 acre to 8 acres in different surveys of the manor.
Thomas Farnham, gent., holdeth in fee farm to him and his heirs for ever certain lands in Quorndon of
William Herrick, Esq., of the manor of Beaumanor, part whereof is now in the occupation or possession of
the said Thomas Farnham.and is or hath been known by the name of “ Barley Close,” now enclosed, joyned
or laid to a certain piece of ground called “ The Cuningrey.” In the Barley close did formerly stand a capital
messuage to which did belong 40 acres of land, leyes and meadow, which premises hath ever paid the yearly
rent of 28s. to the said manor with Suit of Court.
The said Thomas Farnham, gent., holdeth freely one messuage or tenement with the appurtenances in
Quorndon, now in the tenure or occupation of Widow Midleton or her assigns or William Allin or his assigns,
of William Herrick, Esq., of the manor of Beaumanor, which premises we find to contain one messuage near
the South end of the stone bridge and 10 acres of land, and 4 acres of meadow thereunto belonging, and payeth
yearly for Chief Rent with Suit of Court to the manor of Beaumanor 12d.
Peter Chaveney, gent., holdeth freely one capital messuage in the west end of Quorndon near the brook
- and 20 acres of land and 10 of Jey and meadow thereunto belonging of William Herrick, Esq., of the manor
of Beaumanor, and payeth yearly a Chief Rent to the manor of Beaumanor with Suit of Court (gd.
William Stevenson holds by Copy, dated 22nd April, 12 Charles I. (1636), of the grant of Sir William
Herrick a cottage of 3 bays, etc., and one rood of orchard, and one piece of ground fenced about called
“ Spencer’s Carre” lying in the Westfield near Willow croft, containing 2} acres, one piece in the Moorfield
fenced about shooting into Moor Lane, one acre and one. rood and one acre ley in the same field in the
“Cosacles,” and pays with Common rights 4s. 2d., and A Common Fine to Beaumanor td.
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Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, A.D. 1656.
Between Edward Sculthorpe, clerk, Roger Waldram, gent., Henry Darker, gent., John Howett, William
Sculthorpe, Thomas Stevenson and Zachary Wapell, plaintiffs, and James Sculthorpe, Daniel Kitchin the
elder and Daniel Kitchin the younger, his son and heir apparent, and Mary his wife, defendants of 11 acres of
land, 3 of meadow, 3 of pasture and Common of pasture in Quarnedon, Barrow and Hose. £60.
Michaelmas, A.D. 1657.
Between Matthew Noble, gent., plaintiff, and Mary Peach, widow, and Robert Blunt and Joyce his wife,
defendants of 1 messuage, 60 acres of land, 50 of meadow, 40 of pasture and Common of pasture in
Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood. #160,
Between John Rawlins, gent., and Henry Chapman, plaintiffs, and Thomas Brome, esquire, John Brome,
gent., and Skeffington Brome, gent., and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of 100 acres of land and 80 of pasture
in Skefington. £160.
Michaelmas, A.D. 1658.
Between George Thorneton, Thomas Greisley, John Read, gent., William Stevenson and Samuel
Stevenson, plaintiffs, and William Heiricke the elder, Esquire, and Elisabeth his wife, William Heiricke the
younger, Esquire, Ralph Dyson, gent., and Elisabeth his wife, Hugh Jackson and Katherive his wife, Joan
Davy, widow, Thomas Grasdue and Sarah his wife and Peter Stent and Susannah his wife, defendants of
I messuage, 4 cottages, 4 gardens, 4 orchards, 2 acres of land, 12 of meadow, 4 of pasture and Common of
pasture in the Borough of Leicester, Mountsorell, Rothley, Barrowe-on-Soare, Quarndon, Humberston and
the Forest of Charnwood. #60.
Between Joyce Storer, widow, plaintiff, and John Ferryman, gent., and Alice his wife, defendants of
it acres of land, 10 of meadow and 6 of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare. £60.
Trinity, A.D. 1658.
Between Willian Byard, gent., and Bartholomew Brokesby, geut., plaintiffs, and Edward Bordman, gent.,
and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 10 acres of land, ro of
meadow, 30 of pasture, 10 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves,
Barrowe-on-Soare, Quarndon and the Forest of Charnwood.
Inquisitions for Charitable Uses, 24-9. A.D. 1657.
May it please your Honor to be advertised that whereas a Commission upon the Statute for Charitable
Uses was directed unto us and others (which Commission is hereunto annexed), and whereas there are divers
cottages, tenements and hereditaments in Quarndon, co. Leicester, of the yearly value of £20 (heretofore)
given for charitable uses, to wit, for the maintaining of a minister to officiate the ministry in the Chapell of
Quarndon, and towards the maintaining a Schoolmaster for instructing the youth in Grammar in Quarndon
and for the repair of the Bridges and the maintaining the poor there,
And whereas Theophilus Cave, Esq., John Morton, gent., William Brandon, Edward Squire, Peter
Chaveney, gent., and Humfry Staples for many years past have been the Feoffees and Trustees for receiving
the rents, issues and profits of the said premises to be disposed according to the said charitable uses, and they,
or some of them, have for all the time aforesaid had and received the same; and divers of the inhabitants of
Quarndon complaining unto us that the said Trustees, or some of them, had concealed and misemployed part
thereof,
We, the said Commissioners, did by virtue of the said Commission thereupon issue forth warrants under
our hands and seals directed unto the said Trustees thereby requiring them to appear before us at the house of
George Smith, being the sign of the Blackamore’s Head, in Loughborough, co. Leicester, upon December 17th
last past; at which day and place appeared before us as well divers of the said Trustees (to wit), Theophilus
Cave, Esq., John Morton, gent., Peter Chaveney, gent., and Humfry Staples as divers of the inhabitants of
Quarndon aforesaid. And we did thereupon inquire concerning the premises as well by several Decrees of the:
High Court of Chancery in that behalf made and produced unto us under the seal of the said Court, as by the
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examinations and confessions of the said Trustees themselves, by which it did fully appear unto us that divers
cottages, tenements, lands and hereditaments in Quarndon were long ago given and appointed for the charitable
uses aforesaid, and that the premises are of the yearly value of £20. And that Humfry Staples, one of the
said Trustees, by the appointment of the rest of the Trustees, had received the rents, issues and Profits of the
said premises ever since the year of Our Lord 1641; and divers of the inhabitants of Quarndon complaining
unto us that the said Humfry Staples had concealed and misemployed a great part of the said rents and profits
received by him,
We did require the said Humfry Staples to exhibit unto us a true and perfect account of the same, who
thereupon produced an Account of his receipts and disbursements since the year 1641, a copy of wlth we
delivered unto divers of the inhabitants of Quarndon to the end that they might put in their exceptions thereto
so that we might thereupon bave settled the same. And divers exceptions were so made and exhibited unto us
on the 28th day of January last past, upon perusal of which said account and exceptions we found the same so
long and so difficult to reconcile that we did adjudge it impossible for us to determine the same before the
return of the annexed Commission; we did therefore decline the ordering and determination of the Account
and exceptions, leaving the same to a new opportunity to be determined when His Highness the Lord
Protector shall be pleased to direct another Commission upon the said Statute for charitable uses to be executed
in this county of Leicester.
Aud yet we being willing to do what we could with convenience in order to a Settlement and composure
of so much of the differences and controversies which have arisen concerning the premises between the said
Trustees of the one part and divers of the inhabitants of Quarndon of the other part, as the time before the
return of the said Commission would permit and both parties desiring the same, and we finding that a great
part of the said differences did arise about the letting of the said cottages, lands, etc., and the value of the rent
raised thereby and about the distribution and apportioning thereof, how much ought to go towards the
maintenance of the Minister, how much to the Schoolmaster, how much to the repair of the Bridges and how
much to the poor of Quarndon, for the quieting of which differences for the future we have, by the consent as
well of the said Trustees as of divers of the inhabitants of Quarndon, decreed
That the said Trustees shall for the future let the said cottages, lands, etc., to the best value that can be
obtained, and the rents, profits, etc., thereof shall from time to time for ever hereafter be employed, paid and
distributed in manner and form following, viz.,
£15 yearly to the Minister and Schoolmaster of Quarndon, those two offices and employments to be
performed by one person if it may be conveniently effected.
Aud that €3 be distributed among the poor of Quarndon and the residue towards the repair of the Bridges
there.
And the said Schoolmaster for his salary and allowance shall freely teach 20 poor children of the
inhabitants of Quarndon by the nomination of the majority of the said inhabitants.
In witness whereof we have put our hands and seals this first day of February 1657.
Depositions by Commission, No. 22, Leycester. Michaelmas, 1657.
Oliver, lord Protector of.the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, Ireland and the Dominions thereunto
belonging, to Robert Barnard, Robert Hickling, John Swinfen and Thomas Lewyn, gentlemen, Greeting,
Order to examine witnesses on certain Interrogatories to be exhibited before you or any two of you, as
well on behalf of William Heyrick, Esq., Plaintiff, as on behalf of Peter Chaveney, Francis Harris and others,
Defendants.
Depositions of witnesses taken at Mountsorell, Sept. 25th, 1657.
Theophilus Cave of Barrow-on-Sore, aged 67 years, examined and sworn, deposeth that he knoweth the
Town of Quarndon and that the said Town is in the parish of Barrow-on-Sore, but knoweth not of any
Lordship of Quarndon; he knoweth a certain wood called Buddon, also certain closes called “ Welloe
Closes,” but he doth not know that they are in the Lordship of Quarndon, though they are in the parish of
Barrow.
He hath heard and believeth that the Rectory of Barrow was anciently impropriated and was
possessions of the late Monastery of Leycester and came to the Crown at the Dissolution,
parcel of the
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Monastery had leased to William Barnard for 81 years the impropriate tythes of Quarndon, and he hath the
said Lease in his custody.
He saith that Queen Elizabeth by Letters Patent did demise to Thomas Windebank, gent., (among other
things) the Rectory of Barrow for 30 years, which said 30 years did expire 8 years since, and that the said
term granted by the Letters Patent was assigned by Thomas Windebank to George, late Earl of Huntingdon,
who assigned the same to Robert Brayham, Esq., this deponent’s grandfather, and Robert Brayham by Will
left the same to Philippa his daughter and heir, which Philippa by her Will left the same to this deponent,
being her son.
And he further saith that after Sir Wilham Heyricke purchased the tithes of Quarndon, this deponent did
for several years pay to Sir William the yearly Rent reserved by the said Letters Patent for the tithes of corn
and hay in Quarndon as granted to the said Thomas Windebank.
He believeth the tithes of corn and hay yearly arising in Quarndon and half of the tithes of wool, lambs,
hemp, flax, offerings and other small tithes have anciently been and are now impropriated, and that he, the
deponent, as farmer of the said tithes, did yearly for 35 years take the said tithes of corn and hay and the half
part of the tithes of wool, lambs, etc., and that the Vicar of Barrow hath for many years received and had the
other half part of the tithes of wool, lambs, etc., and the other small tithes. And that he hath known Robert
Rustat, William Berridge, Antony Berridge and John Berridge, clerks, Vicars of the Church of Barrow, to
receive the half part of the small tithes.
John Beveridge of Barrow, clerk, aged 26 years, sworn and examined, says he has for 6 or 7 years last past
been Vicar of the Parish Church of Barrow, and that during all that time Thomas Coppin, Esq., and the
deponent Mr. Cave, by themselves or their servants, have received a great part of the small tithes of Quarndon,
and that Thomas Coppin, Esq., received all the tithes of corn and hay arising in Quarndon ; and that Peter
Chaveney hath a messuage and certain closes in Quarndon, and that from 1653 to 1656 Peter Chaveney never
paid this deponent, being Vicar of Barrow, any tithes whatever, but what tithes he paid to Mr. Ash, the
deponent’s Curate at Quarndon, this deponent knoweth not.
And that Francis Harris holds a messuage at Quarndon, but what lands he knoweth not, but he says
that he never received any tithes whatsoever of Francis Harris.
He saith that Humphrey Stables, John Middleton, William Stables and Edward Squire each hold
a messuage and certain Jands in Quarndon and did pay the half part of the small tithes to the deponent in
certain years (mentioned).
Robert Lockey of Quarndon, yeoman, aged 50 years, said he knew the Complainant, etc., and that the
tithes of corn and hay and one moiety of the small tithes in Quarndon were impropriate, and that Peter
Chaveney doth keep about 120 sheep in the Lordship, and the moiety of the tithes of woo] and lambs of
120 sheep, etc., are worth about gs. 6d. one year with another, and that the said Peter never paid tithe of wool
or lambs to the Vicar of Barrow. He saith that Francis Harris hath a messuage and lands, 2 or 3 cows, but
did not pay any tithe for the cows to the Vicar of Barrow, and that there be payable to the said Vicar and to
the Propriate for every new milch beast depasturing in the Lordship of Quarndon 3 halfpennies, and one
halfpenny for a strapper. He saith that Humphrey Stables hath a messuage and lands in Quarndon
and paid 5s. yearly to the Vicar and 5s. more in lieu of the other moiety of the small tithes, and so on.
Gregory Jones of Beaumanor, aged 54 years, saith that the Complainant hath for 4 years last past been in
possession of some part of the small tithes in Quarndon, and that Sir William Heyrick, Complainant’s late
father, was at the time of his death go years old, and had been for some years weak in his understanding and
much unable to manage his estate, and suffered much in his estate in consequence.
Thomas Wood of Woodhouse, aged 40 years, said the same, and that Sir William was very ancient and
had heard him say some years before his death that he was go years old, and that for ten years before he was
very thick in hearing and of very imperfect memory and unfit to manage his estate, which is much deteriorated
in consequence.
Thomas Beeby of Quarndon, laborer, aged 51 years, saith that Peter Chaveney cut down topping of trees
and underwood in Buddon wood for kidding to the amount of 600 kids worth 5s. a hundred. Tithes were
demanded of one Mr. Stathum for underwood felled in the said wood, but he never paid them, nor does this.
deponent know of any tithes paid for the wood.
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On behalf of the Defendants.
Theophilus Cave of Barrow deposeth he hath known Thomas Coppin, Esq., for 6 or 7 years, and that he
is the reputed owner of the tithes of corn and hay in Quarndon; he hath heard and believeth that Sir William
Heyricke about 16 years ago did sell the tithes of corn and hay and grain arising in Quarndon to one Sir
William Courteen and bis heirs ; it was generally reputed that Sir William Heyricke did sell to Sir William
Courteen all the tithes in Quarndon in which he had any estate; Sir William Courteen did sell the said tithes
to Thomas Coppin, Esq., about 12 years ago, and that Sir William Heyricke never did receive or demand any
tithes of any sort in Quarndon after he had sold them to Sir William Courteen, and this deponent having
a claim to part of the small tithes had occasion to take note. Sir William Heyricke died some 5 or 6 years
ago; he lived at Beaumanor about a mile and a half from Quarndon for 20 years about next before his death.
Mr. Coppin, this deponent believeth, has received a great part of the tithes of all sorts in Quarndon for
8 or 10 years; also this deponent hath heard that Mr. Heyricke, the Complainant, or his agents have
surreptitiously received some other of the said tithes of Quarndon. This deponent had an estate in the tithes
of Quarndon before the said Sir William Heyricke had any estate in these tithes, and that there was reserved
upon the Lease £8 a year for the tithes of corn and hay, and he paid the same to the Crown before Sir
Wilham Heyricke purchased ; after the purchase deponent paid it to Sir William Heyricke, until such time as’
Sir William Courteen purchased them, and then the said £8 was paid to Sir William Courteen, and after
Mr. Coppin had purchased them the said rent of £8 was paid to Mr. Coppin so long as his demise was in
heing. This deponent saith that he did receive all manner of tithes during his said Lease, except the tithe of
wood in Buddon and of some ground called “ Wellowes” in his Lease by the Lessor excepted, without any
molestation by the said Sir William Heyricke, which Lease did expire about 8 years ago.
Francis Chaveney of Quarndon, yeoman, aged 70 years; John Sareson of Quarndon, Inholder, aged
60 years, and John Wells of Quarndon, husbandman, aged 77 years; William Squires of Quarndon, yeoman,
aged 63 years, and Bartholomew Wallis of Quarndon, carpenter, aged 40 years, all practically depose to the
same effect, namely, that the Complainant Mr. Heyricke has no Title to any part of the tithes after the sale
of the same by his late father Sir William Heyricke.
Exchequer Bills and Answers, Commonwealth, Leicester, 34. May 17th, A.D. 1658.
In the Cause depending by English Bill between William Herricke, Esq., Plaintiff, and Peter Chaveney,
Francis Harris, Humphrey Stables, John Middleton, William Stables and Edward Squire, Defendants.
The Writ is directed
Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, etc., etc. To Our well beloved Theophilus
Cave, Esq., Thomas Farnham, Esq., .... Palmer, gent., Thomas Benington, gent., Samuel Baker, gent.,
William Maior and Thomas Wood, gent., Greeting.
Order to examine John Midleton, Edward Squire, Humphrey Stables, Francis Harris, William Stables
and Peter Chaveney, defendants, concerning the matters contained in a certain Petition or Bill exhibited before
the Barons of the Exchequer at Westminster against them by William Heyrick, Esq., Complainant, and to
take their answers, etc., etc.
Witness, Robert Nicholas at Westminster the 28th November 1656.
In Michaelinas Term, 1656.
Humbly complaining sheweth unto your Honors your orator William Heyricke of Beaumanor,
co. Leicester, Esquire (son and heir of Sir William Heyricke, knight, deceased), debtor and accomptant to his
said Highness the Lord Protector as by the Records of the Exchequer appears.
That whereas King James in the 7th year of his Reign did by Letters Patent grant unto Francis Phillips
and Richard Moore, gents., their heirs and assigns, all that Rectory and Church of Barrow, co Leicester, with
all its rights, members and appurtenances, and all the tithes of Corn, Grain and Hay in Quarndon,
co. Leicester, being a Vill or Hamlet within the parish of Barrow aforesaid. So seised Phillips and Moore by
Indenture, dated rgth May, 7 James I. (A.D. 1609), in consideration of a great sum to them paid, did sell the
same to Sir William Heyricke, his heirs and assigns, certain parcels of the said Rectory therein only expressed
or mentioned to be excepted, which exception did not include Quarndon or any tithes or profits there anising,
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the said Sir William became undoubtedly possessed to him and his heirs in fee simple of all the tithes great and
small arising within the hamlet of Quarndon, viz., tithes of Corn, Grain, Hay, Wood, Underwood, Wool,
Lambs, Hemp, Flax, Honey, Wax, Kids, Pigs, Swans, Geese, and all other tithes of Fruit, Fish, Lime, Flags,
Reeds, Rushes, and all other tithes of Pastures, Closes and other grounds whatsoever, Mortuaries, Chrisomes,
Privy Tithes, Oblations and Easter Offerings.
Although Sir William purchased he never did receive actually any of the said tithes of Quarndon, for that
there was a Lease for years in being at the time of his purchase which ended in or before 1650.
And Sir William, in his lifetime, as your orator has been informed, aliened the tithes of Corn and Hay
in Quarndon to one that enjoyeth the same and to whom the inhabitants there pay their tithe of Corn and
Hay to this day.
And since the death of Sir William vour orator hath demanded and duly received the said other tithes,
offerings and profits of divers of the inhabitants there for divers years and hath now good right and title to
have and enjoy the same. But now, so may it please your Honors, that Peter Chaveney, Francis Harris,
Humphrey Stables, John Midleton, William Stables, John Wells and Edward Squire, all inhabitants of
Quarndon aforesaid, for and during the space of 4 years last past, have combined how to defeat and defraud
your orator of the said tithes and duties payable to your orator, and have refused to pay, pretending that your
orator ought not to have the same, whereas they know that the same belong to your orator and that there is no
legal claim made to the same premises by any other person.
Your orator therefore prays for Writs of Subpcena to be addressed to the defendants commanding them to
appear before this honorable Court and make answer to the charge.
The Defendants’ answer.
The Defendants say that they do not believe that Sir William Heyricke ever received any of the said
tithes, for that one Theophilus Cave, Esquire, as these defendants have been credibly informed, had a Lease of
the said tithes made to him before Sir William had anything to do with the said Rectory and tithes for a term
of years, which did not expire until about 12 years ago, at a yearly rent of £8, and that Sir William Heyricke
did, 28 years since (long before Master Cave’s Lease expired), convey the tithes of corn, grain, hay and other
tithes of Quarndon to one Sir William Courteen, who afterwards, as the defendants believe, did sel] the same
to one Thomas Coppin, Esquire, after which sale Sir William Heyricke never did claim any tithes in Quarndon,
and Theophilus Cave continued to enjoy the tithes, paying £8 yearly to Courteen and then to Coppin, and
since the expiration of Master Cave’s Lease Thomas Coppin has enjoyed the tithes of Quarndon without any
interruption of the said Sir William Heyricke, who died 4 or 5 years ago, after whose death William Heyricke,
the Complainant, did by fair and insinuating speeches prevail with some of the inhabitants and landholders in
Quarndon to withhold payment of their tithes to Thomas Coppin, Esq., and to pay them to him instead, upon
which Mr. Coppin brought an Action in the High Court of Chancery, and, as the defendants are informed,
obtained a Decree against the said Complainant and the others.
For themselves the defendants are willing to set out and pay their tithes to whoever may be declared to be
the rightful owner.
A Schedule, whereof mention is made in the Bill annexed, of ye tithes, offerings and duties which the
Complainant in the said Bill named complains to be due to him from the defendants in the years 1653, 1654,
1655 and 1656 and the values as followeth :—
Peter Chaveney in the years 1653 to 1656 had and kept in Quarndon 400 sheep, six score to the hundred,
which he clipped in every of the said four years and had the wool, the tithe whereof in each year was worth £6.
Sum due £24.
And had in each of the said years 100 lambs of the said sheep, the tithe whereof was in each year £4.
Sum due £16.
And in every of the same years did cut down and sell quantities of small wood or underwood, the tithes
whereof in each year were worth £15. Sum due £60.
And in each year had there geese, the tithe whereof was worth in each year 53.; hemp, the tithe whereof
was worth ros, a year; flax, the tithe of which was yearly worth 1os.; honey, the tithe being yearly worth 3os.;
wax, the tithe yearly being worth 10s.; fruit and herbs in his garden, the tithe whereof was every year
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worth 20s.; privy tithes and Easter offerings which the said Peter ought to have paid were worth 20s. in all
£21. Sum due £121. :
Francis Harris had and kept 300 sheep in Quarndon in the said four years, six score to the hundred,
which he clipped every year and had the wool, the yearly tithe worth £6. Sum due £24.
And each year had 100 lambs of the said sheep, the tithe each year being worth £4. Sum due #16.
And geese worth 7s., hemp tos., flax 10s., honey 15s., wax 55., Privy tithes and Easter offerings which
Francis Harris ought to have paid 20s. in each year. Sum due £53 8s. od.
Humpbrey Stables for the years 1653—1656 kept in Quorndon 300 sheep, six score to the 100, the tithes.
of which, etc., yearly worth £6. Sum £24.
100 lambs each year of the said sheep, the tithe whereof yearly #4. Sum due £16.
And geese, tithe worth 6s. 8d., ducks 35. 4d., hemp 2s. 6d., flax 2s. 6d., honey 2s. od., wax 15, 3d., Privy
Tithes and Easter Offerings worth ros. yearly. Sum due £6, Total sum due £46.
John Midleton in 1653—1656 had in Quorndon 200 sheep, six score to 100, which each year he clipped.
and had the wool, the yearly tithe worth £5. Sum due £20. 30 lambs a year, tithe worth £3. Sum
due £12. The other tithes worth yearly in al] £6. Total sum due #38.
Edward Squire kept in the years 1653—1656 in Quarndon 220 sheep, the yearly tithe of wool being
£4 105. Sum due £18. 100 lambs each year, the tithe on which was worth £3. Sum due #12. And in
every of the same years had there hens which laid eggs, hemp and flax, geese and sows which had pigs, the
tithes of which eggs were worth 3s., of the hemp 55., of the flax 55., of the geese 4s., of the pigs 6s., Privy
Tithes and Easter Offerings which Edward Squire ought to have paid yearly 20s. Sum due #8 12s. Total
sum due £38 125.
John Wells had 200 sheep in Quarndon and ought to have paid in all for the tithes £33 16s.
William Stables had 210 sheep in Quarndon and ought to have paid in all #43.
In pursuance of an Order of this Hon. Court made the xvii day of May 1658 whereby I am commanded
to cast up the values of the Tythe Wool, Lambs, Wood, personal Tythes, Easter Offerings and all other
Tythes whatsoever yearly coming, growing or renewing in the Town, fields and Liberties of Quarndon,
co. Leicester, according to the Plaintiffs proofs in the Books and to certify the Court thereof, I humbly
certify as followeth :— ,
I find by several depositions taken on behalf of the Plaintiff in September 1657 that the Defendants by
the space of 4 years before the taking thereof did each of them hold a messuage and certain lands in Quarnedon,
and that they had several stocks depasturing thereupon, and that the Tythes therefrom were of the several
values hereafter mentioned.
Robert Lockey deposeth that Humpbrey Stables, one of the defendants, held a messuage and certain lands:
in Quarnedon, and the moiety of the tythes of wool of divers sheep that he clipped and the lambs yeaned one
year with another were reasonably worth 5s. a year, which cast up for the years 1653, 1654, 1655 and 1656
expressed in the Plaintiffs Bill do amount unto 20s. And John Beridge, Vicar of Barrow, deposeth that the
said Humphrey Stables did pay unto him for the moiety of the small tythes in the year 1656, 19d., so that if
the other moiety payable to the Plaintiff be cast up at the same value for the said 4 years it will amount unto
6s. 4d., which with 20s. makes 26s. 4d.
The said Robert Lockey further deposeth that Peter Chaveney, one other of the said defendants, held
a messuage and several lands in Quarnedon, and that the moiety of the tythes of wool and Jambs were worth
about gs. 6d. one year with another, which for the said 4 years amounts to 38s.
The said deponent further saith that Francis Harris, one other of the defendants, held a messuage and
certain lands in Quarnedon and kept 2 or 3 cows, and that there is payable to the Vicar and Impropriate for
Tythes for every new milch beast 14d. and for every strapper $d., of which sort the 2 or 3 cows aforesaid are
doth not appear to me, therefore I cannot cast up any value.
This deponent further saith that the moiety of the tythes of wool and lambs, hemp, flax and other small
tythes for the lands which John Midleton, one other of the defendants, held in Quarnedon were worth 12d.
per annum, which for the said 4 years amounteth to 4s.
The said deponent further deposeth that the moiety of the tythes of wool and lambs payable to the
Impropriator out of the lands that William Stables, one other of the defendants, held in Quarnedon, was worth
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5s. one year with another, which for the said 4 years amounts to 20s. And John Beridge, Vicar of Barrowe,
deposeth that he received of William Stables for his moiety of the tythes (besides woo] received in kind) in
1656, 44d., so that if the other moiety of the small tythes for 4 years payable to the Impropriator be cast up
at that value it comes to 18d., which with the 20s. before mentioned amounts in all to 21s. 6d.
And the said Robert Lockey further saith that the moiety of the tythes of sheep and other tythes payable
to the Impropriator of Quarnedon for the land which Edward Squire, one other of the defendants, held there
was reasonably one year with another worth 3s., which cast up for the said 4 years do amount unto 125.
The Total of all which tythes amount to 102s. 2d.
I find by the deposition of Thomas Beeby that Peter Chaveney in the year 1655 did cut down certain
tops of trees and underwood in Buddon Wood in the parish of Barrow, which kidded up did amount to
2,000 kids, and that if the underwood alone had been made up into kids it would amount to about 600 kids
worth 5s. a hundred, which comes to 30s.
Edward Wheatcroft deposeth that in the said year 1655 Peter Chaveney did sell and cut down certain
underwood in Buddon Wood, which he believeth if it had been made up into kids would have amounted to
1,500 kids worth 6s. 8d. per 100, which comes to 100s.; whether this and the former deposition be not for
one and the same wood felled doth not appear unto me, nor do I find the tythes thereof valued, but the tenth
part of the 3os. is 3s. and of the Ioos. is Ios.
The said deponent further saith that Peter Chaveney in the year 1656 did cause to be felled and cut down
certain underwoods in Buddon Wood, which he believeth if made up into kids would have amounted to
700 kids worth 6s. 8d. per 100, and that the same were carried away. He knoweth not of any tythes paid
therefor nor mentioneth any value, but if cast up at 6s. 8d. the kid it will amount to 46s. 8d., the tenth part
of which is 4s. 7d.
All which is submitted to the judgement of this Honorable Court.
Delivered into Court the second day of December 1658.
Muniments at Beaumanor. Michaelmas Term, A.D. 1659.
The several answer of Edward Farnham, Esq., one of the defendants to the Bill of Complaint of William
Heyrick, Esq., complainant.
Leicester. The said defendant makes answer thus: He doth not know that John, late Abbot of the late
dissolved Monastery of our Lady in the meadows of Leicester in the said Bill of Complaint named, was
heretofore seized in right of the said Abbey of and in divers manors, messuages, lands and tenements as
belonging to the said Monastery and amongst them of the Rectory of Barrowe in the said Complainant’s bill
mentioned.
Defendant believes that the said Rectory of Barrowe extendeth itself into several townships and villages,
viz., into Barrowe, Quarndon, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves and Mountsorell, co. Leicester, but the said
defendant doth not know or believe that the said Abbot was ever seized in right of the said Abbey or otherwise
in the Close or Parcel of Land containing 6 acres or thereabouts called “ Six Acre Close,” or of or in the other
Close or Parcel of Land called “ Wrangsickend,” or that either of them were ever parcel of the possessions of
the said late Monastery.
And further that he doth not know or believe that the said late Abbot and Convent did, 7th May,
26 Henry VIII., or at any time, demise, grant and to farm let unto William Barnard the said close called Six
acre close and the close called Wrangsickend, or any part of them for any term whatever, nor that William
Barnard ever did enter upon or become possessed of the said two closes or either of them or any part of them,
or received the rents and profits.
But he doth believe that the said Monastery was dissolved and the possessions thereof became vested
in the late King Henry VIII. and his successors, but doth not know or believe that he or they were ever
seized as of fee or right of the Crown or otherwise in the said Closes or either or any part of them.
And the defendant doth not know or believe that the Jate Queen Elizabeth by Lease, dated 12th February,
26 Elizabeth, did demise, grant and to farm let unto Thomas Windebancke the said two closes, or that the
said late Queen by her Letters Patent, dated roth June, 41 Elizabeth, or at any other time, ways or means,
did give and grant unto Henry Best and Robert Holland, their heirs and assigns, the said two closes, or
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that the said Henry Best and Robert Holland ever became seized thereof, or of the Reversion thereof, as in
the said Bill of Complaint is surmised, nor that the said Best and Holland did give, grant, bargain, sell or
confirm unto Wilham Heyrick, citizen and goldsmith of London, and Robert Heyrick and the heirs of
William Heyrick the said Six acre close and the close called Wrangsickend, or that they or either of them
ever were seized of the two closes or any reversion of them, as is surmised in the said Bill of Complaint.
But this defendant confesseth that he doth know that the said Robert died before the said William
Heyrick and that the said William died about 5 years since, but doth deny that to his knowledge the said two
closes after Sir William Heyrick’s death came to the Complainant William Heyrick as son and heir.
And for the manifestation and setting forth of the said defendant’s Title and Estate in and to the said two
closes in question called Six acre close and Wraugsickend the said defendant sayeth that he hath in his custody
certain Ancient Deeds and Evidences which he conceiveth to be and hath been advised by his Counsel are good
and authentic, bearing date in the time of the reign of Edward I., sometime King of England, whereby it is
mentioned, and the said defendant doth believe it to be true, that Robert de Farneham, one of the said
defendant’s ancestors (as he supposed) did purchase to himself and his heirs in fee simple the manor of
Rushall with the appurtenances in Woodhouse and divers other lands of John Le Strange, Lord of Knockinge,
and of John Paynell, the son of William Paynell, knight. And the said defendant doth believe by his perusal
of the said Deeds and Evidences that the said Robert de Farneham was seized in his demesne as of fee of and
in the said manor and lands and that the same did from him, by and after many several descents, descend and
come unto Thomas Farnham, this defendant’s grandfather, who, as this defendant doth believe, was lineally
descended from the said Robert de Farneham, and was his heir general. And the defendant believeth the same
to be true as well from the said Deeds and Evidences as for that divers of those lands which are therein
mentioned to be purchased by the said Robert de Farneham are now in this defendant’s possession as heir
general to the said family. And the defendant further sayeth that by the Office which was found after the
death of the said Thomas Farnham, 28th October, 16 Elizabeth, it appears
That the said Thomas Farnham was seized, amongst divers other lands, of and in the said manor of
Rushall with the appurtenances in Woodhouse aforesaid and of divers Jands and tenements in Woodhouse in
his demesne as of fee. And that he died seized thereof. And that the same after his death descended and
came to Adrian Farnham his son and heir, who became seized thereof in his demesne as of fee and about six
and twenty years since the said Adrian Farnham died seized thereof, after whose death the same descended
and came to the said defendant as son and heir of the said Adrian, and he hath ever since been seized thereof
and had quiet possession thereof,
And the defendant sayeth that the said two closes are and always, as he doubteth not but to prove, have
been parcel of the said defendant’s manor of Rushall and of his lands there, and that ever since the time of his.
remembrance, which is for 60 years about, they have been so reputed and used, and this defendant hopeth to
prove that long above 60 years last past this defendant and his said father and other his ancestors have quietly
holden and enjoyed the said two closes now in question as parcel of their said manor of Rushall and of their
said lands in Woodhouse aforesaid, by virtue of the said conveyances to the said Robert de Farneham and his
heirs, and of the several descents from him and not by any other colour or pretence whatsoever, nor doth this
defendant now claim to hold the same nor did he ever claim to hold the same by any other Title or pretence
whatsoever.
The defendant denies all conspiracy or confederacy with the now tenants or that he ever removed any
ancient landmarks, etc., etc.
All which he is ready to prove as this Honorable Court shall set down and award and he prays to be
dismissed with his reasonable costs and damages in this behalf most wrongfully and without just cause
sustained.
(Signed) Richard Raynsforde.
This answer was taken upon oath of the above-named Edward Farnham, the 13th day of October in the
year of Our Lord 1659, at Loughborrow in ye county of Leycester before us
(Signed) Ed: Palmer. Tho: Wood.
Endorsed: Farnham v. Heyrick.
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Feet of Fines, Leicester. Trinity, A.D. 1658.
Between Humphrey Chapman, William Chapman and John Chapman, plaintiffs, and William Heiricke
the elder, Esquire, and Elisabeth his wife, William Heiricke the younger, Esquire, George Smith the elder,
Richard Smith and Mary his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, ro acres of land, 10 of
meadow, 56 of pasture, 3 of wood and Common of pasture in Woodhouse, Barrow-on-Soare, Enderby,
Barleston and the disafforested Forest of Leicester. £100.
Between Edward Thorneton, plaintiff, and Richard Monke, gent., and Susan his wife, defendants of
1 messuage, 1 dovehouse, 2 gardens, 40 acres of land, 6 of meadow, 20 of pasture, 20 of furze and heath and
Common of pasture in Mountsorell, Barrowe-on-Soare, Rothley and Quarndon. £100.
Hilary, A.D. 1658.
Between Edward Palmer, gent., and Samuel Baker, plaintiffs, and Margaret Aldersey, widow, and
Farnham Aldersey, gent., defendants of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 10 acres of meadow, 30 of pasture,
6 of wood and Common of pasture in Barrowe and the Forest of Charnwood.
Right of Edward Palmer and his heirs for ever. £60.
Trinity, A.D. 1659.
Between Thomas Cockram and Ezekiel Wright, clerke, plaintiffs, and Robert Cockram, gent., and
Bridgett his wife, and Thomas Raworth and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of the moiety of 1 messuage,
2 cottages, 3 gardens, 2 orchards, 70 acres of meadow, 20 of pasture, 14 of wood and Common of pasture in
Barrow, Mapplewell and the Forest of Charnwood. £6c.
Easter, A.D. 1660.
Between Francis Chamberleine, gent., plaintiff, and Edward Farnham, Esquire, and Isabel his wife,
defendants of 1 messuage, go acres of land, 15 of meadow, 40 of pasture and Common of pasture in Mount-
sorell, Rothley, Quarne and the parish of Barrowe-on-Soare. £120.
Michaelmas, 14 Charles II., A.D. 1662.
Between William Cox, gent., John Moreton the younger, gent., and Timothy Hemsley, gent., plaintiffs,
and Samuel Cotton, Esq., and Eleanor his wife, and Robert Ferryman, defendants of 1 cottage, I garden,
1 orchard, 10 acres of land, 5 of meadow, 10 of pasture, 10 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in
Barrow on Soar, Dadlington and the Forest of Charnwood. £60.
Lay Subsidies, Leicester, 184—317. 14 Charles II., A.D. 1662.
A Voluntary present to the King.
Barowe.
Ss.
John Ferriman and Mr. Hill fi ; Fi : a : : = 28
William Browne and John White : : - : : ; - 15
Edward Morrice and William Wild. ; F ‘ : ‘ : 3
Richard Parsons and William Storer . 2 : : é ; 3 4
Thomas Both and John Thompson —. j : F i ‘ . 16
William Squire and Thomas Clark. : : ; ‘ : » 10
Rose Morrice and Anne Bouth 2
Widow Branston and William Duckett I
John Storer and William Love : r ; 2%
George Burbage and Thomas Taylor . : : . ‘ F ; I
Michael Middleton and William Mayes
John Marshall, sen., and John Marshall, jun. 4
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Querndon.
£ os. d.
Mr. Peter Chaveney . 3.00
Edward Farnham, gent. ; ‘ : : : ‘ - 5 0 0
Thomas Bradshaw and Edward Squier . : ‘ : ‘ : 10 6
William Chapman . . ; ‘ . 4.0
Adrian Staples and William White 4.0
William Shippen and Thomas Chapman 4 0
William Tacy : 2 0
£9 4 6
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumanor. View of Frankpledge and Court Baron held there the 21st day of October 1662.
To this Court comes James Sculthorpe and seeks leave to demise to a certain Edward Sculthorpe, clerk,
and William Kempe or any other person 66 acres of land, meadow and pasture with a certain messuage held
of the lord of this manor in Quarndon and Mountsorel] for the term of 6 years from Michaelmas last past.
He pays a Fine of 4os. and has leave.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Hilary, 14 Charles II., A.D. 1662.
Between Thomas Coppin, Esq., plaintiff, and Farnham Aldersey, gent., Thomas Farnham, Esq., and
Henry Farnham, gent., and Martha his wife, defendants of 2 cottages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 6 acres of land,
2, of meadow, 2 of pasture and Common of pasture in Quarndon and the Forest of Charnwood. £60.
Trinity, 15 Charles II., A.D. 1663.
Between Thomas Rawlins, plaintiff, and William Herricke the elder, Esquire, and Elisabeth his wife, and
William Herricke, Esquire, the younger, defendants of 100 acres of Jand, 100 of meadow and too of pasture in
Woodhouse, Barrowe-on-Soar and the Forest of Charnwood. £260.
Between Susannah Cooke, widow, and John Welles, plaintiffs, and John Norrice the younger, gent., son
and heir of William Norrice, gent., Thomas Farnham, gent., Henry Farnham, gent., his son and heir apparent,
and Martha his wife, and Grace Churchman, widow, defendants of 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 2 acres
of land, 2 of pasture and Common of pasture in the Town of Leicester, Quarndon and the Forest of
Charnwood. #60.
Exchequer Bills and Answers, No. 9, Leicester. Easter, A.D. 1663.
Charles, by the grace of God, etc., to Our beloved Edward Farnham, Esq., John Horton, gent., Richard
Foxe, gent., Anthony Maior, gent., Samuel Hornby, gent., and Edward Thorpe, gent., Greeting. [Appoint-
ment as Commissioner. |
To the right hon. Thomas, Earl of Southampton, lord High Treasurer, etc.
Humbly complaining sheweth unto your good Lordships Humfrey Babington of Boothby Paynell in the
county of Lincoln, clerk, debtor and accomptant to his Majesty, as by the records of this Hon. Court doth
appear.
That whereas Our late Sovereign King James was seised (amongst other things) in the Rectory and
Church of Barrow in the county of Leicester and of all tithes of corn and hay in Quarndon in the said county,
and all tithes of corn, grain and hay within the parish of Barrow, and all personal tithes arising within the
said parish of Barrow, and also of all tithes of lambs, wool, mortuaries, chrisomes, kids, geese, pigs, hemp,
flax, wood, wax and honey; also of the tithes of the mills of Barrow and Quarndon, Mountsorell and
Beaumanor, and also the tithes of fish, lime, swans, reeds, bullrushes and all other tithes arising in the parish
of Barrow, by particular being of the yearly rent of £213 heretofore to the Monastery in the meadows of
Leicester belonging and parcel of the possessions of the same,
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And being so seised, his said Jate Majesty did, by his Letters Patent, dated 18th day of May 1610, grant
and convey (inter alia) all the aforesaid tithes unto Francis Phelips and Richard Moore of London, gents., their
heirs and assigns for ever,
To be held as of the King’s manor of East Greenwich in county Kent by fealty only, in free ‘socage ;
yielding yearly to his late Majesty, his heirs and successors
Out of and for the said Rectory and Church of Barrow, and for the said tithes of corn and hay in
Quarndon the sum of £8;
And for the said tithes of corn, grain and hay in the parish of Barrow the sum of £8 ;
And for the personal tithes in Barrow the sum of £3 ;
And for the tithes of lambs, wool, etc., in Barrow the sum of £2;
at Michaelmas and Lady-day by equal portions at the receipt of Exchequer.
And Francis Phelips and Richard Moore did by Indenture, dated 20th May, A.D. (619, for
considerations therein mentioned, sell and convey unto Theophilus Cave of Barrow-on-Soar, gent., his heirs
and assigns,
All those tithes of corn, grain and hay in the parish of Barrow, and also all those personal tithes in
Barrow, and also the tithes of lambs, wool, etc., in Barrow, also the tithes of the Mills aforesaid, and the
tithes of fish, lime, etc., in Barrow, by particular being of the yearly value or rent of £13, heretofore to the
said Monastery appertaining.
Theophilus Cave so seised duly paid the rent of £13 yearly and did about 21st September 1661 make
his last Will and did devise the said tithes unto your said orator and his heirs imales and shortly after
died.
By virtue of which Will your orator ought in all equity to receive and enjoy the said tithes; and the
inhabitants, owners and occupiers of lands and tenements within the several Towns of Quarndon, Woodhouse,
Beaumanor and part of Mountsorel (all being within the parish of Barrow) ought to pay to your orator all
personal tithes and tithes of lambs, wool, etc.; the yearly rents to his Majesty of £8, £3 and £2 being
always paid by Theophilus Cave and your orator.
But now so it is that William Herick of Beaumanor, Esq., William Herick his son and heir apparent,
Richard Herick of Manchester, Thomas Coppinge, Esq., Peter Chaveney of Quarndon, gent., Edward Squier
of Quarndon, yeoman, Thomas Bradshaw of Quarndon, yeoman, Richard Parke of Mountsorell, ironmonger,
Joseph Lovett of Mountsorell, mercer, Thomas Greisley of Mountsorell, yoman, Edward Thorneton of
Mountsorell, inkeeper, William Squire of Woodhouse, tanner, John Foulds of Woodhouse, yoman, Thomas
Wood of Woodhouse, gent., and Gregory Jones of Beaumanor, gent., have lately combined with divers
unknown persons to defraud your orator of all the said tithes and do refuse to pay the same, although your
orator hath in friendly way requested them to do so, but William Herick the father and the son and Thomas
Coppin not only refuse to pay tithes, but assert that they have title to the same by some pretended grant of
Francis Phelips and Richard Moore made to one Sir William Herick and his heirs (ancestors of William
Herick), whereas in truth the said grant or Conveyance (if any such were made) was not sealed and delivered
until a long time after the said grant to Theophilus Cave; nevertheless your orator believes the said Sir
William Herick did, by the said Deed, purchase of Francis Phelips and Richard Moore only the tithes of corn
and hay or great tithes in Quarndon, of the yearly rent of £8 and no more; which rent of #8 only hath been
paid by Sir William Herick and his heirs to the King’s Majesty as a fee farm rent for the Great Tithes of
Quarndon, as by the general records of this Court may appear, therefore Sir William Herick or his heirs
cannot claim the other tithes in the parish of Barrow.
And for that the Herricks and Coppin not only refuse to pay tithes themselves, but encourage others not
to pay either, your orator is much wronged and damaged, and disabled in the payment of the yearly reserved
rent of £13 to his Majesty.
And for that the Herricks have got into their hands divers deeds and evidences necessary for your orator
to prove his Case, and that in consequence he cannot well recover at the Common Law, he prays for Writs of
Subpcena to be served on the several defendants to appear in the Court of Exchequer and there make answer
to the premises.
And your orator shall ever pray, etc.
FFF 2
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The Herricks’ Answer.
They trace the ownership of the tithes in question from the Lease of the Abbey of Leicester to William
Barnard for 81 years in 1534 down to Queen Elizabeth, who, on the 12th February 1584, did grant to Thomas
Windebancke, gent., his executors and assigns, the said Rectory of Barrow and the tithes to hold to Thomas
Windebancke, from and after the Surrender or Determination of the term granted to William Barnard, for
30 years, paying to the Queen and her Successors the yearly sum of £38 gs. and 4s. 4d. for a fat Ram at
Lady-day and Michaelmas by equal portions.
Queen Elizabeth, seised of these premises expectant after the determination of the 2 Leases aforesaid, did,
19th June 1599, grant to Henry Best and Robert Holland of London, gent., their heirs and assigns,
All the tithes of corn and hay in Woodhouse and Beaumanor and Mountsorell without reserving
any rent.
And Henry Best and Robert Holland so seised 2oth June, A.D. 1599, granted and sold unto William
Heyricke, citizen and goldsmith of London, and since deceased, father of William and Richard Heyrick, and
unto Robert Heyricke the said tithes of Woodhouse, Barrow and Mountsorell.
King James, seised of whatever Queen Elizabeth had not granted in the tithes of Barrow (except such
tithes as belonged to the Vicar of Barrow), conveyed the same to Francis Phelips and Richard Moore as stated
before, and they by their Deed, dated 19th day of May, A.D. 1610, conveyed the Rectory and Church of
Barrow and all tithes of corn and hay in Quarndon, which formerly belonged to Leicester Abbey, and the
advowson and the right of Patronage of the Vicarage of the Parish Church of Barrow and all messuages, etc.,
belonging, tithes of corn, grain and hay, flax, hemp and all tithes whatsoever unto Sir William Herrick.
Sir William Herrick granted the tithes of Woodhouse and Mountsorell to the defendant Richard Heyrick.
Richard Heyrick 43 years since granted the Woodhouse tithes to Richard Holbrooke, clerk. Theophilus Cave
never interfered with Richard Heyrick’s collection of tithes.
William Heyrick the elder says that Sir William Heyrick died in the month of March 16532, after whose
death he became seised of the Rectory and tithes of Barrow as son and heir, except such part as was given by
Sir William Heyrick to Richard Heyrick, such part as belonged to the Vicar of Barrow, and such part as was
granted or mortgaged to Sir William Courteen by Sir William Heyrick ; the interest of which Sir William
Courteen is pretended to be in the other defendant Thomas Coppin. These defendants know nothing of the
pretended Deed to Cave, which is (if it exists) dated after the grant to Sir William Herrick ; they allow that
Theophilus Cave may have received the tithes for some years, but they deny that it was by virtue of a grant
from Phelips and Moore, but by an interest Theophilus Cave had in the 2 old Leases aforesaid, the last of
which expiring about 1645, Theophilus Cave, as these defendants doubt not to prove, yielded up the same to
Sir William Heyrick or those that claimed under him, and Theophilus Cave, so far from claiming them,
became himself the tenant of the said tithes or a great part thereof to Sir William Heyrick, and held the same
for some time at a yearly rent; but they deny that Theophilus Cave collected tithes in Woodhouse and
Beaumanor or pretended any title to them.
They deny combination, as alleged, but refuse to pay tithes as they assert they are not due to the
Complainant.
Richard Herick says he has lived at Manchester for over 20 years and has not any lands or stock in hand
in the parish of Barrow.
William Herick the younger says he lives with his father at Beaumanor and has no tithes to pay, etc.
Defendants pray to be dismissed with their reasonable costs for their expenses and trouble.
Deeds at Quorn House. July 27th, A.D. 1663.
This Indenture between Thomas Farnham of Quarne alias Quarndon in the County of Leicester,
Esquire, and Henry Farnham (son and heir apparent of the said Thomas) and Martha his now wife of the
one part,
And Edward Sculthorpe of Harby in the County of Lincoln, clerk, of the other party,
Witnesseth, :
That Thomas Farnham, Henry and Martha Farnham have, for the sum of #110 to them paid by Edward
Sculthorpe, sold to the said Edward Sculthorpe
QUORNDON RECORDS. 405
All that one cottage with the appurtenances in Quarndon, now in the occupation of Bowet Staples, with
the edifices, etc., belonging and common of pasture,
And one little croft belonging to the said tenement measuring one acre or thereabouts in the occupation
of the said Bowet Staples,
And all those several parcels of land, arable, leys, meadow and pasture ground with the appurtenances
lying and being dispersed in the three several fields of Quarndon aforesaid, in such places and manor as by
a Terrier annexed to these Indentures are more plainly expressed.
In the West Field.
One rood of arable Jand shooting on Shipp’s Close in Wellow Nooke, the land in the occupation of James
Sculthorpe being on both sides of it.
One rood of arable land more shooting on Edward Simpson’s hadland, lying on a furlong called “ The
Water Furrows,” the land of Edward Farnham, Esquire, being on one side and land in the occupation of
Peter Chaveney on the other.
One rood of arable land more lying in a furlong shooting upon “ Poulton Brook,” lying next the Close
called “The Oxe Close ” on the one side and land in the occupation of Abraham Burges on the other.
One rood of arable land more lying on a furlong called ‘ Rigsty”’ beneath the way, the land in the
occupation of James Sculthorpe on one side and the land called “The Town Lands of Quarndon” on
the other.
In the South Field.
One rood of arable land lying on a furlong called “ Blood Furlong,” the land in the occupation of James
Sculthorpe on the one side and the land of Elizabeth Brinsley on the other side.
One half acre more lying on a furlong called “The Under Blood,” the land late in the occupation of
William Brandon lying on one side and the land in the occupation of Edward Squire on the other.
In the Moore Field.
One half acre of arable land lying in “ Nether Stonecroft,” the land of Edward Farnham lying on one side
and the land in the occupation of Robert Thebballs on the other.
Five roods of arable land lying together on “Short Brettlands,” the land in the occupation of William
Hawkyn on the one side and the land of Edward Farnham on the other.
One rood of arable land lying in “ Nitty Hole,”’ the land of Peter Chaveney lying on one side and the land
in the occupation of James Sculthorpe on the other.
One rood of arable land more lying on the same furlong, the land in the occupation of the said James
Sculthorpe on both sides.
One arable land containing one acre going through two shoots lying upon a furlong abutting on Thomas
Bradshaw’s hadland beneath the Moor, the land in the occupation of James Sculthorpe and the land in the
occupation of Edward Simpson on the one side, and the land in the occupation of the said James Sculthorpe
and the land in the occupation of William Staples on the other side.
Two half acres more of arable land lying together there abutting upon the Common Pasture, the land in
the occupation of the said James Sculthorpe on one side and the land in the occupation of Robert Thebballs on
the other side.
Two half acres more of arable land lying together there, between the land in the occupation of Edward
Simpson and the Common Cow Pasture.
Three roods of arable land lying together on a furlong called “ Nether Long Lands,” the Jand occupied by
Robert Thebbalds on one side and the land occupied by William Staples on the other side.
One half acre of several meadow lying upon a furlong called “Blow Pool Leys,” between the land
occupied by James Sculthorpe and Edward Simpson.
Another half acre of Several Meadow lying in the same furlong, between the Jand of Edward Farnham,
Esq., and land occupied by Thomas Chapman.
One rood and a quarter acre of Several Meadow lying together on the same furlong, between the land
occupied by Thomas Chapman and the land in the occupation of Robert Thebballs.
406 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 16 Charles II., A.D. 1664.
Between John Ferryman and William Wilde, plaintiffs, and Thomas Booth, defendant of 1 messuage
60 acres of land, 18 of meadow, 20 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare, Quarndon and hes
Forest of Charnwood.
Between Daniel Earle, Esquire, plaintiff, and Edward Squire and Millicent his wife, defendants of
1 messuage, 2 cottages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 70 acres of land, 24 of meadow, 60 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Quarnedon, Woodhouse, Mountsorell and the Forest of Charnwood. #140.
N.B.—Compare this Fine with Hilary, 1680, Shalcrosse and Earle.
Easter, 17 Charles II., A.D. 1665.
Between Edward Sculthorpe, clerk, Thomas Waterman and William Rider, plaintiffs, and Henry
Farnham, gent., and Martha his wife, Thomas Clark and William Squire and Elisabeth his wife, defendants
of I messuage, I cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 12 acres of land, 4 of meadow, 2 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Quarndon, Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood. £60.
Between Thomas Wadland, gent., and Thomas Chapman, plaintiffs, and Anne Hill, widow, Theophilus
Hill, John Ferryman and Alice his wife, and Isabel Hill, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard,
38 acres of land, 11 of meadow, and 20 of pasture in Barrow-on-Soar. £100,
Lay Subsidies, 251-9, Leicester. Lady-day, A.D. 1666.
Hearth Tax.
The total number of hearths in the county was 19,674.
The abatement for plague and fire, 241.
Empties, 398.
The whole number charged, 19,035.
The money received, £951 155.
Paid to Colonel Webb, £876.
For inspecting and collecting at 2s. 6d. in the #, £128 18s. 1d.
Remaining due to me for salary and charges, £53 135. 1d.
George Lassells, Esquier, Receiver of the duty of Hearth Tax within the county of Leicester
for one half-year ending Lady-day, 1666.
Mountsorrell.
No. of Hearths.
Jno. Toone, jun. .
Jno. Bennett
Ladington Pelson -
Thos. Sholton . 2
Willm, Bolter .
Edw. Casterton .
Franc. Johnson .
Mr. Ralph Smale
Franc. Glover
Rich. Sparke
Jno. Toone, sen.
Jno. Casterton
Robert Hood
Joseph Lovett
Franc. Wheatley
Thos. Jarrett. . ei od Mr. Gilbert Colton 2 Ralf Bosse D2
Mr. Richard Browne . 6 Mr. Thos. Ragg. 6 Will. Thornton . 6
Mr. Jno. Jarratt. 4 Michol] Rennocks 2 Nath. Knight 2
George Smith I Hen. Rider 2 Tho. Hood . 2
Jno. Hubbard I Jno. Burton I Thos. Rafin I
Rich. Adams 2 Thos. Brooks I Jno. Smith I
Widd. Bosse I Mich. Bosse % Sam. Ayres a
Jno. Wood é I Edw. Marriott 3 Jno. Caunt. 2
Nath. Higginbotham . I Ralph Clarke I Humph. Eding . 2
Edw. Nicholas . 2 Jno. Wood ‘ « 2 Edw. Scampton . 2
Edw. Whyte I Wyllm. Sharpe . : e Jno. Sharpe, sen. I
Jno. Sharpe, jun. I Thos. Knight 2 Rich. Garrett. a
Mr. Jno. Wood. 2 Hughe Pichard . 2, John Cox . 3
I I %
I 2 y
6 3 .
2 4 I
5 I 5
Thos. Lewin
William Wilson.
Richard Mickell .
William Hull
William Jesson . ‘
Jon. Smith, shepherd .
Robert Tough
Edw. Smith
Robert Bayley
Robert Raffin, sen.
N.B.—This would represent 83 houses with hearths in Mountsorrell inhabited at the beginning of the year 1667.
Tho. Chamberlaine
Hugh Coats : .
Captn. Farnhame (Nether
Hall)
Henry Preston
Thomas Bebe
Jno. Wells
Robt. Franckes .
Will. Stableford .
Mr. Earle, for two empty
houses F
Mr. Peter Chaveney .
Farnham Fewkes
William Staples .
William Phipps .
Wid. Bosse
Rich. Hutchinson
Robert Sarson
James Cuthorpe.
William Steevenson
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QUORNDON RECORDS.
Will. Purse
Jno. Greett
Jno. Smith
Richard Armson
Nath. Rudkin
Godfrey Branson :
Thos. Burton. 4
Thos. Greasley
Wid. Newberry .
Benjamin Clarke
Quarndon.
Thomas Cooke .
Jno. Henton . i
Mr. Edw. Farnhame (Over-
hall)
Mrs. Wadeson .
George Simson .
Thos. Steevenson
Rich. Skelington
Robt. Tibballs
Jno. Midleton
Thos. Lane
William Allen
Ralph Harris
George Greasley.
Thomas Chapman
William Tasey
William Page
Geo. Cunningham
Richard Boley
Bowet Staples
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Sam. Hoding
Adrian Gregory .
Thos. Boley
Thos. Sheppeard.
Thos. Everett
Jonas David
Edw. Thornton .
Edw. Hoding
Francis Bruxeby .
Thomas Greasley
William Chapman
Robert Stubbs
Thos. Bradshaw .
William Harris .
France. Wiccars .
Jno. Raven
Lawrence Staples
William Brandon
Jno. Chapman
Henry Cooke
Henry Braunson.
William Brandon
Will. Allen
William Whyte .
Thomas Locker .
Math. Midleton .
William Hawkins
William Beeby
Eustace Tibbals .
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N.B.—58 houses in all and 119 hearths. James Cuthorpe is no doubt intended for James Sculthorpe, and Wiccars is meant for
Figers.
John Beveridge, clerk .
John Ferryman .
Theophilus Lilley
John Buttrisse .
Robert Smith .
Thomas Smyth .
Henry Knight
Henry Browne
Arnold Hill ;
Thomas Booth .
John Whittle.
Thomas Taylor .
Anne Lilley
Thomas Lilley
George Perkin
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Barrow-on-Soar.
Henry Braunston
John White
Thomas Clarke .
Richard Stable
.... Braunston, widow
Matthew Armstronge.
James Jackson .
Ann White, widow
William Rider
John Marshall
William Judson.
Mary Roome, widow .
William Duckett
Thomas Storer
William Chapman
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William Browne.
John Beebie, senior
William Belton .
Richard Preston .
Robert Perkins
John Beebie
Symon Clarke
John Hassard
William Perkin .
Edward Hubbard
William Judson .
‘George Burbage .
Thomas Bernard.
William Mazes .
Richard Jackson.
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George Gilbert
George Clawson
William Sherwyn
James Sculthorpe
John Harrison
Rowland Clifford
William Clarke .
William Hallam
John Storer
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Rose Morris, widow .
John Armstronge
George Raudon .
Theophilus Crampe
Tsabell Walton .
Robert Browne .
. . Lindsey, widow.
Robert Perkins .
Thomas Waterman
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Mary Bernard, widow .
Francis Staples .
Michael Middleton
John Tompson
Philippa Sharpe, widow
William Squyre .
W. Browne, junior
Robert Beebie
Thomas Lillie
William Wilde .
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73 houses and 154 hearths in Barrow-on-Soar.
Woodhouse.
William Page
Clement Foulds .
John Clemenson
William Greene .
William Heiricke, =
Anne Turner
Richard Marshall
Peter Stollicke
Emanuell Blackwell
Jeffrey Croson
Richard Heeley .
William Squire .
Thomas Foulds .
Thomas Smyth . : e
John Smalley. ‘ edat
Foulds’ widow refuseth to give an account.
Robert Twelton .
Thomas Siddons
William Guttridge
Thomas Robothum
Clement Foulds .
Robert Ward
Henry Braunston
Adrian Cheatle .
John Deacon
John Foulds
John Fouldes, malster
Thomas Mason .
Robert Foulds
Francis Rowlston
William Stables .
Henry Bush
Henry Feilds
Thomas Pick
John Care .
Thomas Wood
Faith Musson
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45 houses and 68 hearths in Woodhouse.
Beaumanor.
William Heyricke, Esq... : ‘ : . 18 Richard Burbage
Gregory Jones. : ; ‘ ; 42 John Whittle
Mapplewell.
Robert Cockram . , : : : a, 39) Thomas Raworth .
N.B.—From 1662 until the Revolution in 1688 a levy was made of 2s. on every hearth or stove.
Michaelmas Rent Roll, A.D. 1666.
Freehold Tenants in the Manor.
s. d,
Lucie, Countess of Huntingdon 4.0
Edward Farnham, Esqr. . F + ft 76
Manor of Beaumanor.
Edmond Renolds
Humphrey Litherland
Henry Farnham, Esqr. F 14 0 William Squire
Humphrey Babington, clerk. = John Foulds, clerk .
Peter Chauny, gent. : ‘ & <i ay Humphrey Chapman
Elizabeth Bordman, widow. ». 9g 8 William Chapman .
Thomas Lillie, gent. : 2 0 John Chapman
John Buttris and others, for Hats Thomas Raullins, gent.
lands . . - 4:0 Thomas Bradshaw .
Matthew Middleton. 3 : »- I 0 William Chapman .
Ann Bosse, widow . 3
Elisabeth Boardman
William Foulds .
John Gudburne .
William Westly .
Thomas Gamble .
John Woodford .
George Wilson .
George Wilson .
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QUORNDON RECORDS. . 409
Copyholders in Quorndon.
s. a. s. da.
Edward Farnham, Esqr., for the Hall William Phipps : ; ‘ » 3 10
Carre . ‘ ‘ 6 Thomas Wallis . . ‘ . 2:0
James Sculthorpe. : : » 15 6 Edward Kinge. 3
Thomas Chapman . ‘ ‘ . 12:0 Alice Bosse, widow . 2 2
William Squire, for lands in Quorne 2 William Stevenson . I
Robert Tompson. : : % 2.2 Elizabeth Hampe 9
Richard Bolley : . : - 2.0
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumanor. View of Frankpledge, etc., held there the gth day of October 1666.
The Jury present that Thomas Farnham, gent., has died since the last Court seised of and in one close
commonly called the Barley Close in Quarndon, etc., held of the lord of this manor by fealty and Suit of
Court according to the custom of this manor by a rent of 14s. annually.
And that Henry Farnhan) is the son and heir of the same Thomas Farnham.
Wills at Leicester. George Chaveney of Quarndon, gent. Will dated September 8th, 1667.
To the poor of Odston 20s.
My household goods to my daughter Susanna Chaveney.
To my son George Chaveney £100 at 21 years of age.
To John Bacon and Richard Bacon, two sons of John Bacon of Bosworth by Ann my daughter, his now wife, £35 apiece, and to the
said Ann £20.
Certain lands in Odston (specified) to my son Edward Chaveney, and a cottage in Odston and land in Odston to Susanna my
daughter.
A grey mare and foal to Morton Chaveney my son.
I make my daughter Susanna Chaveney and Edward Chaveney my son executors.
Signed with his mark in the presence of Thomas Charnells, Peter Chaveney, Morton Chaveney and Humphrey Chaveney.
Proved February 1st, 1667-8,
Bartholomew Willocke, Dep. Registrar.
N.B.—George Chaveney and his wife Ann had two sons and two daughters, whose names are entered in the Quorn Register, but his-
son George must have been the youngest child and born later than 1642, when the entries in the Register cease until 1670.
Manor of Beaumanor.
Beaumanor. View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of William Heyrick, Esqr., lord of the manor, held
there the 8th day of October, A.D. 1667.
The Jury present that Edward Farnham the elder, Esquier, Edward Farnham the younger, gent., Charles
Farnham and Robert Sareson (fined 3s. 4d. each) pastured their cattle in the Common Pasture of Woodhouse,
within the View of this Court, contrary to the pain laid therefore; therefore each of them is in mercy.
Thomas Wallys comes to this Court and declares that Bartholomew Wallys, first in a Copy, has closed
his last day since the last Court, seised for the term of his life, by Copy of Court Roll, of one cottage and one
curtilage to the same cottage belonging in Quarndon, held of the lord of this manor by a rent of 4s. annually,
viz., at the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary and the feast of Saint Michael by equal portions; and that
Thomas Wallys is the next in the Copy, which devolves on him. Thomas did fealty and was admitted tenant..
Thomas Chamberlyn the elder comes to this Court in his own person and says that Thomas Chamberlyn
the elder, Thomas Chamberlyn the younger, and George Chamberlyn will take of the lord of this manor one
cottage and a croft of one acre and three roods of arable land and meadow with the appurtenances in
Quarndon, now or late in the tenure of a certain Robert Tompson, for the term of life of the said Thomas
Chamberlyn the elder, Thomas Chamberlyn the younger and George Chamberlyn and the longest liver ; which
tenements after the death of Robert Tompson (the last in the Copy) revert to the lord of the manor. The
lord, by his Steward, grants the premises to Thomas Chamberlyn the elder, Thomas Chamberlyn the younger
and George Chamberlyn the younger for term of their lives and the longest liver.
Rendering annually to the lord 4s. 4d. at March 25th and Sept. 29th. They pay £25 for a Fine on
Entry, and Thomas Chamberlyn the elder did fealty and was admitted tenant.
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410 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 19 Charles II., A.D. 1667.
Between Anne Waybredd, widow, plaintiff, and Edward Farnham the elder, Esquire, and Isabel his wife,
and Edward Farnham the younger, Esquire, defendants of 30 acres of pasture in Woodhouse in the parish of
Barrow-on-Soar. £60.
Hilary, 19 and 20 Charles II., A.D. 1667.
Between Christopher Packe the elder, Esq., and Christopher Packe the younger, gent., plaintiffs, and
William Herricke the elder, Esq., and Elisabeth his wife, and William Herricke the younger, gent.,
defendants of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 40 acres of land, 60 of pasture, 20 of meadow and 12 of wood
in Woodhouse ; with a warranty against the heirs of Elisabeth. £120.
Between Theophilus Lilly, plaintiff, and John Whittle and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of 1 messuage,
1 garden, 2 orchards, 46 acres of land, 8 of meadow, 16 of pasture, 10 of furze and heath and Common of
pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood. #100.
Trinity, 20 Charles II., A.D. 1668.
Between Laurence Carter, gent., and William Kempe, plaintiffs, and James Sculthorpe the elder and
James Sculthorpe the younger, defendants of 34 acres of land, 4 of meadow, 5 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Quarndon. £60.
Michaelmas, 20 Charles II., A.D. 1668.
Between Walter Sloper, gent., and William Fisher, gent., plaintiffs, and Humphrey Babington, clerk,
defendant of 2 messuages, 5 cottages, 1 dovehouse, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 60 acres of land, 40 of meadow,
30 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare, Quarndon, Mountsorel]l, Woodhouse and the
Forest of Charnwood, also of the Site of the Rectory of Barrowe-on-Soare, also the Tithes of corn and hay
and the Tithes of oblations and obventions whatsoever annually arising in Barrowe-vn-Soar. £120.
Between William Leake, Esq., plaintiff, and Samuel Hebb, gent., and Isabel his wife, defendants of
1 cottage, 10 acres of land, 3 of meadow, 5 of pasture and Common of pasture in Quarne, Woodhouse and
Woodthorpe. #41.
Beaumanor Court Rolls.
Beaumanor. View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of William Heyrick, Esq., lord of the manor, held
there the gth day of January, A.D. 1668.
To this Court came James Sculthorpe the elder and Isabel his wife and surrendered into the hands of the
Jord of this manor one messuage in Quarndon and 58 acres and 3 roods of land, leyes and pasture, and
47% acres of meadow lying in a certain meadow called “ Dole Meadow ” in Quorndon and in Mountsorell ; all
which premises were lately in the tenure of the said James or his assigns, To renew to James Sculthorpe and
Isabel his wife and James Sculthorpe the younger, their son and heir apparent, for their lives and the longest
liver at the Will of the lord of this manor; Rendering therefore annually 315. of lawful English money at
‘Lady-day and Michaelmas by equal portions, also 2 cart-loads of coal at the Capital Mansion called
“¢ Beaumanor,” and James Sculthorpe gave a Fine on Entry of #35; he did fealty and was admitted tenant.
Beaumanor. View of Frankpledge held there October 2nd, A.D. 1668.
To this Court came William Chapman in his own person and declared here that Elizabeth Chapman had
‘died since the last Court, seised by Copy of Court Roll of this manor for the term of her life of one cottage 1n
Quarndon by an annual rent of 7s. 10d. payable at Lady-day and Michaelmas by equal portions, and that the
‘same William is next in the Copy; he did fealty and was admitted tenant.
Pains laid at the same Court.
Item. That the Common Way between the gate next Querndon field in the Prior Fields and the
gate at the “Towne End” be kept in sufficient repair by the Overseers of the High Way upon pain of
forfeiting 10s.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 411
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D. 1668.
This Indenture made March roth, 21 Charles II.
Between Henry Farnham of Querndon otherwise Querne in the County of Leicester, gent., Robert
Barnard of Sileby in the County aforesaid, gent., and John Fowler of Loughborough, mercer, of the one part,
And Thomas Bennett of Rearsbie in the said county, taylor, of the other part,
Witnesseth,
That the said Henry Farnham, in consideration of the sum of £80, and they the said Robert Barnard and
John Fowler, in consideration of the sum of 5s. paid to them by the said Thomas Bennett, the receipt whereof
they acknowledge,
Have granted, sold and aliened unto the same Thomas Bennett, his heirs and assigns for ever
All that cottage or tenement situate in Querndon which was heretofore demised by Thomas Farnham,
Esquire, deceased, and Frances his wife, also deceased, the father and mother of the said Henry Farnham, unto
Richard Howett and John Wheatcroft, and wherein one Anne Vickars, widow, doth now inhabit, with the yard.
to the same cottage belonging, together with all such common in all the fields of Querndon and also within the
forest of Charnwood as are belonging and have been anciently used and enjoyed with the said cottage,
And also all such several and particular parcels of arable land, ley ground, several meadow and fallow
meadow lying within the fields and territories of Querndon aforesaid, and containing by estimation 7 acres,
which were also let by Thomas and Frances Farnham unto the said Richard Howett and John Wheatcroft
with the cottage, now or late in the occupation of the said Anne Vickars,
And one rood of several meadow in the meadows of Querndon now or late in the occupation of the said
Henry Farnham,
The particulars of all which parcels of arable land, etc., are declared in a certain Terrier annexed to these
presents,
To have and to hold the cottage and the pieces of land unto the said Thomas Bennett, his heirs and:
assigns for ever.
Terrier of land sold to Thomas Bennett.
Arrable land and Ley ground.
In primis, one three rood land in the field called the ‘ Morefield ” upon a certain furlong there called
“ Fearney Furlong,” the land of Edward Farnham, Esquier, lying on the one side thereof and the land of the
said Henry Farnham on the other side.
Item, One half acre ley and one rood ley lying both together (having been lately ploughed up) upon certain
leys called ‘‘ Hunt’s Leys ” near Barrow Bridge Ford, the Jand of .... Earle lying on one side and the land of
Edward Farnham, Esquire, lying on the other side.
Several Meadow.
Item, One half acre in the More Field called and known by the name of Bayleyhadley.
Item, Two roods together in the Hither Water Tenn in the same field, being the 7th and 8th from the
lord of Barrow, the meadow ground of Humfrey Babington, clerk, lying on both sides thereof.
Item, One rood more in the same Tenns, being the r1th from Stanley, the meadow ground of Edward
Farnham, Esquire, lying on the one side and the meadow ground of the said Henry Farnham lying on the-
other side.
Ttem, Two roods together lying in the second middle Tenns from the Tithe piece in Outram Doles, being
the 1gth and 20th from Stanley, the meadow ground of Edward Farnham, Esquire, lying on the one side and
the meadow ground of Robert Hood of Mountsorell lying on the other side.
Ttem, One rood lying in the same Doles in the Nether Tenn next Barrow Mill, the 20th from the lord of
Barrow, lying one year on the one side of the stone, and the other year on the other side, with a stone in the
middle.
Fallow Meadow.
Three roods together in the... . Tenns, being the first of the Tenn from Stanley, the ground of Edward
Farnham, Esquire, lying on both sides.
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412 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Item, One rood being the 7th of the same Tenns from the lord of Barrow, the ground of James Sculthorpe
lying on one side and the ground of Peter Chaveney, gent., lying on the other side thereof.
Item, One acre together in the same Tenns, being the 4th acre from the lord of Barrow, the ground of
Edward Farnham, Esquire, lying on the one side and the land of Peter Chaveney lying on the other side
thereof.
Item, One rood and a half in the same Tenns from the lord of Barrow, the ground of James Sculthorpe
on one side and the ground of Thomas Bradshaw lying on the other side thereof.
Item, Two roods together in the same Tenns, being the 1gth and 2oth from Stanley, the ground of
William Squire lying on one side and the ground of Edward Farnham, Esquire, lying on the other side,
Item, One rood more in the same Tenns, being the rith from Stanley, the ground of Edward Farnham,
Esquire, lying on the one side and the ground of the said Henry Farnham lying on the other.
Item, One rood lying in Bretlands Tenn, being the 2oth after the lord of Barrow, the ground of the said
Henry Farnham lying on the one side and the ground of James Sculthorpe lying on the other.
Item, The Moiety or Half part of the 17th rood in every of the Four Tenns in Bretlands shifting every
year, the lands of Edward Farnham, Esquier, lying on one side and the ground of Mrs. Brinsley lying on
the other.
Nichols’ History of Leicestershire, Vol. 3, page 111. A.D. 1668.
Articles of Agreement were entered into on August 30th, 1668, between William Herrick the elder, of
Beaumanor, Esq., William Herrick the younger, his son and heir apparent, Edward Farnham the elder, Esq,,
Edward Farnham the younger, his son and heir apparent, John Morton, Esq., Daniel Earle, Esq., Anna Maria
Herrick, widow, Thomas Herrick (her son) and the several other proprietors of houses, lands, etc., in
Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves, for dividing and holding in severalty the commonable lands called
Holyrood Grounds, all parcel of the manor of Beaumanor, which customarily lay open from Holyrood-day
(Sept. 14th) to the day of the Epiphany. In these articles it is stated that Mr. Herrick then possessed the
East and West Garrett fields, the Hawkwells, the Crabtree closes, the Long meadow, the Magg meadow, the
Lane close and the Round close.
The Turvile leys, already divided into several closes, were the property of Anna Maria Herrick, Thomas
Herrick (her son), Edward Farnham, Esq., and others. The inclosure under these articles was to be made
under the direction of Thomas Hood of Bardon Park, gent., Robert Barnard of Sileby, gent., Henry Farnham
and Peter Chaveney, both of Quorndon, gents., and Robert Fowler of Loughborough, who were also appointed
trustees for the receipt of certain annuities, in proportion to each person’s interest in the commonable grounds,
in trust, to pay in the first place the four several annuities following to the owners of cottages relinquishing
their right of common: to Thomas Siddon, 8s.; Edward Oker, 6s. 8d.; Margaret Duckett, 6s. 8d. ; and
William Foulds, tos. The remainder, after defraying the necessary expenses of the trust, to be paid to such
preaching minister officiating in Woodhouse chapel, and at such time and manner, as should be appointed
under the hands and seals of William Herrick the elder, Edward Farnham the elder, John Morton, or any two
of them, or of their heirs.
In consequence of this Agreement, the following sums were settled to be paid yearly by the owners of the
Holyrood Grounds :—
William Herrick the elder, Esq., for Garrett farm and Thomas Smith’s close #2 7s.
Edward Farnham, Esq., for all his commonable lands in Woodhouse #3 155.
John Morton, Esq., for Pryor-fields and Conyclapper-leys 155.
Daniel Earle, Esq., for the High fields 125.
Anna Maria Herrick and T. Herrick, for Turvile-leys #1.
George Wilson, gent., for Hedycroft 13s.
Isaac Wilson, for his part of Turvyle-leys and a close belonging to his house 12s.
William Ludford, for the close belonging to his house 4s.
Roger Wilson, for the like 3s. John Marshall, gent., for the like 2s.
John Foulds, gent., for the like 35. Henry Somerfield, for the like 3s.
John Musson, gent., for the like 2s. Emmanuel Blackwell, for the like 2s.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 413
Edward Calladine, for the hke 3s. Adam Chettle, for the Eaves field 55.
Robert Tarlton, for the close belonging to William Page’s house 2s.
Thomas Rawlins, gent., for lands late John Barsby’s lands 6s.
John Carr, for 3 little closes belonging to his house 6s.
William Herrick, Esq., for three closes 7s.
Thomas Wilson, for land called Turvyle-leys 4s.
The aforesaid sums of money are assigned, by the feoffees in trust of the aforesaid annuity, to be collected
by the churchwardens of the chapel of Woodhouse for the time being, and by them paid out to the several
uses in the said articles declared.
N.B.—This arrangement for the improvement of the lands in question by enclosing them and abolishing the common rights seems
to have worked satisfactorily until] about the year 1719, when the Rev. Benjamin Bewicke, Vicar of Barrow, brought a Suit in the
Exchequer to enforce the payment of the sum due to the officiating minister at Woodhouse. The defence seems to have been that the
Rev. Mr. Bewicke did not always officiate himself, but kept a curate, therefore neither of them were entitled to the sums agreed upon,
which is a rather curious way of trying to shuffle out of the liability, Between the original Agreement of 1668 and 1718 some of the
lands had changed hands, for Mr. Bewicke states that Thomas Hartopp of Quorndon had purchased of Mr. Herrick the lands charged
with the annuity of £2 7s. John Carr had also sold his land to Thomas Hartopp, John Foulds and William Hall.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 21 Charles II., A.D. 1669.
Between John Morton, Esq., plaintiff, and Humphrey Stables and Elisabeth Welles, widow, and Thomas
Parker and Anne his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 cottage, 2 gardens, 18 acres of land, 10 of meadow,
10 of pasture and Common of pasture in Quarne, Barrowe-on-Soare and the Forest of Charnwood. £60.
Between Thomas Bennett and William Hollilaud, plaintiffs, and Henry Farnham and Martha his wife,
defendants of 2 cottages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 2 acres of land, 7 of meadow, 12 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Quorndon and the Forests of Leicester and Charnwood. #41.
Trinity, 21 Charles II., A.D. 1669.
Between William Goodman and William Pilkington, plaintiffs, and Henry Farneham, gent., and Martha
his wife, William Hollingsworth and Elisabeth his wife, John Hollingsworth, his son and heir apparent, and
William Hollingsworth the younger, defendants of 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 48 acres of land, 16 of
meadow, 24 of pasture and Common of pasture in Quarnedon and Salteby.
Hilary, 20 and 21 Charles II., A.D. 1669.
Between Peter Chaveney, gent., and Bartholomew Willock, gent., plaintiffs, and Edward Farnham the
elder, Esquire, and Isabel his wife, and Edward Farnham the younger, gent., his son and heir apparent,
defendants of 15 messuages, 16 cottages, 31 gardens, 31 orchards, 350 acres of land, 60 of meadow, 200 of
pasture, 40 of wood, 100 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Quarndon, Barrow-on-Soar,
Mountsorell, Rothley, Rushall, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves and the Forest of Charnwood. £600.
N.B.—This was levied on the Settlement of the Over-hall estate on the marriage of Edward Farnham the younger with Mary
Chaveney.
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumanor. View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of William Heyrick, Esqr., lord of the manor, held
there 26th January, A.D. 1669.
To this Court came William Stevenson and Surrendered one cottage and a parcel of meadow called
“Spencer Karre” and 24 acres of land in Quarnedon, late in the tenure or occupation of the same William,
with the hope and intention that the lord of the manor shall renew the grant to William Stevenson and Marie
his wife and the longer liver according to the custom of the manor at the will of the lord; rendering therefore
to the lord of the manor annually 4s. 2d. at the feasts of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary and Saint
Michael by equal portions and all the right and accustomed services. They paid a Fine of £14 on Entry and
were admitted tenants.
To the same Court came Elizabeth Brandon, widow, and Walter Brandon, in their own persons, and
Surrendered into the hands of the lord of the manor. by his Steward according to the custom of the manor one
cottage in Quarndon in the tenure or occupation of the said Elizabeth, with the hope and intention that the lord
414 QUORNDON RECORDS.
of the manor will grant the said cottage to hold to the said Elizabeth and Walter and a certain Jane Brandon
the daughter of the said Elizabeth, for the term of their lives and the longer liver as named in the Copy at the
Will of the lord according to the custom of the manor ;
Rendering annually to the lord of the manor (for the time being) 16d. at the feasts of the Annunciation
of the Blessed Mary and Saint Michael by equal portions and rendering all the right and accustomed services,
And Elizabeth, Walter and Jane give to the lord of the manor for a Fine on Entry £3; Elizabeth did
fealty and was admitted Tenant.
Leicester Probate Court. A.D. 1669.
A true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Cattle of Edward Farnham, late
of Quorndon, in the parish of Barrow-on-Soar in the county of Leicester, gentleman, deceased.
Taken and Prized by Matthew Middleton and Thomas Bradshaw the 28th day of April, A.D. 1669, as
followeth, viz. :—
hos. d.
In primis. His Purse and Apparell : : F . : ‘ . - - 00
In the Hall.
Item, Two tables, two chairs, three forms, a little Skrene . ; : »- T0000
In the Parlour.
Item, Two tables, a Livery Cupboard, three Chaires, Six Stooles, Fireirons in
the Chimney, a Couch Chaire, Nine Cushions, Carpitts and other Lumber 5 3 4
Item, A Library of Bookes . : . . . ‘ : : : - 200
In the Nursery.
Item, One Table, one Cupboard, three Chests, Twelve Chaire frames, six
Shelves, with some other Lumber . ; é ‘ ; : i sO 8
In the Chamber over the Hall.
Item, three Bedds with furniture to them, one Presse, one Chest, two Trunkes,
three Chaires, foure Stooles, three Boxes, with a Livery Table, two Silver
Boles, a Silver Tunn, a double gilt Salt, a dozen of Silver Spoons and a
plain Salt. ‘ ‘ ‘ i : : . F ‘ : » 40 0 0
In the Chamber over the Parlour.
Item, one Bed with furniture, one Table with a Livery Cupboard, one Chest
and a Trunke, seven Stooles, six Cushions, fireirons and a paire of Bellowes
and other Lumber . : ‘ ‘ ‘ : ' ‘ ; : . 10 0 0
Item, Ten Table Clothes, eight dozen of Napkins, tweive paires of flaxen sheets,
eighteene paire of other sheets, two more coarse table Clothes, ten Towels,
foure short Towells, foure Wallits, ten paire of pillow Beeres and foure
Cupboard Clothes . é . : : : ‘ ‘ : a7 6 8
Item, betweene the doores, one deske, one Coffer with some Glasses and some
Trenchers ‘ . ; . : 5 j ‘ A . . . FT 00
In the Chamber over the Nursery.
Item, one Bed with furniture to it, a Trunke, a Chest, three Chaires, a Table,
a Presse, two Stooles, with other Lumber ' ‘ i : : - 5 090
In the Chamber over the Buttery.
Item, one Bed with furniture and an empty bed, one Table, a Deske and two
Stooles . ‘ : : . : : ; : i : : we 0
In the Chamber over the Gatehouse.
Item, two Bedds with furniture, one Livery Cupboard, a Table, two Stooles and
a Chaire, with other Lumber . . : - - 5 ‘ ‘ » § 0 0
Item, At the Stairhead, one Bed with furniture, one Chest and a Coffer
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QUORNDON RECORDS. 415
£ s a
In the Chamber over the Dairy.
Item, one Bedstead and a Table, with other Lumber ‘ ; : ; 10 oO
Item, Thirty Pewter dishes, Foure Plates, six smal] plates, three Bases, foure
Flagons, eight Porringers, foure sallett dishes and two saucers . ‘ - 5 0 0
. In the Dairy.
Item, one Cupboard, five formes, eight shelves, one Powdring Trough, one
Powdring Tubb, foure Pailes, foure Boles, eighteene Potts and Panchins,
ten cheese Fatts, a Cheeseboard, one Churne, with other Lumber. . I 10 0
Item, Within the Space, one Cheese Presse, one....andoneforme : 6 8
In the Kitchin.
Item, one Dresser, one Table, three formes, two Settles, three Chaires, three
Stooles, five brass Potts, fifteen brasse Pans, a handiron, a Spitterne, a
paire of Tongs, with all the rest of the Irons, two Dripping Pans, six Spits
and Cobbards and other Lumber. s ‘ : ‘ ‘ : - 13: 6 8
In the Larder.
Item, one Safe, a Table, two forms and other Lumber . ‘ ‘i . ‘ 10 Oo
In the Brewhouse.
Item, one Copper, five Tubbs, two Kimmells and other Lumber. ; - 5 0 0
In the Buttery.
Item, one Safe, two tables, a glasscase, foure Hogsheads and three Barrills . 1 6 8
In the Stable.
Item, one Bay Coult . ‘ . ‘ 4 . : : , : - 100.0
In the Carter’s Stable.
Item, one Gelding, one Mare and foal and one yearling Coult . : ; 20 5 0
Item, three Carts, three Harrows, two Plowes, a fold of Fleakes, three Shepe
Cribbs, six beast Cratches and two Leathers . ‘ i 5 5 . 810 0
Item, Twelve Swine : ‘ i ‘ ‘ ‘ . : : : . 60.0
In the Barne and Hovels and Chambers.
Item, the Corne therein with the Hay and other necessaries for winding . - 15 0 0
Item, fifteene couple of Ewes and Lambes and fifteene barren shepe. ‘ . 710 0
In the Field towards Mountsorell.
Item, Nine acres and a half of Winter Corne and Eleven acres of Barley . - 40 0 0
Item, In the Morefield, Pease, Oates and Rye, 20 acres . . : : - 13 6 8
Item, For Manure in the Yard , _ ” ‘ ‘ é ; : - «110 0
Item, Other Things unseene and forgotten . : : lee
Summa Totalis . £252 11 11
Beaumanor Court Roll.
Beaumanor. View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of William Herrick, Esq., held there 1st day of
October, A.D. 1669.
The Jury present that Edward Farnham, Esquier, had died since the last Court, seised in his demesne as
of fee of and in one Capital Messuage with the appurtenances called “‘ The Over Hall” in Quarndon, within
the manor of Beaumanor.
And also of and in one cottage, 80 acres of land, 4o acres of pasture and 8 acres of meadow and 40 acres
of wood with the appurtenances in Quarndon, within this manor.
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And also of and in certain closes of arable land and pasture with the appurtenances in Woodhouse
within this said manor called “ The Manor of Rushall.”
And of and in two closes of pasture with the appurtenances in Woodhouse within this manor called
‘* Thorney Closes.”
And further they say that the Capital Messuage called “The Over Hall” and the aforesaid cottage and
lands are held of the lord of this manor by Fealty, Suit of Court, and an annual rent of a Crown of Red Roses
in English called “A Rose Garland,” One head of a barbed arrow, and Two Rosebuds at the Feast of the
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist annually.
And further the Jury say that the two closes of pasture called “Thorney Closes” are held of the lord of
this manor by Fealty and Suit of Court and an annual Rent of 11s. at the feasts of Saint Michael the
Archangel and the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary by equal portions.
And further they say that Edward Farnham, Esquier, is the son and next heir of the said Edward
Farnham, deceased.
And further the Jury say that the said Edward Farnham, Esquier, a Customary Tenant holding of the
lord of this manor, being the last in the Copy, bad died since the last Court, seised for the term of his life of
and in a piece of land in Quarndon, formerly called “The Mildam,” and waste ground of a Mill there
pertaining and now called by the name of “The Hall Carr” and containing by estimation one acre (or
thereabouts) held of the lord of this manor by Copy of Court Roll according to the custom of this manor;
Rendering annually 6d. to the Jord of this manor at the feasts of St. Michael and the Annunciation of Blessed
Mary by equal portions, and by all other right and accustomed services; which piece of land by the decease
of the said Edward Farnham reverts into the hands of the lord of this manor.
And further the Jury say that William Steevenson, a Customary Tenant of this manor, died since the last
Court, seised of one cottage in Quarnedon within this manor, held of the lord of this manor by Copy of Court
Roll, according to the custom of this manor, by an annual rent of 4s. 2d.
And that William Steevenson is the son and next in the Copy. He did fealty and was admitted tenant.
N.B.—The manor of Rushall in 1574 was found to be held of the Earl of Huntingdon in the Inquisition taken in that year after the
death of Thomas Farnham of the Over Hall, and it was probably inaccurate to say that the manor was now held of Mr. Herrick; the
Manor Courts were falling to decay at this time and the proceedings were becoming very perfunctory.
Leicester Probate Court.
Administration of the goods and chattels of Peter Chaveney, late of Quorndon, was granted to Humphrey
Chaveney and Edward Farnhain, June 4, 1670.
Humphrey Chaveney is described as the lawful son of Peter Chaveney.
The Inventory dated 18th of May 1670.
s. d.
One mare, bridle and saddle, wearing apparel and money in his purse. : a loo)
Ready money in the house. : : ‘ ‘ : : ‘ : . 23:15 6
In the Hall.
One long table, one little table, one cupboard, A clock, two forms, two chairs,
six cushions, one handiron, and other odd things. ; : ‘ .- 200
In the Great Parlour.
One long table, one round table, one livery cubbord, 6 chairs, 4 stools,
24 cushions, handiron, etc. . i ; : : : : ; - 43 4
In the Studdy within the said Parlour.
Books and other things . , : F ‘ ; : ; . ; >» ¥ 6 3
In the Little Parlour.
One table, one chest, a little cubbord, a looking glass, 2 chairs, a handiron
and other odd things % ‘ é ; : ; F . F - 213 4
In the Kitchen.
One table, 2 skreenes, 2 chairs, 2 stools, 2 forms, handiron, fireshovell, tongs,
dishes and spoons, etc. . : , ‘ ‘ , ‘ ‘ . » 2290 4
QUORNDON RECORDS. 417
In the Buttery.
Two hogsheads, 5 barrells, 6 glass bottles, 6 Bostern bottles, a powdering tubb,
a safe, 4 shelves, earthern pott and other odd things . F : »- 3 6 8
In the Chamber over the Great Parlor.
One bedd with furniture, one cubbord, 2 chairs, 2 stools, one little table, one
trunk, a handiron, a pair of bellows, a looking glass, etc. F ; . 5 00
In the Chamber over the Hall.
One bed with furniture, 2 chests, 2 trunks, 2 chairs, 2 stools, one little deske,
one presse, etc. : ‘ . 3 . , . : : : . 513 4
In the Chamber over the Little Parlour.
One bed with furniture, 2 chests, one chair, one stool ; P : 2 « 3-0-6
In the Chamber over the Kitchen.
Two beds with furniture, 2 coffers, 1 chair, 1 table standing on tressels,
8 flitches of bacon, and some other odd things : : ; , e 2 oo
In the Store Chamber.
18 dishes of Pewter, 6 porringers, 2 salts, one great Flagon, one pewter
tankard, 6 plates, a brass Chafing dish, a brass candelstick, 3 bowls,
2 tubs, 6 cheese fatts, a cheese cratch, shelves, some earthen pots, some
flaxen yarn, 2 flitches of beef, some flower tubs, a pair of Scales and
weights, etc. ‘ 3 . 613 4
In the Brewhouse . P ; ; ‘ . : ; : ; : » § 0 8
In the Dairy ‘ ‘ : To 0
In the garden 5 hives of bees ? : : ‘ : ‘ ; ‘ - I 00
All Linen. : ‘ . ‘ ‘ ; : ‘ : ; ‘ - 10 0 0
Eight 3 yr olds and heifers. ‘ ‘ ‘ . . : : : - 18 0 0
Twelve cows and a Bull : ; ‘ ‘ : : ; : . - 33 6 8
Three bullocks ‘ . ; 5 i ; ‘ : : ‘ : ~ 220: 26
Ten yearling calves ‘ ‘ ‘ : : ; ‘ : x . . 10 0 0
Three 2 yr heifers . ; : F : 5 0 0
One hundred and twenty field Sheep , : : ‘ i , ‘ » OF 6 6
Things to Husbandry. ‘ ‘ ‘ : ‘ : . : ‘ - 40 0 0
Malt. : ‘ : : ‘ 5 ‘ : ' . : . 8 0 o
Debts due to the deceased : : ; ' about 56 0 Oo
The Total Inventory works out at £383 8s. rod.
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D, 1670.
This Indenture made 13th of March in the 23rd year of the reign of King Charles the second,
Between Henry Farnham of Querndon in the County of Leicester, Esq., of the one part,
And Edward Tacy of Querndon alias Querne aforesaid, yeoman, of the other part,
Witnesseth,
That the said Henry Farnham in consideration of the rents and covenants hereafter in these presents:
mentioned and for divers other good causes and considerations him moving
Hath demised, set to farm and let unto the said Edward Tacy
One messuage situate in Querndon and all those particular leys, lands, Roods and half roods of land:
mentioned in a Terrier or Schedule to these presents annexed, and the several and fallow meadows thereto
belonging with common of pasture,
To have and to hold the messuage and pieces of land, etc., unto the said, Edward Tacy, his executors and-
4ssiens from March 25th, 1668, last past until the full end and term of 21 years,
Yielding and paying therefore yearly and every year during the continuance of this present demise unto:
the said Henry Farnham, his heirs and assigns, the Rent or sum of £11 in 2 entire payments in the year, viz.,
at Michaelmas and Lady Day, by even and equal portions at the now dwelling house of the said Henry
Farnham in Querndon,
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418 QUORNDON RECORDS.
And also bringing and delivering at the Mansion house of the said Henry Farnham each year 2 loads of
coals, the said Henry Farnham to pay for the coals only,
With a clause of Re-entry for non-payment of the Rent or non delivery of the coals.
Edward Tacy covenants to keep the premises in good and sufficient repair at his own cost.
A Terrar or schedule to these presents.
One half acre lying on Church Hill between the ground of Raph Allen and Richards Stables,
One Rood shuting on Dusmoore between the ground of John Chapman and Matthew Middleton,
One half acre lying on Saltgate between the ground of Daniell Earle and Edward Farnham, Esquire.
One half acre lying on Nether Stone croft between the ground of Matthew Middleton and Daniell Earle.
One half acre lying on Nether Stone croft, the ground of John Middleton lying on both sides.
One acre and a half at Humfrey Stables’ close and between the ground of Humfrey Chaveney, gent., and
Edward Farnham, Esquire.
One other Rood on the same Shute between the ground of Edward Farnham, Esquier, and Humfrey
Stables. ;
One Rood lying under the Windmill shuting into Barrow way between the ground of Daniel Earle and
John Middleton.
One Rood lying on Short Bretlands between the ground of Richard Greasley and Humfrey Chaveney, gent.
One half acre lying on Blackbutt leys between the ground of Widow Locker and Robert Theobalds.
Twelve Roods of fallowe meadow in the Hither Calver meadow formerly in the occupation of Richard
Hutchinson.
Three Roods on the Shermoore Jeys between the ground of William Tacy and Widowe Harris.
Two half acres in Great Ferney Furlong between the ground of Thomas Bradshaw and Thomas
Chapman.
Three Roods on Great Ferney Furlong between the ground of Farnham Fewkes and William Chapman.
Two half acres more in Barrow way between the ground of William Page and John Middleton.
One half acre more shuting into the Moore lane between the ground of Richard Greasley and Daniel
Earle.
One half acre at the Hither end of Barrow bridge furlong between the ground of... .
Three Roods more abutting upon Chantrey Close between the ground of Humfrey Stables and the
Common Baulk.
Two Roods of Several meadow on Blowpool leys between the ground of Daniel Earle and John
Chapman.
Seven Roods of Several meadow in the Nether Water Tenns formerly in the occupation of Richard
Hutchinson.
Three Roods in the Hither Water Tenn, One Rood and a half thereof parting with Constant Waitson,
widow, One half Rood thereof parting with the said Constant Waitson, the other Rood thereof formerly in the
occupation of Richard Hutchinson.
One half acre of Several meadow lying on Gosseikles hill next the river.
Arrable lands, leys and meadow ground in the West Field. One half acre lying in Willowe croft between
the ground of Edward Farnham, Esquire, and Mr. Morton.
Two Roods on Plumtree hill, the ground heretofore of John Chapman lying on both sides.
One half acre on Garbroads, the land formerly of Bosworth land on one side and James Sculthorpe on the
Other.
One Rood more on Garbroods between the grourid of Robert Theobalds and Lawrence Stables.
One half Rood in the Nether Tenn in Poulton brook meadow, being a parting piece with Constant Wait-
son, widow.
One half acre on Fox holes between the ground of Edward Farnham, Esquire, and William Tacy.
Two half acres shuting into Swannes hadland between the ground of Edward Farnham, Esquire, and
Humfrey Chaveney.
One Rood on Plumtree hill between the ground of Theophilus Crampe and William Tacy.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 41g
One half acre more, the cross shute by the brook between the ground of Humfrey Stables and Mr. Morton.
One half acre by the brook and shuting upon Stevenson’s Carre, William Tacy on one side and the
brook on the other.
Two Roods shuting on Stevenson’s Carr between the ground of Mr. Morton and William Tacy.
One Rood on the middle furlong between the ground of Laurence Stables and Humfrey Chaveney, gent.
One Rood from Prior field hedge between the ground of William Allen and Thomas Chapman.
One Rood on Rigsty leys furlong, the ground of Edward Farnham, Esqr., lying on both sides,
One Rood more on Rigsty leys, the ground of William Tacy on one side and Robert Theobalds on the
other.
One Rood shuting on the Town, the ground of Edward Sculthorpe on the one side and William Tacy on
the other.
Arrable lands, leys and meadow ground in the South Field.
One half acre lying next The Ling, a hadland in the Corner.
One half acre under Blood next John Morton and John Chapman.
One rood on the same furlong between the ground of Layrence Stables and Humfrey Stables.
One Rood on Beggerwell, the ground of James Sculthorpe lying on both sides.
One Rood at Pickard’s hadland between the ground of Thomas Bradshaw and John Chapman.
Three Roods shuting on Rucklewood gate lying between the ground of Richard Greasley and James:
Sculthorpe.
One half acre shuting over Castlowway between Constant Waitson and Will Allen,
Two Roods shuting on Humfrey Chaveney’s close next the ground of Richard Greasley and Humfrey
Chaveney.
One acre hooke at Mountsorell Town end next the ground of Joane Thorneton, widow, and Ralph Smalley.
One Rood on the furlong shuting towards Mountsorell between the ground of James Sculthorpe and
William Allen.
One Rood shuting on Mr. Edward Farnham’s hadland between the ground of Humfrey Chaveney and
Thomas Chapman.
One other Rood on the same shute between the ground of William Tacy and John Jarratt.
One half acre shuting towards Castlelow next the ground of Robert Theobalds and butts on the other side.
One other half acre on the same shute, the ground of John Middleton on both sides.
One Rood at Brinks between the ground of Thomas Chapman and George Simpson.
Three Roods at Mr. Edward Farnham’s yard end called the Hall Ley Close.
Six Roods of Several meadow in the first and second Tenns in Green holme, late in the tenure of Richard
Hutchinson.
One Rood of Several meadow lying in the Rushee hadlandinge on the Town’s piece on one side and
Daniel Earle on the other.
One half acre of Several meadow shuting on Bull Acre between the ground of Dorothy Allen, widow, and
William Chapman.
Every land and ley in all the said fields to have the hades and balks belonging unto them according to the
usage and customs of the field of Querndon alias Querne within said.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Hilary, 21 Charles II., A.D. 1670.
Between Peter Chaveney, gent., plaintiff, and Edward Farnham, gent., and Mary his wife, defendants of
40 acres of pasture in Quarne alias Quarnedon in the parish of Barrow-on-Soar. £80.
Between Francis Brookesby, plaintiff, and Samuel Gorson and Mary his wife and Isaac Gorson and
Martha his wife, defendants of 4 acres of land, 4 of meadow and 4 of pasture in Quarnedon. £60.
Michaelmas, 23 Charles II., A.D. 1671.
Between John Foulds, Joseph Chapman and Humphrey Chapman, plaintiffs, and George Musson and
Martha his wife, John Musson, George Wilson and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 2 cottages,
HH H 2
420 QUORNDON RECORDS.
2 gardens, 2 orchards, 2 acres of land, 2 of meadow, 6 of pasture, 4 of furze and heath and Common of pasture
in Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves, Barrow and the Forest of Charnwood. #60.
Between Henry Rayson, gent., and George Rayson, gent., plaintiffs, and Michael Midleton the elder
Michael Midleton the younger, William Squyer and Elisabeth his wife and John Beveridge, clerk, and Elisa.
beth his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 cottage, 2 barns, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 30 acres of land, 8 of
meadow, 14 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare, Quarnedon, Woodhouse and Charnwood
Forest, also of the advowson of the Vicarage of the Church of Barrowe-on-Soare. £60.
Beaumanor Court Rolls.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of William Heyrick, Esq., lord of the manor held there
the 30th day of April 1672.
The Jury say on oath that Lucy, countess of Huntingdon; Edward Farnham, Esq. ; Henry
Farnham, gent.; Humphrey Babington, $.T.D.; George Morton; Anna Maria Herrick; Humphrey
Chaveney, gent. ; Matthew Noble, gent.; John Hutchinson, gent.; Anna Hill, widow; and many others
(named) owe Suit to this Court and made default.
Alice Bosse surrenders a cottage in Querndon and a croft adjoining the cottage, containing half an
acre and a tenement on Querndon late in the tenure of Thomas Teate to renew to the use of Alice Bosse
and Anne Bosse her daughter for lives and the longer liver at the Will of the lord; they give £8 for
a Fine on Entry and are admitted tenants.
Beaumanor.—View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of William Heyrick, Esq., lord of the manor, held there
the 7th day of October 1672, before Antony Maior, steward.
The Inquisition.—William Page. William Bennett. Stephen Bradshaw.
Thomas Smyth. Theophilus Crampe. Robert Browyn.
William Poulson. Edmund Reynolds. Thomas Chapman.
William Chapman. Thomas Bennett. William Healey.
Thomas Chamberlyne. Thomas Baker. Richard Boley.
Who present that Theophilus, earl of Huntingdon; Humphrey Babington, clerk; George Morton;
Anna Maria Heyrick; John Caunt, gent.; John Hutchinson, gent.; John Marshall; Ralph Smalley,
jun.; Elizabeth Danvers, widow; Dorothy Lankashire; John Eliott; .... Gutteridge, widow ; and
many others (named) owe Suit to this Court, etc.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Trinity, 25 Charles II., A.D. 1673.
Between Robert Perkyns, plaintiff, and Henry Farnham, gent., and Martha his wife, defendants ot
I messuage, I cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 6 acres of land, 7 of meadow, 5 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Quarndon and the Forest of Charnwood. £60.
Michaelmas, 26 Charles II., A.D. 1674.
Between Thomas Burton and Mary his wife and Thomas Raffin, plaintiffs, and Edward Farnham,
Esquire, and Mary his wife, James Meysher and Elisabeth his wife, Samuel Hoole and Aune his wife, Bryan
Knight and Dorothy his wife and Loddington Pelsant and Sara his wife, defendants of 3 messuages, 3 gardens,
3 orchards, and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare and Querndon.
Trinity, 28 Charles II., A.D. 1676,
Between William Penford, gent., and Matthew Simons, gent., plaintiffs, and Thomas Crutchley and Ann
bis wife, John Jarratt and Elisabeth bis wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 2 cottages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards,
6o.acres of land, 13 of meadow, 10 of pasture and Common of pasture in Mountsorell, Rothley, Barrowe-on-
Soare, Quarndon, Rothley plaine, the Forest of Charnwood, and of the tithes of corn, wool, etc., arising from
5 acres of land and 5 acres of meadow in Rothley. #120.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 421
Michaelmas, 28 Charles II., A.D. 1676.
Between Thomas Jarrott, Michael Paggett, Peter Belton and Richard Normanton, plaintiffs, and William
Palmer, Esq., Edward Farnham, Esq., and Mary his wife, William Allen and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of
4cottages, 4 gardens, 4 orchards, 3 acres of land, 3 of meadow and 2 of pasture in Rothley, Mountsorell,
Rothley plaine and Charnwood forest. £60.
The same date.
Between Edward Ferrar, gent., plaintiff, and Ralph Smalley, gent., defendant of 4 messuages, 1 cottage,
1 dovehouse, 5 gardens, 5 orchards, 70 acres of land, 50 of meadow, r4o of pasture, 38 of furze and beath and
Common of pasture in the Borough of Leicester, Mountsorell, Barrow-on-Soar, Quarndon, Woodhouse,
Rothley, Swithland, Thurneby, Bushby, Markfield and the forest of Charnwood. £200.
Hilary, 29 and 30 Charles II., A.D. 1677.
Between Henry Austen, Edward Thornton, Francis Glover and William Perkins, plaintiffs, and Edward
Farnham, Esq., and Mary his wife, Richard Griesley and Edward Hubbert and Rebecca his wife, defendants of
I messuage, 5 cottages, 10 acres of land, 8 of meadow and Common of pasture in Querndon, Barrow, Mount-
sorell, Rothley and Charley. With a Warranty against the heirs of Mary. £100.
Easter, 29 Charles II., A.D. 1677.
Between Thomas Storer, plaintiff, and John Tompson, Theophilus Tompson, George Tompson and Jane
Tompson, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 36 acres of land, 4 of meadow, Io of pasture, 10 of
furze and heath and Common of pasture in Barrow-on-Soar and the forest of Charnwood. £100.
Michaelmas, 29 Charles II., A.D. 1677.
Between Henry Rayson, gent., plaintiff, and Michael Middleton and Mary his wife, defendants of
1 messuage, 3 barns, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 28 acres of land, 1 of meadow, 2 of pasture, 10 of furze and
heath and Common of pasture in Barrow-on-Soar and Charnwood Forest. £60.
Trinity, 31 Charles II., A.D. 1679.
Between William Judson and Robert Scampton, plaintiffs, and Henry Bosse, defendant of 1 messuage,
30 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 40 of pasture and Common of pasture in Woodthorp, Quarndon, Barrow-on-
Soar, Loughborough and Charnwood Forest. £100.
Between Christopher Packe the younger, Esq., plaintiff, and William Herricke the elder, Esq., and William
Herricke the younger, Esq., defendants of 2 messuages, I garden, 1 dovehouse, Io acres of land, 20 of meadow,
go of pasture and Common of pasture in Woodthorp and Charnwood Forest. £160.
Easter, 31 Charles II., A.D. 1679.
Between William Dyer and Sara his wife and Bowett Sturrup, plaintiffs, and Edward Calladine the elder
and Elisabeth his wife, Edward Calladine the younger and Mary his wife, Joseph Rockless and Jonathan
Rockless and Sara his wife, defendants of 2 messuages, I cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 3 acres of land, 2 of
meadow, 4 of pasture and Common of pasture in Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborrow and the Forest OF atte
wood. £60.
Michaelmas, 31 Charles II., A.D. 1679.
Between Thomas Crutchley, John Jarratt, Robert Hood, Henry Stynes, Thomas Chapman and William
Parnham, plaintiffs, and Richard Wiseman and Judith his wife, Thomas Wileman, Henry Farnham and
Martha his wife, defendants of 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 40 acres of land, 20 of ineadow and G6/ak
pasture in Thurleston, Normanton Turvill, Quarndon and the Forests of Leicester and Charnwood. £100.
422 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D. 1679.
This Indenture made the 5th day of July, 31 Charles IT.,
Between Henry Farnham of Quarne alias Quarndon in the county of Leicester, gent., and Martha his
wife of the one part, and Thomas Chapman of Quarndon, yeoman, of the other part, witnesseth,
That the said Henry Farnham and Martha, in consideration of the sum of £400 to them by the said
Thomas Chapman paid, have granted, sold and aliened unto the said Thomas Chapman, his heirs and assigns:
for ever,
All that messuage, farmhouse or tenement situated in Quarndon with the close or backside thereunto:
adjoining, now or late in the tenure of Thomas Locker, and also all those several pieces and parcels of arable
land, meadow and pasture lying and being in the fields, liberties and precincts of Quarndon, containing by
estimation 48 acres or thereabouts, now or heretofore in the occupation of William Chapman.
N.B.—This house is probably the house in High Street now occupied as a farmhouse by Mr. Pepper, at one time used as the Home
Farm to Quorn House. The property seems to have passed from the Chapmans to the Alleynes. The Rev. Thomas Alleyne left it to
his cousin Elisabeth Woodhouse, who married on February 26th, 1763, the Rev. Richard Gifford. He died in 1807, and in 1858 all the
property of the Giffords in Quorndon was purchased by Edward Basil Farnham from the representative of the late Miss Euphemia
Gifford. Besides the house in High Street and a cottage, the property included 46 acres of land, chiefly in the Outerholme meadow.
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D. 1679.
This indenture made 22nd day of October,
Between Henry Farnham of Quarndon alias Quarn in the County of Leicester, gentleman, and Martha
his wife on the one part
And William Parneham of Quarndon aforesaid, dishmaker, of the other part,
Witnesseth, that the said Henry and Martha Farnham, in consideration of £91 of lawful money of
England to them in hand paid by the said William Parneham at or before the ensealing of these presents, the
receipt of which they hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained and sold unto the said William Parneham,
his heirs and assigns for ever
All that messuage situate in Quarndon, now or late in the occupation of the said William Parneham,
And also all those 6 acres 34 roods of land, meadow and pasture lying dispersedly in the fields and liberties
of Quarndon, viz.,
In the Moore Field.
1 acre of several meadow at High Thorn between Humfrey Chaveney, gent., and George Sympson.
1 rood of the Nether Furlong of High Thorn next unto George Morton.
4 acre at the Higher end of Barrow Bridge Furlong, the land of James Sculthorpe on the one side and
the land of Thomas Bradshaw on the other side.
4 acre in the same furlong, the land of James Sculthorpe on both sides.
1 acre on the same furlong, the land of Edward Farnham, Esq., on the one side and the land of James
Sculthorpe on the other side.
1 rood on the Nether end of Long Lands between the land of Daniel Earl, Esq., and . . . . Coppin, Esq.
1 rood ley on the Black Butt Leys between the Dole meadow and the land of . . . . Coppin, Esq.
1 rood ley on the same furlong between the land of... . Coppin, Esq., and Matthew Middleton.
4 acre ley more on the same furlong between the land of Matthew Middleton and the land of Edward
Tacy.
4 rood of fallow meadow on Stone Croft Tenns, parting with Thomas Bradshaw.
1 rood more in the same Tenns between the Jand of Edward Farnham, Esq., and the land of James
Sculthorpe.
1 rood more on the same Tenns between the land of Edward Farnham, Esq., and William Allen.
1 rood of arable land on the Nether Stone Croft between the land of Thomas Chapman and James
Sculthorpe.
1 rood more of arable land in the Nether Stone Croft between the land of Robert Greenwood and Widow
Stables.
2 roods of arable land lying and being in the Westfield “ near Willow Nooke,” William Allen’s headland
at the one end, and Humphrey Chaveney his two rood lands at the other end.
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}acre at House Hill Leys in the South Field between the and of Humphrey Chaveney and William
Allen.
} acre on Dry Furlong at House Hill between the land of Thomas Bradshaw and Hugh Coates.
Also all those several pieces of arable land, meadow and pasture, containing one acre and a half, lying and
being in the fields of Quarndon near to Mountsorel] stepping stones abutting on Glover’s Pingle, now or
late in the occupation of the said Henry Farnham.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 32 Charles II., A.D. 1680.
Between William Maior, gent., plaintiff, and William Heiricke the elder, Esq., and William Heiricke the
younger, Esq., defendants of the Manor of Beaumanor and of 40 messuages, 20 cottages, 1 watermill, 2 dove-
houses, 60 gardens, 60 orchards, 300 acres of land, 200 of meadow, 800 of pasture, 150 of wood, 150 of furze
and heath and Common of pasture in Beaumanor, W oodthorpe, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves, Searles-
thorpe, Earlsthorpe, Barrowe-on-Soare, Quarndon, Mountsorell, Loughborrow, and the Forest of Charnwood
in the parishes of Loughborrow and Barrowe-on-Soare, also Free Fishing in the water of Soare and of Free
Warren within Beaumanor, Woodthorpe, etc.; also all kinds of tithes annually arising in Quarndon, Wood-
house, and the parish of Barrow-on-Soare.
Hilary, 32 and 33 Charles II., A.D. 1680.
Between Samuel Shallcrosse, gent., plaintiff, and John Earle, gent., and Joseph Earle, gent., defendants
of I messuage, 2 cottages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 70 acres of land, 24 of meadow, 60 of pasture and Common
of pasture in Quarndon, Woodhouse, Mountsorell and the Forest of Charnwood. £160.
Easter, 33 Charles II., A.D. 1681.
Between William Fox and Joseph Hardy and Anne his wife, plaintiffs, and Michael Middleton and Mary
his wife and Thomas Marshall, defendants of 10 acres of land, 8 of meadow, 26 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare and Burton on the woulds. £60.
Michaelmas, 33 Charles II., A.D. 1681.
Between Stephen Edwin and Robert Edwin, plaintiffs,and William Squire and Elisabeth his wife, defendants
of 1 messuage, I cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 70 acres of land, 20 of meadow, 10 of pasture, 20 of furze and
heath and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare. £120.
Exchequer Bills and Answers, 127—435, Leicester. Easter, A.D. 1681.
To the right hon. Sir John Ernle, kt., Chancellor and Undertreasurer of his Majesty’s Court of
Exchequer at Westminster, and William Montagu, Lord Chief Baron of the same Court, and to the rest of
the Barons there.
Humbly complaining sheweth unto your Honors your daily orator John Herrick of the Outwoods in the
parish of Loughborough, co. Leicester, gent., and Thomas Wood of Woodhouse, co. Leicester, gent., debtors
and accomptants to his Majesty as by the Records of this Court may appear.
That, whereas your said orators now are, and for 12 years last past have been, farmers at a great yearly
rent of the tithes of corn, grain, hay, wool, lambs and all other tithes, oblations, etc., arising or payable out of
the messuages, houses, lands, etc., hereafter mentioned within the towns and territories of Quarndon,
Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves in the parish of Barrow-on-Soar, co. Leicester, and within that part of
Charnwood Forest which lies within the parish of Barrow.
And your orators further shew unto your honors that in Woodhouse there is a close called “ The New
Close,” the occupiers whereof for the time being, time out of mind, have paid to the proprietors of the tithe
a yearly rate of 2s. in the £ in lieu of tithes in kind of the same close.
And that Humphrey Chaveney of Quarndon, gent., in the years 1675—1680 occupied the said close.
And that in Woodhouse there is another close called “ Bartley Carre,” which has paid a yearly rate of
4s. in the € in lieu of tithes in kind of the same close, and that Humphrey Chaveney occupied the said close
from 1677—1680, the value being 30s. yearly, on which the tithe came to 3s. yearly.
424 QUORNDON RECORDS.
And that the possessors and occupiers of dwelling-houses in Quarndon, Woodhouse and Woodhouse
Eaves time out of mind have paid to the proprietors of the tithes 2d. yearly for each respective dwellinghouse :.
and all who have kept any milch cows in the territories of Quarndon and that part of Charnwood Forest wifi
Barrow parish have paid to the proprietors of the said tithes a rate tithe of 14d. apiece for every such cow in
lieu of the tithe calves and milk of such cows.
And that the said Humphrey Chaveney in every of the years 16751680 ought to have paid unto your
orators in each year 3d. for his Easter Offering in respect of his dwellinghouse in Quarndon and 4s. 6d. in each
of the said years for 20 cows kept by him in the lordship of Quarndon.
And that about Michaelmas last Edward Farnham, late of Quarndon, gent., departed this life possessed
of a personal estate exceeding £50, whereby Mary Farnham, his relict and executrix, ought to pay to your
orators 10s. for a Mortuary for the said Edward Farnham, and that the said Mary Farnham in the year 1680-
kept within the lordship of Quarndon 16 acres, for which she ought to pay to your orators 2s., and for her
house for the same year 2d. and for her last Easter Offering 6d.
And that one William Stables of Woodhouse Eaves, yeoman, in the years 1670, 1673, 1674 kept within
Charnwood Forest in the Barrow parish 20 geese, which in each of the said years had To young ones apiece,
the tithe whereof, in value 1os., ought to have been paid to your orators.
And that the said William Stables in 1675 kept in two closes called “ Turveyle Leys ” and in other closes.
in Woodhouse and that part of Charnwood Forest 40 sheep and had 20 lambs that year, the tithe wool of
which sheep was worth 4s. and the tithe of the lambs 5s.
And that the said Wilham Stables in 1676 ploughed up the said Turveyle Leys and sowed the same with
wheat and oats and reaped and got the same, and laid the other close for hay, the tithes of which corn and
hay were worth 30s. And that the same William Stables in 1674 kept in Woodhouse Eaves 3 sows, which in
the same year had 20 pigs, the tithe whereof was worth 4s.; and that the said William Stables in the years
1673—1676 kept in Woodhouse 12 cows, for which he ought to have paid yearly to your orators ts. 6d., also
2d. yearly for his dwellinghouse and 3d. yearly for his Easter Offerings.
And that one George Wilson of Woodhouse Eaves, yeoman, kept 6 cows in Woodhouse in the years
1673—1677, for which he should have paid gd. yearly, and kept 10 geese which had ro young ones apiece
yearly, for which he ought to have paid to your orators 10s., and 3d. yearly in lieu of the tithe of the fleeces of
6 ewes kept within the liberties of Woodhouse, and 3d. for lambs coming of the said ewes in these years; for
that, time out of mind, all those who had kept any sheep within the liberties of Woodhouse under the number
of 7 have paid the proprietors or farmers of the tithes $d. in every year in lieu of the tithe wool and fleece of
every such sheep, and 4d. for every lamb; and that the said George Wilson ought to have paid 2d. in each
year for his dwellinghouse and 3d. for his Easter Offerings.
And that Jacob Middleton, William Fisher and John Burton of Quarndon, yeomen, and Henry Brandriffe
of Dishley Grange, co. Leicester, yeoman, in the years 1678—1680 occupied three closes within Woodhouse;
the occupiers whereof have paid the proprietors of the tithes a yearly rate of 2s. in the £ in lieu of tithes in
kind, and that they were to pay rent £12 yearly for the said three closes, whereby thev should have paid to
your orators for a rate tithe 245. :
But now so it is that the said Humphrey Chaveney, Mary Farnham and the others, combining themselves
together with several other persons unknown to your orators, do not only refuse to pay the sums due, but deny
the accuracy of your orators’ allegations. And since your orators are without remedy at the Common Law,
your orators’ witnesses being either dead or in remote parts and cannot be produced at a Trial at law, your
orators pray that the defendants may be compelled on their corporal oaths to state the truth to this honorable
Court. f
The joint and several answers of William Stables and Jacob Middleton, two of the defendants to the Bill
of Complaint of John Herrick, gent., and Thomas Wood, gent., complainants.
They do not know that the Complainants are debtors or accomptants to his Majesty, but they believe that
the Complainants now are, and for the space of about ro or 12 years have been, farmers of the tithes of corn,
grain, hay, wool, lambs and all other tithes, oblations, obventions, mortuaries, rates and compositions for tithes
payable for the messuages, houses, lands and hereditaments in the Bill of Complaint mentioned, but they know
QUORNDON RECORDS. 425
not the rent by which the Complainants hold the same. And they believe it to be true that the possessors
and occupiers for the time being of dwellinghouses in Quarndon, Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves have,
time out of mind, paid to the proprietors or farmers of the tithes 2d. a year for each respective dwelling-
house there; and that all who kept any milch cows within the precincts of those villages or within that
part of Charnwood Forest which lyeth within the said parish of Barrow-on-Soar have anciently paid
arate tithe of 3 half pence a year for every such milch cow and in lieu of tithe calves and tithe milk of
such cows.
And William Stables for himself says that in 1671—1674 he kept some geese in Charnwood Forest
within Barrow parish, but it is so long since and the matter being of so smal] concern that this defendant
cannot certainly remember how many geese he kept or what goslings they produced in any of the said years,
but he believes 1 or 2 brood geese and 1 gander were all he kept, and that the tithes of these were worth Is. one
year with another, but he is certain he had no sow that had pigs, and that since 1675 he has paid all the
tithes due ; and he does further say that in 1675 he kept about 20 sheep in Woodhouse and on the Forest, the
tithe wool whereof was worth about 2s., and many of the sheep being barren they did not produce 7 Jambs in
ull, so that no tithe lamb was due, but a rate tithe of $d. a lamb and the tithe for wool was compounded for
and paid by this defendant. He denies he kept 12 milch cows, but at the most 2 or 3, anyhow not more than
5 at the most, and he paid the rate tithe on them as also all his other tithes.
The defendant Jacob Midleton says for himself that in or about April 1678 he did take as from
March 25th, 1678, of Mr. John Earle for one year a close in Woodhouse called The Great Priory Field at
arent of £8 15s., and the very same day that he took the same he did set one moiety of the same close to
Walter Brandon and Robert Jones for a year at a rent of £4 7s. 6d., who did graze the same with 4 milch
cows for a part of the year. And on Lady-day 1679 he again took of Mr. Earle for a year the same close and
two other closes adjoining thereunto in the Liberty of Woodhouse called The Middle Priory Field and The
Little Priory Field, and he let the latter field to Robert Jones for one year at a rent of £4 5s5., who did mow
the close and did pay (he believes) the tithe hay in kind unto the Complainants, and the moiety of the other
two-closes he let unto William Fisher at a rent of £6 17s. 6d., who depastured the Great Priory Field with
8 milch cows and the other he laid for hay, and when it was cut and in cocks they sent to Thomas Wood
desiring him to come and tithe the hay, but he refused so to do, and thereupon William Fisher did procure an
honest and indifferent neighbour to set forth the tithe of the said hay, and then (as this defendant was told and
believes) he desired Thomas Wood either to take the money or the tithe hay, which he refused to do, but let
the tithe hay rot upon the ground. In 1680 this defendant did again rent for a year the Great Priory Field of
Mr. Earle at a rent of £8 5s. and grazed the same with 10 milch cows and a mare and foal, and the following
year he took the same field of Mr. Samuel Shalcross (who had lately purchased the same of Mr. Earle) at
a rent of £8 and he depastured it with 6 milch cows; he does not know that the occupiers of these
fields should pay a rate tithe of 2s. in the & in lieu of tithes in kind other than the rate of 3 half-pence
a year for each milch cow and 3d. for every mare and foal, which this defendant has paid accordingly from
year to year.
And William Stables for himself says that the Complainant Thomas Wood did, for several years after he
and the other Complainant came to be farmers of the said tithes, sue, vex and disquiet this defendant in the
Ecclesiastical Court for frivolous and inconsiderable things pretended to be due from this defendant to the
complainants as farmers of the tithes and put this defendant to a great deal of expense, when he has been
willing always to pay, and hath accordingly paid all just dues to them, and he doubts not but to prove in this
present suit that he has paid and satisfied the dues.
And these defendants deny all combination and humbly beg to be dismissed with their reasonable costs
and damages in this behalf wrongfully and without any just cause sustained.
Taken on the oaths of William Stables and James Midleton at Leicester the 19th of October,
33 Charles II., Before us, La. Carter, Edmund Temple.
N.B.—Thomas Wood was bailiff to Mr. William Herrick of Beaumanor, and died Sept. roth, 1689, from the effects of a fall from
his horse. The tithes of Quorndon seem to have given great trouble in the collection, and it must have been a good thing for both
Owners and occupiers when the tithes of Quorndon were extinguished at the Enclosure Award of 1763 by each freeholder surrendering
to the owners of the tithes so much land as would produce the equivalent of the yearly value of the tithes formerly paid.
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426 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Chancery Proceedings before 1714, Whittington, No. 213. Feb. 10th, 1681.
Farnham v. Farnham.
Humbly complaining sheweth unto your good Lordship your daily orator Edward Farnham of Quarndor
in the county of Leicester, son and heir of Edward Farnham the younger, late of Quarndon, gentleman,
deceased, an infant under 21 years, that is to say, of the age of 8 years or thereabouts, by Mary Farnham,
widow, his mother and Next Friend.
That whereas Edward Farnham the elder, deceased, of Quarndon, your orator’s grandfather, was seised in
demesne as of fee in divers lands and messuages in Quarndon, Mountsorell and Barrow-on-Soar; and among
them of all those several Closes or inclosed grounds, viz. :—
The Ley Close, containing 8 acres.
The Ling Close, containing 16 acres.
The Pingle, containing one acre.
The Carr, containing 3 acres.
The Woodyard, containing one acre.
The Rucklewood, containing 20 acres.
The Catherine Close, containing 2 acres.
The Oxe Close, containing 34 acres.
Also of several pieces of arable land and ley ground, by estimation of 150 acres, and your orator sheweth
that by an Indenture there is made payable, after the death of Edward Farnham the elder, out of a certain
messuage, farm and lands therein mentioned to be in the occupation of one Thomas Greasley (and now in the
occupation of his son Richard Greasley), unto Charles Farnham during his life a yearly rent charge of £20,
with a clause of distress in default of payment.
And further by the same Indenture, dated A.D, 1668, Edward Farnham the elder did grant unto Peter
Chaveney and Bartholomew Wollock and their heirs upon Trust the said Closes to the use of Edward
Farnham the elder for life, and after his death to the use of John Danvers, Esq., and Henry Farnham, Esq.,
for 500 years, to pay his younger children Joseph, Benjamin, Susanna, Mary and Olive Farnham their
respective portions, remainder to the use of Edward Farnham the younger (your orator’s late father) in
Tail male.
And whereas in the year 1669 Edward Farnham the elder died, and the inheritance came to Edward
Farnham the younger, who also died in the year 1680, leaving great debts and part of them and the younger
children’s portions unpaid, your orator is thereby much impoverished. Henry Farnham, the surviving Trustee,
has been desired to sell as much of the aforesaid arable land as will pay the portions still unpaid, but he
refuseth to make such sale. The object therefore of this Suit is to compel him to do so.
Henry Farnham states that he is most willing to do what is right and reasonable, but says that the
Plaintiff is a sickly, weakly child, and in case he should die without issue male the inheritance of the estate
will come to Charles Farnbam, to whom it might prove prejudicial to make an absolute sale of the said Trust
lands. The Plaintiff has a plentiful provision for himself.
N.B.—The sickly child did die at the age of 19 at Repton School, so that his uncle Charles Farnham did inherit the Trust lands as
well as the Over Hall in Quorndon. The Suit in the original is extremely long, and the foregoing is a very condensed summary
of the Complaint and the Answer.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Michaelmas, 33 Charles II., A.D. 1681.
Between Theophilus Hill, plaintiff, and William Bernard the elder, Theophilus Bernard, William
Stableford and Mary his wife, Robert Busby and Katherine his wife, and William Bernard the younger,
defendants of 5 acres of land, 5 of pasture and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare. £60.
Trinity, 34 Charles II., A.D. 1682.
Between John Raworth and Robert Fouldes, plaintiffs, and Christopher Smalley and Elisabeth his wife,
Thomas Swetnam and Anne bis wife, Richard Turnor and Frances his wife, and Thomas Moreton, defendants
of 1 messuage, 2 cottages, 3 gardens, 1 orchard, 10 acres of land, 5 of meadow, 15 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Woodhouse Eaves, Thurmaston and the Borough of Leicester. £60.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 427
Michaelmas, 34 Charles II., A.D. 1682.
Between Jane Brandon and Thomas Peale, plaintiffs, and Henry Farnham and Martha his wife, John
Bale and Margery his wife, Thomas Swinnerton, Richard Bale and Benjamin Bale, defendants of 3 cottages,
3 gardens, 3 orchards, 2 acres of land, 5 of pasture, 2 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Quarndon,
Colas and Sheepshead. £60.
Trinity, 35 Charles II., A.D. 1683.
Between Richard Greisley, plaintiff, and William Greisley and Jane his wife, Thomas Greisley and Sara
Everard, widow, defendants of r messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 6 acres of meadow and Common of pasture in
Mountsorell, Barrowe-on-Soare, Rothley, Quarndon and Charnwood Forest. £100.
Between Isabel Moore, widow, plaintiff, and William Bechwith and Elisabeth his wife, and Mary Flucke,
defendants of 2 cottages, 40 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 20 of pasture and Common of pasture in
Barrowe-on-Soare. £100.
Easter, 36 Charles II., A.D. 1684.
Between William Cooke, gent., plaintiff, and William Herricke the elder, Esquire, William Herricke the
younger, esquire, and Dorothy his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 40 acres of land, 30 of
meadow, 80 of pasture, 12 of wood, 40 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Woodhouse in the
parish of Barrowe-on-Soar and Charnwood Forest. £120.
Leicester Probate Court.
A true Inventory of all the goods and chattels that Henry Farnham, Captain, of Quorndon died possessed
of. A.D. 1684.
#& os. d.
In primis, In the Blue Chamber, a bed and the furniture therein 3 1 6
Item, In the Dining Room : . 1 6 8
Item, In the Chamber over the Kitchen . 7 1 0
Item, In another little Chamber Io oO
Item, In the Chamber over the Dairy . . ‘ , : . LIo 0
Item, For Corn in the Garret Chamber . 5 ‘ ‘ és ‘ ; . 13 4
Item, In the Cheese Chamber : : i j ‘ . : ‘ . I.0 0
Item, In the Parlour ; ‘ 2 0 0
Item, In the Kitchen, Brass and Pewter: Decesre id a Tatle Ae fied irons aia
3guns . ' : ‘ ; : : : : ‘ : F , @ fH
Item, In the Hall . : 2 ‘i j : : : : ; . : 13 4
Item, In the Dairy ‘ ‘ i ‘ ‘i : . Fi ; ‘ 4 Ig 2
Item, In the Cellar % ‘ ‘ . : F ‘i : é ‘ . 113 4
Item, In the Brewhouse F ‘ 3 j ‘ ‘ ‘ ji : . I 10 0
Item, In the Coalhouse ‘ 5 é F ‘ ; : ‘ F F 10 O
30 5 0
Item, For all the Corn, Wheat, ee Rye and Peas. : : . - 60 5 0
Item, For all the Hay. : : 3 3 a : é » 13 0 0
Item, For a Waggon and two carts ‘ : : . - Io 0 0
Item, For the horses and mares and gears, dionals and nackdins ‘ ; i Ha 539
tem, For all the cows . : : ‘ F > ‘ ; ‘ ‘ ». 15° 0 0
Item, For all the Sheep . F : : F . : . ‘ . 2 39 8 °S
Item, For a fold of fleakes ‘ 5 - ‘i : : . 1 2 6
Item, For all the Swine . : ‘ : : . - 4° 0 0
Item, For his Purse and Apparel, his oe aad sade : . : . - 13.6 8
Item, All Lumber within doors unseen or forgot. 2 6
£191 6 8
4.28 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Taken by Us, Nov. 7th, 1684. (Signed) Charles Farnham, Thomas Chapman the elder and William
Sherrin.
Exhibited 25th March 1685. Filed in the Roll of Inventories at Leicester Probate Court. A.D. 1685,
No. 3.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Trinity, 36 Charles II., A.D. 1684.
Between Thomas Charnells, gent., plaintiff, and Thomas Tilecoat and Anne his wife, defendants of
I messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 34 acres of land, g of meadow, 30 of pasture and Common of pasture in
Woodthorpe and Quarndon. #7120,
Between Thomas Chapman, William Pollard and Simon Pickard, plaintiffs, and Henry Farnham, gent.,
and Martha his wife, Thomas Pollard and Sara his wife, Nathan Wright and Mary his wife, Edward Taylor
and Dorothy his wife, and Elisabeth Whattofte, widow, defendants of 10 acres of land, 5 of meadow, 4 of
pasture, 5 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Querndon, Syston, and Sileby. £60.
Quindene of Easter, 36 Charles II., A.D. 1684.
Between Charles Farnham, gent., and Robert Scampton, plaintiffs, and Henry Bosse, defendant of
I messuage, 30 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 40 of pasture and Common of pasture in Quorndon, Barrowe~
on-Soare and Charnwood Forest. £120.
Trinity, 1 James II., A.D. 1685.
Between William Hall, John Peake, John Sherman and Theophilus Beeby, plaintiffs, and Richard
Jempson and Anne his wife, John Fouldes, Peter Carpur, gent., and Joyce his wife, Thomas Clarke and
Elisabeth his wife, defendants of 1 cottage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 20 acres of land, 5 of meadow, 5 of pasture,
10 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough and Barrowe-on-Soare.
#60.
Trinity, 2 James II., A.D. 1686.
Between Fitzfield Low, Esq., Robert Codrington, gent., Philip Sheppard, Esq., and William Trye, Esq,,
plaintiffs, and Edward Cosyn, defendant of the Manor of Charley, and 12 messuages, 1 dovehouse, 140 acres
of land, 120 of meadow, 600 of pasture, 50 of wood, 600 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Charley,
Ratby, Newtowne, Markfield, Barrowe-on-Soare, Whitwick, Shepshed, Thrinkston and the Forest of Charn-
wood. £# £000.
Between Richard Burges the elder and Thomas Shaw, plaintiffs, and William Squire and Katherine his
wife, Robert Duffith and Mary his wife, Thomas Alsop and Anne his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 cottage,
2 gardens, 2 orchards, 8 acres of meadow, 8 of pasture and Common of pasture in Woodhouse Eaves,
Shepshed and Charnwood Forest. £60.
Beaumanor Court Roll. A.D. 1686.
Court of William Herrick the younger, Esquire, lord of the manor aforesaid, held there on October Ist,
2 James II., before William Maior, gent., Steward there.
Theophilus, Earl of Huntingdon, for not appearing is fined 2s. 6d. George Morton, Esquire, Humphrey
Babington, D.D., Thomas Herrick, gent., Humphrey Chaveney, gent., John Caunt, gent., Jobn Hutchin-
son, gent., John Bird, John Marshall, gent., John Ferryman, gent., and Mary Farnham, widow, are fined
1s. each for not appearing. oe
Dorothy Foulds, widow, Edward Gee, Katherine Bunney, Christopher Smalley, Edward Bordman, William
Stables, William Westley, John Burton, Bartholomew Sanders, Thomas Raven, Jane Coulson, widow, . +++
Darker, widow, .... Bunnys and Richard Smith are fined 6d. each for not appearing.
John Farnham, gent., is fined 1s. for not appearing.
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Petty Bag, Charity Inquisitions, 42/42. A.D. 1687.
Leicester. An Inquisition indented taken by virtue of a Commission hereunto annexed under the Great
Seal of England dated at Westminster 20th June, 3 James II., to Thomas Babington, Esq’, George Bright,
D.D., Nathan Wrighte, Esq', William Whatton, gent., and others directed, for the due execution of a certain
statute made 43 Elizabeth intituled An Act to redress the misemployment of lands, goods and stocks of money
heretofore given to Charitable Uses.
We the Commissioners aforenamed sitting to execute the said Commission at Loughborowe, co. Leicester,
7% October, 3 James II., and enquiring by the oaths of John Peake, John Varnham, Peter Sikes, Francis
Whitehead, Thos. Webster, John Harriman, Robert Wilkins, Thos. Ward, John Ransdale, Nicholas Lowe,
Henry Boss, William Starkey, Thos. Bennett, Thos. Chapman, Thos. Coles, William Steevenson and John
Bird, jurors,
Who present that
A certain messuage now in tenure of Francis Kirke, 5 acres of arable Jand and 4 of meadow late in occupa-
tion of Farnham Fewkes,
A garden, 7 acres of land and 3 roods of meadow in the Southfield, now or late in the occupation of Ralph
Harris, Bowett Staples, Aaron Collington, Thomas Cooke, Henry Spittle, William Whitcroft and Richard
Kinge,
A rood in Moorfield late in the tenure of Thos. Steevenson,
A cottage in the tenure of Widow Haskey,
One close of arable land called the Willow ground, one acre of meadow called Scotte Greene, one parcel of
meadow called the Wellsick, divers parcels of meadow in Greenholme conteyning by estimation three acres, one
parcel of pasture in a place called the Carr conteyning one acre, now or late in the tenure of Wilham White,
Oue cottage called the Priest’s House or the School House and one half acre called the Priest’s hadland in
Greenholme,
Two cottages late in occupation of Aaron Johnson and William Collington,
A cottage late in tenure of Robert Slingsby,
One parcel of land in a certain close called Lewes Close, now or late in the tenure of John Tompson,
A rent of 12d. going out of a close now in the tenure of George Moreton, Esq", all in Quorndon,
co. Leicester,
Anda parcel of land in Quorndon planted with willows called the Swines Greene, were given heretofore by
some person or persons unknown to the inhabitants of Quorndon, the rents thereof to be employed for the
maintenance of a priest, repairs of bridges, relief of the poor and teaching grammar to the youths and other Good
and charitable uses in Quorndon. And the Jurors do further find that the rents and profits of the aforesaid
lands and tenements have for 174 years last past been received by Humphrey Chaveney, gent., one of the present
feoffees, and that he has not employed £6 13s. 1d. of the said rents to any of the said uses, and also that
Humphrey Chaveney has misemployed #19 of the said rents by him received by paying the same to the poor of
the town of Quorndon and not paying the same or any part thereof to Edward Bunnys, clerk, and Peter
Rawlins, clerk, late curates who celebrated Divine Service in the Chapel of Quorndon for 19 months without
receiving any part of the said moneys or any other allowance from Humphrey Chaveney during the said time
or at any time, contrary to the Trust aforesaid.
In witness whereof the s¢ Commissioners and Jurors have to this Inquisition individually affixed their
hands and seals the 20 day of October 1687. In consequence of this Inquisition the Commissioners issued
a Decree that all the existing Trustces be removed and that Humphrey Babington, D.D., George Morton of
Quorndon, Esq", Will™ Herrick of Woodhouse, gent., Samuel Shalcross of London, gent., James Capp of Lough-
borough, gent., Henry Cropper of Bunney, gent., Thomas Stables, George Simpson, Will™ Stevenson, Thomas
Chapman and James Sculthorpe, all of Quorndon, yeomen, be appointed as new trustees, and further decreed
that Humphrey Chaveney for misemploying the funds pay £4 to Edward Bunnys and #'15 to Peter Rawlins
and £6 135. 1d. to Dt Babington and George Moreton for the expenses they have incurred in bringing Hum-
phrey Chaveney to account and in producing the present Commission. And further decreed that £12 be
payable each. year out of the rents and profits of the estates to the Curate who officiates in the chapel of
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Quorndon independently of whether the Trustees approve of his preaching and doctrine, the fitness of such
priest belonging to the Vicar there to judge and determine ; #2 yearly to the Schoolmaster, and of the residue
half to the relief of the poor and half to the repair of the bridges in Quorndon, and whenever only three Trustees
remain they are to nominate fresh ones and the Deeds shall be kept in the chapel of Quorndon in a chest to
which there shall be three keys, one kept by the Priest, one by the overseer of the Poor and one as the Trustees
shall appoint.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Hilary, 2 and 3 James II., A.D. 1687.
Between Hamlett Towne, gent., and John Spencer, plaintiffs, and George Wilson and Hester his wife,
John Wilson and Robenia his wife, Jonas Davies and Sara his wife and Edward Kirkby and Mary his wife,
defendants of 1 messuage, 2 cottages, 30 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 20 of pasture and Common of pasture
in Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves and the Forest of Charnwood. #100.
Between Richard Curzon the younger, gent., plaintiff, and William Bishopp and Joan his wife, defendants
of the moiety of 1 messuage, J garden, 1 orchard, 80 acres of land, 30 of meadow, 20 of pasture, 20 of furze and
heath and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on Soare. #100.
Hilary, 3 and 4 James II., A.D. 1688.
Between George Morton, esquire, plaintiff, and Thomas Chapman and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of
6 acres of meadow and 4 of pasture in Quarne alias Quarnedon. £60.
Between Thomas Chapman the elder, plaintiff, and George Morton and Mary his wife, defendants of
14 acres of pasture in Quarne alias Quarnedon. £60.
Wills at Leicester. Humphrey Chaveney of Quorndon. Will dated May 26th, 1688.
All my lands, tenements and hereditaments, etc., to William Palmer of Oneleape, co. Leyc., and Nathaniel Harris of Barrow-on-
Soar in Trust to sell part thereof and to pay out of the proceeds to my brother Joseph Chaveney, after the death of my mother, a
sufficient sum to bring him up.
In consideration of the sum of 5s. my said trustees are to convey and assure unto my sister Mary Farnham, widow, all the lands,
tenements, etc., which I purchased from her. The residue of my lands, etc., to such of my children or child as my said trustees think
fit. The said Trustees to be guardians of my children and joint executors.
Mary Farnham, Edward Smith, Walter Brandon, Oliv. Horsman, Dorcas Rance, Witnesses.
(Signed) Hum. Chaveney.
N.B.—Humphrey Chaveney was buried at Quorndon on May 30th, 1688, leaving by his wife Elizabeth (Leigh) one son Henry
Chaveney (who was baptised at Quorndon on April 26th, 1688) and two daughters, Dorothy and Elizabeth, all three infants, As both the
executors renounced the duty of proving the Will, Letters of Administration were granted by the Leicester Probate Court on June 23rd,
1688, to Philippa Chaveney, the mother of the deceased.
Joseph Chaveney was buried at Quorndon on August 22nd, 1688. Mrs. Philippa Chaveney was buried there on July rst, 1700,
Elizabeth Chaveney (Humphrey Chaveney’s widow) married Mr. Thomas Bainbrigge at Quorndon on Dec. 16th, 1691. She was buried
at Quorndon on March 22nd, 1707.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Hilary, 1 William and Mary, A.D. 1689.
Between Richard Gilbert and Henry Stirke, plaintiffs, and John Yeomanson and Elisabeth his wife and
Thomas Oswyn, defendants of 1 messuage, 5 acres of meadow, 5 of pasture and Common of pasture in Sileby,
Barrow, Querndon, Mountsorell and Charnwood Forest. £60.
Between Thomas Coke and William Cooke, plaintiffs, and Mary Middleton, widow, and Edward
Middleton, defendants of 1 messuage, t garden, 1 orchard, 50 acres of land, 12 of meadow, 15 of pasture, 10 of
furze and heath and Common of pasture in Barrow-on-Soar. £60.
Trinity, 1 William and Mary, A.D. 1689.
Between Robert Smalley and Richard Smith, plaintiffs, and Thomas Tooley and Frances his wife, Thomas
Chapman and Humphrey Chapman, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 32 acres of land, 6 of
meadow, 16 of pasture and Common of pasture in Odeby, Quarndon, Barrow-on-Soar and Woodhouse, and
the tithes of hay annually arising from 2 acres of meadow in Quarndon out of the said six acres. £100.
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Trinity, 1 William and Mary, A.D. 1689.
Between Richard Towle, Joseph Pym and John Brookesby, plaintiffs, and William Drury, gent., Thomas
Drury, gent., Gervase Disney, Esq., and Mary his wife, Thomas Berry and Mary his wife and Abraham Lock-
wood and Frances his wife, defendants of 30 acres of land, 10 of meadow, to of pasture and Common of
pasture in Barrow-on-Soar, Quarndon and the Forest of Charnwood. #120.
Between John Wilson and Thomas Love, plaintiffs, and George Morton, Esquire, and Mary his wife,
defendants of 1 messuage, 2 cottages, 30 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 10 of pasture and Common of pasture
in Mountsorell, Barrow, Quarndon and Rodeley. £120.
Between John Kinton, Theophilus Crampe and George Peake, plaintiffs, and John Robinson and Alice
his wife, John Burton and Mary bis wife and Daniel Canner and Sara his wife, defendants of 1 messuage,
I cottage, 10 acres of land, 5 of pasture, 3 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Whitwick, Quorndon,
Worthington and the Forest of Charnwood. £100.
Hilary, 2 William and Mary, A.D. 1691.
Between Thomas Noone and William Bunney, plaintiffs, and Thomas Booth, William Knight and Anne
his wife, Thomas Bunney and Grace his wife, Elisabeth Hamond, spinster, William Hamond and Anne his
wife, defendants of 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 4 gardens, 4 orchards, 20 acres of land, 5 of meadow, 10 of
pasture and Common of pasture in Barrow-on-Soar, Burton Overy and Broughton Astley. £120.
Michaelmas, 4 William and Mary, A.D. 1692.
Between Thomas Heyricke, gent., plaintiff, and Thomas Radcliffe, gent., and Helen his wife, defendants
of the tithes of Mountsorell in the parish of Barrow-on-Soar. £120.
Trinity, 5 William and Mary, A.D. 1693.
Between George Holden and Thomas Bolbey, plaintiffs, and John Bennet, John Tacey and Elisabeth his
wife and John Johnson and Anne his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 2 cottages, 4 acres of land, 3 of pasture
and Common of pasture in Mountsorell, Quorndon and Rothley. £60.
Hilary, 4 and 5 William and Mary, A.D. 1693.
Between Thomas Hartopp, Esq., plaintiff, and Edward Boardman, defendant of a messuage, 2 cottages,
3 gardens, 3 orchards, ro acres of land, 10 of meadow, 30 of pasture, 10 of furze and heath and Common of
pasture in Woodhouse Eaves and Charnwood Forest. #120.
N.B.—Thomas Hartopp was the eldest son of Sir William Hartopp, knight, of Rotherby, co. Leicester, by Agnes the daughter
of Sir Martin Lister, knight, of Thorpe Ernald, co. Leicester. Thomas Hartopp was born in 1655; married first in 1688 Anne, daughter
of St. John Bennett of Welby, co. Leyc., Esq., by whom he had issue a son Chiverton Hartopp and three daughters, of whom Arabella
and Elizabeth died unmarried and Anne married John Chapman of Quorndon (Marriage Licence, Leicester, dated 1724); and secondly,
at Woodhouse, 18th April 1724, Ann Brown. Thomas Hartopp was a Colonel in the Army. He purchased a considerable amount of
land in Quorndon and Woodhouse between the years 1690 and 1718, and died on September 17th, 1727. He was buried at Rotherby.
Chiverton Hartopp succeeded to his father’s lands. He was born in 1690 and married Catherine the daughter of Thomas Mansfield of
West Leake, co. Notts, by whom he had issue three daughters and coheirs, viz., Catherine, married to James Modyford Heywood,
Elizabeth died unmarried, and Mary, married in 1758 to Richard, 4th Viscount Howe, K.G.
Chiverton Hartopp sold in 1745 six messuages and 200 acres of land to the family of Heanes. This included the house and
surrounding lands, now called Garats Hey in Woodhouse, as well as lands in Quorndon. He died on April 2nd, 1759, and was buried
at Melton Mowbray.
Trinity, 6 William and Mary, A.D. 1694.
Between Edward Crumpton, John Smith and John Rider, plaintiffs, and William Darwen, gent., and
Susan his wife, and Petulum Smith and Mary his wife and John Clifford and Katherine his wife, defendants
of 2 cottages, g acres of land, 2 of meadow, 12 of pasture and Common of pasture in Shelthorpe, Burton and
Barrow-on-Soar. #100.
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Hilary, 5 William and Mary, A.D. 1694.
Between Isabel Riley, widow, and Thomas Boolbey, plaintiffs, and Richard Audley and Sara his wife,
Jobn Jarratt the elder and Elisabeth his wife and Elisabeth Sharpe, widow, defendants of 3 Messuages,
1 garden, 1 orchard, 6 acres of land, 2 of meadow, 2 of pasture in Mountsorell, Rothley and Querndon. £120,
Between Francis Robinson and Philippa his wife and Samuel Stone, plaintiffs, and George Tompson,
Theophilus Tompson, George Waldram and Jane his wife and Simon Pickard, defendants of 2 messuages,
1 toft, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 26 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 10 of pasture, 5 of furze and heath and Common
of pasture in Barrow-on-Soar and Sileby. £120.
Between John Stephenson and Thomas Chapman, plaintiffs, and William Bray and Mary his wife, John
Bate and Elisabeth his wife, Elisabeth Stephenson and Robert Blood and Mary his wife, defendants of
3 messuages, 3 cottages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 30 acres of land, 7 of meadow, 11 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Hinkley, Sileby and Woodhouse in the parish of Barrow-on-Soar. £120.
Trinity, 7 William III., A.D. 1695.
Between John Ellis, gent., and Samuel Sale, plaintiffs, and George Nodes the elder, Esq., George Nodes
the younger, Esq., Lionel Fanshaw, gent., Edward Fanshaw and William Dickins and Mary his wife,
defendants of 2 barns, 150 acres of land, 15 of meadow, 35 of pasture in Barrow and Quarndon, and of all
and all manner of tithes of corn and hay arising in Quarndon. £300.
Wills at Leicester. George Morton, Esq., of the Nether-hall, Quorndon. Will dated April 26th, 1694,
Testator bequeaths to his wife Mrs. Mary Morton his Capital Mansion-house in Quorndon, with the dovecote and gardens thereunto
belonging, and the close called the Cunnery close during widowhood on certain conditions. To his two younger children Katherine
Morton and George Morton £1000 apiece.
He left his lands in Quarndon, Sileby and Walton to Thomas Babington of Rothley Temple, Esq., Archdale Palmer of Oneleape, Esq.,
Thomas King of Sileby, gent., and Christopher Hales, Esq., his brother-in-law, in Trust to raise 42000 for the two younger children’s
portions, also sufficient money to pay his debts, etc., and the remainder of the lands in trust for his eldest son John Beaumont Morton
in tail male, with conditions for forfeiting the same if any one of them who became entitled to the lands adopted the Roman Catholic
religion.
To his sister Elizabeth Hales £10. He also mentions his cousins William Hemsley and Thomas Johnson of Cornwall, the son of
his aunt Elizabeth Johnson, His body to be buried in Sileby church, where his father was buried. His trustees to be his executors.
(Signed) George Morton.
Witnesses: Hugh Middleton, John Yarbrough, Edward Hobson, James Tomson.
N.B.—George Morton bought the Nether Hall in Quorndon from the trustees of Henry Farnham in 1686. Mrs. Mary Morton (his
widow) married Lancelot Ord. His two sons John Beaumont Morton and George Morton died under age, so the daughter Katherine
Morton became sole heir. She married Henry Collingwood of Great Ryle, co. Northumberland, Esq., and had by him an only daughter
Katherine, afterwards married to Newcomen Wallis, Esq.
Henry Collingwood and Katherine his wife by an Indenture dated April 8th, 1709, conveyed their lands at Quarndon and elsewhere to
Charles Farnham, Esq., and Thomas Noble, gent., in Trust in order to sell so much of the lands as would pay their debts and the debts
of George Morton and his two sons, deceased, the surplus to be settled on Katherine and her issue by Henry Collingwood. In May 1709
Henry Collingwood did contract with John Raynesford of Ryton on Dunsmore, co. Warwick, to sell to Raynesford the Nether Hall, the
Cunnery close, the Mill on the river Soar, and a piece of ground adjoining called the Brecks, a piece of land called Barrow Holme,
eleven closes of pasture in the Wellasses, and other lands in Quorndon for £3150, of which sum John Raynesford was to pay down
£1650 and to mortgage the premises for the balance of the purchase money. John Raynesford died before completing this purchase.
Katherine Collingwood died on March 18th, 1710, aged 23 years, and shortly afterwards Henry Collingwood died also. Much
litigation between Charles Farnham and Henry Noble as trustees and the Raynesford and Collingwood families followed, but these
Chancery Suits are much too long and intricate to reproduce here. In the end George Collingwood (a brother of the late Henry
Collingwood) seems to have obtained possession of the Quorndon lands subject to payment of £1050 to Newcomen Wallis. Collingwood
never paid the money, but by an Indenture dated June 13th, 1740, sold to Samuel Stevens of London, distiller, for the sum of £1205, a
messuage in Quorndon late used as an inn and called The Double-necked Swan (now Quorn Place) with the homestead adjoining,
65 acres in the open fields of Quorndon, and four closes in the Wellasses in Quorndon containing 30 acres, all then in the tenure of John
Chapman and called ‘‘ Chapman’s Farm,” also four other closes in the Wellasses in Quorndon containing 20 acres, then in the tenures of
John White, Adrian Stables, Michael Middleton and, Henry Spittlehouse, with a Covenant that these closes in the Wellasses were free
from tithes, subject only to a yearly modus of 5s. in lieu thereof. oe
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Trinity, 13 George II., A.D. 1740. Between Thomas Woodroffe [for Samuel Stevens], plaintiff, and
George Collingwood and Hester his wife, defendants of a messuage, a garden, 60 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, and 50 acres of
pasture in Quorndon.
On August 29th, 1740, Samuel Stevens let the above house and land (except 20 acres in the Wellasses) for 21 years to Joseph Hews
the elder of Quorndon at a yearly rent of £40. In this lease are certain exceptions and conditions. Samuel Stevens is to let Hews the
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pew next the pulpit in the church, Samuel Stevens reserves the right of building a wall alongside the footpath leading to Cave’s closes
and of planting trees across the Willow croft. The land is described as late in the tenure of John Chapman and formerly known as
Bowyer’s farm (Deeds at Quorn House).
John Chapman was buried at Quorndon on July 24th, 1740. The house had been in the tenure of Edward Bowyer, and before him
of Robert Sarson, innkeeper, brother of John Sarson, brewer, whose Will was proved at Leicester on May 2nd, 1671.
This disposes of so much of the property as was sold to Samuel Stevens.
Respecting the Nether Hall and the remainder of the property, John Raynesford’s widow Jane (sister of Sir Edward Nicholls of
Faxton, co. Northants, Bart.) and Francis Raynesford, gent. (son and heir of John Raynesford), an infant, by his mother, brought a
Suit in 1711 to get possession of the Nether Hall. The trustees stated that the purchase money had not been paid. Further long and
complicated legal proceedings took place. It was stated that John Raynesford had borrowed the £1600 for the purchase money from
his brother-in-law on the security of Mrs. Raynesford’s share of her mother's (Lady Nicholls) estate, but that Henry Raynesford, a
barrister-at-law and brother of John’s, had kept some of the money for himself and was in prison for debt. In the meantime
Mrs, Raynesford married Mr. William Kimsey of Quorndon, and a fresh Suit in the name of the Kimseys was brought against the
trustees. Some arrangement between the Kimseys and George Collingwood respecting the occupancy of the Nether Hall seems to have
been arrived at, for William Kimsey apparently resided with his wife at the Nether Hall and paid the 14s. service due to the manor of
Beaumanor in the years 1713, 1714, 1721 to 1723, and probably in other years and as late as the year 1735 the name of William Kimsey
appears among the Quorndon suitors at the Barrow Manor Court.
In Hilary Term 1738 a Fine was levied between Charles Isham, plaintiff, and George Collingwood, Esq., and Hester his wife,
defendants of 2 messuages, a watermill, 2 gardens, 250 acres of land, 30 of meadow, 30 of pasture and Common of pasture and Free
fishing in the river Sore in Quarndon, Barrow, Wellhouse, Woodhouse, Sileby and Charnwood Forest.
This Fine probably finished the transactions in connection with the sale of the Nether Hall to the Raynesford family. Francis
Raynesford (the eldest son of John) married on May 2oth, 1722, Hester, the daughter of Sir Justinian Isham of Lamport, co. Northants,
Bart., by whom he had a family. Francis died at Brixworth on February 24th, 1728, and Charles Isham was no doubt acting as trustee
for his nephew Justinian Raynesford, who would be a minor in 1738, in acquiring the property mentioned in the Fine, so we may conclude
that whatever the arrangement may have been between the Kimseys and Collingwoods respecting the tenancy from 1710 to 1735, the
Nether Hall passed into the absolute possession of the Raynesfords in 1738. “They do not, however, appear to have lived there, for in
1741 and 1743 Colonel Chadwick was residing at the Nether Hall as their tenant, and though Mr. Raynesford’s name appears in the
Quorndon Town Book in 1752-3 as an owner of lands, all writers state that Mr. Hugo Meynell purchased the Nether Hall from Earl
Ferrers, The date of Mr. Meynell’s purchase is February 6th, 1754, and a later conveyance to Mr. Warner (the present owner's father)
runs, ‘all that Capital mansion house in Quorndon called the Nether Hall, formerly in the occupation of Lord Ferrers, afterwards of
Hugo Meynell the elder, Esq.” Probably, therefore, Lord Ferrers was merely the tenant and Mr. Raynesford was the owner from whom
Mr. Meynell made his purchase. Besides the Nether Hall Mr. Meynell purchased the Cunnery close, Mr. Raynesford’s close of 7 acres,
the Mill (which he subsequently abolished) on the Soar, and several closes in the Wellasses, afterwards sold to John Willows
of Leicester,
Mr. Meynell held the Nether Hall until May 1798, when he passed it on to his son Hugo Meynell the younger, who only held it for
two years, and died on May 17th, 1800.
The next owner was the Ear! of Sefton, who sold the Hall to Lord Foley in 1806. Lord Foley sold it in 1807 to Mr. Assheton
Smith, who retained it for about ten years and then sold it to Mr. Osbaldeston. The next owner was Mr. T. B. Oliver, whose financial
difficulties brought it again into the market. For some years no purchaser came forward, and the Hall was occupied intermittently by
Mr. Oliver and the Masters of the Quorn Hounds, some of whom rented both Hall, stables and kennels, and some rented the stables
and kennels only.
In 1848 the Hall, stables and kennels were purchased by Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., on whose death the whole property was sold to
Edward Warner, Esq., who took possession in the year 1856, from which time until the present the Nether Hall, or Quorn Hall as it is
now called, has remained the residence of the Warner family.
Petty Bag, Leicester Association Oath Roll, No. 145. A.D. 1696.
The heading is “The Association of the Lord Lieut., ye Lords and Knights, ye Deputy Liet., Justices of
the Peace, Gentlemen, Clergy and Freeholders and others of the County of Leicester: also of the Mayor,
Aldermen, Common Council, Clergy, Burgesses and Inhabitants of ye Burrough of Leicester.”
Whereas there has been a Horrid and Detestable Conspiracy formed and carry’d on by ye Papists and
other traitorous and wicked Persons for Assassinating his Majesty’s Royal Person in order to encourage an
Invasion from France to subvert our Religion, Laws and Liberties, We whose names are hereunto subscribed
Do heartily and sincerely solemnly profess, testify and declare that his present Majesty King William is
Rightfull and Lawfull King of this Realme. And we do mutually promise and engage to stand by and assist
each other to ye uttermost of our Power in ye Support and defence of his Majesty’s most Sacred Person and
Government against ye late King James and all his Adherents. And in case his Majesty come to any violent
or untimely death (which God forbid) we do hereby further freely and unanimously oblige ourselves to unite,
Associate and stand by each other in revenging ye same upon his Enemies and their Adberents. And in
Supporting and defending ye succession of ye Crown according to an Act made in ye first year of ye Reign of
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King William and Queen Mary Intituled “an Act declaring ye Rights and Liberties of ye Subject and Settling
ye Succession of ye Crown.”
(Signed) Rutland, Roos, Stamford, John Pares, mayor, T. B. Manners, Will. Villers, Tho. Boothby, R.
Morris, J. Woollaston, F. Hall, James Ross, Tho. Caldecott, Will. Byrd, Ambr. Phillipps, J. Wilkins, Clifton
Packe, John Wilson, John Holmes, J. Chester, Christopher Packe, Stanhoppe Whalley, Richard Cheslyn.
The above Association, signed by the High Sheriff and Grand Jury, held at the Assizes at Leicester the
28th day of March 1696.
[Here follow the signatures of the Grand Jury and some of the magistrates. ]
The signatures for Quarndon are: John Charnells, Walter Brandon, James Sculthorpe, Richard Fisher,
Thomas Baimbrigge, William Parnham, Tho. Chapman, Thomas Beebey, Tho. Chapman the elder, John
Mounteney, John Wilson, Jerrol Middleton, H. Wolferstan, clerk, Thomas Chamberlin, Thomas Bradshaw,
Ralph Harris, Nathaniel Harris, Richard Bowle, Georg Simson, Thomas Stables, William Page, John
Bostock, Will. White, Will. Sherrin.
Charles Farnham signs twice, as a grand Juryman as well as a magistrate probably.
N.B.—In the above Roll each village has its own list of signatures, and the whole are rolled up together. The total number of
Associators for the county of Leicester is given as 8559.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Hilary, 7 William III., A.D. 1695.
Between John Gisborne, gent., plaintiff, and Mary Thistlethwaite, widow, John Thistlethwaite, gent., and
Thomas Hull and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of 30 acres of land, 6 of meadow, 4 of pasture in Quarne,
Mountsorell, Rothley and Barrowe-on-Svare. £100.
Trinity, 9 William ITI., A.D. 1697.
Between Thomas Chamberlaine, Margaret Friend, Mary Mayew, John How, Edward Gamble and John
Oliver, plaintiffs, and William Lucas, Esq., and Mary his wife, Clifton Tompson and Christian his wife,
Samuel Hathaway and Margaret his wife, Thomas Farmer and Eleanor his wife, Thomas Digby and Hanna
his wife and John Hickling, defendants of 4 cottages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 14 acres of land, 9 of meadow,
3 of pasture, 3 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Quorndon, Loughborough, Whitwick, Seagrave
and Wimeswould, and a moiety of the Tithes of wool and lambs and small tithes of Quorndon. £100.
Kaster, 10 William ITI., A.D. 1698.
Between Abraham Lockwood, plaintiff, and George Rayson, gent., defendant of one barn and 12 acres of
pasture in Barrow-on-Soar. £60.
Between Francis Staples, John Bird and John Storer, plaintiffs, and John Pare and Anne his wife, George
Tompson and Frize his wife, William Perkins and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of 2 messuages, 1 cottage,
2 gardens, 2 orchards, 70 acres of land, 20 of meadow, 20 of pasture, to of furze and heath and Common of
pasture in Barrow-on-Soar and the Forest of Charnwood. £160.
Trinity, 10 William III., A.D. 1698.
Between Thomas Hartopp and Daniel Parker, plaintiffs, and James Middleton and Sara his wife,
Benjamin Middleton, Joseph Middleton and Mary his wife and William Steedman and Isabel his wife,
defendants of 1 messuage, 1 garden, ¢ orchard, 60 acres of land, 2 of meadow, 2 of pasture and 2 of furze and
heath and six parts of 7 cottages, 7 gardens, 5 acres of land, 5 of meadow, 5 of pasture, 5 of furze and heath
and Common of pasture in Querndon, Seagrave and Barrow-on-Soare. £100.
Between Thomas Hartopp, Esq., and Edward Marston, plaintiffs, and William Bent and Dorothy his
wife, Thomas Wild and Elisabeth his wife, Abraham Chambers, clerk, and Sara bis wife, defendants of
I messuage, I cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 4o acres of land, 10 of meadow, 40 of pasture and Common of
pasture in Narborough, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves and Charnwood Forest. £200.
Between Thomas Hartopp, Esq., Daniel Woodruffe, John Storer and William Johnson, plaintiffs, and
John Carr the elder and Susan his wife, John Carr the younger and Katherine his wife, Thomas Church
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and Robert Beaumont and Elisabeth his wife, defendants of 1 messuage, 1 cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards,
go acres of land, 2 of meadow, 4 of pasture and Common of pasture in Woodhouse Eaves, Syleby, Wimes-
would and the Forest of Charnwood. £100.
Michaelmas, 10 William III., A.D. 1698.
Between William Beveridge, Professor of Sacred Theology, plaintiff, and George Rayson and Catherine
his wife, defendants of 2 messuages, 2 cottages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 104 acres of land, 10 of meadow, 10 of
pasture, 10 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Barrowe-on-Soare. £300.
Between John Bird, gent., and William Busby, gent., plaintiffs, and Rebecca Lilly, Sarah Lilly, John
Chapman and Hester his wife, Philippa Kemster, and William Steedman and Isabel his wife, defendants of
1 messuage, 6 cottages, 7 gardens, 7 orchards, 3 acres of land, 5 of meadow, 6 of pasture, 2 of furze and heath
and Common of pasture in Barrow-on-Soar. £60.
Trinity, 11 William III., A.D. 1699.
Between Thomas Hull, plaintiff, and Henry Blunt and Sarah his wife and Frances Blunt, widow,
defendants of 7 acres of meadow, 2 of pasture, 2 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in Quarndon.
#60.
Trinity, 12 William III., A.D. 1700.
Between Samuel Woodland and John Parnham, plaintiffs, and James Capp, gent., and Helen his wife,
Thomas Read, gent., and Margaret his wife, Geoffrey Read, Robert Foster and Alice his wife, Samuel Black-
win and Frances his wife and John Taylor and Mary his wife, defendants of 5 messuages, I cottage, 5 gardens,
5 orchards, 60 acres of land, 18 of meadow, 65 of pasture, 10 of furze and heath and Common of pasture in
Querndon, Stapleton, Brampton, Shearsby, the borough of Leicester, the disafforested chace of Leicester and
the Forest of Charnwood. £160.
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APPENDIX,
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Manor of Beaumanor, Enfranchisements and Reserved Rents.
April 1st, 1658. John Chapman bought from William Herrick, Esq., 5 closes in Woodhouse called
The Wellows, containing by estimation 52 acres, for the sum of £566 and a yearly reserved rent of 6s. 8d.
N.B.—The Wellows in Woodhouse parish joined The Wellows or Wellasses in Quorndon parish, and on the 25-inch Ordnance Map,
1903, are numbered ro11 to 1018 and 1025 to 1027.
December 7th, 1661. W. Herrick, Esq., sold to Humphrey Chapman of Newbold Verdon for the sum
of £53 and a reserved rent of 15. yearly with suit and service, two pieces of meadow ground in Quorndon in a
certain field called The Moor Field, adjoining to the close of Edward Farnham, Esq., called The Nether close,
and abutting upon the river Soar, and which pieces of land are commonly called Cossicles, and contain
24 acres, and heretofore in the possession of Thomas Chapman, together with the tithes in the same.
N.B.—The fields called Cossicles are numbered 156 and 161 on the 25-inch Ordnance Map, 1903.
June toth, 1662. W. Herrick, Esq., sold to Thomas Bradshaw of Quorndon, yeoman, and his heirs, all
that piece of meadow ground called Scott’s Green containing four acres for the sum of £66 and a reserve rent
of Is. yearly.
N.B.—Scott’s Green is part of No. 172 on the same Ordnance Map.
July 6th, 1663. W. Herrick, Esq., sold to Thomas Rawlins of London, citizen and baker, all those
six closes of inclosed pasture and meadow ground as they were then divided, commonly called Vicardipards,
lying within the Liberties of Beaumanor, abutting upon Buddon Wood east, Dove close west, the ground
called Wellows north and Bartley Carrs on the south, and then in the tenure of John Hickinbotham, Henry
Mucklin, George Smith, Joan Burton and Henry Braunston, also a farm at Barrow called Storer’s farm, for
the sum of #1160 and reserved rents of 5s. yearly for Vicardipards and 2s. 6d. for Storer’s farm.
N.B.—The Vicary farm, called in old deeds Vicardipards and Vicarie Partie, continued in the possession of the trustees of Rawlins’
Charity until about 1881, when the farm was purchased by Mr. W. B. Farnham, and consisted of the farmhouse and 50} acres of land
divided into 10 fields. Between the years 1881 and 1894 some g acres were sold to the Leicester Corporation for Waterworks and to the
Great Central Railway, leaving 41 acres with the farmhouse, all of which were sold in 1894 to Mrs. Perry Herrick’s trustees.
June gth, 1681. W. Herrick, Esq., sold to Benjamin Sculthorp a messuage in Quorndon, now or late in
the occupation of James Sculthorp the elder and Isabell his wife and James Sculthorp the younger, a cottage
in Quorndon in the tenure of Samuel Brasford, one inclosed field in Quorndon, and all those several pieces
of arable land, meadow and pasture to the said messuage belonging in the fields of Quorndon, now or late in the
tenure of James Sculthorp, being a Copyhold held for lives and the longer liver by copy of Court Roll of the
manor of Beaumanor, in consideration of the sum of #150, £4 for timber and a reserved Chief rent of
55. yearly.
N.B.—Full details of this copyhold are given on page 316. The messuage was on the south side of Meeting Street in the angle of
the brook east of the junction with the Polton brook, and was afterwards bought by John Davenport of Quorndon, hosier, whose
executors sold it, April 8th, 1758, to John Hyde and Mary his wife, who took up their residence in it. This house was then known by
the name of the New House. The Hydes continued to live there until the death of Saville John Hyde in 1830. After this date the
family’s finances seem to have got into disorder, and the New House, together with the rest of the Hyde property in Quorndon, was sold
to Mr. E. B. Farnham for the sum of £1680 at public auction in November 1841. Besides the house in Meeting Street the property
included a close on the opposite side of the street containing about 3 acres and a barn (sold by Mr. Farnham to Mr. Thomas Cradock in
1850), and two fields adjoining Dirty Lane on the north side containing 64 acres or thereabouts, numbered 338 and 339 on the 25-inch
Ordnance Map, 1903. Mr. Farnham pulled down the New House immediately after his purchase, cleared away the buildings, and planted
the ground as an orchard.
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June gth, 1681. W. Herrick, Esq., sold to Thomas Stevenson a cottage and Jand in Quorndon for the
sum of £16 tos. and a reserved rent of 8d. yearly.
July 3oth, 1681. W. Herrick, Esq., sold to Humphrey Chaveney all those pieces of meadow ground
heretofore known by the names of The Middle Mill, The Middle Mill dam and Little Mill dam, and now
called The Hall Carr, late in the tenure of William Herrick and Mary Farnham, widow, the grounds of
.... Goodman, the said Mary Farnham and part of Quarendon fields lying towards the east part thereof, and
the ground now in the occupation of Widow Staples and James Sculthorpe and the common street of
Quarnedon on or towards the west part thereof, which said premises were anciently and still are copyhold lands
and parcel of the manor of Beaumanor, for the sum of £33 Ios. and an annual rent of 6d.
N.B.—This enfranchisement fixes the position of the ancient Middelmulne which was granted by Hugh le Despencer, lord of the
‘manor of Beaumanor, to Robert de Farnham for life in 1280 (see page 54).
August 4th, 1681. W. Herrick, Esq., sold to Richard Boley a cottage in Quarndon for the sum of #15
and a reserved rent of 8d. yearly.
October 13th, 1681. W. Herrick, Esq., sold to Thomas Chapman for the sum of £143 a messuage
and land in Quarndon, and reserved a yearly rent of 5s.
October 13th, 1681. W. Herrick, Esq., sold to John Bostock two messuages and nine acres of land in
Quarnedon for the sum of #78 and a reserved rent of 3s. 4d. yearly.
September 28th, 1681. W. Herrick, Esq., sold to Henry Cropper of Bunney, co. Notts, gent., a cottage
and orchard, also two closes in Quorndon for the sum of £44 and a reserved rent of 15. yearly.
N.B.—This cottage and orchard were in Woodgate, the closes were on the north side of Chaveney’s Lane, near the corner, and now
partly built on.
No date. W. Herrick, Esq., sold to William Chapman his copyhold in Quorn for the sum of #128 and
a chief rent of 5s. yearly.
Deeds at Quorn House. Settlement of the Over Hall Estate in 1669.
This Indenture of five parts, made the 22nd January 20 Charles II.,
Between Edward Farnham, senior, of Quarndon in the county of Leicester, Esq., and Isabell his wife of
the first part,
Edward Farnham, junior, gent., son and heir apparent of the said Edward Farnham, senior, and Mary the
wife of the said Edward Farnham, junior, being the sole daughter of Peter Chaveney of Quarndon aforesaid,
gent., of the second part,
The said Peter Chaveney and Bartholomew Woollocke of the Borough of Leicester, co. Leicester, gents.,
of the third part,
John Danvers of Shackerston, co. Leicester, Esq., Henry Farnham of Quarndon aforesaid, Esq., Thomas
Charnells of Snarkeston, co. Leicester, gent., and Humfry Chaveney, son and heir apparent of the said Peter
Chaveney, of the fourth part,
And Charles Farnham, Joseph Farnham and Benjamin Farnham, younger sons of the said Edward
Farnham, senior, and Isabell his wife and Susanna Farnham, Mary Farnham and Olive Farnham, daughters
of the said Edward Farnham, senior, and Isabell his wife, of the fifth part,
Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the marriage had and solemnized between the said Edward
Farnham, senior, and Isabell his wife, and for the making of a Joynture for the said Isabell for her better
livelihood and maintenance in case she shall survive the said Edward Farnham, senior, in liea and recompense
of her dower and thirds at Common Law in the lands, tenements and hereditaments of the said Edward
Farnham, senior, and for and in consideration of a marriage also had and solemnized between the said Edward
Farnham, junior, and Mary his wife, and for and in consideration of the sum of #1000 of lawful English
Money unto the said Edward Farnham, senior, and Edward Farnham, junior, or one of them, by the consent of
the other of them, in hand paid and secured to be paid by the said Peter Chaveney for the marriage portion of the
said Mary and for the making of a joynture for the said Mary for her better livelihood and maintenance in case
she shall survive the said Edward Farnham, junior, in lieu and full recompense of her dower and thirds at
438 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Common Law of and in all and singular the lands, tenements and hereditaments of the said Edward Farnham,
Junior, and for the settling, conveying and assuring of the manors, lands, tenements and hereditaments, with
the appurtenances herein hereafter expressed, in such manner and form that part thereof may be sold or
otherwise charged for the raising of moneys for the payment of the debts of the said Edward Farnham, senior,
mentioned in a certain schedule to these presents annexed, and for the making of portions for the said Joseph
Farnham, Benjamin Farnham, Susanna Farnham, Mary Farnham and Olive F; arnham, and other part thereof
charged with a certain rent or annuity to the said Charles Farnham for and during his natural life, and for such
other and further uses, intents and purposes, and under such trusts, conditions and provisoes as are herein
hereafter declared, limited and expressed, and for divers other good and valuable causes and considerations
them thereunto moving, they the said Edward Farnham, senior, and Edward Farnham, junior, have granted,
aliened, released, quitclaimed, assured and confirmed and by these presents do grant, aliene, etc., unto the said
Peter Chaveney and Bartholomew Woollocke in their full and actual possession now being by virtue of one
Indenture of bargain and sale for one year to them made by the said Edward Farnham, senior, and Edward
Farnham, junior, bearing date the day next before the date hereof, and by force of the Statute for transferring
uses into possession and to their heirs and assigns,
All that capital messuage or tenement with the appurtenances called or known by the name of the Upper
Hall, situate and being in Quarndon aforesaid, co. Leicester, now being in the occupation of the said Edward
Farnham, senior, or his assigns,
And also all those several closes or enclosed grounds with appurtenances situate and being in Quarndon
aforesaid, and herein hereafter particularly named and expressed, that is to say,
The Ley close, containing 8 acres or thereabouts,
The Ling close, containing 16 acres or thereabouts,
The Pingle, containing 1 acre,
The Carr, containing 3 acres,
The Woodyard, containing 1 acre,
The Little Carr, containing 1 acre,
The Little Round close, containing 1 acre,
The Little Pingle, containing 1 acre,
The Ruckle Wood, containing 20 acres,
The Katherine close, containing 2 acres,
The Beggerwell close, containing 4 acres,
The Meadow close alias The Nether close, containing 15 acres,
The Oxe close, containing 34 acres,
And also all that other capital messuage or tenement with the appurtenances called or known by the
name of the Hall upon the Green, situate in Quarndon aforesaid, and now being in the occupation of Constance
Wadeson, widow, or her assigns. [Now known as The Elms, 1911.]
Aud also all those 3 several messuages, farmhouses or tenements with the appurtenances, with the several
farms, parcels and pieces of arable land, meadow, pasture and common thereunto belonging or therewithal letten
or used, situate and being in Quarndon aforesaid and in the fields, liberties, precincts and territories thereof,
and now being in the several tenures or occupations of Laurence Staples, Robert Sareson and Mary Greisley,
widow, or their respective assigns.
And all those 4 several cottages or tenements with the appurtenances in Quarndon aforesaid, now being
in the several tenures or occupations of the said Constance Wadeson and of Dorothy Bestew, widow,
Dorothy Fewkes, widow, and Hector Teate, or some of them or of their assigns.
And also all those 4 Leys containing 4 roods, situate in Quarndon, now in the tenure of John Welles or
his assigns.
And also all that meadow ground with appurtenances in Quarndon in a place there called the East
Meadow, and now being in the occupation of John Bolter or his assigns.
And also all that acre of meadow lying in the said East Meadow in Quarndon, now in the occupation of
Richard Jarratt or his assigns.
And also all those several parcels and pieces of arable land, meadow, pasture, leys and grass ground,
QUORNDON RECORDS. 439
with the appurtenances, situate in Quarndon and in the fields, liberties, precincts and territories thereof, and
containing in the whole by estimation 130 acres of arable land, 50 acres of meadow and 15 acres of pasture,
leys and grass ground, now in the tenure or occupation of the said Edward Farnham, senior, or of his tenants,
farmers or assigns.
And also all those 2 acres and the half of 1 acre of meadow ground with appurtenances in Barrow-on-
Soar, co. Leicester, in a certain place there called South Holme, now in the occupation of Richard Jarratt or
his assigns.
And also all that messuage, farmhouse or tenement with appurtenances, situate in Mountsorrell, co.
Leicester, now in the occupation of Thomas Greisley, and also all that farm consisting of several parcels and
pieces of arable land, meadow and pasture in Mountsorrell, Quarndon and Rothley, co. Leicester, with the
farm usually let and enjoyed in the same occupation.
And also all those 10 several messuages, cottages, tenements or dwelling-houses, with the appurtenances
jn Mountsorrell aforesaid, with the several gardens, orchards, yards and backsides unto them belonging, now
jn the several occupations of Thomas Bowley, Edward Holden, Isabell Kendall, widow, Samuel Eyre, Ralph
Bosse, Thomas Sheppheard, Edward Marriott, Richard Hill, Humfry Edwyn and John Norman.
And one half acre or thereabouts of meadow in Mountsorrell in the occupation of the said Thomas
Bowley.
And also one half acre of meadow in Mountsorrell in the occupation of Edward Marriott.
And also all that close or enclosed ground in Mountsorrell known by the name of Glover’s Pingle alias
The Close at Mountsorrell Town’s end, and containing by estimation 3 acres and 3 roods, and shooting into
the highway there.
And also all those several parcels of arable land in Mountsorrell and in the fields thereof hereafter
mentioned, viz. :—
Ten lands lying at Grenman Hedge, containing 3 acres and 2 roods.
Fourteen lands more, containing 44 acres or thereabouts.
Thirteen lands lying on Bondcroft Furlong, containing 4 acres.
Twenty lands lying at the Paddock, containing 4 acres.
Three acres more, shooting into Bover Sicke.
And also all that half acre of meadow lying in Rothley, now in the occupation of Thomas Shepperd.
And also all that the manor of Rushall with all the rights, members and appurtenances thereof in
Rushall, Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves, co. Leicester.
And also all those eleven several messuages, cottages, tenements or dwelling-houses with the homesteads,
backsides and closes and other appurtenances thereunto belonging and holden therewith in Woodhouse and
Woodhouse Eaves, now in the several tenures or occupations of Henry Braunston, Christopher Smalley, Henry
Bush, Richard Pickard, Richard Shepperd, Peter Stollicke, John Fouldes, Robert Foulds, Geoffrey Croson,
Robert Tarleton, Edward Fisher and Mary Smalley.
And also all those several closes in Woodhouse called or known by the several names of Thorney closes,
Sheep close, Calver croft, Brand close, the Hungry wood, the Six acre close, Rang Sicke, Rushall Fields, and
the Barne close.
And also all other the manors, messuages, cottages, closes, lands and hereditaments whatsoever of them
the said Edward Farnham, senior, and Edward Farnham, junior, in Quarndon, Mountsorell, Barrow-upon-
Soar, Rushall, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves and Rothley, wherein they or either of them may have any
estate of freehold or inheritance in possession, reversion, remainder or expectancy, etc.
To have and to hold all the above to Peter Chaveney and Bartholomew Woolocke, their heirs and assigns,
to the several uses, intents and purposes and under the several trusts and conditions herein declared, viz. :—
As for and concerning the capital messuage called The Upper Hall, with the yard, garden, orchard and
other appurtenances thereto belonging to the use and behoof of the said Edward Farnham, senior, for the term
of his natural life without impeachment for waste other than in the wilful pulling down of houses which he
shall not afterwards rectify.
And from and after the decease of Edward Farnham, senior, to the use of said Edward Farnham, junior,
for life.
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After the death of Edward Farnham, junior, to the use and behoof of Mary the wife of Edward Farnham
junior, for life, if Isabell the wife of Edward Farnham, senior, shall so long live. And after the decease of
Mary or of Isabell, which so ever of them shall first die, then to the use of the heirs males of the body of the.
said Edward Farnham, junior, and Mary, in default to the heirs males of the said Edward Farnham, Junior,
lawfully begotten. In default to the use of Charles Farnham and his heirs males, in default to Joseph Farnham
and his heirs males, and in default to Benjamin Farnham and his heirs males, in default to the heirs of the
body of Edward Farnham, junior, lawfully begotten, in default to the heirs of Edward Farnham, senior, lawfully
begotten, in default to the right heirs of Edward Farnham, senior, for ever.
And concerning the other capital messuage in Quarndon called The Hall upon the Green with the yard,
garden and orchard thereto belonging, to the use of Edward Farnham, junior, and Mary his wife for and during
their two natural lives and the life of the longer liver of them (if the said Edward Farnham, senior, shall so
long live), andif Edward Farnham, junior, and Mary both die during Edward Farnham senior’s life then to the
heirs and assigns of Edward Farnham, junior, during Edward Farnham senior’s life. And after Edward
Farnham senior’s decease then to Isabell his wife for term of her life for part of her jointure, and after her
death to Edward Farnham, junior, for life, and after his death then to Mary for life, etc., and after the deaths
of both Edward Farnham, junior, and Mary, to the male heirs of Edward Farnham, junior, in tail, etc.,
as before.
And as concerning such several pieces of the said mentioned granted premises in Quarndon intended for
the residue of the jointure of the said Isabel, the wife of Edward Farnham the elder, viz. :—
The said three messuages, farmhouses or tenements with the several farms, pieces of arable land, meadow,
pasture and common of pasture thereunto belonging, and therewith let and used, mentioned above to be in the
several tenures of Laurance Staples, Robert Sarson and Mary Greisley ; one cottage and orchard now occupied
by Hector Teate; one other cottage, orchard, garden, etc., in the occupation of Dorothy Fewkes, widow; one
close called the Meadow or Nether Close, containing 15 acres near Barrow bridge now in the occupation of
Edward Farnham the elder ; four acres and a half of meadow ground in the Nether Close in the occupation of
Dorothy Newberry, widow ; one close called The Little Carre in the occupation of William Phipps ; one other
close called Beggerwell Close in the occupation of Edward Farnham, senior ; and one other little close in the
occupation of William Stacey ; one half acre of meadow ground in Greneholme in the occupation of William
Felton ; four half acres of meadow ground near Blowpoole in the occupation of William Preston ; three half
acre leys on Mil] Hill in Outerholme in the occupation of Samuel Eyre and one half acre ley on Blowpoole in
the occupation of Dorothy Locker, widow, to the use and behoof of Edward Farnham the elder for life, then to
the use of the said Isabel for her life for her jointure, then to Edward Farnham the younger for life, then to his
heirs males, etc., in tail, as before, etc., etc.
N.B.—The Ling Close was in the centre of the modern park at Quorn House; the Carr was part of No. 323, the Rucklewood:
was part of No. 382, the Katherine Close was part of No. 203, the Beggerwell Close was part of No. 393, the Nether Close was
No. 162 and part of No. 163, and the Oxe Close was No. 268 on the 25-inch Ordnance map, 1903.
QUORNDON CHURCH.
‘The Church of the Holy Trinity at Barrow-on-Soar was originally the mother church of the chapels of
St. Bartholomew at Quorndon, St. Mary at Woodhouse, and St. John the Baptist at Mountsorrell.
The chapel of St. Bartholomew in Quorndon was built before the year 1152, in which year Ranulph,
4th Earl of Chester, lord of the manor of Barrow, died. This Earl gave the Church of Barrow together with
the Chapel of Quorndon to the Abbot and Monastery of St. Mary in the meadows of Leicester, commonly
called Leice$ter Abbey. This gift was confirmed by his successor Hugh, 5th Earl of Chester, as well as by
King Henry II.
King Henry’s confirmation was inspected by King Edward II. in the year 1318, and runs thus :—
Henry, King of the English, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine and Count of Anjou, to the Archbishops,
Bishops, Earls, Barons, Justices, Viscounts and all his faithfull English people Greeting.
Know ye that I have granted and in perpetual alms have confirmed to God and the Church of St. Mary
ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH, QUORNDON.
1800.
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in the meadows of Leicester and to the Canons serving God there whatever belongs to the said Church from
the gift of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, viz., the church of Barewe together with the chapel of Querendon, and
the lands, tithes and appurtenances, together with that carucate of land which the said Earl gave from his
demesne lands in Barewe and Querendon.
The date of the Inspeximus is May 1oth, 1318, at Windsor. ;
From the documents preserved at Lincoln we learn that an Ordination of the Vicarage of Barrow was made
by William the Bishop of Lincoln (a.p. 1203—1209) in the Register; and it consists of the moiety of all the
obventions belonging to the altarage of the said church, and of the third part of the sheaves of the whole tithe of
the parish of Barewe, with a messuage in the same between the lord’s court of the canons and the churchyard,
and of one messuage in Querendon belonging to the chapel there. (Hugh de Welles, ii., 305.)
The patron of the church of Barowe is the Abbot of Leicester, who has it for his own uses by grant of
William, formerly Bishop of Lincoln.
William the Vicar was instituted by Hugh, now Bishop of Lincoln, and he receives, in the name of his
vicarage, the moiety of all the profits of the altar, and a third part of the tithes of sheaves, and he shall serve
the same church, and bear on its behalf the episcopal and archidiaconal burdens; and he has the chapel of
Querendon, which ought to be served three days in the week by the mother church.
The monks of St. Severus receive from olden time the third part of the tithes of corn of the demesne of
the earl of Chester in Barewe with all the small tithes issuing from the court of the said earl; also they receive
two parts of the corn from the lands of William Blundel and Hugh le Chantur, and from the new tenants of
the earl in Barowe; also the whole tithe of sheaves of the assarts (inclosures) of Munsorel, whereof they ought
not to receive more than the third part. The same receive all the tithe of sheaves and small tithes of Wode-
huses, except the oblations on festivals and Peter’s pence and waxscot. (Ilid., 1., 253.)
The Rental of the possessions of Leicester Abbey, begun by William Charite in 1477 and finished by him
in 1502, gives much information concerning the tithes of Barrow and Quorndon as well as other property in
these places belonging to the Abbey. (See Nichols’ “ Leicester,” vol. iii., Part I., Appendix, p. 8.)
Leicester Abbey purchased the tithes owned by the monks of St. Severus in Normandy by a payment of
60 marks down. The Abbey also had grants of land and other gifts in Barrow and Quorndon from the earls
of Chester and Arundel, Giles de Erdington, Roger Blundel, Ralph Burt, William the son of Hugh le
Chantur, and Robert le Gras.
The Abbey used to receive the tithes of the profits arising from the mill of the lord of Beaumont in
Quorndon, formerly Hugh le Despencer’s ; also the tithe of the tolls and profits of the water mill and the
fulling mill belonging to the monks of Bermondsey in Quorndon. The former was situated in the Hall Carr
near the Over-hall, the latter on the river Soar opposite the Nether-hall.
The chapel of Quorndon was, therefore, entirely dependent for its services upon the vicar of Barrow.
Leicester Abbey took all the emoluments except such small portions of the tithes and oblations as the
Abbey was bound to give the vicar.
In the year 1392 John Farnham founded a Chantry in the chapel of Quorndon for a priest to celebrate
daily services for the souls of all the faithfull departed. The Chantry Priest of course had nothing to do with
the work of the parish, though probably his services would often be requisitioned by the Vicar of Barrow.
In 1539 Leicester Abbey was dissolved and its possessions were taken by the Crown; and in 1548 the
Chantry in Quorndon chapel was also dissolved and its property was sold by the Crown to Thomas Farnham
of the Nether-hall. Henceforth the chapel of Quorndon was again wholly dependent for its services
on the vicar of Barrow, who sometimes, if not always, kept a curate to do the services in Quorndon.
Until the Town Lands were purchased from the Crown by Matthew Farnham in 1584 a house called The
Priest’s House and a small annual payment was provided in Quorndon for the use of the curate, who was also
expected to act as schoolmaster, and this arrangement seems to have been continued after the Town Lands had
been alienated until Humphrey Farnham demanded a rent for the Priest’s house. In 1630 Quorndon regained
_ Possession of its ancient Town Lands and doubtless the curate received such remuneration as the trustees could
afford to give him, and in 1657 a Commission appointed for the purpose decreed that £15 yearly be given out
of the rents of the Town Lands to the Minister and Schoolmaster for the time being, in return for which he
was to teach freely 20 poor children. Some small portion of the tithes of Quorndon seem to have been
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received by the curate, according to the Rev. John Beveridge’s deposition in 1657. In 1687 a new Com-
mission decided that £12 yearly was to be paid to the curate of Quorndon out of the Town Lands’ rents, anda
further #2 to the schoolmaster if both duties were not performed by the same person, and the sum of £12
yearly from the same source has been paid to the minister of Quorndon until the present day.
A small farm at Wartnaby is settled on the incumbent of Quorndon, but the value of the living did not.
exceed £110 annually until the close of the nineteenth century. By the sale of ironstone from the Wartnaby
farm the annual value of the living has now increased to over £300 a year with a house and garden.
Previously to the year 1842 the chapel of Quorndon consisted of a tower, nave, and chancel and two aisles,
which were private chapels of the Farnham families, the north aisle being the property of the Nether-hall
branch and the south aisle of the Over-hall branch. In the year 1842 a large addition was made to the north
aisle, the walls of the Nether-hall chapel were taken down and a low wooden partition was substituted in their
place. The additional accommodation secured by this enlargement was doubtless necessary, but the symmetry
of the church was destroyed, and the enlarged north aisle is very badly designed. The oldest portions of the
church are the nave and part of the chancel, the two aisles being Jater additions ; the tower also is old, though
not part of the original structure. An organ chamber was given by Mr. Warner in 1897 to hold the organ
given by Mr. W. B. Farnham in 1887.
The living of Quorndon was finally severed from Barrow in 1868, and the patron is the Bishop of
Peterborough.
By arrangements made at the Quorndon Enclosure Award in 1763 the whole of the parish of Quorndon
is tithe free.
The Register commences in the year 1576, but there is a gap from 1642 to 1668, which is only partly
filled by the entries for Quorndon in the Barrow Register between the years 1653 to 1658 inclusive.
CURATES OF QUORNDON.
It would be impossible to give a complete list of the Curates of Quorndon; we can only get the names of
some of them from wills or other contemporaneous documents. Previously to the Reformation the services at
Quorndon church were supposed to be performed by the Vicar of Barrow who may or may not have kept a
curate to help him. In addition to the Vicar of Barrow and his curate (if he kept one) there was a resident
Chantry Priest after 1392, with an income provided by the endowment of John Farnham, with certain duties
which he had to perform; but as the duties of the Chantry Priest were very light and as he was resident in Quorn,
he might, if he was good natured, render great assistance to the Vicar of Barrow. As far as the services were
concerned, the Chantry Priest (if he fulfilled the Founder’s intention) was in duty bound to perform a daily
service in the Chantry in the church; the parishioners therefore would have the opportunity of attending a
service independently of whether the Vicar of Barrow did his duty or not.
A.D.
1519. Sir Richard Stevenson, Priest of the parish church, named in the will of William Waltar of Quorndon ;
also in the will of Robert Heth, £525.
1537- Sir William Schevyn, curate of Quarndon, named in the will of Richard Beaumont, Esq. ; he also
occurs in Joan Walmesley’s will as curate in 1539, alsoin William Hebbe’s will in 1542.
1554. Sir John Hall occurs as curate of Barrow in the will of William Barnard.
1558. Sir James Hynman, curate of Querndon in the will of Jane Staples, also as curate of Querndon in
will of Robart Wylde, 1559. In the will of John Wartawste of Quarndon, James Hynman the Vicar,
1560. In the will of Margaret Stapylls of Quarndon, dated 1561, James Hynman, vicar of Barrow.
James Hynman compounded for the first fruits 25 October 1559. (See Vicars of Barrow.)
1568. Richard Ratchford, curate of Quarndon, will of Henry Foulds of Woodhouse, and in the will of Flic
Reade of Quarndon, 1569, Richard Ratheford, curate of Quarndon.
1577. William Wodcocke, curate of Quarndon in will of William King of Quorndon.
1579. Mr. Bankes, curate in the will of Humphrey Bradshawe of Quarndon. According to the Depositions
QUORNDON CHURCH. WEST END OF THE FARNHAM CHAPEL.
Monument in memory of Edward Farnham d. 1775 and Easter (Lake) his wife d. 1767 and their children.
Monument in memory of Edward Farnham d. 1835 and Harriet (Rhudde) his wife d. 1854.
Monument in memory of Edward Basil Farnham d. 1879 and his sister Sarah Ann Farnham d. 1875.
QUORNDON RECORDS. 443
taken in 1630 concerning the Town Lands of Quorndon, Mr. Bankes was succeeded as curate by a
Mr. Moore; mention is also made of a Mr. Hangrave and a Mr. Watts, successors to Mr. Bankes as
curates.
1613 to 1618 inclusive the Rev. George Worthington signs the Quorndon Register as Minister. He seems to
have been buried at Quorndon 10 September 1619.
1619 to 1624. The Rev. Thomas Whatton signs the Quorndon Register as Minister.
1625 to 1628. The Rev. Nicholas Savile signs the Quorndon Register as Minister.
1629 to 1634. The Rev. Thomas Beridge signs the Quorndon Register as Chaplain.
1635 to 1638. The Rev. Anthony Beridge signs the Quorndon Register as Curate. He was presented to the
Vicarage of Barrow November (640.
1640. The Rev. Richard Raven signs the Quorndon Register as Chaplain. He died about Lady-Day 1649.
(See Nichols’ “ Hist.,” vol. iii., p. 106.)
..«» Mr. London, late the Minister of Quorndon church. (See same page.)
1651. John Gesnold on July 2 last settled Minister of Quorndon church.
1657. The Rev. Mr. Ash, curate of Quorndon, ex Depositions taken by Commission re tithes.
1710 and 1711. The Rev. Charles Lynes signs the Register as Curate.
1747. The Rev. Moor Scribo signs the Quorndon Register as Curate. He was B.A. of Sidney-Sussex
College, Cambridge. He fell into ill-health and left Quorndon in or about 1757.
1757. The Rev. Mr. Green appears in the Quorndon Churchwardens’ book as going to the Visitation.
1760, The Rev. Joseph Pryor occurs in the same book as going to the Visitation. He was born at Swith-
land in 1729 and served as curate of Quorndon from 1760 to 1763, when he was appointed Master of
Ashby Grammar School. In 1782 he was Vicar of Ashby.
1763. The Rev. J. Nixon. According to Nichols (vol. iii., p. 108) he was followed in the same year by
1763. Rev. James Richardson, who continued as curate until 1766.
1784. Thomas Hudson, clerk, licensed to the perpetual curacy or endowed chapel of Quorndon, now void, on
the nomination of William Burrow, clerk, B.D., as vicar of Barrow-upon-Soar, 16 Aug. 1784. (Green,
416.)
1798. John William Robert Boyer, clerk, M.A., licensed to the perpetual curacy of Quorndon, void by the
death of Thomas Hudson, clerk, on the nomination of William Easton, clerk, B.D., as vicar of Barrow,
16 Dec. 1798. (Green, 663.)
1832. Robert Stammers, clerk, M.A., licensed to the perpetual curacy of Quorndon on the cession of John
William Robert Boyer, clerk, on the nomination of Richard Gwatkin, clerk, B.D., as vicar of Barrow-on-
Soar, p.j., 26 Oct. 1832. (1800, etc., 400.)
1888. The Rev. Robert C. Faithfull, M.A., presented by the patron, the Bishop of Peterborough, on the death
of the Rev. Robert Stammers.
1892. The Rev. Edward F oord-Kelcey, M.A., presented by the Bishop of Peterborough on the resignation of
the former vicar.
1909. The Rev. H. H. Rumsey, M.A., presented by the Bishop of Peterborough on the resignation of the
former vicar,
VICARS OF BARROW-ON-SOAR.
William de Hungertone, chaplain, presented by the abbot and convent of Leicester to the vicarage of the
church of Barewe, the earl of Chester by letter renouncing the claim made by his servant upon the said
vicarage. Admitted in the 1gth year of Bishop Hugh de Welles [a.p. 1227-8].
Phillip de... ., presented by the abbot and convent of Leicester, admitted in the 14th year of Bishop
Grosseteste [a.D. 1238-9].
Robert, died circa a.p. 1266.
Master William de Sumeretteby, deacon, presented by the same patrons, on the death of Robert.
Admitted on the Saturday of the four seasons before the feast of St. [MJichael in the 8th year of Bishop
Gravesend [a.p. 1266] at Hecham. (Gravesend, m. 8.)
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444. QUORNDON RECORDS.
Simon de Lichefeld, chaplain, presented by the same patrons, on the death of Master William de
Sumerdebi. Admitted 3 Nones of October, in the roth year of Bishop Gravesend [5 Oct. 1268] at Stibenhey,
(Gravesend, m. 9.)
Thomas de Prestwold, died circa 1307.
N.B.—Thomas de Prestwold occurs as Vicar of Barrowe, co. Leicester, De Banco Roll, m. 245 d., Michaelmas, 4.p. 1294.
John de Bradewey, chaplain, presented by the Abbot and Convent of the Blessed Mary de Pratis, Leicester,
on the death of Thomas de Prestwold. Admitted 2 Ides of April, in the 7th year of Bishop Dalderby [12 Apr.
1307] at Nettelham. (Dalderby, 203 b.)
Walter de Bradewey, chaplain, portionary in the church of the Blessed Mary in the Castle of Leicester,
presented by the same patrons, on the resignation of John de Bradewey for the sake of an exchange of benefices,
Admitted by brother Roger, prior of the church of the Blessed Mary of Ulvescroft by virtue of a commission
of the Bishop of Lincoln. Certificate of institution dated at Ulvescroft on the feast of St. Katherine the Virgin.
[25 Nov.] 1330. (Burghersh, 130.)
John de Walton, rector of Stratford Tony in the diocese of Salisbury, presented by [not stated], on the
resignation of Walter de Bradeweye for the sake of an exchange of benefices. Admitted by the Bishop of
Salisbury by virtue of a commission of the Bishop of Lincoln. Certificate of institution dated at Remesbur’
Park, 13 Kal. of October [19 Sep.] 1337. (Burghersh, 149.)
Robert, died circa 1349.
Giles de Clonne, priest, presented by the prior and convent of the church of the Blessed Mary de Pratis.
of Leicester, on the death of Robert. Admitted 3 Nones of July [5 July] 1349 at Markby. (Gynwell, 296.)
Stephen de Siresham, resigned 24 May 1389. (Buckingham, ii., 212.) Vicar in 1383. De Banco Roll,
491, m. 143.
John de Wadyngham, rector of Foston in the diocese of Lincoln, presented by the same patrons, on the
resignation of Stephen de Siresham, vicar of ‘ Barowe super Soram,” for the sake of an exchange of benefices.
Admitted 24 May 1389 at Sleford. (Buckingham, ii., 212.)
Richard Hethe presented by the same patrons, on the death of Sir John de Wadyngham alias Thurle,
commonly called the last vicar, who was found by an inquisition to have closed his Jast day within the last:
three months by submersion in a certain water called “Sore” near the mill of Cotes in the diocese of Lincoln,
because on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday after the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, 1396, he was con-
versing with his parishioners and others, and on the Friday next after the feast of St. Hilary last past he was-
found dead in the said water where he was submerged. Certificate of institution dated Leicester, g Feb.
1396-7. (Buckingham, ii., 234.)
Thomas Heth, chaplain, presented by the same patrons. Admitted at Lidyngton 25 Feb. 1403 4.
(Beauford, 83.)
William Heth, priest, presented by the same patrons, on the resignation of Thomas Heth, for the sake of
an exchange with the parish church of Ufford in the diocese of Lincoln. Admitted 20 June 1418 at Sleford.
(Repingdon, 198.)
Sir Henry Charer, chaplain, presented by the same patrons, on the resignation of Sir William Heth.
Admitted 22 Jan. 1418-19 at Sleford. (Repingdon, 198 b.)
Robert Jowyse, priest, presented by the same patrons, on the death of Sir Henry Chare. Admitted at
Stamford 17 June 1437. (Alnwick, 147.)
Sir Thomas Sawnder, priest, presented by the same patrons, on the death of Sir Robert Jowys. Admitted
at Bukden 18 April 1465. (Chedworth, 102 b.)
Sir Roger Vyrley, priest, presented by the same patrons, on the resignation of Sir Thomas Saundars-
Admitted 7 Oct. 1465 at Peterborough. (Chedworth, 103 b.)
N.B.—Still Vicar in 1486.
Sir Roger Danyell, died circa 1506-7.
Sir John Judeson, priest, presented by Master Martin Colyns, doctor of decrees, treasurer of the metro~
politan church of York, on the death of Sir Roger Danyell. Admitted 26 March 1507, in the person of Sir
William Elvedon his proctor, at Lincoln. (Smith, 287 b.)
QUORNDON RECORDS. 445
Master William Gillott, M.A., presented by the abbot and convent de Pratis of Leicester, on the death of
Master John Judson. Admitted at Lidington 4 Aug. 1526. (Longland, 136.)
Sir Ralph Foldes, clerk, presented by the King, on the resignation of Master William Gyllotte. Admitted
at the Old Temple, London, 25 Feb. 1538-9, saving a pension of 535. 4d. by the year to the vicar resigning.
(Longland, 147.)
Sir John Colman alias Parkyn, priest, presented by William Barnarde of Barowe, county Leicester, gent.,
by reason of a certain grant to him made by John, late abbot of the dissolved monastery of the Blessed Mary
de Pratis of Leicester and the convent of the same, as appears by an indenture dated 7 May 26 Henry VIII.,
on the death of Sir Raphe Foldes. Admitted at the Old Temple, London, 26 June 1546. (Longland, 155,
and Composition Books.)
Robert Pare, compounded for the first fruits 7 Oct. 1552. (Composition Books.)
James Hynman, compounded for the first fruits 25 Oct. 1559. (Composition Books.)
William Rustat, clerk, presented by the Queen. Admitted 5 Eliz. [a.p. 1562-3]. (Calendar, i., 286.)
David Price, presented by the Queen, compounded for the first fruits 16 Nov. 1584. (Composition
Books.)
Richard Williams, presented by the Queen, on the resignation of the last vicar. Admitted 6 Sep. 1589.
(Bishop’s Certificates and Pres. Deed, 1589, No. 27.)
Robert Rustat, clerk, M.A., presented by the Queen, on the death of the last vicar. Admitted 25 July
1594. (Bishop’s Certificates and Pres. Deed, 1594, No. 16.)
[In 1604 Rustat was also Rector of Skeffington, but resident at Barrow, and hospitable, and there were
6co communicants at Barrow.] (Liber Cleri.)
William Berridge, clerk, presented by William Yard, gent., the original patron. Admitted 4 Oct. 1620.
Anthony Beridge, clerk, presented by John Oneby, patron for this turn. Admitted 26 Nov. 1640.
(Bishop’s Certificates.)
John Beveridg, clerk, presented by Henry Farnham, gent., for this turn. Admitted 8 May 1661.
(Sanderson, 9.)
John Beveridge, clerk, literate, presented by John Reading, clerk, pleno jure, on the death of John
Beveridg, clerk, senior. Admitted 22 March 1688-9. Value £15. (Barlow, 107 b.)
John Richardson, M.A., presented by George Beveridge, S.T.P., p.j.. on the death of John Beveridge,
clerk. Admitted 22 Jan. 1695-6. (Tennyson and Gardiner, 28.)
Benjamin Bewick, clerk, M.A., presented by William Beveridge, S.T.P., p.j., on the death of John
Richardson, clerk. Admitted 29 March 1700. Value #15 2s. 7d. (Tennyson and Gardiner, 74.)
Vere Foster, S.T.P., presented by Robert Lambert, S.T.P., master of the college of St. John the
Evangelist, Cambridge, and the fellows and scholars of the same, p.j.,on the death of Benjamin Bewicke,
clerk. Admitted 7 Nov. 1730. (Reynolds and Thomas, 232.)
William Burrow, B.D., presented by the same patrons, on the death of Vere Foster, clerk. Admitted
8 March 1757. (Reynolds and Thomas, 549.)
March 8. William Barrow [sic], B.D., was licensed to the free school of Barrow-upon-Soar. (Reynolds.
and Thomas, 549.)
William Easton, clerk, B.D., presented by the same patrons, p.j., on the death of William Burrough,
Admitted 16 Dec. 1794. (Green, 598.)
Richard Gwatkin, clerk, B.D., presented by the same patrons, p.j.,on the death of William Easton, clerk.
Admitted 17 May 1832. (1800, etc., 396.) Resigned in 1853.
1854. Rev. William L. Newham, M.A., presented by the same patrons, on the resignation of the
preceding vicar.
Rev. Francis Thomson, M.A., presented by the same patrons, on the resignation of the preceding vicar in
1889.
Rev. Thomas Stone, M.A., presented by the same patrons, on the resignation of the preceding vicar in
1904,
At the Dissolution of Leicester Abbey in 1539 the patronage of the living of Barrow fell to the Crown,
and according to Nichols (vol. iii., p. 73) the advowson was purchased in 1608 by Sir William Herrick of
446 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Beaumanor, who sold it to Robert Rustat, from whom it was purchased by John Beridge of Tugby, whose will
was proved at Leicester roth November 1627. The advowson of Barrow by this will was left to his son the
Rev. William Beridge, and it continued in the Beridge family until the Right Rev. William Beveridge, bishop
of St. Asaph, who died March 5, 1708, bequeathed the patronage to the Master and Fellows of St. John’s
College at Cambridge, who still hold it.
A Rent Roll for Beaumanor for Copyhold and Chief Rents due Michaelmas 1714. Quorndon.
s. a, gt. 4g:
Walter Brandon 8 George Chamberlain 2 2
William Steveson . F : ‘ 2 3 Elizabeth Darker 3 10
Thomas Beeby 2
Chief Rents.
Charles Farnham, Esquire. - It oO Victary Partys 5 0
Henry Chaveney, gent. . i 17 Leitherland’s lands I oO
Henry Chaveney, for the Carr 6 Mrs. Boyer ; 1.
Madam Kimsey_ . : ‘ - I4 0 Elizabeth Burbridge 3 6
Mr. Lewis 2 6 John Bostock 1 8
Mr. Sculthorpe 2 6 Thomas Chapman 6
Thomas Chapman . ae) Thomas Bradshaw : ‘ ; Io
Thomas Bennett 5 3 Richard Boley 4
Thomas Hartopp, Esquire 9 5 Anne Wilde . 4
Henry Boss : 3 4 Thomas Chapman . : : 2 6
Thomas Chamberlain ar) John Bostock 4
Joseph Woodrough 2 6 Thomas Stables : : : 8
Starkey’s garden 2 0 Elizabeth Squire . . : ; 20
John Wood . aa) Thomas Bennett . . . «. Io
Raven’s house 3.0 William Warner Tacy . : F re)
William Hall 2 0
Chief Rents of Barrow.
John Bird, gent. : . Io Mrs. Rayson, William Phipps 4
John Randle . ; F : , Io Henry Beaumont . 8
John Wright . 8 John Burton . 6
John Buttris . : : : : 8 Samuel Davenport . 3
John Chapman. : : : 2 0 Widow Armstrong : : : 3
John Chapman. ‘ A : 10 George Walderham, 1 Ib. of pepper.
William Mease 8
Quorndon Suit Roll ex the Barrow Manor Court Roll for the year 1716.
Thomas Hartopp, Esq. Charles Farnham, Esq. Henry Chaveney, Esq.
Thomas Chapman. William Mountney. Thomas Chapman.
William Stevens. John Fukes. John Bostock.
Thomas Follows. Walter Brandon. John Fisher.
Adrian Stables. John Wilson. Benjamin Sherrin.
John Marshall. John Raven. Mary Raven.
Benjamin Mountney. Joseph Middleton. Moses Johnson.
Robert Slingsby. Thomas Huse. Joseph Ward.
John Spittle. John House. James Tasy.
Jobn Clarke. John Garton. Nathaniel Reed.
John Sarson. Thomas Parnam. Mrs. Martha Farnham.
Thomas Allin.
George Bradfort.
Amos Cook.
Richard Gresley.
Thomas Willows.
William Greaves.
Joseph Skeelington.
Isaac Fouldson.
Charles Barradel.
Elisabeth Sherrin.
Benjamin Chapman.
Joseph Teat, jun.
Barrow Court Roll.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Matthew Rudkin.
Joseph Membery.
Joseph Simpson.
Amos Stabieton.
John Stevenson.
Mr. Kimsey, gent.
Thomas Bradshaw.
Francis Page.
Michael Middleton.
Thomas Chamberlin, sen.
John Parnam.
Jeremiah Brandriff.
69 summoned in all.
447
Edward Pryor.
Joseph Huse.
Robert Foulds.
Mrs. Febe Harris.
Thomas Chamberlin.
Isaac Burgess.
John Tailor.
David Page.
Joseph Presson.
Thomas Chapman.
Joseph Teat.
William White.
Barrow-on-Soar.— View of Frankpledge with the Court of the Noble Theophilus, earl of Huntingdon, lord of
the manor of Barrow, held at Quarndon the 26th day of October in the 6th year of our Sovereign lord
King George I., and in the year of our Lord 1719.
Before Simon Barwell, gentleman, steward.
The Court was adjourned to the 6th day of November.
John Bird, gent.
Thomas Ferriman.
George Tompson, sen.
George Waldram.
Thomas Clarke.
Matthew Hulse.
William Glover.
William Kimsey, gent.
Thomas Chapman.
William Stevens.
Edward Pryor.
James Sculthorpe.
Joseph Simson.
The Barrow Jury.
Richard Gilbert.
George Perkins.
John Measures.
Theophilus Tompson.
William Derry.
Thomas Heynson.
The Quarndon Jury.
William White.
Adrian Stables.
Samuel Smith.
Thomas Chamberlain.
David Page.
Joseph Hughes.
Thomas Clarke, Constable of Barrow.
Richard Gilbert and John Derry, Tithingmen there.
John Bostock, Constable of Woodhouse.
Joseph Derry and Hugo Phipps, Tithingmen there.
Joseph Simson, Constable of Quarndon.
Thomas Chamberlain and Thomas Willows, Tithingmen there.
Thomas Bradshaw.
John Chapman.
William Mayes.
Abram Lockwood.
John Clarke, sen.
Thomas Browne.
Henry Hind.
Thomas Wild.
Hugo Phipps.
Benjamin Smith.
George Jarvis.
Pains made by the Jury of Quarndon, November 6, 1719.
Item. That no one shal] tent any cows or horses on the commons before May-day upon a pain of Ios.
Item. That no person shall turn any sheep into the stubble fields till seven days after the field be in, on
pain of tos.
Item. That no person shall turn any sheep into the peas stubble till twenty days after the field be in, on
pain of ros,
Item. That no person shall carry fire uncovered on pain of 10s.
448 QUORNDON RECORDS.
The Leicestershire Poll, A.D. 1719.
As the same was taken at the County Court holden at the Castle of Leicester, on Thursday the 17th day
of December 1719, upon a writt for the electing a Knight in Parliament for the county of Leicester aforesaid,
in the room of Sir Thomas Cave, Bart., deceased.
The Oath of a Freeholder.
You shall swear, That you are a Freeholder in the county of .... and have Freehold Lands or Heredita-
ments lying or being at... . in the county of . . . . of the yearly value of 4os. above all Charges
payable out of the same; and that such Freehold Estate hath not been Made or Granted to you Fraudulently,
on purpose to Qualify you to give your Vote; and that the Place of your abodeis at....in.... and that
you have not been Polled before at this Election.
Quorndon.
John Bostock. Savil Bradshaw. Thomas Bradshaw.
Walter Brandon. Thomas Chamberlain. Benjamin Chapman.
Joseph Chapman. Thomas Chapman. Henry Chaveney, Esq.
Francis Corfield. Benjamin Farnham. Charles Farnham, Esq.
‘Thomas Fellows. Robert Foulds. Richard Greisely.
John Gutheridge. Ralph Harris, jun. Ralph Harris, sen.
Thomas Hartopp, Esq. Henry Hind. Joseph Hughes.
William Kimsey. Charles Lewis. John Marshall.
Joseph Middleton. Michael Middleton. John Parnham.
Thomas Parnham. David Page. Edward Pryor.
Nathaniel Read. Joseph Simpson. James Stacy.
William Stephens. John Stephenson. William Stephenson.
John Stubbs. William White. John Wilson.
Woodhouse.
Thomas Chapman. Robert Fold. Benjamin Heyrick.
John Heyrick. William Leake. Nath. Quintin.
Jobn Thurman. Thomas Wootton.
Woodthorpe.
Charles Beaumont, Thomas Bennet, Henry Boss, Edward Fewks, Johu Wood, Thomas Woodroff.
A Rent Roll for Beaumanor Copyhold and Chief Rents due Michaelmas 1721.
Chief Rents.
o. Bs s. dy
Thos. Hartopp, Esq. (Mrs. Haines) 9 5 Mr. Kemsey (now Mr. Meynell’s) 14 0
Mr. Farnham (Russhia Fields) » Ir © Mr. Chaveney (now Sarson’s) 17
Thomas Bennett (Richard Bailey) . 5 3 Mr. Stevens . : : I 0
Joseph Chapman (William Chap- Mr. Sculthorpe 2 6
man) ‘ 3 8 Mrs. Boyer (now Judd’s re Tat
Thomas Chapman one ae Chap: Mrs. Chapman (now John Chap-
man) ‘ . : . 6 man) . . ‘ : . ; 2 6
Robert Foulds 8 John Bostock : . i 8
William Squire. : ‘ : 2 0 Savil Bradshaw (now Jo. Cross) I 0
William Hall (now Edward John- Joseph Beeby (now Pearson) . 10
son) . : : ‘ : 2 0 John Steveson : 4
John Hastodls : ‘ ‘ 4 Widow Squire : 4
Victary Partys . ‘ : . 5 0 Mr. Farnham, for the Carr 6
QUORNDON RECORDS. 449
s. dd. s. da.
Earl of Huntingdon. ; : rt 6 Mr. Boss. : i ‘ - 3 4
Mr. Woodruffe. : : : 2 6 John Wood . é : ; E 1 0
Deborah Raven. : . é 3.0 Mr. Byrd ; : ‘ : Io
Mr. Ferryman . . . i @ Mr. Southwell . . 3 . . 2 6
John Wright ; ‘ ‘ ‘ 8 Jobn Buttris ‘ ; : ‘ 8
John Chapman. ; : P 2 10 Will. Mease . , ‘ ‘ ; 8
Will. Phipps . ‘ ; i , 4 Henry Beaumont . : , : 8
James Tacey . . ‘ ‘ ‘ 3 John Armstrong . F ‘ ; 3
Thomas Henson . . : - 6
Part of a damaged Suit Roll for Beaumanor, dated 22nd October A.D. 1723.
Quorndon.
Henery Chaveney, Esq. Thomas Chapman.
William Stevens, gent. Joseph Chapman.
Robert Sutton. Mr. Corfield (now Hudson’s).
John Bradshaw (opposite the Meeting-house). John Parnham (now Stone’s).
Richard Wadkin. John Fewkes.
Jonathan Beeby. Savill Bradshaw (Joe Cross).
William Steevison (Elliott’s). Robert Foulds (now Moore).
John Davenport (Hide’s). John Bostock (now T. Bostock).
Arthur Judd (next house). . « »» Hews (now Peach and another).
.... Stables. Amos Cooke (now Brewing’s).
.. «+ Rudkin (Thomas Bradshaw). Thomas Chamberlain (now Humber).
John Green (Patchet). William Kimsey, gent. (now Meynell).
Mrs. Chapman. Sam. Saville.
Ralph Harris. James Sculthorpe (now Sculthorp).
Mountsorel Mill.
William Whittle.
Quorn.
Jerrell Cranney.
Wills at Leicester. Henry Chaveney of Quarndon. Will dated February 4th, 1725.
Testator bequeathed his lands in Quarndon, Mountsorell, Rothley and Barrow unto the heirs of his body
lawfully begotten, and in default of issue he left his house in Quarndon, together with the orchards and garden
belonging thereto, unto his dear wife for term of her life.
One moiety of the remainder of his lands, tenements, etc., to his wife for life and the other moiety to his
dear sister Dorothy Chaveney for life and to her husband for life if she have one and he should outlive her, and
the Reversion of the whole property after the interest of his wife, his sister and her husband ended, to Sir
George Beaumont of Stoughton Grange, bart., Henry Andrews of Lathbury, co. Bucks, Esq., and William
Busby of Loughborough, gent., and to their heirs for ever.
Item, to his sister Elizabeth Chaveney he bequeathed one shilling.
Witnesses: Arthur Richards, Clar Newton, John Henworth. (Signed) Henry CHAVENEY.
N.B.—Henry Chaveney was buried at Quorndon on October 25th, 1727, leaving no issue.
Considerable litigation of an acrimonious character ensued between Henry Chaveney’s sisters Dorothy and Elizabeth on the
one side and the widow and the beneficiaries in remainder on the other. The sisters alleged that their brother Henry Chaveney was
addicted to excessive drinking and had been drawn into marrying his servant maid or housekeeper Catherine Orton, Henry Chaveney’s
friends admitted that he kept a good deal of company and loved to enjoy his friends and might sometimes have drunk more than was
convenient, but they deny that they or any of them used improper means to induce Henry Chaveney to marry Catherine Orton or to leave
his estate to them instead of to his sisters and his relations.
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450 QUORNDON RECORDS.
After seven years of litigation the Court decreed that under a settlement of the 4th and sth of February 1722 the widow w.
entitled to the whole estate for her life. At her decease the house in Quarndon, garden, orchard and one moiety of the lands, etc Aves
to go to Sir George Beaumont and Henry Andrews (William Busby being then long dead) and the other moiety was to go for life to Hen ;
Chaveney’s sister Dorothy, if alive, then to her husband for life, and then to Sir George Beaumont and Henry Andrews, their hei 7
assigns for ever. , si
Henry Chaveney’'s widow Catherine married Thomas Squire and continued to live at Chaveney’s House until her death on
August 2oth, 1763. Thomas Squire outlived her and died September 11th, 1765. In the Quorndon Award of 1763 the name of Thomas
Squire appears as owner of the property which his wife really only held for life.
In June 1770 Mrs. Jane Symes the elder and Jane Symes the younger and Henry Stevens contracted to sell to Sir Joseph Danvers
for the sum of £10,000 the House and property which Henry Chaveney had owned in his lifetime; this included the house
now known as Chaveney House, the Mill and Mill Holmes on Buddon brook, 144 acres of Buddon wood, several messuages and
148 acres of land in Quorndon.
The Symes were of Lathbury Hall, co. Bucks, and inherited a moiety of the property from Henry Andrews; they appear to have
bought the Beaumont’s moiety as well, and then to have sold the whole to Sir Joseph Danvers.
Edward Farnham bought Chaveney’s House and 65 acres of the above property for £4413 7s. 6d. in the years 1819 and 1822 from
the trustees of the Hon. Augustus Butler Danvers.
By his will Henry Chaveney severed the connection between the family of Chaveney and the village of Quorndon where they had
owned land and resided for over 300 years. He appears to have been on bad terms with both his sisters, though he so far relented as to
leave one of them an interest for life only in part of his estate after the death of his wife. He does not mention his cousins the Farnhams,
so probably they had offended him too. Neither Sir George Beaumont nor William Busby were related to Henry Chaveney, but Henry
Andrews is said to have been a distant connection through Henry Chaveney’s mother. The sister Elizabeth Chaveney was buried at
Quorndon on Jan. 28th, 1759.
Quorndon Suit Roll ex the Barrow Manor Court Roll, November 19th, 1733.
Edward Farnham, Esq.
Mr. William Stevens.
Mr. Thomas Squire.
Mrs, Anne Hartopp.
William Kimsey, Esq.
Mr. Benjamin Farnham.
John Thorman.
John Noon.
Thomas Chapman.
Rebecka Skellington.
William Guttridge.
Adrian Stables.
Francis Henworth.
Joseph Fewkes.
John Hulse.
Ales Greesley.
Dorothy Garton.
Edward Pryor.
Benjamin Wilson.
Francis Marshall.
Matthew Rudkin.
Elizabeth Stables.
Joseph Simpson.
Amey Stableford.
Robert Sutton.
William Page.
John Sarson.
Joseph Skellington.
John Freck.
Benjamin Stables.
Elizabeth White.
John Chapman.
Thomas Twogood.
John Bayley.
William Glover.
John Bostock.
Charles Baradell.
George Mountney.
William Smith.
John Cock.
John Marshall.
Samuel Johnson.
James Tacey.
Marey Fins.
Nathaniel Read.
Thomas Allen.
Joseph Wood.
Joseph Hughes.
George Holmes.
Richard Stevenson.
William Walker.
Elizabeth Willows.
John Stevenson.
William Greaves.
John Brown.
Elizabeth Sherwin.
Catherine Page.
Anne Page.
John Stables.
Thomas Parnham.
Joseph Teate.
Milicent Raven.
89 summoned in all.
John Wean.
Mary Brand.
Jonathan Buchnall.
Henry Spittlehouse.
John Day.
William Smith.
Joseph Richards.
Mary Slingsby.
John Clark.
Anne Cook.
John Whitacre.
Christopher Sarson.
George Wilde.
John Thorpe.
Thomas Mountney.
Joseph Renock.
George Greasley.
John Kempe.
Robert Fouldes.
John Lovet.
Savill Bradshaw.
Michael Middleton.
Joseph Preston.
Anne Fouldsham.
Joseph Chapman.
Joseph Turlington.
Jeremiah Brandriffe.
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Quorndon Suit Roll ex a Barrow Manor Court Roll in the year 1755.
Edward Farnham, Esq.
John Smith, jury.
Mr. Charles Stevens.
Benj. Chambers, jury.
William Chapman, jury.
Widow Kemp.
Frances Bolton.
John Raven.
Mrs. Herricke.
John Noone.
John Hulse.
Joseph Hews, jun., jury.
John Warwick.
Joseph Raven.
William Dewicke.
George Holmes.
Joséph Turlinton.
William Hewet.
John Fisher.
Robert Sutton.
Widdow Ouldam.
Steven Charlesworth.
John Jaques.
Mrs. Prior.
Mr. James Sculthorpe, sen.
Widow Lovit.
John Henworth.
Mr. James Sculthorpe, jun.
Henry Spittlehouse.
Widow Teate.
Samuel Sutton.
Manor of Barrow.
Mr. Thomas Squire, jury.
Edward Foulds.
Jarvis Cragg.
Edward Smith.
Joseph Smith, jury.
Will. Smith, jury.
Will. Stevenson. .
Richard Day.
Mr. Sam. Stevens.
John Bradley.
James Tacey.
Daniel Chapman.
Christopher Sarson.
Francis Marshall.
Joseph Hews, sen., jury.
Charles Parsons.
Thomas Derry.
Oswin Aynesworth, jury.
Widow Willowes.
Thomas Bradfoot.
Samuel Hardy.
David Teate.
Mrs. Bradshaw.
Thomas Brewin.
Widow Tugby.
Benjamin Stables.
Mrs. White.
Thomas Chapman, jury.
John Thorpe.
Jeremiah Brandriffe.
Widow Middleton.
93 summoned in all.
Joseph Cowdall.
James Hudson, jury.
John Fukes.
Joseph Brealey.
John Pagett, jury.
Thomas Elliott.
William Clarke.
Thomas Johnson.
Moses Johnson.
Joseph Fukes.
John Garton.
John Cock.
Thomas Twig.
George Wilde, jury.
John Rudkin.
John Green
Joseph Rennock.
George Greasley.
William Walker.
Richard Humber.
William Greaves.
Thomas Turlinton.
William Wilde.
Widow Gamble.
Samuel Foulds.
Robert Whitmore.
Benjamin Mountney.
John Ratcliffe, jury.
George Sharpe.
George White, jury.
. +. Tompson.
The View of Frankpledge or Court Leet with the Court Baron of the Right Hon. Francis,¥earl of
Huntingdon, lord of the Manor of Barrow-on-Soar, held there on Tuesday the 26th day of October,
30 George II., and in the year of Our Lord 1756.
Before Charles Pestell, gentleman, steward of the said Court.
Mr. John Beaumont.
George Tompson.
John Ferryman.
Joseph Priestly.
Thomas Bradshaw.
Mr. Joseph Hews.
John Ratcliff.
Joseph Smith.
Oswin Aynsworth.
Thomas Chapman.
The Barrow Jury.
John Clarke.
Adrian Gregory.
Thomas Beaumont.
Francis White.
The Quarndon Jury.
Mr. Thomas Parnam.
Thomas Squier.
Thomas Oldham.
George Wilde, sen.
John Jacques.
Thomas Chamberlin.
George Waldram.
John Measures.
William White.
Thomas Chapman, sen.
William Smith.
James Tacey.
Richard Day.
John Smith.
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The Woodhouse Jury.
William Gutteridge. William Soars. Samuel Hull.
Mr. James Sculthorpe was elected Constable for Quarndon ; Benjamin Stables was elected Pinder, and
Thomas Radford and David Teat were elected Headborrows for Quarndon.
Thomas Beaumont was elected Constable for Barrow.
At this Court Thomas Parnham appeared and swore fealty to the lord of this Manor for a messuage and
farm in Barrow now in the occupation of Mr. George Tompson, which he lately purchased of and from
William Leake and Philippa his wife and Thomas Bramley and Elisabeth his wife, being heretofore the
inheritance of John Tompson.
Extracts from the Barrow Manor Court Rolls in the year 1758.
At this Court came William Follows of Loughborough and did fealty to the lord of this Manor for eleven
leys of land lying in a field belonging to Quarndon within this Manor, containing about 2 acres, called “The
Nether Field or Moorfield”? and commonly known by the name of Perkins . .. . which said lands the said
William Follows lately purchased from .... Perkins, spinster, and the heir of Theophilus Perkins, deceased,
At this Court also appeared John Hide, Esquire, and did his fealty to the lord of this Manor for a messuage,
croft and orchard in Quarndon, which he has lately purchased of the Trustees of the late Mr. John Davenport,
also for a messuage, barn and close in Quarndon aforesaid, which he lately purchased from Mrs. Dorothy
Gutteridge, widow [see page 436].
At this Court also appeared Thomas Chapman the younger and did his fealty for 15 acres of field land in
the three Open fields of Quarndon, which he purchased lately from Dorothy Gutteridge, widow.
The Quorndon Award, A.D. 1763.
To all to whom these presents shall come John Davys and John Kirkland, both of Loughborough in the
county of Leicester, gentlemen, William Wyatt of Seang Park, co. Staffs, gent., and Thomas Oldknow of
Nottingham, gent., send Greeting.
Whereas by an Act of Parliament passed in the second year of the reign of King George III., entitled An
Act for dividing and enclosing the several and open and common fields, meadows and Commons within the
Liberty of Quorndon in the parish of Barrow-on-Soar, co. Leicester, It was enacted that We should be
Commissioners for dividing the said several and open fields, meadows, common, etc., and in accordance with
the directions contained in the said Act we have surveyed, measured and produced a plan by which it appears
that the said common fields and meadows contained together 1338 acres, t rood and 26 perches, and that the
commons contained 141 acres, 3 roods and 26 perches, together making 1480 acres, I rood and 12 perches.
The Act recites that the lands and grounds of the proprietors lay intermixed and dispersed in small parcels
in the said fields and meadows of Quorndon and were capable of great improvement by Inclosure. The
Commissioners therefore, after awarding the proportions due to the lord of the manor, the owners of the great
and small tithes and four acres for gravel, are to allot the remaining lands to the proprietors in proportion to
their several and respective shares, interest and rights of common in the said fields, meadows and commons
intended to be enclosed, and also to ascertain, set out and appoint both public and private ways and roads
through the said fields, meadows and commons so intended to be enclosed, with the breadth thereof so as all
such public roads to be made should remain forty feet broad at least between the ditches.
And we the Commissioners having maturely, carefully and impartially considered the several matters
to us referred in the said Act, and having had due regard to the quality as well as the quantity of the lands
contained in the said fields, meadows and commons and the situations and contiguity of the same to the
dwelling-houses of the several proprietors interested therein, it appears to us that
the Earl of Huntingdon. John Fisher. William Burrow.
Edward Farnham Ann Bowles. Sir John Danvers, Bart.
and Hugo Meynell. Sir Wolstan Dixie, Bart. Trustees for Barrow Hospital.
also Ann Alt. Mary Bradshaw. John Bostock.
William Boss.
Elizabeth Boss.
William Leake.
Thomas Chapman, senior.
Richard Day.
Dorothy Fisher.
William Herrick.
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Joseph Beeby.
Thomas Bentley.
Thomas Chamberlin.
Thomas Chapman, junior.
John Doughty.
Thomas Greasley.
John Hyde.
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John Bakewell.
John Cock.
John Caunt.
John Willows.
Joseph Hews, senior.
Robert Hubbard and Ann his wife.
Francis Holmes.
Joseph Hews, junior. John Hews. William Harris.
Thomas Herrick. Archer Judd. Thomas Noon.
William Loe. Richard Marson. Edmund Reynals.
John Padley. Ann Pollard. John Stone.
Matthew Steel.
John Tacey.
Samuel Stevens. Robert Stevens.
Thomas Squire and Catherine his Samuel Sculthorpe.
wife. Trustees of Quorndon Town Thomas Turlington.
James Sculthorpe, junior. Lands. Ann Wyld.
George Thompson. Solomon Woodroffe. Elizabeth Ensor.
John Bradshaw.
Ralph Harris.
John Wilkinson.
Benjamin Chambers.
John Raven.
Richard Gifford.
Sarah Wood.
John Chapman.
are the present owners and proprietors of the said fields, meadows and commons in different proportions and
entitled to allotments of land according to their respective shares, interest and rights of common and other
properties in the said fields then intended to be enclosed, and John Alleyne, David Davenport, Thomas Oldham,
John Cock, George Greasley, and Mary Walker are the owners of certain ancient inclosures, yards or orchards
who have not any lands in the said fields, meadows and commons to be allotted in lieu of the tithes thereof.
We therefore order that several small yearly sums (given) shall be issuing from the said ancient inclosures
payable to the former owners of the great and small tithes now to be extinguished.
The expenses of the said Act and the costs and charges of the Commissioners amounted to the sum of
£1083 7s. 6d., which was paid by the proprietors of the lands in proportion to their holdings.
The Award was signed by the Commissioners on July gth, 1763.
N.B.—The area of the Urban District of Quorndon is stated by Kelly (1908) to be 2,193 acres of land and 27 of water. The
difference between this amount and the 1,480 acres awarded in 1763 is accounted for in this way, viz., no part of the woodland nor the
fields called the Wellasses, nor the ancient inclosures (except in a few instances) were included in the lands to be awarded; these
combined would probably amount to 700 acres.
At the date of the Quorndon Award the Earl of Huntingdon was lord of the manor of Barrow and received an allotment of 5 acres
in satisfaction for his right and interest in the soil of the commons as owner of the larger portion of the manorial rights of Quorndon.
Anne Bowles, widow, was the impropriatrix of the Great Tithes of Quorndon and received an allotment of 164 acres, 3 roods,
24 perches in lieu of and in satisfaction for all the Great Tithes.
_ The Rev. William Burrow, as vicar of Barrow, and his successors in the vicarage received an allotment of 10 acres, 1 rood and
32 perches; and Edward Farnham received an allotment of 10 acres, 1 rood and 16 perches in lieu of and in satisfaction for their
tespective moieties of the Small Tithes of Quorndon.
Four acres were set out and allotted for getting gravel, stone and sand for repairing the public roads mentioned in the Award and for
the use of the inhabitants and freeholders of Quorndon.
The tithes were extinguished at this Award by each proprietor surrendering a sufficient amount of the land to which he was entitled
in order to compensate the owners of the great and small tithes for the loss of the tithes in future.
‘A List of Freeholders in Quorndon who voted for the election of a Knight of the Shire to represent
the county of Leicester in Parliament in 1775.
Freeholder. Residence. . Qualification. Tenant.
William Boss. Loughborough. Messuage and land. Ed. Bates.
John Bostock. Quorndon. ditto. His own.
John Bradshaw. do. ditto. His own, etc.
Benjamin Chambers. do. ditto. His own.
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Joseph Chapman. Quorndon. House and land. His own.
John Chapman. do. Messuage and land. His own,
Thomas Chapman. do. ditto. His own,
John Charlesworth. do. ditto. His own.
Jobu Cock. do. ditto. John Foster,
John Cook. do. ditto. His own.
David Davenport. do. Messuage. His own.
Richard Day. do. House and land. His own,
Edward Farnham, Esq. do. Land. His own.
Robert Fisher. Wanlip. Land. Scampton Wheatly.
Richard Giffard, clerk. Derby. Lands. John Stone,
John Hide, Esq. Quorndon. Messuage and land. His own.
Thomas Hodgkinson. do, House and Homestead. His own.
William Holmes. do. House and land. His own.
Robert Hubbard. Loughborough. Land. Thomas Ensor.
John Hughes. do. Messuage and land. His own.
Joseph Hughes. do. House and land. Rev. Mr. Hudson,
John Johnson. Beaumanor. Land. His own.
Archer Judd. do. Messuage and land. His own,
John Padley. Nottingham. ditto. John Cox.
Robert Parkinson. Quorndon. ditto. Jarvis Cragg.
John Raven. do. ditto. His own.
John Rudkin. do. ditto. His own.
James Sculthorpe. do. ditto. His own.
Samuel Sculthorpe. do. ditto. His own.
Thomas Smitham. do. Messuage. His own.
Robert Stevens. do. Land. Will. Fisher.
Samuel Stevens, Esq. do. Messuage and lands. His own,
John Stone, gent. do. ditto. His own.
John Tacey. do. Land. Will. Parkinson.
Joseph Thornhill. do. Messuage and land. His own.
John Tims. Overseal. Messuages. Sam. Wild.
George Wild. Quorndon. Messuages and land. His own.
THE RAWLINS CHARITIES.
A family of the name of Rawlins was established in the manor of Beaumanor as carly as the beginning
of the 16th century, and a certain Thomas Rawlyns served as a juryman at the Court held for the manor
of Beaumanor on April 11th, 1514. By the end of that century or the beginning of the next several of the
name had become prosperous yeomen possessing lands in Barrow, Woodhouse, and Woodhouse Eaves.
Between the years 1665 and 1696 three of them, viz., William Rawlins of Burleigh by Loughborough, his
brother Thomas of the parish of St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate, and his nephew Thomas of Woodhouse, had left
important benefactions, the fruits whereof are still being enjoyed by the people of the neighbourhood of
Quorndon,
William Rawlins became Master of the Pewterers? Company in 1668 and made his last attendance at,
the Court of the Company in 1676. Prior to this date he had bought Burleigh House near Loughborough
from Theophilus, 7th Earl of Huntingdon, and he settled there some years before he ceased to hold office as a
member of his guild. Dying in 1696 he gave by his will, dated March 26th, 1696, a house and close in
Woodhouse containing 34 acres, then occupied by William Page at a clear rent of £4, in Trust to William
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Herrick, Esq., Charles Farnham, gent., William Tarlton and Edward Crompton, for the purpose of putting
out one poor boy, belonging to Woodhouse or Woodhouse Eaves, as an apprentice to some trade in London
every five years for ever.
Thomas Rawlins, citizen and baker of St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate, bought in 1661 of Edward Barsby,
citizen and cooper, son of John Barsby, yeoman, of Woodhouse, a cottage in Woodhouse, two gardens or
orchards and three closes of pasture. In 1663 he bought from Nicholas Willimott a parcel of land forming
part of Warren’s Park, Loughborough. In 1663 he bought of William Herrick a property called Vicary Party
(see p. 436). By his will he bequeathed to his loving sister Mary Tarlton an annuity of 20s. yearly, payable
out of the property bought from Barsby, which sum, after her death, was to be paid to some chief inhabitants
in Woodhouse “ to raise stock thereof successively for ever for putting poor boys there bound apprentice,” to
his eldest son Thomas he left his Woodhouse property, including the Vicary Party, and to his youngest son
Isaac the Barrow and Loughborough properties.
Some months before the will was made the plague had broken out in London and spread at an alarming
rate. Thomas Rawlins was at this time churchwarden of St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate. His last entry is July 15th,
1665, and from a certificate in his account book, now in the Guildhall Library (MS. 1517), it is clear that he
died on the date of the last entry, no doubt of the plague. His daughter Mary had predeceased him. The
widow and her two sons apparently escaped from London, and, according to a legend current in Woodhouse,
made their way to that place, where they were hospitably received and sheltered by a yeoman named Chapman.
Isaac Rawlins, the younger son, became a member of the Grocers’ Company. He lived at Stanford,
co. Notts, and married in 1673 Mary, the daughter of Edward Farnham of Quorndon, Esq., by whom he had
a family of three daughters. He died in 1685.
Thomas Rawlins, the elder son, does not appear to have adopted any trade, but from the many papers in
his writing to be found among the Rawlins documents, he appears to have become a religious enthusiast
deeply attached to the Presbyterian cause. For many years he seems to have had no settled habitation, and
his private accounts shew that he lodged with his uncle William Rawlins at Burleigh as well as at other houses
in the neighbourhood, whilst he occasionally spent several months at a time with his Tarlton relations at the
Pewterers’ Hall in Lime Street, E.C., where he attended the services held there by the licensed Presbyterian
ministers, making many notes and extracts of their sermons. Some doggerel verses inset to an elaborately
ornamented signature on a large square of parchment, which he executed in 1671, shew that at that time, being
22 years of age, he thought of devoting himself to teaching the young; and other papers in his writing make it
probable that he occupied himself in this way long before he founded by trust deed the school that bears his
name.
The first definite step towards this consummation was taken in September 1690, when he made a
temporary conveyance of his Woodhouse property to three Trustees for educational and other purposes. This
Deed was revoked in December of the same year, and the final settlement was made by a Deed of Gift dated
August 12th, 1691, wherein he conveyed in Trust to William Rawlins, junior, Christopher Smalley, and
Thomas Chapman the following properties, viz., one Messuage or Tenement now or late in the occupation of
Abraham Chambers, the schoolmaster under the first settlement ; a close of pasture ground called The Pingle
adjoining the messuage on the west ; a close on the south called the Great close, being newly parted; the close
of pasture called the Clay piece; and six closes of meadow and pasture called Vicary Party, now or late in the
occupation of John Smith and Henry Foster; the income derived therefrom to be applied in the manner
following, viz. :—
1. The Trustees are to pay Thomas Rawlins 20s. yearly on June 4th, “if demanded by writings under his
hand; and for want of such demand”? this sum is to be applied to the other purposes afterwards mentioned.
2. In addition to the 20s. a year bequeathed by Thomas Rawlins the elder out of part of the premises to
raise stock for apprenticing a poor boy of Woodhouse, another 20s. a year is to be paid for the same purpose
out of all the premises. :
3. Similarly gos. a year are to be raised for apprenticing a poor boy or boys born in Quorndon.
4. On June 4th and December gth the ‘I'rustees are to pay £24 for the following uses: #16 per annum
are to be employed in putting to School two and twenty or more poor boys born and dwelling in Woodhouse
and Woodhouse Eaves, if so many can be found, and failing this, the number is to be made up out of
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Quorndon ; #4 per annum are to be employed in putting to School six poor boys born and dwelling in
Quorndon ; and the remaining #4 in putting to School six poor boys born and dwelling in Barrow-on-Soar
all which boys are to be taught and instructed in English, Latin, Writing and Arithmetic in the Schaal
hereafter mentioned.
5- The boys are to be chosen by the Trustees or the major part of them, and if there cannot be so many
poor boys as aforesaid found in the respective places aforesaid then the number is to be made up by the
Trustees or the major part of them out of such adjacent Towns as they shall think fit, and the Trustees, in
nominating such poor boys, are to have respect to those poor people’s boys who have not wherewith to give
them Jearning.
6. The Trustees are to elect a fit person to be Schoolmaster, who shall be placed and settled in Wood-
house at the House new built for the purpose, and are to pay him £24 per annum for his services.
7. They are to lay out 40s. per annum in books and paper for the use of such boys whose friends are not
able to buy them any, and such books are to remain in the School for the use of such Charity Boys.
8. The residue of the profits, after payment of taxes, chief rent and repairs, are to be given yearly for ever
unto some poor ancient people born and dwelling in Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves as the Trustees
think fit.
g. If by reason of taxes, or any other unforeseen accident, the profits shall not be sufficient to answer the
several sums aforesaid, the Trustees are to make a proportionable abatement of all the sums payable, and saving
their own default not to be answerable for loss.
1o. Upon the death of a Trustee, the two survivors are to elect another out of Woodhouse, Woodhouse
Eaves or Quorndon, in order that the said Charity may continue in three persons for ever. .
11. Before March 6th next the Trustees are to buy a book and enter the Deed of Settlement therein, and
the accounts, acts, matters and all things concerning the Trust are to be so entered yearly for ever.
The Founder took an active interest in the School from the time of its foundation until his death;
engrossing the accounts in the “‘ paper book,” adding to the buildings at his own expense, and even working on
them with his own hands, squabbling with the masters and the trustees, and on at least one occasion vainly
going to law with them in order to secure a greater share in the management.
He died on September goth, 1712, and was buried at Woodhouse on October 4th. From his will, which is
dated April 19th, 1710, we find that he was possessed of ‘one messuage or tenement with y° appurtenances
scituate and being in y* Parish of St. Michael in y* Querne, London, in a certain street or place there called
Paternoster Row on y? north side of y® said street, late built and erected upon a toft or parcell of ground whereon
before y* late dreadfull fire which happened in London stood a messuage or tenement sometimes divided into
two tenements” and let to “ William Bloreblock and ffrancis Maidstone for y® Residue of ye Tenure of three
score and one year coming from y® Nativity of St. John Baptist which was in y® year of our Lord one thousand
six hundred and sixty and nine at and under y® yearly rent of Twenty pounds.” He devised this property in
trust to “ Thomas Hartoppe of Quorndon in y® county of Leicester, Esq., and Thomas Chapman of y* same,
yeoman,” and enjoined upon them to sell or mortgage it “as soon as conveniently may be,” and to buy land
or other tenements with the proceeds, the rents of the property to be applied thus: two pounds ten shillings a
year to be paid to “ such poor old people as shall be settled in a Religious exercise in Mr. Matthews’ meeting
house at Mountsorrell,”” Mr. Matthews himself to receive and distribute the money at his discretion during his
lifetime, and at his death the two eldest Trustees of the charity already founded to take over this duty;
“ twenty shillings a year for ever to four of y* poorest housekeepers in y° Town of Barrow” to be distributed
quarterly, the trustees having “special regard to those poor widow men and women who have a charge of
children to keep ”’; similarly, three pounds a year to the poor of Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves, and two
pounds a year to the poor of Quorndon; one pound “ yearly and every year for ever for and towards y* mending
and repairing the foot and cart-way leading from y*® schoolhouse of Woodhouse to the end of Woodhouse
town, and the overplus thereof, when it shall be sufficiently repaired, to be yearly laid out and expended in the
repairing of y* foote and cart-way in Woodhouse Eaves as long as there shall be occasion, and after y* same
shall be sufficiently repaired y' then y* said yearly sum of Twenty shillings shall be laid out and expended in
y° repairing and amending of y® forrest lane leading from y* gate up to y® chapell ”; ten pounds each to Thomas
Hartopp and Thomas Chapman, to be paid a year after the testator’s decease ; two pounds a year, in addition,
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to Hartopp and Chapman for life “ for and in recompense of y® care and trouble they shall or may be at in
yt management of y® trust,”’ the same sum per annum to be paid after their death to the “two eldest trustees
for the time being who shall succeed them in ye said trust and be chosen in y® management of Woodhouse
school”; five pounds to Mr. Robert Tarlton and ten pounds to Mr. William Tarlton to be paid after the
testator’s death ; to his cozen Elizabeth Murrell two pounds a year for life, this sum after her death to go to
the poor of Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves and Quorndon ; to Thomas Chapman “all my apparel both
woollen and Linnen, and all my bookes and writing papers that I have writ out of Bookes, with three of my
best boxes to keep the said writings in” as well as the papers concerning the London and Woodhouse estate,
“which writings I desire shall be safely kept by y® said Mr. Chapman at Quarndon during his life and after
his death by y® eldest of the succeeding trustees”; to “ Mr. Boley y® schoolmaster of Woodhouse y® use ot
one oval table, a leathern carpet, a writing desk, and of one brasse candlestick while he dwells at the said
schoolhouse, and do desire y* they should be kept at the said schoolhouse for y® benefit of y* succeeding
schoolmasters during their respective abode there.’? Provision is made for the reimbursement of the
Trustees for their expenses of management, for the “ proportionable abatement” of any of the above yearly
payments should the funds of the foundation be insufficient to cover them in full; and a clause 1s added
providing that ‘‘in case there shall happen to be any overplush of the yearly Rents and proffits of y® said
premises after paym* of the said several sums” before given, one half of this surplus is to be divided equally
between the two eldest trustees, and the other is to be given to the poor of Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves
and Quorndon.
Fortunately for the foundation the Paternoster Row property was not disposed of, for its value had risen
in 1846 to £140 per annum, whilst that of the Woodhouse property amounted to £90 tos. per annum. Of
this amount the two senior trustees each drew £64 138. a year, and £121 12s. a year was distributed amongst
the poor of Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves and Quorndon, whilst the other fixed payments remained as
provided in the Deed of Gift and Will respectively.
In 1864, when the Playfair Commission was appointed to enquire into the conduct of the county
grammar schools, the number of pupils in the school had been reduced to one, who was the son of the school-
master, Mr. Henry Lester. Not long after the publication of the Commissioners’ report the school was closed
altogether, and a dispute amongst the trustees as to the management of the charity led to the intervention of
the Court of Chancery. In 1890 the yearly income of the foundation had risen to #524 135. 4d.; of this,
£400 was derived from the Paternoster Row property, which, in 1885, had been let on a repairing lease
for a term of 80 years. The amounts distributed in doles and falling to the two eldest Trustees had thus still
further increased out of all proportion to the intention of the founder, and an agitation, moreover, had been set
on foot for the removal of the school to the more central and populous village of Quorndon. A new
scheme, dated February 8th, 1892, was accordingly drawn up by the Charity Commissioners and approved
by the Court of Chancery, under which the desired removal was brought about, the application of the funds
was rearranged on an equitable basis, the number of the trustees was increased, and the night of succeeding
trustees to appropriate any portion of the funds was taken away.
In September 1892 the school was revived at the Village Hal], Quorndon, by its present Headmaster,
with 16 pupils. This number quickly grew, and new buildings, erected on a convenient site, were opened in
February 1897. Co-education was established (for the first time in a Leicestershire secondary school) in 1898,
and the buildings were enlarged in 1906 to accommodate a hundred children. There are now nearly ninety
pupils on the register, thirty-two of these being foundation or other scholars, and thirty-five being girls. The
staff of assistants consists of five permanent teachers and two visiting masters, and includes two University
graduates and two undergraduates, whilst the course of education is arranged so as to lead directly to the
Universities. The Woodhouse estate has all been sold, but the Paternoster Row property still remains
in the hands of the trustees, who have at their disposal an average annual sum of about £1500, derived
chiefly from rents, fees, and grants from the County Education Authority and the Board of Education.
458 QUORNDON RECORDS.
A visit paid to Quorndon by Nimrod. Ex “Sporting Review,” Vol. VI., p. 109, A.D. 1841.
“ Accompanied by Mr. Earl, landlord to Mr, Hodgson, I spent some hours in perambulating the classic
remains of Quorn, and recalled those days in which it was the chosen residence of the most renowned
sportsmen of Meynell’s glorious reign.
** There was the house in which the celebrated Mr. Childe resided, the first to shew them what the pace is
over a country, whose name and fame will never die in the fox-hunting world. Then the mansion in which
the late Lord Foley, Sir Henry Peyton, and the late Sir Stephen Glyn (with Colonel Mellish as their guest}
were domiciled at the same time, now a school, kept by the Rev. Mr. Burnaby, and one of high repute. [
called at the door and saw one of the scholars, the son of Sir David Baird, who, no doubt, will imbibe some of
the classic remains of once renowned Quorn ; and by way of helping him to do so, I left with him a number
of the ‘Sporting Review.’ I next saw the house Sir Harry Featherstone inhabited, afterwards the residence:
of Lord Wenlock, the Sir Robert Lawley of those days. Lord Maynard’s house is still standing in
statu quo; and alas! the poor old Hall, the seat of the king of fox-hunters, Mr. Meynell. It is now again
not only not the residence of a fox-hunter, but once more on sale, having been purchased by a very worthy
person, who having unfortunately embarked in some unprofitable commercial transactions, cannot afford to
live in it. It also is in statu quo; and on a former occasion, when all Mr. Hodgson’s beds were occupied, I
was lodged under its roof; and its fine stables, with the kennel, are in the occupation of Mr. Hodgson, who
has them for the term entered into by Lord Suffield.
“Quorn Hall with about 100 acres of capital grass land can be purchased, it is said, on terms that would
render it a good investment of capital.”
N.B.—Charles James Apperley (Nimrod) died on May roth, 1843, aged 66; he perhaps remembered Mr. Meynell the elder
before he handed the reins of government over to his son, and the fame of the veteran sportsman is constantly alluded to in Nimrod’s-
writings. The expression “classic ground of Quorn” would sound strange to the modern fox-hunter who spends his winters at Melton
if he once had to spend a day in Quorn Wood.
Towards the close of the 18th century the sport provided by Mr. Meynell's celebrated pack of hounds attracted strangers to hunt
with his hounds, some of whom made Quorndon their winter residence. In 1800 Nichols writes that all the houses in Quorn were at this
time taken by people of the first distinction. ‘ A small house with only a garden and stables (now Mr. Cradock’s, but then smaller) is
let to Lord Foley and Sir Stephen Glyn for 100 guineas a year; another small house (now Quorn Place) to Sir Robert Lawley, bart.,
at the same rent; and another is taken by Lord Craven. Every house in the neighbourhood also that can be had is taken, and it is
supposed that next winter it will be the largest Hunt that has ever been known at Quorndon, etc.!” These palmy days for the owners
of houses in Quorndon did not, however, last long, owing to the superior advantages for hunting offered by Melton, and although the.
hounds and the hunt horses continued to be domiciled (with occasional migrations) at Quorndon until the year 1906, visitors had
long ceased to use Quorndon as their winter quarters for hunting.
Hugo Meynell died at his London residence on December 13th, 1808, in the 74th year of his age. On Wednesday the 2ist of
December the remains of the veteran foxhunter passed through the village of Quorndon for interment at Bradley in Derbyshire. The
inhabitants of the village we hope turned out to shew their respect to the memory of one who had done in his time more than anyone
else to make the name of Quorndon famous. Mr. Meynell had retired from the onerous duties of a Master of Hounds in 1798, his
place being taken by his son Hugo Meynell, junior, who unfortunately died in May 1800, when the Nether-hall, the kennels, stables,
etc,, were sold to Lord Sefton, the succeeding Master.
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ADDENDA.
Surtees’ History of Durham, page 29. Bishops of Durham.
Nicholas de Farnham, Bishop of Durham 1241—1248.
The King (Henry III.) on Melsonby’s resignation sent commissioners to Durham instructed to object against the Dean of Lincoln,
the Vicar of Aukland, Simon de London, and several others, on whom it was thought probable the election might fall, and to promote
the interests of Peter de Egroblanch the royal kinsman. The Ecclesiasticks, however, in order to preserve their privileges, made choice,
on the 2nd of January, of Nicholas de Farnham,a person of unexceptionable character, in the service of the Queen. The Court immediately
acquiesced in the nomination ; the new Prelate received institution of the temporalities soon after, was consecrated at Gloucester on
Trinity Sunday by the Archbishop of York in the presence of the Sovereign and a splendid Court, and was enthroned at Durham on the
ensuing feast of St. Cuthbert. Farnham had already refused the See of Coventry and reluctantly accepted the important charge. In
1242 he was commissioned to deliver the manors of Penrith and Sowerby to the King of Scotland; and in 1244, when apprehensions were
entertained of a Scottish war, he was ordered to remain at home, notwithstanding his summons to Parliament, for the defence of the
Palatinate. After presiding eight years he voluntarily resigned the Bishopric in 1249, reserving as an honourable provision for life the
manors. of Howden, Easington and Stocton, providing an annual revenue of one thousand marks. His successor in vain attempted to
disturb this provision, and the evening of his life was spent in ease and retirement at his manor of Stocton, where he died in 1257.
N.B.—Patent Roll,6 Henry III., A.D. 1222, Master Nicholas de Farenham has the King’s letters of presentation to the church of
Esendon with the chapel of Beiford. Tested at Winchester May 13th. In 1223 Joseph de Farenham, chaplain of Master Nicholas de
Farenham, was presented to the chapel of Stortesfeld (Patent Roll October 17th). In 1238 a Vicarage is to be provided in Master
Nicholas de Farenham’s church of Essenden, which is of the King’s advowson, and on February roth, 1241, the Royal Assent to the
election of Master Nicholas de Farenham as Bishop of Durham was given (Patent Roll).
Essendon is five miles from Hertford. Bayford is three miles from Hertford, and is a curacy attached to Essendon.
Hertford Assize Roll 318, m. 9d. 32 Henry III., A.D. 1248.
Roger de Sumery, Nichola le Baud and Ralph the son of Richard de Farnham, offered themselves against Roger le Engleys
in a plea of 12 acres of land with appurtenances in Wytham which they claim against him as their right, and into which the said
Roger le Engleys has no right of entry except by Beatrice, who was the wife of Robert le Baud, who held them in dower of the gift
of the said Robert, formerly her husband, the grandfather of the said Roger de Sumery and Ralph de Farnham, and father of the said
Nichola, whose heirs they are. Roger le Engleys did not appear. Judgment: Let the land be taken into the King’s hands, and he is
summoned to be here on Monday in one month after Easter.
Charter Roll, Merton. February roth, 1253. Grant to Ralph, the son of Richard de Farnham, and his heirs of Free Warren in his
demesne lands in Farneham, co. Essex, and in Storteford, co. Hertford, provided that the said lands are not within the King’s forest.
Essex Assize Roll 1183, m. 2. A.D. 1255.
Roger de Sumery, Ralph the son of Richard de Farnham, and Nicola, who was the wife of William Russel, offered themselves
against Thomas de Derby in a plea of 18 acres of land with appurtenances in Storteford which they claim as their right, and of which a
certain Robert le Baud, their ancestor, was seised in demesne as of fee and right in the time of King John, father of the now King, by
taking issues to the value of half a mark. And from the said Robert the right descended to certain Agnes, Sara, and the said
Nicola (who now demands), as daughters and heirs; and from the said Agnes the right of her purparty descended to the said Roger, who
now demands as son and heir; and from the said Sara the right of her purparty descended to the said Ralph as son and heir.
And Thomas comes and defends, and-he denies the right of Roger and the others and prays for Recognition whether his is not the
greater right.
A day is given them in one month from St. John Baptist’s day, and then let four knights come, etc.
Robert le Baud=>-Beatrice.
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oa ... de Sumery. Sara=-Richard de Farnham. Nicola=William Russell.
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Roger de Sumery. Ralph de Farnham.
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460 QUORNDON RECORDS.
N.B.—The Baud family held the manor of Corringham, co. Essex, as early as the reign of King John; the same family also held the
manor of Hadham Hall, co. Hertford. In the reign of King Henry III. both manors were held of the Bishop of London. Sir Walter de
Baud had free warren in his lands in Hadham temp. Henry III. (Morant’s “‘ Essex,” vol. i., page 241, and Cussans’ “ Hertford,” vol. i.,.
page 189). oe
Adam de Sumery held the manor of Bigrave temp. Henry I. (Placita de quo warranto 6 Edward I., m. 35 d., and Cussans’
“ Hertford,” vol. i, page 50). Milo de Sumery, living in 1226 (Fine Roll, 10 Henry III., m. 5), had a son and heir Roger de Sumery
(Fine Roll, 13 Henry III., m. 9).
Curia Regis Roll 176, m. 3 d. Michaelmas, 50 Henry III., A.D. 1266.
Staff.; William de Farnham offered himself against the Dean and Chapter of Tamworth in a plea that they hold for him a Fine made in
the Court of the lord the King, between Philip Marmiun, plaintiff, and the said Dean and Chapter, defendants, of the advowson of the
Church of Middleton, by which Fine the Dean and Chapter granted, at the instance of the said Philip, to the same William for the whole
term of his life, 10 marks annually to be taken from the Benefice. And they do not come. And the Sheriff was ordered to distrain.
N.B.—Dugdale says in his “‘ Warwickshire,” page 1052, that the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church at Tamworth purchased
the Advowson of Middleton Church in 41 Henry III., A.D. 1257, from Philip Marmion. Page 1133, Philip Marmion was Sheriff of War-
wickshire and Leicestershire in 33 Henry III., A.D, 1248; served in Gascony and Wales, and died 20 Edward I, A.D. 1201.
Extract from the Derbyshire Records, temp. Edward I.
A Grant by Richard son of Robert de Farnham to Ralph de Calvoure dwelling in Wardlawe, of all his meadow which Mat Mercator
of Bauceville (Bakewell) formerly had and held of the said Robert his father, lying in the meadow of Horsecroft, between the meadow of
the Lord and the Stone Bridge. Rendering therefore to him and his heirs three silver shillings at the Feast of Saint Michael for all
secular customs, exactions, wards, reliefs, escheats, suits of court, foreign services, and demands.
Witnesses: Ralph de Wine, Thomas Folejambe, Alan de Pickeworth, Robert de Reydon, William the clerk, Roger de Esseburne,
and others.
N.B.—This Grant is undated, but from the Curia Regis Rolls Mat Mercator died in the reign of King Henry III, and Ralph
Calvoure and some of the other witnesses are mentioned in the Rolls as living in 1270.
British Museum, Additional Charters, Quorndon, xxiii, 2.
To all the faithfull of Christ by whom this writing may be seen or heard, Margaret Basset greeting in the Lord everlasting.
Know ye that I in my pure widowhood and piety have granted and demised to Roger Burt, clerk, the custody of all the lands and
tenements which Ralph Burt held of me in the Vill and Territories of Querondon to the capital messuage belonging, and all other the:
appurtenances, without any withdrawal, until the lawful age of Roger the son and heir of the said Ralph,
To have and to hold to Roger and his heirs and assigns from me and my heirs freely, quietly, well, and in peace until the lawful age
of the said heir, renderirig annually unto me and to my heirs or assigns qos. of lawful money until the age of the heir be attained, to wit,
at the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul, 10s.; at the Feast of St. Michael, 1os.; at the Feast of St. Andrew, ros.; and at the Feast
of the Annunciation of Our Lady, 1os., for all secular services, exactions, customs, and demands.
In witness of which to this my present writing I have affixed my seal with these witnesses: Dominus Thomas de Prestwold, Vicar of
Barue, Alexander Pycot of Barue, Gilbert Pedman of the same, Richard de Lewes of the same, Adam Martel of Querondon, Richard.
Martel of the same, and others.
N.B.—Richard de Lewes and Alexander Pycot occur as witnesses to a Charter in 1280. Gilbert Pedman occurs as witness in 1280.
Alexander Pygod occurs in 128g. Adam Martel occurs in 1294.
Thomas de Prestwold was appointed Vicar of Barrow on the death or resignation of Simon de Lichefeld.
Simon de Lichefeld, Chaplain, was presented by the Abbot and Convent of Leicester to the Vicarage of Barrow-on-Soar on the
death of Master William de Sumerdebi. Admitted 3 Nones of October in the tenth year of Bishop Gravesend (5 October 1268) at
Stibenhey. ;
Thomas de Prestwold died circa 1307.
De Banco Roll 106, m. 245 d. A.D. 1294.
Thomas Spaniel against Thomas de Prestwold, Vicar of the Church of Barewe, and Seylo de Thorp, executors of the Will of Master
Robert de Thorp.
Thomas de Prestwold, therefore, was Vicar of Barrow in 1294.
Coram Rege Roll, No. 101. Michaelmas, 14-15 Edward I., A.D. 1286.
m.5d, Leyc.; John de Sutterton offered himself against William le Provost of Haloghton, Reginald Gybelot, William Hamund,
William Pyntel, Richard Motte, Thomas son of Margery, John son of Leye, Adelard le Messer, Ralph son of William de Farnham,
Henry son of Valentine, and Peter his brother, Elyas le Charett, and Robert son of Amys in a plea of trespass. And they do not come.
The Sheriff was ordered to distrain, and he returns that William le Provost is mainprised by Gilbert son of Robert de Haleuton, and.
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ohn Blakemande of the same, and Ralph son of William de Farnham is mainprised by William de Farnham of Haleuton, Peter de
Farnham of the same, Ralph his son, and William Gyner of the same.
m.13d, The same defendants in mercy after many defaults, and were attached to answer to John de Sutterton in a plea wherefore
they, with force and arms, assaulted the same John at Haleyton, beat and wounded him, took and carried away his goods and chattels
there found, to wit, gold, silver, sheets of linen and wool to the value of 1oos., and other enormities to his grave damage, whence he
complains that on Thursday next before the Feast of All Souls in the 13th year of the now King they made the trespass by which he
says he has suffered damage to the value of £20, and thus produces his suit.
And the said William le Provost and the others come by their attorney, and defend force and injury and deny that they committed
the said trespass, and concerning this they put themselves on their country, and the said John likewise, therefore the Sheriff is com-
manded to cause a Jury of 24 to come on the quindene of Saint Hillary wheresoever, etc.
N.B.—In the Lay Subsidy of 1327 Ralph de Farnham of Hallaton was taxed 12d. in respect of lands in Hallaton.
foram Rege Roll 197, m. 60. Trinity, A.D. 1309.
Peter, the serjeant of the Abbot of Leicester, of Barewe-on-Sore, John the son of Roger Dyke, John Prichet of Querendon, Robert
le Bercher, Robert Gummer and Thomas Serle, were attached to answer to Henry de Erdington in a plea wherefore with force
and arms they entered the park of the same Henry at Barewe-on-Sore and hunted and took game in that park without his leave, and cut
down and carried away his trees lately growing there to the value of £40 on Saturday next before the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul
in the second year of the now King, and so continued for eight days entering the park of the same Henry at Barewe, hunting and taking
away his game, to wit bucks, does and prikets, and cutting down his trees, to wit oaks, aspens and alders, by which he has received damage
tothe amount of £100. The defendants deny the damage and put themselves on the country, and Henry likewise. Therefore let a jury
come before the lord the King on the quindene of St. Michael wheresoever, etc.
Assize Roll, 1400, Leicester. 9 Edward III., A.D. 1335.
m, 166. The Assize comes to recognize whether John the Prior of Bermondsey and Nicolas de Clifford, a monk of the same
Priory, and William Joukyn of Woodhouse, unjustly disseised John Martel of Quernedon the elder of his free tenement in Quernedon, and
whence he complains that they disseised him of one plot of ground containing 8 perches in length, and 2 perches in breadth. And the
said Prior and the others do not come, and John the Prior of Bermondsey is attached by chattels of the value of 20d. which are
forfeited, and William Joukyn is attached by William Rolond and John Joukyn, therefore they are in mercy, and concerning Nicholas the
monk, the Sheriff returned that he had nothing to attach,
Let the Assize be taken against them in default.
The Recognators come, who say on oath that the said Nicolas and William did unjustly disseise, etc. John the Prior of Bermondsey
did no injury or disseisin.
Therefore it is adjudged that the said John Martel recover his seisin by the view of the recognators and his damages, which they
assess at 40s,
And Nicolas and William are in mercy, and John Martel is in mercy for making a false claim against John the Prior of Bermondsey.
m. 166. The Assize comes to recognize whether John le Rous of Querndon, William Sweyn of Colston, Richard le Rous of
Querndon, Ralph Basset of Drayton the younger and Thomas Daddy of Barewe, unjustly disseised Giles de Erdyngton and Elizabeth his
wife of their free tenement in Querndon, and whence they complain that they disseised them of 2 messuages, a bovate of land, 23 acres
of pasture and 4s. 6d. of rent. John and the others did not come, but a certain Edmund de Assheby replied for them as bailiff, except
for Ralph Basset, and says that he did no injury or disseisin, and concerning this he places himself on the Assize ; and for Ralph Basset
he answers as tenant that he is ready to hear the view of the Assize. ,
The jury say on oath that the said John le Rous of Querndon, William Sweyn of Colston, Richard le Rous of Querndon and Thomas
Daddy of Barewe did unjustly and without judgment and by force and arms disseise the said Giles de Erdyngton and Elizabeth his wife
of the said tenements placed in the view as they complain to their damage of 10 marks.
Therefore it is adjudged that Giles and Elizabeth recover their seisin and damages of 10 marks, but they are in mercy for a false
claim against Ralph Basset the younger, who is acquitted. The other defendants appeal to a Jury of 24.
De Banco Roll, No. 328, m. 511d. A.D. 1841.
Leyc.; The Essoin of John the son of Geoffrey Pyllok offered himself against William de Skyllyngton and Waham de Farnham in
a plea wherefore they with force and arms assaulted, beat, wounded, and ill-treated the same John at Ayleston, and did other enormities
to his grave damage and against the peace. And they donot come. And the Sheriff was ordered to attach, and he returns that they
have nothing. Therefore the Sheriff is ordered to take them and to have them here on the morrow of the Purification of the Blessed
Mary.
De Banco Roll, m. 88, Hilary, 15-16 Edward III., A.D. 1342.
Staff.; John Trussel, knight, appeared by his essoin against Walter de Farnham in a plea that he render him a reasonable account
for the time that he was his bailiff in Acton near Bedenhale. Walter did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to arrest and produce
him on the quindene of Easter.
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De Banco Roll, 479. Trinity, 3-4 Richard II., A.D. 1380.
m. 522, Leyc.; John Farnham, who sues for the King as well as for himself, by William Norreys his attorney, offered himself
against William Cartere of Queryndon in a plea wherefore, since for the utility of the realm and by the ordinance of the King, anyone
who has been engaged as a servant withdrawing himself before the end of the term agreed upon without reasonable cause or leave may
incur the penalty of imprisonment, the said William, being a servant of John Farnham at Queryndon, withdrew himself from his service
before the end of his agreement without reasonable cause or leave, in contempt of the King and to the damage of John Farnham and
against the form of the ordinance aforesaid. He did not appear, and the Sheriff returned that he was not found.
m. 485, 538. Linc. and London; Thomas Erle, citizen and mercer of London, offered himself against Ralph Stanton of Querndon
in co. Leycester in a plea of 73s., and against Robert Lokyngton of Querndon in a plea of £40. They did not appear.
De Banco Roll 498. Trinity, 8-9 Richard Ii., A.D. 1385.
m. 119, Leyc.; Agnes, who was the wife of John Hiclyng of Wymondeswold, in mercy after many defaults.
The same Agnes and Nicholas Hiclyng, executors of the Will of John Hicling, were summoned to answer John Farnham of Queren-
don in a plea of 12 marks which they owe him and unjustly withhold, and whence John Farnham, by John Ernesby his attorney, says
that the said John Hiclyng on Monday in the Feast of St. Dionysius, 48 Edward III. (1374), at Barowe, by a certain writing obligatory
granted that he was held and bound to the said John Farnham in the sum of 12 marks, to pay to John Farnham, his heirs or executors,
at Querendon on the Feast of St. Martin next following, and obliged himself, his heirs and executors faithfully to pay to John Farnham,
his heirs or executors, the said sum, John Hiclyng did not pay the said sum, nor have his executors done so, by which John Farnham
says he has suffered damage to the amount of £20, and thus he produces his suit, and he proffers the said writing obligatory which
testifies to the said debt in the aforesaid manner, Given at Barowe the day and year aforesaid. ‘
Nicholas comes in his own person and Agnes by her attorney and defend force and injury, and Nicholas says that he has not
administered any goods or chattels of the said John Hiclyng as executor. And Agnes says that John Hiclyng, long before his death,
gave all his goods and chattels to certain William Gerneys of Herdeby and William, Vicar of the Church of Wymondeswold, which
goods and chattels Agnes, with the assent and order of the said William and William, administered as their goods and chattels,
And John Farnham says that he ought not to be repelled from his action by any allegation, because he says that Nicholas and
Agnes did administer the goods and chattels formerly belonging to John Hiclyng as executors of the said John Hiclyng, and he
demands an enquiry by the country, and Nicholas and Agnes likewise. Therefore the Sheriff was ordered to cause a Jury of
12 to come on the quindene of St. Michael, by whom, etc., and Thomas de Friseby, Ivo de Prestwold, Robert de Rodyngton, and
John de Hornyngwold came and mainprised the said Nicholas until judgment was given.
m. 176d, Leyc.; John de Beaumont, chivaler, offered himself against Thomas Wyse, John atte Grene, John Purs, John
Oye, Richard Nichol, Roger de Bulwell, John Wryght, Simon son of Roger de Barwe, William Oye, Robert Hervy, Robert Grage,
Richard de Adynet, John Webster, and Richard Carter of Barwe, in a plea of damage of £40 done to John de Beaumont's woods
and underwoods at Lousykar, They did not appear.
De Banco Roll 499, m. 338 d. Michaelmas, 9 Richard II., A.D. 1385. —
Leyc.; Nicholas de Wydmerpole demands against Thomas de Stafford, chivaler, 4 messuages, a carucate of land, and 10 acres
of meadow in Querendon juxta Barowe as his right by a Writ in the form of a gift.
Thomas, by his attorney, demands to see the title, and a day is given in three weeks from Easter.
Coram Rege Roll. Easter, 5 Henry V., A.D. 1417.
London; John Trussell, knight, plaintiff, and Laurence Estwyke of Knokyn in Wales, Esquire, Richard Lestraunge of Knokyn,
John Audeley, Chaplain, and others, defendants arrayed in manner of war had laid in wait for Sir John Trussell in the pansh of
St. Dunstan in the East on Easter Sunday at the hour of Vespers whilst he, Sir John, was occupied and intent on his orisons and
devotions. One John Bourne had violently taken him by the neck and with a sword had cut from his left arm the bone called the
whirle bone. Peter Brereton had struck him and destroyed two fingers, the other defendants aiding. ,
The defendants’ story was that Margaret Trussell, the wife of Sir John Trussell, had procured some malefactors to come into the
Church whilst the said John Bourne, who was with Richard Lestraunge his lord, was at his devotions. John Trussell was with the male-
factors and struck John Bourne with intent to kill him if he had not defended himself, therefore if Sir John suffered damage it was by
his own fault.
Both parties appealed to a jury, and the defendants were admitted to bail on the surety of Thomas Corbet of the co. of Salop,
Esquire, Roger Lowe of co. Salop, John Anstey of co. Cambridge, Thomas Farneham of co. Leycester, and others.
John Trussell stated in the end that 1000 marks had been paid as damages.
Ancient Petitions, Bundle 199, No. 9924. A.D. 1422.
To the most high and mighty prince the Duke of Gloucester and to the lords spiritual and temporal being in the present
Parliament. é
Thomas Farnham, late Undersheriff to Thomas Erdyngton, late Sheriff of the county of Leicester (shews) that whereas John
Mapulton of Swytheland sued a writ of trespass against John Kene of Sytheston, co. Leic., husbandman, John Ipon of Sytheston,
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husbandman, Richard Hanslade of Sytheston, husbandman, William Tough of Glenfield, husbandman, and others, returnable before
the Justices of the King’s Bench, process was pursued upon the same writ as a writ of exigit against them, and return being made to the
same writ at the Court held at Leicester on Thursday next after the Feast of St. Valentine, 9 Henry V. [1422], the defendants did not
come, and on the Feast of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas [March 5] they were demanded and did not come, nor did they come at the
Court held on Thursday next before the Feast of Easter, nor at the Court held on Thursday next after the Feast of the Invention of the
Holy Cross, and there were no more Courts held before the return of the exigit, and the said return was made by the advice of John
Mapulton and by his counsel, upon which return a writ of exigi facias was allowed against the defendants returnable on the morrow of
St. John the Baptist, to Henry V., directed to the said late Sheriff, and then the defendants did not come, and because there were only
three weeks between the Court held on Thursday next after St. Valentine and Thursday next after SS. Perpetua and Felicitas, and
because the outlawry was made on the first writ, the late Sheriff was amerced by the Justices in 100 marks, and as the said suppliant is
bound to the late Sheriff in 200 marks to hold him harmless for all the time he was Undersheriff,
May it please your high and gracious Lordships to consider the premises and the fact that the return of the said first writ of exigit
was made by the advice of the said John Mapulton and by his counsel and written by his hand, without fraud or deceit on the part of
the late Sheriff or of your suppliant, and also that the said amercement is higher than is usual in such a case, and graciously to reduce
the said amercement according to your discretion, or your suppliant may be ruined.
And this for the love of God and in the way of charity.
De Banco Roll 783, m. 198. Michaelmas, 35 Henry VI., A.D. 1456.
Warr.; Humphrey, eldest son of Humphrey, Duke of Buckingham, knight, Robert Grey, Esquire, Thomas Farnham, Esquire, and
John Farnham by John Fulbroke, their attorney, offered themselves on the 4'* day against William Dynham in a plea of 10 acres of
arable land and 6 acres of meadow in Shelmerscote, and against Richard Vyncent in a plea of 6 acres of meadow with appurtenances in
Hydesiche which the aforesaid Humphrey, Robert, and John claim here in the Court of the King as their right, by writ of the King of
entry upon disseisin severally against them. And they do not come. And they made default on the quindene of St. Michael last past,
after they were summoned. At this day, to wit the quindene of Hillary, it is adjudged that Humphrey, Robert, and John recover their
seisin against the said William and Richard by default, and William and Richard are in mercy.
Extracts from the Barrow Court Rolls, 1569 and 1571.
Barrow-on-Soar.—View of Frankpledge with the Court Baron held there on April 20th, 1569.
William Barnarde and William Gamble, tythingmen there, sworn, present that William Waren and Thomas White made an affray
together and drew blood on each other with a fork of the value of 4d. The weapon is forfeited, and they are fined 3s. 4d. each.
Woodhouse.—Robert Battersby (fined 12d.) sent his wife to cut thorns and hollies on the lord’s commons within the precincts of
the forest of Charnwood, therefore he has lost, as appears.
Raph Smalley is presented for the like.
Surrender.—Elizabeth Judson, widow, came in full Court and surrendered into the hands of the lord 8 selions of arable land lying in
Lees Akers in Barrowe, formerly in the tenure of Oliver Hanson; § selions there lying on Lees Akers, late in the tenure of William
Barnarde, and 1 piece of pasture called Lenton Thing, containing 2 acres; 1 selion lying in Oxleasue ; and 1 parcel of meadow and
land in Coxpoole, to the use of the said Elizabeth for her life, and after her decease to the use of William Judson, the son of the said
Elizabeth, and of Margaret Hawes, whom the same William should take to wife, for the term of their lives and the longer liver
according to the custom of the manor.
Likewise the said Elizabeth came and surrendered into the hands of the lord the reversion of 1 piece of land there called The Park,
lying within Le Ox Leasue in Barrow, and g selions of land in Lees Akers, formerly in the several tenures of Oliver Hanson and
William Barnarde, and half an acre of meadow in Wigmore in Barrow, to the use and behoof of Joan, now the wife of William Eastwell
her son, and of Philippa the daughter of the said William, for the term of lives of the said Joan and Philippa and the longer liver
according to the custom of the manor. And she offers to make a fine with the lord when it shall please him.
Barrow-on-Soar.—View of Frankpledge and Court Baron held there on October oth, 1571. :
Essoins.—John Hunt, William Perkyn, Laurence Breham, Richard Arnold, Walter Brandon, Richard Leadbetter, John Draper,
Edward Purse, William Staples, James Brinsley, James Wallys, George Noone, Richard Staples, William Broadhurst, John Freman,
Francis Johnson, and William Hebbe are essoined.
The tythingmen present that Robert Breham, as in right of Anne his wife, daughter and heir of William Barnard, and for the land
of late Thomas Grey, owes suit. The same lands and tenements are sold to John Hunt, Esquire, for which the same John owes suit
and the aforesaid Robert is discharged thereof.
Querndon.— William Taylor and John Staples, the tythingmen there, sworn, present that William Hebbe (fined 12d.) made an
affray on Robert Purse and drew blood on him against the peace. Therefore he is in mercy,
Woodhouse.—William Rawlyn is elected to the office of tithingman there and sworn.
Verdict—The Jury having been sworn, present that William Love, who held of the lord of this manor by copy of Court Roll one
Messuage in Barrow and the lands and tenements to the same messuage belonging, at the yearly rent of 49s. 3d., died since the last
Court, and the tenements aforesaid (but nothing else) fell to the lord. They are granted to John Arnold by the bailiff to the use of the
lord.
464 QUORNDON ‘RECORDS.
Feet of Fines, Leicester. Easter, 13 Charles I., A.D. 1637.
This is the final agreement made in the Court of the Lord the King at Westminster on the twenty-first day after Easter in the thir
teenth year of the reign of King Charles the rst. Between Edward Farnham, Esq., and John Hough, gentleman, plaintiffs, and Thomas
Babington, Esq., and Katherine his wife, Matthew Babington, gent., William Babington, Esq., Thomas Babington, gent., and Thomas
Babington, clerk, deforciants of 110 acres of land and the tithes of such lands and common of pasture for all kinds of cattle in Rothley,
The deforciants acknowledge the premises to be the property of Edward Farnham, and have quit-claimed them to Edward and John and
the heirs of Edward Farnham for ever. And for this the plaintiffs gave the defendants £120 sterling.
INSCRIPTIONS IN QUORNDON CHURCH.
Inscription on the Tomb of William Farnham and Dorothy his wife, 1548.
Under this graven tomb doth lie,
Here hidden in the moulde,
The corpse of him whose upright life
Is worthy to be toulde.
A man that came of gentyll bloude
From tyme that far is spent:
And yet of Jands and livings small,
Such fate to him was lent,
Much wealth he never did possess
Nor did he ever want :
Those wordlie goods that God hym sente
To no man were thei scante.
Instead of worldlie pomp and landes,
With love he purchased fame :
And that he to his children left
That thei should do the same.
By wrongfull means he hurted none,
But wyshed all men’s good:
And helping was to such as need
If in his power it stood.
By upright life he learned to die,
By death to live again,
Though earth to earth of course converts
Yet spirit doth remain:
But as for earthly things are past
And he lieth here in grave :
For longer than the appointed time
No cure his life might save.
For those that live to see and read
This sentence writ in stone
Must run their race as he hath won
And then they must be gone.
So fickle is the Fleeting state
Of life and worldly weal
That when we think we stand most sure
Then soonest will they fail.
For God that vital breth doth give,
Gave fate that goods to guide,
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QUORNDON RECORDS. 465
Will let us know how long that life
Or wealth with us shall bide.
Therefore as he with perfect life
Let all your deeds be just
For that before the Lord shall shine
When all your goods shall rust,
And as he to the worldly case
Did lead a life most pure,
So let us pray his soul in bliss
May aye and eke endure.
Inscription on the Tomb of Robert Farnham and Mary his wife, 1561.
A sartan waye to lastinge lyfe
By deathe the good shall have :
as corne in grounde must first be soune,
Before we fruit receave.
And as we reape aboundantly
In harvest time avaine
So better shall our boddeis ryse,
And wyth the just remayne:
Where glorye great we shall receave,
moche better than the welthe
That ever here on earthe we have,
or any worledye pelfe.
This lyttel tommbe, which here you see,
A gentyl] man doeth holde,
Whose vertues with ye man should die
Y# they should not be tould.
A godly welthye lyfe he ledde
Great patience he posseste :
A wittie heade to helpe the neede
Of such as counsell wyste.
His tennants he did not oppresse,
Nor of his neighbours none
In harmefull sorte he did transgresse:
His death they sore did mone.
Full fourscore years his lyfe did last,
In health and happie dayes,
His youthe in Courte for moste he paste
The reste with us allwayes.
But now to Heaven his faith hath raught
His godly soule to have
With Christ for aye, who hath us bought,
By death from death to save.
Inscription on the Monument to Thomas Farnham and Family, 1574.
Here lodgeth Thomas Farnham late Esquire,
Who hath his house in darkness as you see:
He saith to rottenness, thou art my Sire:
And to the worms my brethren must ye be.
466 QUORNDON RECORDS.
His blood had sometimes heat, his nostrils breath,
The one now chilled, the other choked in death.
His lineage from a Knight, his life unstained,
His hand not slack in bounty to the poor,
But neither bounty, life nor lineage gained
Release from death, nor any virtues more.
The dead even cry, the living are but vain
houses of earth that must to ruins fall :
From dust to dust, from ashes back again,
This doom is written in the flesh of all.
The law as set them from their mother’s womb,
A cradle for their first, their last a tomb.
But blessed is the man whose first and last
is like that man’s, that lies interred here.
Whose body though in dust, his soul doth taste
the hidden manna which is Angel’s cheer.
He Christ beneath, Christ honours him above:
He loved his Lord, and him His Lord doth love.
There is no date on this monument, but it is supposed to commemorate Thomas Farnham of the
Over Hall, who died in 1574, and who had another monument to his memory in the Chapel, whick
has been destroyed since Nichols wrote in 1800.
Inscription on the Tomb of John Farnham and Dorothy his wife, 1587.
John Farnham here within this tomb interred doth remain,
Whose life resigned up to God, the heavens his soul contain.
And if you wish to know his welldeserved praise Go, ask in Court
the life he led and how he spent his days.
Where Princes great he truly served, with whom he stood in grace,
For good conceit and pleasant wit favored in every place,
Beloved of the noblest sort, well liked of the rest,
Unto his friend a faithfull friend, and fellow to the best,
In wars he spent his youth, for youth the best expense of days,
And did transfer from field to Court his just reward of praise,
Descended of an ancient house, with honor led his life
Only with one daughter blest, and with a virtuous wife.
God gave him here on earth to live twice forty years and odd,
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2.&3. Monument in Stoughton Church in memory of Thomas Farnham of Nether Hall, Quorndon and Stoughton d. 1562 and
Helen (Chaloner) his wife d. 1569.
4. Monument in the Farnham Chapel, Quorndon Church, in memory of Thomas Farnham of the Over Hall d. 1574 and Anne
(Byre) his wife d. 1603. :
QUORNDON RECORDS. 466*
THE QUORNDON TOWN BOOK.
In the old chest in Quorndon Church is preserved a book called the Quorndon Town Book, dated 1752,
and apparently corrected in 1754 and possibly later still. This Book gives the names of the Freeholders of
Jand and their tenants in the open and undivided fields of Quorndon, together with details of the extent and
position of their holdings, and is doubtless the last copy made before the Quorndon Enclosure Award of 1763
completely revolutionized the old system of cultivation.
The agricultural portion of the land in Quorndon was in 1752 divided into three large Fields called
respectively
The North or Moor Field, containing roughly 685 acres.
The West Field, containing 334 acres.
The South Field, containing 457 acres.
The portion of the South Field partly encircled by the large bend in the river Soar east of the Turnpike
road was chiefly pasture land, and was known by the name of The Outerholme Meadow.
These three fields were subdivided into Furlongs, each Furlong having a distinctive name of its own. In
very few instances the modern Field has retained the name of the older Furlong which it has replaced, but in
most cases the names of the old Furlongs have long been forgotten, together with the reasons from which they
derived their names originally.
At this distance of time and with the materials available it is not possible to locate accurately all of these
old Furlongs, but it is possible to locate some of them roughly and to guess more or less accurately at the
position of others. For this purpose I have added plans of the three fields of Quorndon with as many of the
names of the Furlongs as I can locate from the Town Book of 1752.
It is impossible for me to go into any lengthy description here of the old method of cultivating land
on the three-field system, with its rights of common and all the other intricacies. It is sufficient to remember
that the Furlongs were subdivided into strips of a width varying from 6 to 13 yards, which were supposed to
contain a quarter or a half acre apiece roughly, and in many instances each neighbouring strip belonged to a
different freeholder. For the purposes of access there were The Common Balks and Headlands for turning
their ploughs, etc., which were themselves ploughed up by their freeholder or his tenant as soon as all the
other strips had been ploughed.
The North Field was the largest of the three fields and was estimated to contain roughly 685 acres. The
central portion of this field was called The Moor or Common Pasture and consisted of low-lying boggy grass
lands. The land along the bank of the river Soar was for the most part meadow. In the North Field had
formerly stood a Windmill belonging to Thomas Farnham, situated somewhere near Smytham Gill.
The West Field only contained about 334 acres, for the Wellasses were old inclosures and were not
included as a part of the West Field. The Wellasses contained roughly 132 acres.
The South Field was estimated to contain roughly 457 acres, including the Outerholme Meadow, which
comprised all the low-lying ground on the east side of the turnpike road from Quorndon to Mountsorrell.
The Outerholme Meadow was principally though not entirely pasture.
In addition to the three large fields there were a number of Old Inclosures (many of them very small)
situated close to the freeholders’ houses and farmyards ; the larger part of these old inclosures were to be found
round the Over Hall and Chaveney’s house. The Wellasses (formerly known as Dryhurst) were Old
Inclosures and had been part of the ancient Park of the Earls of Chester.
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INDEX.
An asterisk shews that the name occurs more than once on a page; x. implies a reference to note.
A
Abbe, William, 251.
Abbott, John, 198; Robert, 33.
‘Abell, John, 136; Thomas, 184, 185, 186,
191, 199. .
Abingdon, Henry, the Serjeant of, 37.
Ab-Kettleby, 214.
Abney, George, 220, 221; James, 302.
A’Courteby, Hewin, 2109.
Acres Brook, 14.*
‘Acres, The (Les Akers), 163, 181, 244, 282,*
288, 333, 363,* 463.*
Acton near Bedenhale, 461.
Adam, Robert, 82.
Adams, Richard, 406; Robert, 281,* 285,*
286, 292, 298, 337, 340; Theophilus, 281,*
285,* 286, 292, 298, 337, 346; —, 21,
338.*
Adamson, Richard, 265.
Adcock (Adcok), John, 327, 349, 353; Rich-
ard, 100; Thomas, 152, 362; William, 86,
87, 89,* 100.
Adcomon, William, 210.*
Adlyngton, Thomas, 183.
Adnet (Adynet), Mary, 288; Richard de,
462; Robert, 129.
A’feld, John, 191.
Agneys, Alice, 76; Thomas, 76.
Aguylynn, Robert de, 66.
Akerland (Akirlandis), 160, 161,* 206,* 318.
Albiniaco, Hugh de, Earl of Arundel, 33,
34;* Hugh de, 38.
Alblaster, see Arblaster.
Alcock (Alkok), John, 165, 356; Stephen
de, 69.*
Aldbold, Thomas, 153.
Alderman, John, 311.
Alderman Hall alias Alderman Hagg (Haw
or Aldermanhagh), 7, 20, 36,* 37, 47, 48,
240, 259, 339, 339 2.; Prior of, 57.
Aldersey, Edward, 349, 364, 372, 374; Eliza-
beth, 364, 372, 373; Farnham, 371, 372,
373, 401, 402; Margaret, 240, 339,* 349,
358, 364, 371, 373," 374,* 401; Terry,
-371, 372, 373; Thomas, 240, 339,* 349,
358,* 364,*, 371; —, 372; 373-
Alen (Aleyn), see Allen.
Alesburye, William, 269.
Alestrey, Derbyshire, 301 x.
Alexander, Jerom, 378.
Alfo, John, 42, 43; Roger, 37.
Alford, Mr., 236, 237.
Alicocke (Alycock), Henry, 220; Jane, 178,
230,* 238, 239, 337, 338; Thomas, 245;
William, 230,* 238, 239, 337, 338.
Allen (Alen, Aleyn, Alin, Allin, Allyn, Alyn),
Alice, 127, 367;* Ann, 332; Dorothy,
419; Elizabeth, 341, 421; Henry, 188,
198, 344; Isabella, 309; John, 174, 181,*
183, 189, 217, 309, 328, 340, 341, 348,*
349, 353, 356, 453; Nicholas, 330, 332,
344; Ralph, 132, 307,* 311, 313, 316,
320,* 320, 330,* 332,* 341, 418; Richard,
250, 256, 262, 287, 294, 318, Robert, 217,
391; Rev. Thomas, 422”.; Thomas, 116,
179, 202, 268, 363, 373, 447, 450; Wil-
liam, 116, 260, 269, 367,* 391, 392,* 407,*
419,* 421, 422,* 423; Family of, 4227.
Allen alias Harte, Richard, 235.
Allett (Allott), John, 365; Robert, 214;
Rev. Thomas, 127; Thomas, 197.
Allison, Margaret, 23.
Allyn, see Allen.
Alsop (Alsoppe), Ann, 428; John, 349;
Margaret, 349; Thomas, 428; William,
391.
Alt, Ann, 452.
Alton, 325.
Alton Graunge, 228, 229.
Alveley, Shropshire, 214.
Alye, Adam, 267.*
Alyn, see Allen.
Ambler, John, 182.
Amesby, 146.
Amory, Thomas, 214.
Anderdeby, Master Simon de, 68.
Anderson, Edmund, 284.
Andlebury, 360.
Andlebury Hill, 317.
Andrewes, Anthony, 346;
Henry, 30, 449, 450.*
Anfrey, Ralph, 45.
Angel, John, 365.
Anisty, Agnes de, 60; Edith de, 60; John
de, 60.
Ankerthorp, 116.
Anlep, 116.
Annesley, Bryan, 290;* Hugh, 171; Hugh
de, 106; William, 148, 149.
Anstey, John, 462.
Anstey, 112, 135,* 147.
Antwerp, 278.
Apperley, Charles James, 458 7.
Appleby (Appilby), Sir Edmund de, 75;
Elizabeth, 176, 190;* George, 176, 190 ;*
Humphrey, 190; Joan, 176; Joyce, 176,
190; Richard, 176, 190;* Thomas, 176.
Appleby, 176.
Appleby, Great and Little,
190.*
Arbalus Close, 268.
Arblaster (Alblaster), John, 19, 29, 128;
Katherine, 29.
Archer (Arsher), Henry, 170; John le, 94 =
Richard, 194, 357;* Thomas, 180.
Arderne, Adam de, 59; Peter, 148.
Arderne, 86.
Ardray, William, 183.
Aresby, Mabel, 147; Robert, 147.
Arland, Agnes, 235.
Armson, Richard, 407; Robert, 219.
Armstrong, Gabriel, 356, 357;* John, 408,
449; Mathew, 407; Widow, 446.
Arnhale, Ralph de, 73.
Arnolde, George, 324; John, 256, 263, 463 ;
Mary, 256, 333, 388, 463; Richard, 256,
463; Robert, 388; Thomas, 188, 218;
Esward, 346;
Manors of,
William, 245, 286, 287, 293, 294, 299,*
300, 324, 328, 333 ;* Mr., 368.
Arser, Thomas, 184.*
Arsher, see Archer.
Arundel, Descents from the Earls of, g.
Arundel, Hugh, 5th Earl of, 3,* 4, 8,* 9, 16,
44; Hugh, Earl of, 33,* 34,* 35, 47, 106;
Isabel, Countess of, 36;* Mabel, Countess .
of 3, 8; Philip, Earl of, 278; Richard
Fitzalan, Earl of, 66; William, 3rd Earl
of, 3, 8; Earl of, 34,* 35,* 38,* 39; Mr.,
237.
Arundel, Castle and Manor of, 35.
Ascogh, William, 143, 145.
Asfordby, Henry de, 100;
100.
Asfordby, 22, 127, 240, 266, 273.
Ashfordby (Asshefordeby), Peter de, 64;
Ralph de, 64.
Ash, Rev. Mr., 395, 443.
Ashburnham, Elizabeth,
254; Lady, 255.
Ashburnham, Sussex, 254.
Ashby (Aisheby, Ashebie, Assheby), Agnes,
371; Edmund de, 461; George, 193, 194,
279; John, 209; Robert, 200, 371; Tho-
mas, 140, 143, 279, 306; William, 120,
150, 188, 196, 200, 274,* 295; Mr., 350.
Ashby (Asshby), 75, 443-
Ashby Grammar School, 443.
Ashby, Great, 272.
Ashby de la Zouch, 26,* 129, 133, 142, 146,
150, 189, 204,* 228, 229,* 307, 324,* 325,
3745* 375, 377)" 381.
Ashby Folville, 142, 214.
Ashley (Ashlay), Antony, 225, 284; Doro-
thy, 306; Thomas, 252.
Ashton, John, 291; Thomas, 171, 172.*
Askew, Richard, 263.
Aslakby, Lincolnshire, 151.*
Aspinall, Grace, 271.
Assar, Henry, 304.
Asser, Alice, 248; Geoffrey, 248,* 342;
Isabel, 248; Robert, 248; Thomas, 181,
185,* 186,* 187, 191, 248;* William, 191.
Assheshawe, 270.
Asshez, les Manor, 24, 175.*
Asteley, Elizabeth de, 114; Thomas, 306;
Thomas de, 114.
Asteley, 204.
Asteweite, Richard, 166.
Astill, Joan, 253; Steven, 224.
Astlyn, Richard, 256.
Aston, Antony, 189; Edward, 189, 190, 283;
Joan, 189;* Joan de, 116; John, 175,
189, 260; Robert de, 116; Sir Thomas
de, 107, 121; Thomas, 173,* 346; Walter,
189.
Aston Flamvile, 291.
Astwood, Richard, 164.
Ate, John, 86, 90.*
Ate, William, 78.
Atham, Prior of, 63.
Atkinson, Ann, 364, 373-
o0o0 2
Margaret de,
254; Sir John,
468
Atte Abbotes, Thomas, 87.
Atte Asshe, Gilbert, 77, 82; Nicholas, 77.
Attebarre, Adam, 73.
Attebouwes, Robert, 88.
Atte Brig, Henry, 82.
Atte Chanones, William, 93.
se Grene, John, 101, 112, 462; Thomas,
2.
Atte Grenesty, Gilbert, roo.
Atte Grove, John, 100, 105,
Atte Stile, John, 109.
Attelburgh, John, 126, 136.
Atterton, Manor of, 190.
Atte Townsende, John, 73.
Atte Vykers, John, 129.
Atte Yate, John, 114, 118; Margery, 116,
Atte ...., Simon, 112.
Attok, William, roz.
Aubere, Simon de, 42.
Audeley (Audley), James de, 75; John,
Chaplain, 462; Richard, 432; Sara, 432.
Audelyn, Emma, 51; Maurice, 51.
Aukland, Vicar of, 459.
Aungervill, John, 75.
Austen, Henry, 421.
Averel (Averyl), Henry, 36;* Matilda, 43.
Averey, Ralph, 42; Thomas, 233.
Awbrey, W., 290.
A'Wode, Thomas, 191.
Axiholme, 100.
Ayleston, Geoffrey de, 92; John de, 98, 99.*
Ayleston, 461.
Aymer, John, 235.
Aynsworth, Henry, 193; Oswin, 451.*
Ayre, Adam, 127.
Ayres, Samuel, 406.
Azery, John, 42,
B
Babington (Babbington, Babyngton), Rev.
Adrian, 309;* Ann, 373; Anthony, 194;
Augustine, 223; Humphrey, D.D., 309, 428,
429; Rev. Humphrey, 402, 408, 410, 411,
420;* Humphrey, 176, 198, 200, 201, 208,
251, 255, 257, 263,* 277, 279, 287, 300,
373; Jane, 176; Katherine, 194, 195,*
348, 301, 364; Margaret, 373; Matthew,
464; Michael, 223; Rev. Thomas, 361,
464; Thomas, 193, 206, 208, 348, 349,
354, 361, 429, 432, 464;* William, 131,
334, 404; Dr., 429; Mr., 222.
Babthorp, William, 143.
Bacon, Ann, 409; John, 409;* Richard,
409; —, sculptor, 28.
Badington, Cheshire, 98.
Baggrave, 253, 309,* 350.
Bagley, 367.
Baglie Headland, 369.
Bagot, Alice, 63; John, 92; Richard, 53, 54,
63 ;* Thomas, 82, 89,* go.
Bagworth (Baggeworth), John de, 86.
Bagworth (Baggeworth), 125, 136, 204, 228,
229.
Baily (Bailly, Bayle, Bayley, Bayly), John,
140, 150, 234, 239, 450; Richard, 448;
Robert, 407; William, 103, 250.
Baimbrigge, Thomas, 434.
Bainbrigg (Baynbryg), Elizabeth, 430 7.;
John, 189; Robert, 324; Thomas, 4302.
Baird, Sir David, 458.
Bakepuz, Sir John de, 75.
Baker, Agnes, 182; Elizabeth, 205; Francis,
205, 226, 256, 262, 275, 277; Gilbert le,
81; Isabella, 116; James, 335; Joan,
220; John, 142,* 153, 342, 381; Richard,
184, 186, 187; Robert, 105,* 196, 197,
199, 202, 205;* Samuel, 396, 401; Tho-
mas, 420; William, 187.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Bakestere, see Baxter.
Bakewell, John, 453.
Bakewell, 460.
Baldwyn (Baudewyn) Castell, 164.
Baldwyn’s (Little) Castell, 277.
Bale, Benjamin, 427; John, 197, 255, 257,
427; Margery, 427; Richard, 427.
Ball (Balle, Baull, Bawle), Adam, 66; Alice,
205, 226; Anthony, 336, 340, 341, 356,
368, 387; Margery, 76; Richard, 58, 59;
Thomas, 76, 99; Rev. William, 19; Wil-
liam, 199, 205,* 226, 243.
Ballard (Balard), Edward, 193; William,
263; —, 279.
Ballard’s (Balard’s) land, 158, 160.*
Ballondsyke, 160.
Ball’s Gap, 367, 369.
Bambridge, Robert, 200.
Bancrofte, 147.*
Bancrofte Hades, 363.
Banerey (Banerhey), Thomas, 144,* 146.
Banister (Banaster), Dan, 279; Henry, 107;
Richard, 107; Thomas, 107, 193.
Bankes, Rev. Henry, 223, 224;* James, 206;
Laurence, 258; Rev. Mr., 351, 442, 443;
Mr., 352.*
Banycrofte, John, 120, 136; John de, 109,
126, 128.
Baradalle (Baradell), see Barrowdale.
Barber (Barbour), Joan, 133;* John, 133;*
Richard, 180; Roger, 161.
Barbreg, see Barrow Bridge.
Barbriggs Over, see Barrow Bridge Over.
Barbrygge Nether, see Barrow Bridge
Nether.
Barcock, Thomas, 277, 287, 293, 294.
Barde, Sir Edmund, 84.
Bardolf, Alice, 65; Sir Thomas, 75; William,
Lord, 148; Sir William, 148;* William, 224.
Bardon Park in Charley, 174, 412.
Bardon Park, Manor of, 179.
Bare, Robert, 76.
Baresbie, Robert, 193, 259.
Barewe, see Barrow.
Barewebrigg, see Barrow Bridge.
Barfoot (Barfote), Bridget, 306; Magnes,
384.*
Barford, Adrian, 306; Arthur, 21, 306;*
Bridget, 21, 306; Francis, 306; Richard,
306; Robert, 306.*
Barkeby, 31, 125, 214,* 229, 244, 247.
Barkele, see Berkeley.
Barkeley, see Berkeley.
Barker, Richard le, 69, 70; Robert, 164;
Thomas, 100; William, 44.
Barkly, see Berkeley.
Barkston, 151.
Barleston, 401.
Barley, George, 223 ;* Richard, 133, 134.
Barley, Derbyshire, 223, 224.
Barley Close, 383,* 384,* 392, 409.
Barley Hill, 105, 206.
Barmbrough, Yorks, 27.
Barnard (Bernard), Agnes, 218,* 255, 256,
309 ;* Alice, 206, 218,* 309, 365; Amys,
225; Ann, 190, 218, 223, 342, 365; Anna,
206; Arnold, 382; Edmund, 225,* 227,
242,* 245, 256, 262, 263, 264, 276; Ed-
ward, 258, 284; George, 184, 186, 187,
197; Isabel, 182,* 206, 283 ;* Jessie, 182;
Joan, 206, 225,* 339; John, 181, 182,* 225,
241,* 242, 243, 251,* 256, 263, 388; Mar-
gery, 182; Mary, 362, 379, 382, 408;
Philippa, 241;* Richard, 183, 188, 191,
192, 197,* 201, 203, 206, 210, 218, 299,
324, 320,* 328,* 329,* 335, 339, 343;*
Robert, 175, 256, 262, 263, 276, 286, 292,
293, 299, 343, 349, 362,* 364, 365,* 379,
382, 388, 394, 411,* 412; Roger, 188, 225;
Theophilus, 426; Thomas, 257; William,
181, 182,* 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189,.
190,* 192,* 193, 194, 197,* 198, 199,* 200,
201, 202, 203, 205, 206,* 207, 208, 210,#
217,* 218, 219,* 225,* 226,* 241,# 242,*
245, 250,* 251,* 253, 255, 256,* 257,* 258,
262,* 263,* 277, 280,* 281, 282, 283,* 286,
291,* 293, 309,* 330, 331, 345, 370, 382,
395, 399,* 404,* 407, 426,* 442, 445, 463:
Mr., 205; —, 284, 376. :
Barne Close, 439.
Barnelt, Robert, 342.
Barnes, Henry, 269; John, 197, 199; Mabel,
197; Robert, 142.
Barnvile, Robert, 145.*
Baron (Baroun, Barun), Alice, 71; Geoffrey,
65, 71; Isabel, 76; John, 76, 77; Richard,.
63, 71; Robert, 91; Roger, 71; Sabine,
91; Simon, 44.
Barradall (Barrodale), see Barrowdale.
Barrett (Baret), Agnes, 284, 305; Laurentia,
21, 29, 305; Margery, 285; Richard, 21,
284,* 305; Robert, 285; William, 285, 326,
Barrow (Barewe), Christiana de, 61; Edith,
dau. of Vincent of, 60; Emma de, 107 ;*
Geoffrey de, 37;* Henry de, 72;* Hugh,
son of William, 61; John de, 82; John,
102; Jordan de, 72; Roger de, 462;
Simon de, 462; Vincent de, 147;* Wil-
liam de, 106; William, B.D., 445; Lord
of, 158,* 159.*
Barrow (Barewe, Barugh, Barwe) on Soar,
from page I onwards,
Barrow Basset, 164. 3
Barrow Bridge (Barbreg, Barewebrigg, Bar-
rowbrig), 18, 94, 161, 164, 204.
Barrow Bridge Ford, 411.
Barrow Bridge Furlong, 158, 319, 422.
Barrow Bridge Nether (Nether Barbrygge),
136.
Barrow Bridge Over (Over Barbriggs), 319,
321.
Barrow Bridge Meadow (Barrowbrygge-
medewe), 160.*
Barrow Bridge Stones (Barowbryggestones) ,
160.
Barrow Church, 253.
Barrowdale (Baradalle, Baradell, Barradall,
Barrodale), Charles, 447, 450; Edward,
300; George, 258, 260; Lancelot, 382;
Richard, 345, 346; Rev. Thomas, 306;*
Thomas, 259, 345-*
Barrow High Street, 108.
Barrow Holme (Barrowholme), 163,* 165,
199, 227, 241, 242, 249, 251, 258, 282, 329,
332, 347-
Barrow Holme South, 291.
Barrow, Holy Trinity, 440.
Barrow Hospital, 15, 112, 147, 189, 192, 291,
13.
5 olds (Barrowlaunde), 163, 164, 165.
Barrow, Liberty of, 164.
Barrow, Manor of, 1,* 2,* 3,* 4,* 7,* 8,* 9,*
10,* 11, 12,* 13,¥ 14, 15, 16,* 17, 24, 25, 26,
32, 33,* 34," 35, 38,* 41,* 44,* 45,* 46," 47,"
53, 67,* 72,* 74,* 102, 103,* 106, 107,
108,* 113, 114, 115,* 119, 121,* 124, 125,
131, 134,* 139, 140, 144, 147,* 149, 150,
152, 153,* 161, 166, 168, 204,* 210,* 242,
253, 200, 274, 276, 277,* 281,* 282,* 284,
204, 295, 296, 299, 301,* 307, 317,* 318,
324, 332, 333, 333 %-, 335, 347, 382," 388,
390, 392, 433, 440, 447, 450, 451," 452, 453«
Barrow Mylne (Barrow Mylnes), 168, 221.
Barrow, Town of, I11.
Barrow Vicarage, 253.
Barry, Roger, 51, 85, 127.
Barsby, John, 413, 455:
Bartley Carre, a
Bartley Carrs, 435.
Baton, Alice, 182, 353; Anne, 26; Henry,
197; Margaret, 274, 309; Margery, 226;
Robert, 202; Thomas, 182, 226, 243, 250,*
271,274;* William, 207, 214; Widow, 283.
Barton, 300, 357. .
Barton, Cambridgeshire, 215.
Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, 268.*
Barugh, see Barrow.
Barwe, see Barrow.
Barwell, John, 182; Simon, 447.
Barwell (Barewell), 86, 133, 137.
Baskervyll, Elizabeth, 126.
Basse, Elizabeth, 362; Nicholas, 365; Ro-
bert, 362.
Basset, Joan, 91, 120,* 121;* Margaret, Lady,
8,9; Margaret, 107, 460; Matilda, 107;
Ralph, Lord, 8, 9,121; Sir Ralph, 100, ro1,*
104,* 106; Ralph, 40, 66,* 77, 82, 91,* 97,
102, 107," £20,* 121, 139, 461; Simon,
75; William, 90; Family of, 4, 9, 103.
Basset, Manor of, 131.
Bassingthorpe, Lincolnshire, 214.
Batarsby, see Battersby.
Bate, Elizabeth, 432; Humfreye, 233; John,
432; Robert, 168;* Thomas, 183.*
Bates, Edward, 453.
Batesby, see Battersby.
Bathe, Rev. John, 133.*
Batheley, 215.
Bathonia, Walter de, 61.
Batolf, John, 62.
Battersby (Batarsby, Batesby), Alexander,
186; Elizabeth, 357; John, 256,* 269,
273, 275, 288, 300; Nicholas, 184, 186;*
Richard, 342, 348, 353, 357, 387, 390;
Robert, 257, 258, 463.
Battle Abbey, 15, 16. .
Baud, Agnes le, 459;* Beatrice le, 459;*
Nichola le, 459;* Robert le, 459 ;* Sara le,
459;* Sir Walter de, 4607.; Family of,
460 2.
Baull, see Ball.
Baulondsyke, 160, 161.*
Bauquell, Roger de, 81.
Bawle, see Ball.
Baxter (Bakestere), Elias, 89,* 90; Geoffrey,
89, 90; Rev. John, 112;* John le, 78;
_ Richard, 276.
Bay, Richard, 263;* Roger, 85.
Bayford, 459.
Bayle (Bayly), see Baily.
Bayleyhadley, 411.
Baynbrigg, see Bainbrigg.
Beauchamp, Joan, Lady of Bergavenny, 140;
Thomas de, Earl of Warwick, o1.
Beaumanor, 2, 3,* 22,* 24, 25,* 31, 33, 47,*
55, 74,* 77, 83,* 84, 85, 88, 125, 126,*
129,* 136,* 150,* 151, 166, 167, 180, 181,*
183,* 184,* 185, 186, 187, 188, 190, ror,
192, 193, 197, 198, 201, 204," 205, 206,
225," 237, 247,* 248,* 257,* 260,* 262,*
271, 273,* 275,* 281, 282,* 283,* 288,
292,* 300, 302, 303, 304,* 306,* 307,* 309,
310,* 311, 313," 320, 345,* 349, 356, 359,
3638, 389, 392, 395, 396,* 402,* 403,* 4o4,*
409, 410, 412, 413, 415, 420,* 423, 425 2.,
446,* 448, 440, 454.
Beaumanor, Manor of, 1,* 2, 10, 13, 17,* 19,
25,* 27, 30, 36, 44, 51, 53, 54, 106, 120,
137,* 138, 179,* 180, 198, 201, 237, 239,
271, 273, 275, 282, 283,* 284,* 288, 292,
296, 300, 301,* 302,* 302 ”., 303,* 304,
316,* 319 17.,* 321, 330,* 331,* 336, 340,*
341,* 342,* 349, 353, 383,* 384,* 386, 380,
399, 392, 408, 409,* 410, 412, 413, 415,
420, 423, 433, 436, 437, 454.
eaumanor Milne, 180.
Beaumanor Pole, 137.
Beaumont (Beaumond, Bemonte), Alice de,
33, 85, 89, 97; Anne, 236, 241, 254, 290;
Catherine, 21,* 285, 290; Charles, 448;
INDEX.
Elinor, 255; Elizabeth, Viscountess, 168,
179, 180; Elizabeth, Lady, 129,* 136;*
Elizabeth de, 137,* 138 ;* Elizabeth, 220,
254,* 255, 435; Farnham, 244; Frances,
254; Francis, 279, 285;* Sir George,
Bart., 449, 450;* Sir Geo., 30; Henry,
sth Lord, 129,* 136; Henty, Lord, 121;
Sir Henry de, 85,* 101,* 129, 137,*
138;* Henry de, 2, 33, 77, 78, 79, 88,*
89;* Henry, 254, 310,* 446, 449; Hunt-
ington, 285; Isabel, 255; Jane, 254;
Joan, 179; John, Viscount, 2,* 12,* 143,
144, 145, 148, 150,* 153, 167;* Sir John
de, 84,* 462; John de, 89, 106,* 107, 136,
137, 138; John, 9, 193, 194,* 195,* 196,
200, 209, 229,* 231, 236, 451; Katherine,
Viscountess, 2, 129, 150, 167;* Katherine,
Lady, 254,255; Katherine, 240,* 253, 254,
255, 274;" Lucy, 254; Mary, 254; Nicho-
las, 21, 217, 222, 225, 236,* 237,* 238,*
241, 253,* 254,* 255, 259, 261, 279, 280,
296, 297, 298; Richard, 442; Robert,
435; Sir Thomas, 21, 254, 255 ;* Thomas,
21, 188, 235, 230, 237, 240,* 253, 254,*
274,* 285, 290, 296, 297, 338, 451, 452;
William, Viscount, 2,* 12, 19, 150,* 151,*
168, 172, 179;* Sir William, 150,* 171;
—, Viscount, 129, 201; Lord de, 133, 189;
Mr., 224, 237; Mistress, 237, 241; —, 12,
171, 241.
Bebe (Beby), see Beeby.
Beckingham (Bekyngham), Elias de, 52;
E. de, 55.
Beckwith, Elizabeth, 427; William, 427.
Beconsfield, Buckinghamshire, 265.
Bedford, John, Duke of, 131; —, Earl of,
237.
Bedford, 79, 80,* 264.
Beeby (Bebe, Beby, Beebie), David, 288;
John, 225, 407;* Jonathan, 449; Joseph,
448, 453; Robert, 408; Theophilus, 428;
Thomas, 197, 207, 395, 399, 407, 434,
446; William, 350, 407; —, 388.
Beeby Holme, 318.
Beelie, see Beoley.
Beggerwell (Begerwelle), 158, 312,* 317, 419.
Beggerwell Close, 438, 440.*
Beggerwell Lane, 104, 379.
Beiford, 459.
Bekyngham, see Beckingham.
Belamy, Ada, 76; Alda, 83; Mariota, 43 ;*
Richard, 63; Roger, 69, 70, 89;* Rev.
William, 100, 101 ;* William, 76, 82, 83,
89.*
Bele, John, 118.
Beler, Alice, 153; Elena, 156; Elizabeth,
1§3, 156; Helen, 157; Joan, 156,* 157;
John, 156,* 157;* Katherine, 156,* 157;
Margaret, 153; Marina, 156; Ralph, 74;
Sir Roger, 75; Roger de, 74; Roger, 74,
153; Thomas, 153.*
Belers, see Bellers.
Belfield, John, 303.
Belgrave, Ambrose, 223,* 252,* 253, 308;
Francis, 223, 253,* 259; George, 24,*
222,* 223,* 253, 307,* 308;* Hastings,
253;* Jane, 252,* 253; Joan, 222,* 223,*
253; Margery, 258; Richard de, 65;
Roger de, 77; Thomas, 117; —, 308;*
Family of, 253.
Belgrave, 24, 117, 142, 214, 222,* 223,* 234,
238, 239, 240,*
Belgrave Gate in Leicester, 194.
Belgrave, Manor of, 252,* 253.
Belgrave, Town and Fields of, 253.
Belle, Emma, 42; John, 90; Matilda, 43;
Simon, 36; Thomas, 170.
Bellers (Belers), James, 129;* John, 143,
144, 145, 148, 154;* Ralph, 137.
Bello Fago, Roger de, 69.
469
Bellomonte (Bello Monte), Alice de, 76, 77;
Sir Henry de, 75 ; Henry de, 76, 77,* 82,
120; John de, 66, 109;* Margaret de, 76,
77.
Belton, Peter, 421; William, 407.
Belton, 24, 99, 129, 221, 268, 371.
Belton, Manor of, 195.
Belvoir, Castle of, 12, 278.
Belvoir Priory, 30.
Belvoir, Vale of, 31.
Bembrigge, William, 279.
Bemonte, see Beaumont.
Bendebowe, John, 145.
Bene, Adam, 42; Richard, 36;* Roger, 43;
William, 42.
Benelst, 332.
Benelstie (Benchilstye), 163, 241.
Bennett (Benett, Bennet), Ann, 431 7.;
George, 361; John, 406, 431; Robert, 191,
340, 349, 353; St. John, 431 ~.; Thomas,
259, 411,* 413, 420, 429, 446,* 448 ;* Wil-
liam, 209, 420.
ie es (Benyngton), Thomas,
390.
Bennington (Benyngton), 76.
Benshis (Benskyn), John, priest, 228; John,
365,
333.
Bent, Dorothy, 434; Richard, 347; Thomas,
331; William, 284,* 324, 424.
Bentley, Thomas, 453.
Benybryg, 105.
Benyngton, see Bennington.
Beoley (Beelie), Worcestershire, 290.
Bercher, Robert le, 461.
Berckley, see Berkeley.
Berdmonsey, see Bermondsey.
Berdon, 34.
Bere, William, 107.
Bereford, Edmund de, 175; Robert de, gt;
Simon de, 74; William de, 68, 74.
Bereghes, Hugh de, 68.
Bergavenny, Joan Beauchamp, Lady of,
140.
Bergolt, East (Estbergholt), Suffolk, 214.
Beridge, see Beveridge.
Berkeley (Barkele, Barkeley, Barkly, Berck-
ley), George, Lord, 338, 346; Henry, Lord,
260; Henry, 326; Isabel de, 123;* Isabella,
80; Joan, Lady, 167; Joan de, 123; Sir
John de, 123 ;* Sir John, 116;* John de,
80, 186; Laurence de, 123; Sir Maurice
de, 140; Sir Maurice, 180, 181,* 194, 250;
Maurice, 184,* 185, 186,* 187, 236, 237, 261,
279; Thomas, Lord, 194; Thomas de, 80,
143, 145, 148;* William, Lord, 167; —,
Lord, I10,* 199, 215, 239, 249, 260; Mr.,
237; Mrs., 237.
Berkeley (Berckley), 242, 245.
Berkeswell, Nicholas de, 79.
Berley Turgissius, 42, 43, 45.
Bermondsey (Berdmonsey), John, Prior of,
461;* Monks of, 441; Prior, 36, 37;
Priory of, 20, 238, 239, 240, 337, 338, 339;
346; St. Mary Magdalen, 265, 266.
Bernak, Sir William, 75.
Bernard, see Barnard.
Bernill, Edward, 119, 120.
Berridge, see Beveridge.
Berrie’s Headland, 312, 314.
Berry (Berrie, Bery), George, 373; Mary,
431; Robert, 317, 318, 322; Roger, 136;
Ro., 314; Thomas, 431.
Bertevill (Bertevyle), Richard, 81; Robert,
g1; William, 87.
Bery, see Berry.
Best, Henry, 399, 400, 404.*
Bestewe (Bestew), Dorothy, 31, 438; Hum-
phrey, 373 ; Isabel, 26.
Beston, William, 260.
Beston or Beson, 269.
470
Beswick, Yorkshire, 266.
Betesone, Robert, 83. |
Bett (Bette), John, 184;* Robert, 164,
188.
Bettus, Glamorganshire, 266.
Betwendyke, 147.
Beuman, 174.
Beveridge (Beridge, Berridge), Anne, 347,
364; Rev. Anthony, 361, 365,* 380, 443,
445; Anthony, 347, 364, 365, 373, 395;
Basil, 365; Edward, 347, 364; Eleanor,
364; Elizabeth, 347, 364, 420; George,
S.T.P., 445 ;* Goodyth, 347; Rev. John,
23,* 395, 398, 399, 407, 420, 442, 445 ;*
John, 347,* 364, 446; Lucy, 364; Rev.
Thomas, 443; Thomas, 347, 355,* 364;
Rt. Rev. William, Bishop of St. Asaph,
446; William, B.D.,365; William, S.T.P.,
435; Rev. William, 361, 364, 365,* 395,
445, 446;* William, 347, 348x%., 364,*
380.
Beverley, 109.
Beverley Highe Springes, Yorkshire, 266.
Beverley, Manor of, 266.
Beverley, St. John, 266.*
Bevesham, John, 162.
Bevour, Lincolnshire, 151.*
Bewicke, Rev. Benjamin, 413 ”., 445; Ben-
jamin, 445.
Biddels (Byddles), Alice, 263; William, 255,
257.
Biddenham, Bedfordshire, 270.
Bifield, see Byfield.
Bigrave, Hertfordshire, 8, 16.
Bigrave, Manor of, 8, 460 x.
Bikelswade, Bedfordshire, 269.
Bilby, John, 118.
Bille (Bill), see Bylle (Byll). e
Billesdon, Walter de, 40, 73, 80, 229, 346.
Billinge, Thomas, 86.
Billington (Byllyngton), John, 183;* Mar-
garet, 19, 29, 104, 156.
Billington, 18,* 19,* 104, 107, 119, 121, 131,
131 2., 132 7., 146.
Bilston, 306.
Bilton, Yorkshire, 255.
Bingham (Byngham), Hugh de, 118;* Rich-
ard, 144, 145; Thomas, 321.
Birchewode, 34.
Bird (Birde, Burde, Byrd, Byrde), George,
259; John, 152, 191, 428, 420, 434, 435;
446, 447; Ralph, 42, 43; Richard, 201;
Robert, 198; William, 269, 434; Mr.,
449.
Birmincham Aston, 187.
Birmingham, 12.
Birstal, 308.
Birthorp, Lincolnshire, 151.
Bishop (Bishopp, Bisshop, Bisshopp, Bys-
shopp), Joan, 430; Robert, 237; Thomas,
205; William, 138,* 364, 430.
Bispham, William, 105, 128.*
Bitam, 305.
Blaby, Hugh, 131; John, 135.
Blaby, 18, 19, 24, 64, 98, 131, 222,* 223, 253,
308,* 381.
Blackburn, John, 116.
Black Buttes, 159.
Blackbutt leys, 418.
Blacke, James, 379; Mary, 379.
Blackfordby, John, 123; Simon, 131.
Blackfordby, 131, 325.
Blackhill, 272.
Blackwell, Emanuel, 408, 412.
Blackwin, Frances, 435; Samuel, 435.
Blake, John, 91; Ralph, 91; Roger, 91;
William, 155.
Blakelbye, Edmond, 180.
Blakemande, John, 461.
Blakemore, Henry, 148, 149.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Blanckley, David, 348.
Blande, James, 197.
Blandford, Dorsetshire, 115.
Blankemeyn, John, 71: Margaret, 71.
Blaston, Rev. Geoffrey de, 64.
Blaston, 21, 145, 284,* 305.
Blaston, Manor of, 179.
Blaston, St. Giles in, 145.
Blaunfrount, Thomas, 74.
Blithe, Thomas, 114.
Blither, Ralph, 357.
Blois, Maud de, 7; Stephen de, 7.
Blond, Richard, 85.
Blondelland, 164.
Blondeville, Ranulph de, 6th Earl of Chester,
8, 9.
Blood, Mary, 432; Robert, 432.
Blood Furlong, 317,* 405.
Blood, The Under, 405.
Blopolacurlandis, see Blowpoolacurlandis.
Blopoolakyrlonde, see Blowpoolakyrlonde.
Blopoole (Blopole), see Blowpoole.
Bloreblock, William, 456.
Blount (Blunt), Agnes, 320, 321 2.; Alice,
301; Ann, 325, 381; Edward, 359,* 362,
306, 381; Elizabeth, 389; Frances, 435;
George, 325; Helen, 362, 366; Henry,
4353; Jane, 389; John, 218, 301; Joseph,
209; Joyce, 389; Michael, 389; Ralph,
85; Richard, 309, 313, 315, 316, 319,
320,* 321 1., 322, 323, 326, 336, 341, 349,
353; Rev. Robert, 333, 335; Robert,
325,* 388, 389,* 393; Thomas, 209; Sir
William, 75; William, 61, 119, 183, 279;
—, 184.
Blowpoolacurlandis (Blopolacurlandis), 160.
Blowpoolakyrlonde (Blopoolakyrlonde), 161.
Blowpoole (Blopole, Blopoole), 159, 311,
367, 440.
Blow Pool Leyes (Blowpoole Leyes), 313,
319, 320, 322, 405, 418.
Bludder, 187.*
Bluet, Robert, 64.
Blundel, Adam, 78; Alice, 47, 78; Gilbert,
78; John, 78; Margery de, 48, 68;
Matonia, 78; Rev. Ralph, 78; Ralph, 48,
77, 82; Richard, 42, 65; Roger, 46, 441;
Walter, 48; William, 441.
Blunham, Bedfordshire, 269, 270.
Blunt, see Blount.
Blyth, Nottinghamshire, 355, 370.
Boar, Margaret, 257.
Boardman (Bordman), Edward, 392, 393,
428, 431; Elizabeth, 357, 393, 408;*
Geoffrey, 348, 353, 357,* 361, 387; Samuel,
357, 361; Mr., 390.
Bocharston (Bocherston, Bocheston), 88,
117, 137, 151.
Bocher (Bocheor), Agnes, 162; Richard,
175; Robert, 146.
Bodeman, Robert, 82; Mr., 376.
Bodenham, Sir Wingfield, 254.
Boghan, William de, 77; —, Earl of, 76.
Boiswood, 296.
Boivill, John de, 75.
Bokeley, Thomas, 201.
Boket, Ralph, 72.*
Bolbey, Thomas, 431.
Bole, Agnes, 101; John, tor; Robert de,
42.
Bolehered, Roger, 76.
Boley (Bolly, Bowley), Richard, 407, 400,
420, 437, 446; Thomas, 407, 439;* Mr.,
457:
Bolt, William, 178.*
Bolter, John, 438; William, 406.
Bolton, Francis, 451.
Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, 151.
Bolyngton, Lincolnshire, 148.
Bond, Christopher, 244.
Bondcroft Furlong, :
Bondeman Medane a,
Boner, Richard, 107; Roger, 60, 70.
Boney, Thomas, 16g oe
Bonfoy, Roe, 3o.
Boniface, Pope, 118.
Bonshagle, Thomas, 288.
Bonshaw, Thomas, 305.
Bonville, Katherine, Lady, 167; Willi
Lord, 167. si ae
Bonvyle, 204.
Boodde, Elias, 110.
Boolbey, Thomas, 432.
Boothby, Thomas, 434.
Boothby Paynell, Lincolnshire, 402.
Boothe (Bothe, Bouth), Ann, gor; Anthony,
324, 328; George, 217,* 218, 224; Rev,
Henry, 345; Joan, 335; Thomas, 357, 388,
401, 406, 407,431; William, 276, 277, 278,
Borard, Elizabeth, 145 ;* John, 145.*
Bordesley by Acton, Warwickshire, 150,
153.
Bordesley, Manor of, 12, 153.
Bordman, see Boardman.
Borough, Robert, 179.
Borowebrigge, Robert, 107.
Borrowes, Humphrey, 367.
Borton, William, 263.
Bosevile, Thomas, 175.
Bossard, Hugh, 42, 45.
Bosse (Boss), Alice, 387, 390,* 409, 420;*
Anne, 341, 408, 420; Elizabeth, 453;
Godfrey, 196; Henry, 262, 271, 273, 335,
341, 349, 358,* 359, 367, 368, 381, 386,
387, 421, 428, 420, 446, 448; Hugh, 122;
John, 388, 391; Michael, 299,* 341, 347,
406; Ralph, 406, 439; William, 292, 300,
301, 300,* 311, 313,* 314, 315,* 316,* 318,*
319, 320, 322,* 335, 336,* 340, 341, 353,
356, 368, 390, 453;* Mr., 449; Widow,
406 ; —, 388, 301, 407.
Bossu, Robert, Earl of Leicester, 2, 7.
Bostock, John, 434, 437, 446,* 447, 448,*
449, 450, 452, 453; Launcelot, 233; T,
449; Family of, 31.*
Bosworth (Boseworth, Bosseworth), Bar-
tholomew, 262; Christiana, 106;* Wil-
liam de, 104, 109, 120; William, 106,*
I11,* 118, 121, 124, 126, 128,
Bosworth, 136, 154,* 189, 203, 409, 418.
Boteler (Botiller), John, 120;* Rey. Rich-
ard, 149;* Sir William le, 75.
Botham, Dorothy, 302.
Botham, 367.
Bothe, see Boothe.
Bothe, 159.*
Bottesford, 146, 151.
Boudon (Boudonne), Elena, 102, 127;*
John, 127;* Richard, 77, 78, 82, 102,
127.%
Boughton, Norfolk, 25.
Boun, John, 73.*
Bounde, Christopher, 234.
Bourcher, Sir John, 168,* 169, 170.*
Bourne, Sir John, 224;* John, 462.*
Bourt, see Burt.
Boushall, Thomas, 300.
Bouth, see Boothe.
Boversicke, 291, 317, 321, 379, 439-
Bovey, Robert, 152, 166.
Bowar, John, 194.
Bowbean, Syck, 318.
Bowdell, John, 208.
Bowden, Great, 291 7.
Bowes, John, 140.
Bowet, Mr., 313.
Bowle, Richard, 434.
Bowles, Ann, 452, 453 #.
Bowley, see Boley.
Bowshaghe, Thomas, 259.
Bowsworth’s land, 159.
Bowyer, Edward, 433; John, 193.
Bowyer's Farm, 433.
Boydell, John, 112, 201, 203;* Thomas,
84.
Binet (Bowier), Rev. John William Robert,
oe 443;* Mr., 237; Mrs., 237, 446,
448.
Boyvill, John de, 91.
Brabane, Henry, 142.
Brabazon (Brabezon), Adam, 170, 173;
John, 120; Sir William, 75.
Bracebridge (Bracebrigge), Mary, 170;*
William, 170,* 171.
Bradburn, Isabel, 195.
Bradecrofte, 206,
Bradefield, Manor of, 44.
Bradegal, 268.
Bradewey, John de, 77; John de, chaplain,
444;* Walter de, chaplain, 444; Rev.
Walter de, 85.*
Bradfort (Bradfoot), George, 447; Thomas,
451.
Bradgate, William, 259.
Bradgate, 135,* 144, 168.
Bradgate Park, 38.*
Bradhurst, John, 184, 198; Richard, 243 ;
William, 255.
Bradley, John, 451; Richard, 345 ;* Wil-
liam, 322.*
Bradley, Derbyshire, 19, 169, 458.
Bradmere, Elias de, 46.
Bradshaw, Francis, 274, 276, 310, 311, 312,*
313,* 316, 318,* 320, 321, 322,* 329, 332,
352; Humphrey, 231, 242,* 245, 248,*
251, 256," 257, 262,* 271, 442, 449, 453;*
Lucy, 340; Mary, 452; Peter, 256,* 276,*
278, 286, 300, 303, 311, 312,* 313, 314,
316,* 317,* 319; Robert, 279,* 347;
Savile, 448,* 449, 450; Stephen, 420;
Thomas, 251, 340, 353, 358, 367,* 402,
403, 405, 407, 408, 412, 414, 418, 419,
422,* 423, 434, 436, 446, 447,* 448, 449,
451; William, 207; Mrs., 451; —, 311.
Bradshaw's hook, 318.
Bradwall, John, 189.
Bradwell, William, 256.
Braham, Arms of, 309.
Braham (Brayham, Breham, Breyham),
Agnes, 247, 255, 295, 309,* 310; Ann,
241, 463; Lawrence, 253, 256, 259, 260,
463; Philippa, 309,* 395; Robert, 235,
237, 241, 243, 244,* 245,* 247, 252, 255,*
259,* 260, 276, 277, 280,* 286, 288, 280,
291,* 203, 204, 295, 206, 303, 309,* 310,
395,* 463; R., 255; Mr., 249, 271.
Brakelands, 313.
Brakeley, Thomas, 164.
Brakenowe, 158.
Brakes, John, 174, 175.*
Brambles, Lez, 277.
Bramham Byggyng, 216.
Bramley, Elizabeth, 452; Thomas, 452.
Brampton, William de, 118.
Brampton, 435.
Bramson (Brameson), Henry, 258, 262;
John, 388; Thomas, 391.*
Brand, Mary, 450.
Brand Close, 376, 439.
Brandon (Brandern, Brandiron), Charles,
298, 290,* 312, 313," 314,* 316,* 317,*
318,* 319, 321, 322, 365; Christopher,
244; Elizabeth, 413, 414;* Jane, 414,*
427; Margaret, 368; Oliver, 196,* 198;
Walter, 230,* 231, 232, 243, 245, 246, 250,
256,* 262, 353, 390,* 413, 414,* 425, 430,
434, 446, 448, 463; William, 276, 287,*
- 4 349, 353, 357, 360, 365, 393, 405,
Brandon's Lynge, 317
INDEX.
Brandriffe, Henry, 424; Jeremiah, 447, 450,
451.
Branson (Branston), see Braunston.
Brantham cum East Bergholt, 28.
Bras, Robert, 82.
Brasford, Samuel, 436.
Bratfield, John, 198; William, 228, 232, 243,
250.
Braunch, Agnes, 70; Ann, 323; John, 323.
Braunston (Branson, Branston, Braunson),
Christopher, 348; Godfrey, 407; Henry,
407,* 408, 436, 439; Thomas, 324, 353,
388, 389; —, 401, 407.
Braunston, 114,* 131, 204, 228, 229, 371.
Braunston, Manor of, 140.
Bray, Mark, 269; Mary, 354, 432; William, |
432.
Braybrook, Northants, 370.
Brayham, see Braham.
Brealey, Joseph, 451.
Breame, Lawrence, 263; Robert, 257,* 263,
298 ; —, 279.
Brecks (The Breakes), 163, 347, 432 2.
Bredcrofte, 283.
Bredemere, Elias de, 42.
Bredgar (Bredgar alias Bredgate), Kent,
339, 371.
Bredon, Thomas de, 74; William de, 74.
Bredon (Breedon), 142, 145, 234, 238, 240.
Bredon, Manor of, 65, 195.*
Breham, see Braham.
Brehull, Henry de, g1.
Brereton, Peter, 462.
Brese, John, 101.
Bretagne, see Brittany.
Bretfeld, John, 191; William, 260.
Bretlands (Brete landis), 159, 277, 412.*
Bretlands, Long, 320.
Breton, Robert, 114; Simon, 135.
Breton, 84.
Brett (Brette), George, 198, 202, 207; Sir
Richard, 219; Robert, 203; William,
151,* 255, 256, 277, 293, 209, 300; Mr.,
250.
Breweare, Christopher, 337.
Brewern (Brewan, Brewarne, Brewen, Brewin,
Brewing, Brewyn, Bruarn, Bruarne,
Bruerne), Christopher, 234,* 281, 286,
293, 294; Cicely, 182, 190; Francis, 366;
James, 190; John, 166, 181, 182,* 185,*
190,* 191, 340, 353; Margaret, 366;
Ralph, 182, 190; Richard, 186, 191, 299;
Thomas, 256,* 262,* 263,* 449, 451; Wil-
liam, 288; —, 449.
Brewester, John, 123.
Brewse, Elizabeth de, 72; William de, 72.
Breyham, see Braham.
Briarn, see Bryan.
Bricknell, Edward, 279.
Brid (Bridde, Bryd, Bryde), Gilbert, 87;
John, 42, 67; Matilda, 43; Nicholas, 197;
Richard, 123.
Bridge Meadows, 360.
Brigg (Brugg), Lincolnshire, 39, 268.
Brigham, George, 266.
Bright (Brighte, Bryght), Bartholomew,
362; Elizabeth, 362; George, D.D., 429;
Thomas, 269, 362; William, 123.
Briginydone, 185.
Brincks, 321, 419.
Brinsley (Brynsley), Beatrice, 370; Con-
stance, 354,* 355,* 363, 364, 370,” 372,"
374; Elizabeth, 354, 363, 364, 370, 372,
374, 405; Francis, 370; James, 248," 463;
John, 27; 260, 355) 364, 3793 Margaret,
27, 354, 363, 364, 370, 372, 3743 Thomas,
248 ;* Mrs., 412; —, 351, 371.
Bristol, 2.
Brittany (Bretagne), Constance de, 8; John,
Duke of, 121.
471
Britten, Clement, 247.
Brixworth, 433.
Broadhurst (Brodehurst, Brodhurst, Brood~-
hurst), Edward, 349; Henry, 179; John,
329, 387; Richard, 257,* 263,* 277, 287,
294, 300; Thomas, 353; William, 263,
463.
Brockes, William, 279.
Brockesbi, see Brookesby.
Brockine Lands, see Brokenlands.
Brodemedowe, 204.
Brodewall, John, 202.
Brokefelde, 183, 206.*
Brokefurlong, 147.
Brokenlands (Brockine Lands), 162, 241,
282, 332.
Brokesbie (Brokesby), see Brookesby.
Brokyn Rodys, 158.
Brome, Elizabeth, 393; John, 393; Skeffing-
ton, 393; Thomas, 393.
Bronage, Hugh, 111,* 113.*
Broodhurst, see Broadhurst.
Brooke (Broke), Sir Basil, 326; Henry, 342;
John, 139.
Brook House, 31.*
Brookes, John, 221;* Lucy, 221 ;* Thomas,
400.
Brookesby (Brockesbi, Brokesbie, Brokesby,
Brookesbie, Brookesbye, Brooksby, Broux-
bie, Bruxby, Bruxeby), Bartholomew, 133,
143,* 145, 207, 393; Francis, 407, 419;
Gregory, 388; John, 431; Richard, 182;
Robert, 279, 388; Thomas, 286, 293, 299 ;
William, 188; —, 388, 389, 391.*
Brookesby, 7, 142, 157,* 296, 338, 350.
Brookhoole, Isabel, 177 ;* William, 177.
Broombriggs, 33.
Brotherhood, William, 388.
Broughton, Richard de,
268.
Broughton Astley, 431.
Broughton, Nether, 93.
Brounson, see Brownson.
Brouxby, see Brookesby.
Broweshouse, 332.
Browit, Thomas, 256.
Brown (Broun, Browyn), Alice, 119; Ann,
431 n.; Frances, 388; Francis, 279, 283;
Henry, 103, 380, 388, 407; Joan, 119;*
Rev. John, 121, 352; John, 82, 87, 08,
104, 105, 107,* 114, 135, 188, 250, 256,
262,* 263,* 276,* 286,* 299, 343, 350,
388,* 391, 450; Jo., 377; Richard, 406;
Robert, 86, 119,* 120, 276, 376, 380, 388, 408,
420; Sarah, 380, 388; Thomas, 101, 125,
136, 263, 323, 447; Walter, 233; William,
118, 119,* 123, 124, 127,* 131, 327,* 328,
337, 354, 401, 407; W., 408.
Browning, William, 150,* 152.
Brownson (Brounson), Henry, 263, 264.
Browyn, see Brown.
Broxwood Birches, Herefordshire, 20, 215.
Bruarn (Bruarne, Bruerne), see Brewern.
Brudenell, Anthony, 189; Edmund, 295;
Sir Robert, 189; Thomas, 189.
Bruer, Richard, 184.
Brugg, see Brig.
Brumbleby, Agnes, 381.
Brun, Richard le, 42; Richard, 45; William,
58, 59, 88.
Bruxby (Bruxeby), see Brookesby.
Bryan (Briarn), Richard, 196; Sir Thomas,
161; William, 178.*
Bryde (Bryd), see Brid.
Bryery Furlong, 320.
Brygen, William, 263.
Bryght, see Bright.
Brymesley, James, 251, 256,* 258, 262.
Bryne, Robert, 147.
Brynsley, see Brinsley.
93; William,
472
Bryston, George, 233.
Bucher, James, 181.
Bucke, —, 388.
Buckerfield, John, 184.
Buckhurst, Lord, 290; T., 290.
Buckingham, Henry, Duke of, 13; Hum-
phrey, Duke of, 463.
Bucknall, Jonathan, 450.
Buddon, 104,* 395, 396.
Buddon Brook, 28, 227, 450.
Buddon Wood, 1, 28, 336, 357, 381 2., 394,
399,* 436.
Buk, William, 172, 173,* 232.
Bukden, 152.
Bukeham Castle and Manor, 35.
Bukstede, Robert, 145.
Bulkeley, Ralph, 187.
Bull Acre, 419.
Bull Piece Meadow, 387.
Bulle, John, 105,* 106; Thomas, 128.
Bullesote, John, 114.
Bulwell, Roger de, 462.
Bulwicke, Northampton, 295.
Bunney, Grace, 431; Katherine, 428; Tho-
mas, 431; William, 431.
Bunney, 373, 429, 437.
ss Edward, 429; Edward, 429;
—) 420,
Bunting, Geoffrey, 57, 58; John, 48.
Burbage (Burbach, Burbidge, Burbridge,
Burbrygge), Elizabeth, 446; Francis, 314,
320, 321 ., 356, 361,* 367,* 368, 383, 386,
390;* George, 401, 407; Humphrey, 349;
John, 126, 166, 196, 253, 260, 299; Ralph,
196, 197; Richard, 123, 320, 328, 408;
Robert, 175, 197, 198; Thomas, 136,
181,* 185,* 186,* 288, 292, 318,* 322, 333,
335, 341, 344; William, 114, 116, 117,
124, 250, 251, 255, 256, 263, 283, 286, 287,
292, 293, 297,* 299,* 341, 349.
Burbage, 159.
Burd (Burde), see Bird.
Burdett (Burdet), Edmund, 75; Isabella, 80;
Richard, 347; Robert, 75, 80, 204; Wil-
liam, 65.
Bure, Thomas, 141.
Burford, William, 232.
Burgess (Burges), Abraham, 405; Isaac,
447; Richard, 428.
Burgh, Reginald, 133; Sir Thomas, 161,
Thomas, 127.
Burgh, S. Peter, 87.
Burghley, see Burleigh.
Burgo, Walter de, 81.
Burleigh (Burghley, Burle, Burley), Philip
de, 72, 74;* W., 281; Lord, 213.
Burleigh, 313, 455-
Burleigh by Loughborough, 454.
Burleyhille, 147.
Burnaby, Rev. Mr., 458.
Burnam, William, 269.
Burnell, Dorothy, 25, 260, 364;* Edward,
Lord, 11; Sir Edward, 133; Hugh, 133 ;*
James, 314; Joyce, 11, 12; Katrine, 133 ;*
Martha, 314; William, 25, 62, 301, 301 7.;
-—1 355, 363, 34.
Burnett Lodge, Carre, 268.
Burrough (Burrow), Rev. William, B.D.,
443, 445,* 452, 453 #.; —, 309, 330.
Burroughes (Burows, Burrowes, Burrowez),
Edward, 277, 287, 293, 294, 299; Frances,
382; Humphrey, 342; John, 330;* Mary,
388; William, 262, 346, 362; —, 279,
388,* 389, 391.*
Burstall (Byrstall), Rev. Thomas, 19; —, 391.
Burstall, 222.*
Burt (Bourt), Isabella, 86; Ralph, 30, 45,
46,* 54, 66, 441, 460;* Richard, 78; Rev.
Roger, 460;* Roger, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 77;
78,* 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 90,* 91, 94.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Burton (Byrton), Alice, 335; Christopher,
177;* Dick, 30; Rev. Edward, 177,
179; Elizabeth, 176 ”., 256, 263;
Henry, 374; Isabel, 177 ;* James, 176x.,
189, 194; Joan, 436; John de, 126;
John, 174, 194, 263, 276, 406, 424,
428, 431, 446; Mabel, 194; Margaret,
288 ;* Mary, 420, 431; Rev. Richard, 248;
Robert, 176 7., 197, 198;* Simon, 141;
Thomas de, 42, 112; Thomas, 194,* 256,
262, 288, 407, 420; William, 134, 176 x.,
323, 3375 =) 279-
Burton, 35, 61, 64, 68, 88,* 108, 144, 146,
195, 279, 431.
Burton Hastynges, Warwickshire, 216,
Burton Overy, 229, 431.
Burton juxta Prestwold, 65.
Burton St. Lazars (Burton Leysley, Burton
Liesley), 74, 123, 220, 230.
Burton-on-the- Wolds, 30, 61, 122, 123, 270,*
348, 423.
Bury, Dorothy, 371; George, 371; Mary,
365; Nicholas, 371; Robert, 359, 365.
Busby (Busbey, Busseby), Katherine, 426;
Robert, 374, 426; Walter de, 74; William,
435, 449, 450.
Bush (Bushe), Henry, 313, 319, 320,* 321,
385, 379, 380, 408, 439; Thomas, 389.
Bushby, 195, 421.
Bussard, John, 271.
Busse, Roger, 33.
Busseby, see Busby.
Bussey, Family of, 23.
Butler, Isabel, 156; William, 220;
Butt Close (But Close), 225, 239.
Butterton, Nicholas, ror.
Buttris (Butteris, Butterisse, Buttrisse, But-
trys), John, 323, 407, 408, 446, 449; Wil-
liam, 341, 349, 368; —, 279, 383, 390.*
Byard, William, 393.
Byddells (Byddles), see Biddels.
Byddenham, see Biddenham, Bedfordshire.
Bydewelhyle, 147.
Bydwell, 105.*
Byfield (Bifield), John de, 111,117; Matilda
de, 11; William de, 11, 67.
Bygod, Alina, Countess of Norfolk, 65;
Roger, Earl of Norfolk, 65.
Bykelswade, see Bikelswade, Bedfordshire.
Bylby, see Bilby.
Bylle (Bill, Bille, Byll), Agnes, 221 ;* Alice,
100; John, 100,* 101, 102,* 105,* 112, 121,
123, 124, 128, 147, 149, 163,* 185, 197,*
202, 206, 221 ;* William, 76, 77, 100, 180,
188.
Byllynge, see Billinge.
Byllyngton, see Billington.
Byngham, see Bingham.
Bynkes, John, 344.
Byrde, see Bird.
Byrdeley, John, 154.
Byrstall, see Burstall.
Byrton, see Burton.
Byspham, see Bispham.
Bysshopp, see Bishop.
Bytham, Lincolnshire, 172.*
Bythebroke, Huddresfeld alias, see Hud-
dresfeld.
Bythewater, Ralph, 62.
—, 156.
Cc
Cachepol, Henry, 107.
Cadeby, Lincolnshire, 216, 296, 338.
Cademan, George, 277.
Cadington, Hertfordshire, 265.
Cadwallader (Cadwalliter), Richard,
227,* 342.%
Caham, Emma de, 36; Thomas de, 36.
199,
Calais, 18, 95, 96, 170, 179.
Calcroft, Thomas, 177,* 179.
Caldecote, Warwickshire, 176, 269.
Caldecott (Caldcote, Caldecote), Ferdinand
295; Thomas, 434. :
Caldwell (Caudwell, Cawdle, Cawdwell),
George, 292, 301, 307,* 309, 332; Henry,
184, 185, 186; Isabel de, 82; John, 275,
300; Nicholas, 353; Thomas, 190, 191,
196, 197,* 225; William de, 70, 82; —
384. :
Calf, Agnes, 85; Ralph, 103, 114, 117;
Richard. Bs. Seige aoa
Calladine, Edward, 413, 421;* Elizabeth
421; Mary, 421. 7
Callice, John, 286.
Calton, Robert, 196.
Calvercroft, 376, 439.
Calvermedowe, 161, 321.*
Calvoure, Ralph de, 460.
Cambridge, 148.
Cambridge, Emanuel College, 28; St. John’s
College, 446; St. John the Evangelist,
445; Sidney-Sussex College, 443.
Camer, John, 263.
Campania, Sir — de, 75.
Campe, Simon, 107.
Campeden, Robert de, 36.
Campeden, Gloucestershire, 4, 53.
Campeden, Manor of, 8, 10, 16, 32, 40, 44,
46.*
Campion Brooke, 333.
Campium, Henry, 43.
Canner, Daniel, 431; Richard, 341; Sarah,
431.
Cannez, John, 251.
Cant, W., 361.
Canterbury, Edmond of, 76; Thomas, Car-
dinal Archbishop of, 161; William, Arch-
bishop of, 177;* Archbishop of, 361.
Canterbury, 28, 270.
Cantrell, William, 278.
Capellanus, John, 82.
Capp, Helen, 435; James, 420, 435.
Cardeswell, Robert, 146.
Cardiff, 266.
Care, John, 408.
Carleton Curlewe, 229.
Carpenter, Richard, 42;
Robert le, 63, 67.
Carpur, Peter, 428.*
Carr, John, 267, 413, 413 7.,434;* Katherine,
434; Susan, 434.
Carr (Carre), 351, 359-
Carr, The (Carre, le), 135, 281, 323, 337)
353, 426, 438, 446, 448.
Carr Close, 17.
Carr, The Little, 438.
Carse, 313.
Cart, Henry, 180.
Carter (Cartere), Laurence, 410; La., 425;
Peter, 135; Richard, 112, 462; Thomas,
154; William, 462.
Carton, Henry, 243.
Carvall, Humphrey, 346.
Carver, Thurman alias, see Thurman.
Casterton, Edward, 406; John, 406.
Castle Donington, 239.
Castleford, Rev. Robert, 128.
Castlegrene, 163.
Castle Hill, 360, 367.
Castleowe (Castlewro), 58, 317," 321, 419
Castlowway, 419.
Cat, Gilbert le, 36, 83, 87; Hugh le, 77, 875
Hugh, 88; Thomas le, 42; Walter le, 75;
Walter, 82, 87; William, 42, 165.
Catherens (Caterins, Cattarns, Katherenes,
Katherines, Katheryns), Anne, 25, 29
260,* 301,* 323; Dorothy, 25, 260;
Humphrey, 25, 20, 260, 262, 263, 271;
Richard le, 63;
273, 276, 279, 288, 292,* 301,* 302, 303,
311, 316, 320, 322, 350, 351; Philippa,
324; William, 307,* 310, 324; Mr., 311,
313,* 314, 316, 317,* 318, 319, 320,* 321,
322; —, 352.
Catherine Close, 426, 438, 440.
Catlyn, Rev. Nathaniel, 353.
Catour, Thomas, 82.
Cattarns, see Catherens.
Caudewellsike, 163.
Caudwell, see Caldwell. a
Caunt, John, 406, 420, 428, 453; William,
359-
Cave, Arms of, 309.
Cave, Pedigree of, 309.
Lave, Amice, 210, 296; Brian, 208, 237,
279,* 280; Francis, 208, 217,* 237, 309,*
310;* Henry, 280, 281, 307, 309,* 310;
Isabella, 309, 327; John, 187, 188; Mar-
garet, 309; Margery, 24, 244; Philippa,
409,* 310,* 311, 313; Roger, 242,* 246,*
_ 247;* Theophilus, 281, 309, 326, 327, 328,
* 329, 335, 336, 340, 341, 349,* 353, 356,
358,* 360, 365,* 367," 368,* 373, 379,
386, 390, 393," 394, 396,* 397, 403," 404 ;*
Sir Thomas, Bart., 448; Sir Thomas, 24,
210, 220, 244, 296, 350; Thomas, 252, 253,
261, 279, 304, 350, 358; T., 359; William,
279,* 280,* 281, 326, 350; Mr., 295;
Mrs., 311,* 312, 313,* 314 ;* —, 309.
Cawall, Priory of, 215.
Cawdle (Cawdwell), see Caldwell.
Cerlega, Rock of, 34.*
Cernelega, 7.
Cestreshire, see Chester.
Levelioc, Agnes, 9; Bertrude, Countess of
Chester, 8,9; Hawise, 9; Hugh, 5th Earl
of Chester, 8,* 9; Mabel, g; Matilda, g.
Chacombe (Chaucombe), Annabel de, 8, 9;
Robert de, 8, 9.
Chacombe Manor, 100, 119.
Chadwick, Col., 433.
Chalenge Wood (dela Chalench Wood), 33,*
- 34, 35, 36, 38.
Chaloner (Chalenor, Challoner}, Elizabeth,
235; Francis, 220,* 236, 237; Helen, 21,*
* 213; Joan, 210; Robert, 123; Roger,
21,* 213;* Sir Thomas, 21, 213,* 236,
237,* 241; Thomas, 210, 296.*
Chalston, 214.
Chalton, Hampshire, 265.
Chamber (Chambre, Chaumber), Alianore,
149,* 150; Richard, 149,* 150; Thomas,
170; William, 179.
Chamberlayne (Chamberlain, Chamberleine,
Chamberleyn, Chamberlyn), Edward, 343;
Ellinor, 96, 97; Francis, 401; George,
. 409,* 446; John, 87, 89, 96, 97, 129;
Mary, 381; Rev. Thomas, 310; Thomas,
96, 97, 381, 407, 409,* 420, 434,* 446,
447,* 448, 449, 451, 453; Mr., 314.
Chambers, Rev. Abraham, 434, 455; Ben-
jamin, 451, 453;* Sarah, 434; William,
I
93.
Chambleins Close, 317.
pene see Chamber.
andler, John, ; Ralph, 310.
Channy, see ees peg
Chantour (Chantur, Chaunter), Hugh, 441 ;*
Thomas, 73; William le, 41, 42, 45, 441.
Chantry Close, 240, 369, 418.
Chantrye House, 384.
Chapelweway, 126.
Chapleyn, John, 172.
Chapman, Alexander, 90; Ann, 431%;
Benjamin, 447, 448; Daniel, 451; Eliza-
beth, 31, 410, 430; Henry, 393; Hester,
435; Humphrey, 4o1, 419,* 430, 436;
John, 401, 407, 408, 418, 419,* 431 2.,
432, 433,* 435, 436, 446,* 447, 448,*
INDEX.
449, 450, 453, 454; Joseph, 419, 448,*
449, 450, 454; Richard, 271; Thomas,
249, 402, 405,* 406, 407, 409, 418, 419,*
420, 421, 422,* 428,* 420,* 430,* 432,
434,* 436, 437, 446,* 447," 448,* 449, 450,
451,* 452,453," 454, 455, 450,* 457;* Wil-
liam, 31,* 251,* 255, 386, 387, 390,* 391,
401, 402, 407,* 408,* 410, 418, 419, 420,
422, 437, 448, 451; Mr., 448; Mrs., 449;
—, 455; Family of, 31,* 422 2.
Chapman’s Farm, 432 .
Chappell, Le, Acre, 271.
Chappell, Upper, 286.
Charde, Clement, 200, 204, 209; Peter,
273.*
Chare (Charer), Sir Henry, 147, 444.*
Charett, Elyas le, 460.
Charite, William, 441.
Charlebury, 173.
Charlesworth, John, 454; Stephen, 451.
Charleton, 269.
Charley, 2,* 7, 22, 34, 144, 291 7., 346, 350,
381, 421.
Charley, Manor of, 357,* 387, 389, 391, 428.
Charnells (Charnel, Charnels), Isabel, 176,
176”.; Rev. John de, 86; John de, 93,
112, 176, 176%., 494;* Sir Richard de,
75; Thomas, 409, 428, 437; William,
279.
Charnes, John, 86.
Charnwood Forest (Charnwodd Forest), 1,
2, 3s 4, 5) 71 17, 35, 30, 38, 40, 53,* 56, 137,
138, 192, 204,* 205,* 206,* 246, 257, 277;
291, 308, 310,* 323,* 324,* 325," 327,
328,* 320, 331, 333,* 335, 336, 339,* 341,
343,* 346, 348,* 349,* 350,* 354, 357,*
301, 362,* 365, 366,* 379,* 381,* 387,*
389,* 301,* 392, 393, 401,* 402,* 406,*
410, 411, 413,* 420,* 421,* 423,* 424,*
425,* 427,* 428,* 430,* 431,* 433, 434,*
435.* 463.
Chartesey, William, 167.
Chartley Castle, 36.
Chatour, Thomas le, 77.
Chaucomhe, see Chacombe.
Chaumber, see Chamber.
Chauncy, John, 151.*
Chaunter, see Chantour.
Chauntry, William, 161.*
Chaveney, Agnes, 253; Amys, 234; Anne,
253, 409; Annes, 232; Catherine, 450;
Dorothy, 430 %., 449,* 449%., 450; Ed-
ward, 195, 216, 217,* 220, 227, 232,* 234,
258, 409;* Elizabeth, 340, 430, 4307.,
449, 449 ”.; Francis, 232, 234,* 250,
258,* 261,* 262, 264, 271, 273, 275, 281,
281 7., 291, 292, 209, 300,* 301, 309, 310,*
311,* 312, 313, 316,* 317, 318,* 319,*
320,* 321,* 322,* 323,* 326, 328, 332, 336,
337, 340,* 341, 350,* 351, 352,* 373, 374,
301, 396; George, 329, 340, 357, 368, 306,
373, 409;* Henry, 30, 430%., 446,* 448,
449,* 449 2., 450;* Humphrey, 340, 341,
346, 353,* 356, 357, 359, 360,* 367," 368,
379," 381, 386, 409, 416,* 418,* 410,* 420,
422,* 423,* 424,* 428, 420,* 430,* 437;*
Isabel, 340;* John, 126, 130,* 136, 138,
147, 253, 340; Joseph, 430; Joyce, 243,
256, 258; Katherine, 327; Margaret, 232,
373; Marie, 253; Mary, 26, 27, 29, 258,
413, 437; Morton, 409; Peter, 26, 353,
387, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395,* 390,"
397, 398, 399,* 402, 403, 405,* 407, 409,
412,* 413, 416,* 419, 426, 437,” 438, 4395
Philippa, 430%.; Richard, 147, 148, 167,
188, 191, 195,* 196, 197, 199, 200, 201,
205, 216, 217,* 226, 232, 234,* 242, 251,
253, 258, 298;* Susanna, 409;* Thomas,
152, 160, 167, 253, 298,* 325, 327, 347;
William, 180, 181, 183, 184,* 185, 187;
473
Mr., 382, 448; —, 253, 262, 351, 392;
Family of, 28, 30.*
Chaveney Corner, 317, 359.
Chaveney Corner Close, 392.
Chaveney’s House, 2.
Chaveney’s Lane, 323, 437 %.
Chawney (Chauny), Francis, 305; Peter,
408.
Chaworth, Alice, 107; Sir Thomas de, 75;
Sir William, 107.
Cheatle (Cheatell), see Chettle.
Chernock, John, 106,
Cheslyn, Richard, 434.
Chester (Cestreshire, Chestre, Chestur),
Agnes, 154,* 155; Bertrude, Countess of,
8,9; Clementia, Countess of, 36;* Hugh,
Earl of, 7,* 8,* 9, 440; Hugh Lupus, Earl
of, 2; John, 154,* 168, 170, 171; J., 4343
Maud, Countess of, 7, 8; Ranulph, Earl
of, 2, 3,* 7, 8,* 32,* 33, 34.* 36, 56, 440,
441; Richard, Earl of, 7; Richard, 169;
R., Earl of, 32;* William, 154, 155,*
169;* William de, 44; —, Earl of, 1, 4,
12, 16, 17, 175, 443; —, Bishop of, 107;
Descents from the Earls of, 9.
Chester, 8, 204, 307.
Chesterton, Warwickshire, 176.
Chesylden, Robert, 131.
Chettle (Cheatell, Cheatle), Adam, 413;
Adrian, 408; Ann, 388; Dorothy, 362; John,
391; William, 362, 388.
Cheyney, John, 233.
Child, Jobn, 73; Mr., 458.
Chippingdale, John, 345.*
Chirne, William, 107.
Church, Arthur, 332; Thomas, 434.
Church, Le, Hadland, 271.
Church, Le, Heath, 271.
Church Hill, 310, 318,* 322, 367, 418.
Church, Le, Holmes, 269.
Church Lande, 157, 269, 271.
Churchmeadow, Le, 269,* 270.
Church, Le, Swayth, 269.
Churchman, Grace, 402.
Cirencester, 168.
Clare, George, 337-
Clark (Clarke, Clerke), Adam le, 42, 45, 63;
Agnes, 283; Benjamin, 407; Dorothy,
279; Edward, 337; Elizabeth, 253, 328,
428; Francis, 157, 373; Henry, 166, 185,
379; Isabel, 378,* 379,* 389; Joan, 182;
John, 446,447, 450, 451; Margaret, 157;
Nicholas, 228; Ralph, 56, 57, 63, 406;
Richard le, 56, 57; Robert, 103, 119,*
126, 379, 387; Symon, 407; Thomas,
116, 117, 126, 127, 144, 179, 268, 378,*
379,* 388, 389, 391, 401, 406, 407, 428,
447 ;* William le, 92; William, 42, 262,
263, 268,* 283, 328,* 388,* 408, 451; —,
265.
Clark (Clerke’s) House, The, 265.
Clawson, George, 408.
Clay (Cley), Robert, 144, 156; Thomas, 184,
Igl.
Claybroke, William, 224.
Clayton, 216.
Cleabrok, 272.
Clemens, John, 198.
Clement, Rev. John, 145; John, 197.
Clement alias Cleymond, John, 145.
Clementson (Clemenson), Alice, 202, 207;
John, 408; William, 198, 218, 220.
Clepole, see Cleypole.
Clere, Robert, 269.
Clerk, see Clark.
Cley, see Clay. ;
Cleymond, Clement alias, see Clement alias
Cleymond.
Cleypole (Clepole, Clepoole), Thomas, 251,
255, 250; —, 228.
PPP
474
Cliff (Clyff), John, 163,* 164.
Cliff (Clyffe le), 294.
Clifford, John, 431; Katharine, 431; Nicho-
las de, 461; Roger de, 67; Rowland, 408;
William de, 4o.
Clifton, John, 111.
Clipstone, 74, 80.
Clive, William, 337.
Clonne, Giles de, priest, 444.
Closefeld, 83.
Closmedowe, 84.
Clubbe Acre, The, 312.*
Clunghton, Katherine, 296; Thomas, 296.
Clyff, see Cliff.
Coates (Cotes), Lincolnshire, 444.
Coats, see Cotes.
Cobard, William, 100.
Cobham, Henry Broke, Lord, 342; Henry,
233; Sir John de, 38.
Cobynton, Rev. Henry de, 98.
Cock (Cok, Cokk), Isabella le, 86; James,
111; John, 94, 135, 138, 139,* 450, 451,
453," 454; Laurence le, 86; Walter le,
94; —, 188.
Cockley, 318, 321.
Cockley Roods, 359.
Cockram (Cockeram), Bridget, 401; John,
333 ; Robert, 333, 401, 408; Thomas, 4or.
Coddon, John, 335.
Codrington, Robert, 428.
Coggewhele, Le Mill, 128.
Cok (Cokk), see Cock.
Coke, Henry, 162; John, 180,* 181, 184,
185, 186; Joyce, 184; Robert, 185; Tho-
mas, 430; William, 430.
Cokespole, 162.
Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, 240.
Colde, 145.
Cold Newton, Manor of, 296.*
Coldoverton, 325.
Cole, Thomas, 269.*
Cole-Orton (Coleorton), 21, 241, 245, 310.*
Colegryme, 269.
Coleman, see Colman.
Coles, Agnes, 281, 337; Thomas, 429; Wil-
liam, 171; —, 184.
Colfehill, Robert, 233.
Collewarby, 229.
Colley, Anthony, 295.
Collier (Colyer), Alexander, 215; Adml.
Sir George, 28; Nicholas, 364.
Collington, Aaron, 429; Adrian, 353, 360;
Alice, 389, 391; John, 311,* 313," 314,
317,* 318, 320, 321, 323, 352; J., 3175
William, 429; —, 388.
Collingwood, George, 4327., 433;* Henry,
432; Hester, 432 7., 433; Katherine,
432 2.
Colman (Coleman), Geoffrey, 90; John, 12,
104, 105,* 121,* 128,* 129, 130;* Margery,
104, 105;* Reginald, 69, 70; Robert,
207;* Thomas, 122, 123, 147, 185, 197;
William, 162,* 163,* 331.
Colman alias Parkyn, Sir John, priest, 445.
Colston, George, 303, 461.*
Colston, Manor of, 131.
Colton, Gilbert, 406.
Columbers, Philip de, 75.
Colyer, see Collier.
Colyns, John, 169;* Martin, D.D., 183, 444;
Robert, 169.
Comberton, Cambridgeshire, 215.
Common Balke, 313, 314, 319, 418.
Common Lyme Pittes, The, 241, 242, 332.
Compton, Thomas, 306.
Compton, Sussex, 265.
Comyn, Alice, 77, 89; Edward, 179; John,
76, 77; Margaret, 89.
Conand (Connande), Dorothy, 258; Ralph,
228.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Congerston, 175.
Conningrey Close, 360.
Connyngham, see Conyngham.
Constable, Leonard, 188; Robert, 233.
Constantine in the Lane, 116.
Conyclapper-leys, 412.
Conygrees, 321.
Conygrey, 383.
Conyngham (Connyngham), George, 307 ;*
Jane, 307 ;* Robert, 278.
Cook (Coocke), Amos, 447, 449; Ann, 450;
Henry, 362, 407; John, 117, 166, 454;
Richard, 268, 380; Roger, 137, 233; Sus-
anna, 402; Thomas, 407, 429; William,
173, 427.
Cooke, Jud alias, see Jud alias Cooke.
Coombe, Oxfordshire, 150.
Cooper, Henry, 297,* 298, 338, 373; Wil-
liam, 388; see also Cowper.
oe (Coopland), George, 268; William,
288
Copestake, Elizabeth, 348; Ralph, 348,*
376.
Coppin, Thomas, 391, 395,* 396, 397, 402,
403, 404, 422.*
Copwell, 272, 273.
Corbet, Margaret, Lady, 10,* 11; Margaret,
119; Sir Roger, 75; Sir Thomas, 10,* 11,
119, 462.
Corby, Roger de, 82, 89, go.
Corch, Le, Leys, 271.
Corcker, see Corker.
Cordeleys, 227.
Cordewan, Rev. Richard, 87.
Cordwynelies, 163.
Corf Moleyn, Dorsetshire, 115.
Corf Moleyn, Dorsetshire, Manor of, 140.
Corfe, Thomas, 188.
Corfield, Frances, 30, 448; Mr., 449.
Corker (Corcker), Thomas, 228, 234,* 243.
Corley, —, 388.
Cornwall, Edmund, Ear] of, 66.
Cornwalles, Thomas, 233.
Corringham, Essex, Manor of, 460 2.
Corringham, Great, Lincolnshire, 268,
Cort (Corte), John, 144; Martha, 63; Ro-
bert, 252.*
Cortbye, see Courtbye.
Corviser, Frances, 341.
Cosacles, see Cossicles.
Cosbye (Cosseby), Richard, 142; Robert,
335.
Cosby, 167.
Cosintone (Cosington), see Cossington.
Cositill, see Cossicles,
Cosour, Thomas, 104.*
Cossicker, 199.
Cossicles (Cosacles, Cositill, Cossitils), 126,*
160,* 204, 226, 321, 322,* 342, 392, 418,
436.
Cossington (Cosington, Cosintone, Cosyn-
ton), 7, 88, 89, 120, 151, 175, 309.
Cossytte, 185.
Cosyn, Edward, 428.
Cosyns, Edward, 389, 391.
Coteler (Cotiler), Isabella le, g0; Richard
le, 90; William le, 90; William, 100, 113.*
Cotes (Coats), Henry de, 37, 43; Hugh,
407, 423; John de, 109; Lecia de, 42;
Stephen, 75; William de, 75,* 88.
Cotes (Coats), 100, 146, 223, 328, 348, 371.
Cotes Bridge, 384.
Cotisbrok, Adam de, 81.
Coton, Warwickshire, 296, 338, 370.
Cotsetelmedowe, 84.
Cotsmore, 305.
Cottesmore, Rutland, 284, 296.
Cotton, Alinor, 195; Isabel, 195; Katherine,
195;* Matilda, 195; Richard, 195; Samuel,
401; Thomas, 195.*
Coulmann’s Holme, 272.
Coulson, George, 303; Jane, 428,
Countesthorpe, 18, 19, 92, 98, 222,* 381,
Coupe, John le,83; Richard le, 83; Simon, 81,
Couper (Coupere), see Cowper. ‘
Courtbye (Cortbye), Ewyn, 256, 281, 337.
Courteby, Lewin, 351.
Courteen, Sir William, 396, 397, 404.*
Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire, 168,
Coventry, Thomas, Lord, 357.
Coventry, Manor of, 32.
Cowdall, Joseph, 451.
Cowell Acre, 367.
Cowherde, Richard le, 76.
Cowling, Francis, 265.
Cowper (Couper, Coupere), Elishah, 287 ;
Ellis, 263, 276, 294, 300; Henry, 227,*
296, 299, 300, 326, 328; Philippa, 227;*
William, 136, 227,* 228, 251, 256, 257,
263; Mr., 249; see also Cooper.
Cox, John, 406; William, 401,
Coxpoole, 227,* 241, 242, 282, 332,* 393, 463.
Crabtree Close, 412.
Cradock, Edmund, 377; Thomas, 496 n. ;
Mr., 458.
Cradock-Hartopp, Gertrude Emily, 29; Sir
William, Bart., 29.
Cragg, Jarvis, 451.
Crainche, Burquot, 269.
Cramond, Elizabeth, Baroness of, 254.
Crampe, Ann, 348, 365, 388; John, 175, 283,
287, 293, 300, 309; Theophilus, 408, 418,*
420, 431; William, 336, 340, 341, 348, 356,
365,* 366, 368; —, 283.
Cranney, Jerrell, 449.
Cras, Christiana, 61; Robert le, 85 ;* Roger
le, 61.* -
Craven, Lord, 458.
Crayseland, 268,
Crecy, 18, 97.
Creech (Crich), Ann, 371; Francis, 371,
373, 374; Samuel, 371; Ursula, 371, 373,
374.
Crestarye, John, 167.
Creton, Lincolnshire, 306.
Crich, see Creech.
Crispe, Ralph, 120.
Crispes, —, 255.
Crofte, Arthur, 172; William, 193.
Croft, 17.
Croke, William, 168.
Crokhill in Haxey, 268.
Cromp, John, 263.
Crompton (Crumpton), Edward, 431, 455;
Thomas, 306.
Cromwell (Crombwelle, Crumbwell), Mar-
garet, Lady de, 9, 10; Margaret de, 44,"
47.* 53, 54; Margery de, 55, 61; Ralph,
Lord, 140; Sir Ralph de, 9,* 10, 44," 45,"
47,* 53, 54, 55, 61; Sir Thomas, Earl of
Essex, 270.
Cropper, Henry, 420, 437.
Cropston, John de, 89.*
Cropston, 19, 29, 62, 128, 132, 135, 144.*
Crosby, Ralph, priest, 110.
Croson, 408; Geoffrey, 408, 439.
Cross, Jo., 448; Joe, 449; Richard, 332.
Croston, 216.
Crouberd, Mabel, 43.
Crowland Monastery, 267.
Croxhale, Derbyshire, 176, 190.
Croxton, 175.
Croysere, Emma la, 44, 45.
Crumbwell, see Cromwell.
Crumpton, see Crompton.
Crutchley, Ann, 420; Thomas, 420, 421-
Cughe, William de, 61.
Cugho, William de, 66.
Culeworth, William de, 34.
Cullam, Judith, 373.
Culpepper, Mary, 176; Walter, 176.
Cumberford, —, 306.
Cuningrey, 392.
Cunnery Close, 432 7., 433.
Cunningham (Cunyngham), George, 407;
Robert, 253.
Curteys, William, 154.
Curzon (Curson), James, 193; John, 175;
Joyce, 176, 190;* Richard, 157, 193, 430;
Robert de, 40; Thomas, 176, 190;* Wil-
liam, 190.
Cussington, William de, 37.*
Cuthorpe, James, 407.
Cymcote, 272,
Cymmtrio, Simon in, 82.
D
Daddy (Dadde, Daddee, Daddi, Dady),
Henry, 77, 82; Hugh, 41, 57,* 71, 188;
John, 71, 76, 82, 87, 105,* 107, 108,* 109,
114, 118, 120,* 121, 124,* 126, 128,* 120,
130;* Richard, 187,* 188,* 199, 205; Rev.
Sir Thomas, 184, 187,* 188 ;* Thomas, 77,
82, 87, 108, 149,* 180, 181, 461 ;* William,
187, 188; —, 181.
Daddy's land, 158, 159, 160, 226, 336, 356,
368, 386, 390.
Daddyplowe, 105.*
Dade, Elizabeth, 179.
Dadlington, 4o1.
Dady, see Daddy.
Daffarn, Thomas, 153.
D’Albini, Annabel, 9; Cicely, 9, 17; Hugh,
Earl of Arundel, 3,* 4,8, 9, 47,106; Hugh,
32,* 33 ;* Isabel, Countess of Arundel, 8,
9; Isabella, 9; Mabel, Countess of Arun-
del, 3, 8, 9; Mabel, 9; Nicholas, 8, 10,
11, 16, 17, 41, 44, 47, 53, 106; William,
Earl of Arundel, 3, 8, 9.
Dalby, Hugh, 117; Johana de, 94; John de,
87; William de, 94.
Dalby, 118.
Dalby, Manor of, 100, 119.
Dalby Chaucombe, Manor of, 78.
Dalby Magna, 142.
Dalby, Old, 24, 167, 168.
Dalby Parva, 354.
Dalby-on-the-Wold, 142.
Dalcok, Hugh, 89;* Robert, 89,* go; Ste-
phen, 69, 70.
Dalderby, Bishop, 444.
Dale, Derbyshire, 215.
Dalton, Robert de, 74 ;* Robert, 166; Wal-
ter, 290.
Damme, Le, 270.
Damory, John, 75.
Danbye, Gabriel, 267; Robert, 145, 148, 154.
Dandesey, see Dansey.
Danet (Dannet), Henry, 79; John, 135, 140,
143,* 149;* Roesia, 43; Thomas, 279;
Thomasine, 149.*
Daneys, Oliver, 86.
Dansey (Dandesey), John, 145;* Roger,
179; William, 193.
Danvers (Daunvers), Honble. Augustus But-
ler, 450; Honble. A., 28, 30; Bridget, 2r,
306 ;* Dorothy, 306 ; Edmond, 209 ; Eliza-
beth, 306, 420; Francis, 21, 306,* 325,
352, 355; Henry, 75, 181;* Sir John,
Bart., 30, 452; John, 132, 154, 155,* 156,*
168, 178,* 209, 259, 279, 306, 345, 373,
426, 437; Sir Joseph, 450;* Sir J., 379;
Margaret, 132, 156; Richard, 181, 186
Thomas, 178;* William, 354, 356, 361.
Danver’s Wood, 357.
Danyell, Sir Roger, 183, 444.*
Darington, Richard, 233.
Darker, Agnes, 226, 275; Elizabeth, 446;
INDEX.
Sir Henry, priest, 110; Rev. Sir Henry,
182 ;* Henry, 393; James, 182; Robert,
182 ;* Stephen, 182, 235; William, 226,
275,* 292, 301, 341, 349, 353; —, 428.
Dartford, Kent, 167.
Darwen, Susan, 431; William, 431.
Dasset, John, 24, 220, 244;* Margery, 24,
220, 244.*
Daukes, Thomas, 146.
Daunvers, see Danvers.
Dauwillowes, 342.
Davenport, David, 453, 454; John, 350, 352,
436 2., 449, 452; Samuel, 446.
Davers, John, 262; Reginald, 173 ;* Richard,
180,* 181,* 184, 186.
David, Jonas, 407.
Davidson, John, 105.
Davies, Jonas, 430; Sara, 430.
Davis, Sir John, 13; Lucy, 13.
Davy, Joan, 393; John, 346.
Davys, John, 452.
Daw Medo Syde, 158.
Dawe, John, 120.
Dawe Willowes, 226.
Dawes, Margaret, 290, 306; Richard, 306;
—, 305.
Dawkyn, Robert, 341.
Dawly, 279.
Dawpiece, 312,* 314.
Dawson, John, 381; Robenia, 381; Robert,
341, 353; Sir Thomas, 183,* 381, 385.
Day (Daye), John, 450; Milicent le, 36;
Richard, 451,* 453, 454; William, 328.
Deacon (Deakon), John, 276, 408; Nicholas,
271.
Deacon alias Shepherd, Francis, 342.
De Brotherton, Margaret, Countess of Nor-
folk, 115, 124; Thomas, Earl of Norfolk,
124. ;
De Dinant, Alan, 8; Clementia, 8.
De Heriz, Sir John, 153; Matilda, 153.
Dekyn (Deken), Elena, 156; Thomas, 225.
De la Haye, Richard, 86.
De la Pole, Richard, 93; William, 93.
De la Pre, Northamptonshire, Monastery of,
214.
De la Riviere, Margaret, 153; Matilda, 153;
Sir Richard, 153.
De la Ware, Thomas, Lord, 265.
Deleer, Banco, 85.
Del Keer, 84.
Delves, George, 233.
Denbigh, Earl of, 28; Lady, 28.*
Denyby, Yorkshire, 210.*
Denyby, Manor of, 20.
De Pratis, Monastery of, 225.
Derby, Agnes, Countess of, 9; John, 156 at
Thomas, 133; Thomas de, 459; William,
Earl of, 9; —, Earl of, 13.
Derby, 23, 27, 328, 454.
Derry, John, 447; Joseph, 447; Thomas,
451; William, 447.
Dersy, John, 166, 167.*
Desford, Rev. Thomas, 106, 115.
Desford, 229.
Despencer, Sir Geoffrey le, 33; Hugh le,
Earl of Winchester, 2, 74, 85; Hugh le,
2,* 17,* 18, 35,* 36," 47, 51, 53," 54, 61,
64, 65,* 66, 70, 71, 74, 77) 437) 441; John
le, 2, 42, 45; Juliana le, 33; William le,
33, 35; Family of, 2, 10.
Deveneis, John le, 33.
De Vere, Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford,
168; John, Earl of Oxford, 168.
Dewicke, William, 451.
Dewy, John, 142; Simon, 142.
Dexter, Henry, 120; Richard, 178; Mrs.,31.
Dexters, 271.
Deye, Edith la, 43; William, 119.
Deyne, John, 162.
475,
Dickenson, William, 198.
Dickins, Mary, 432; William, 432.
Dickman, Thomas, 366.
Diconis, Richard, 76.
Digby (Diggeby, Dygby), Pedigree of, 370,
371.
Digby, Agnes, 371; Ann, 371;* Anthonie,
233; Benjamin, 265; Dorothy, 371; Eliza-
beth, 21, 22, 29, 297,* 370,* 371,* 374;
Ellen, 370; Everard, 279, 295,371;* George,
371; Hanna, 434; Henry, 227; Jane, 371;
Sir John, 179,* 188, 189, 370; John de,
75; John, 157,* 370, 371,* 374; Joyce,
371; Katherine, 157,* 370, 371; Kenelm,
296; Margaret, 371; Mary, 347, 3709,
371;* Nathaniel, 371, 374; Reginald, 189;
Robert de, 75; Rev. Sir Rowland, 370;
Rowland, 371; Thomas, 296,* 337, 338,*
347, 371, 374, 434; William, 21, 22, 188,
296, 297,* 338, 370,* 373, 374; —, 371-
Dillon, Ann, 254; Sir John, 254. ‘
Dine, Ralph, 37.
Dirty Lane, 380, 4362.
Dishley Grange, 424.
Dishley Mill, 385,* 386.
Disney, Gervase, 431 ; Mary, 431.
Dison, see Dyson.
Dix, William, 278.
Dixie, Frances, 254; Sir Wolstan, Bart.,
452; Sir Wolstan, 254, 354.
Dixley, 106.
Dixon, Gertrude, 385; John, 342, 354, 384;*
Mr., 385.
Dixwell, Charles, 296, 297,* 298, 338; Eliza-
beth, 370; William, 370.
Dockytt, Peter, 197.
Dod, Robert, 43.
Dode, Amice, 127.
Dodingseles, Hugh de, 66.
Dodynton, Oxfordshire, 173.
Dogel, William, 69.*
Dokkeseye, Richard, ro9.
Dolby, William, 215.
Dole Meadowe, 316,* 410.
Doles, Little, 162, 163.
Dolman, Thomas, 224.
Donasthorpe, 190.*
Donham, 214.
Donington (Donyngton), 129, 137, 150, 151,
193," 195."
Donington, Manor of, 179.
Donne, Sir John, 161; William, 135.
Donthorn, William, 169.*
Donyngton, William de, 86.
Donyngton, see Donington.
Doody, Elizabeth, 140; Richard, 140.
Dorman, Thomas, 150.
Dormond, Sir James, 145.
Dorset, Henry, Marquis of, 3, 195, 200, 201,
204, 208, 227;* Thomas, Marquis of, 2;
—, Marquis of, 110, 304.
Dorwold, 215.
Dosevill, Robert, 75; Simon, 86.
Double-necked Swan, 4327.
Doucke, William, 144.
Doughty, John, 453.
Dove, William, 59.
Doveton, John, 194.
Dowsbye, Lincolnshire, 267.
Dowse, Baldwin, 233.
Doxey, John, 129, 152, 158,* 159,* 160, 167 ;*
J., 159, 160; Richard, 118, 124, 128, 168.*
Doynur, William le, 42.
Drackley, William, 337.
Drake (Dracke), William, 256, 286.
Drakes, John, 171.*
Dranefeld, Simon de, 100.
Draper, John, 228, 243, 245, 250, 256,* 259,
260, 262,* 271,* 463; Richard, 224; Rose,
271;* Thomas, 197.
PoP Pog
476
Draper alias Leadbeater, Richard, 352.
Drayton, Philip de, 101.
Drayton, St. James, 270.
Drayton, 4, 8, 9, 40, 91, 97, 100, 101, 104,
106, 107,* 120,* 121, 271, 461.
Drenge, John, 81,* 83, 86, 93 ; Margery, 81,*
83, 86, 93.
Drenkes, John, 77.
Drift, Le, 228.
Drihurst, 47, 53,* 54.
Drury (Drewry), Drue, 235,* 236, 237 ;*
Robert, 142, 237; Roger, 235 ;* Thomas,
431; William, 237, 431.
Dry Furlong, 158, 422.
Dryving Wales, Rotherhithe, Surrey, 266.
Duckett, Adrian, 376, 378; John, 315,* 316;
Margaret, 349, 412; Mary, 315, 316;
Peter, 225, 243, 251, 257,* 259, 263, 276,*
277, 283, 286, 288; Robert, 224, 349;*
Thomas, 349, 353, 386; William, 222, 230,
243, 251, 401, 407.
Dudley (Duddeley), Catherine, 13; Sir
Henry, 168; John, Duke of Northumber-
land, 13; Sir John, 153; Robert, Earl of
Leicester, 220; Robert, K.G., 230;* —,
Lord, 230; —, Baron of, 4,* 8,* 9, 11, 16.
Dudley, 10.
Dudley, Manor of, 4o.
Duffith, Mary, 428; Robert, 428.
Dun, Ralph, 16.
Dunbarre, William, 107.
Dune, William, 42.
Dunethornhull, 34.*
Dunham (Dunneham), John de, 128; Robert,
120.
Dunintone, 7.
Dunton, Manor of, 107, 131.
Dunton Basset, 215.
Duporte, Mr., 279.
Durham, Bishop of, 107, 459.
Dustmoor, 316, 318, 418.
Dustmoor Pool, 322.
Dutton, William, 320.
Duycke, Richard, 287, 294.
Dyer, Sir James, 296, 298; James, 230;
Sarah, 421; William, 421.
Dygby, see Digby.
Dyke, John, 461; Roger, 461.
Dylckes, Richard, 279.
Dyngley, John de, 86.
Dynham, William, 463.
Dyseworth (Dysseworth), John de, 94; John,
109.
Dyseworth, 78, 168.
Dyson (Dison), Elizabeth, 393; Ralph, 381,
393-
Dythe, Joan, 292.
E
Earle (Erle), Daniel, 406, 412,* 418,* 419,
422; John, 31, 423, 425 ; Joseph, 31, 423;
Roger le, 45; Thomas, 462; Mr., 407,
458; —, 4067., 411.
Earle, Family of, 30.
Earlesthorpe, 423.
Easington, Manor of, 459.
Eastbridge, Hospital of S. Thomas the
Martyr, 270.
Easton, Rev. William, B.D., 13, 443, 445.*
Eastwell (Estwell), Joan, 258, 463; John,
181, 184,* 185, 186,* 188, 197, 198, 199,
206; Philippa, 463; Richard, 163; Tho-
mas, 185, 187, 191,* 197; William, 188,
226, 227, 242, 243,* 250, 251, 253, 256,
258,* 259, 262, 263, 271, 283, 292, 293,
300, 463.
Eaton, Long, co. Derby, 253.
Eaves, William de, 48.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Edde, Thomas, 144.
Edgcombe, Mrs., 278.
Eding, Humphrey, 406.
Edlyngton, Thomas, 197.
Edmondson (Edmonson, Edmundson), Doro-
thy, 253; Edmund, 245; Edward, 193,
225, 232," 253;* Elizabeth, 253; Judith,
253; Robert, 253.*
Edon, Robert, 267.
Edwards, John, 189.
Edwardson, Roger, 197.
Edwin (Edwyn), Humphrey, 439; Robert,
423 ; Stephen, 423.
Edyell, Harry, 177.
Edynson, John, 164.
Egebaston, Sir Richard de, 75.
Egroblanch, Peter de, 459.
Eketylby, see Eyeketilby.
Eland, William, 161.
Eldon, Richard, 233.
Elemore Hall, Durham, 23.
Elford, Staffordshire, 172.
Elford, Manor of, 177.
Elias, William, 45.
Elkington, Thomas, 347.
Ellesmere Furlong, 320.
Elliott (Eliott, Elyot), John, 170, 420; Tho-
mas, 363, 451; —, 449.
Ellis (Ellys, Elys), Agnes, 191; Amice, 191;
Isabel, 77, 82, 191; Jaquetta, 371; Joan,
191; Sir John, 371; John, 191, 233, 256,
262, 432; Richard, 207; William, 42, 81,
82, 103, 105, 110,* 191,* 196, 198, 201,
202,* 207, 214; —, 351.
Elmhirste, James, 183.
Elms, The, Quorndon, 188.
Elnhale, Roger, 86.
Elrington, Edward, 233.
Eltham, 142.
Elvedon, Sir William, 183, 444.
Elvet, Rev. Richard, 130, 131.
Ely, John, Bishop of, 161, 168.
Elyn, John, 104.
Elyot, see Elliott.
Elys, see Ellis.
Eminton, Thomas de, 43.
Enderby (Endirdeby), Isabella de, 85; John
de, 85, 90; Richard de, 47.
Enderby, 195,* 229, 401.
Engleys, Roger le, 459.*
Englishe, John, 198.
Ensor, Elizabeth, 453.
Entwysell, Thomas, 189.*
Epworth, 268.
Erby, John, 364.
Erdington, Arms of, 10.
Erdington, Pedigree of, 11.
Erdington (Erdyngton, Herdington), Anne
de, 10,11; Lady Elizabeth de, 1o1,* 102,
103 ;* Elizabeth de, 10, 11, 106, 114, 115,*
461 ;* Sir Giles, 101,* 102, 103 ;* Giles de,
10,* 11,* 85, 86, 94, 97, 98," 106, 114,* 115,*
130, 441, 461 ;* Sir Henry de, 9, 10, 44,* 45,
47,* 49, $4, 55, 68, 84, 87, 106,* 113;
Henry de, 11," 53,* 56, 61, 66, 67,* 68,
74, 77, 82, 98,* 102, 461; Joan de, 10, 11;
Joyce, 11, 12, 133, 144, 150, 153;* Mar-
garet de, 10, 11, 102, 103, 114,* 115,* 116,
119, 120, 124;* Matilda, Lady de, 9, 10,*
106; Matilda de, 10, 11, 44,* 47," §3, 54,
55, 61, 68, 98; Sibilla de, 10, 11, 139,*
140;* Sir Thomas de, 104, 106, 108,* I10,
111,* 112,* 113,* 114," 119, 120, 124,*
143, 144, 147,* 148, 150," 152, 153 ;* Tho-
mas de, 10,* 11,* 12,* 102, 103, 115,* 119,
124, 127, 132,* 133, 138, 139,* 140,*
462; Family of, 9, 10.
Erdington, 119.*
Erdington, Manor of, 140.
Erdington, Warwickshire, 10, 106, 138, 145.
Erdrich, Walter, 39.
Ereday, John, 391.
Eresby, 136, 138.
Erle, see Earle.
Ermeyn, William, 144.
Ernesby, John, 462.
Ernesby, 88, 89, 129.*
Ernesby, Manor of, 179.
Ernle, Sir John, 423.
Errys, see Irrys,
Esendon, 459.*
cote Roger de, 460,
ssex, Robert, Earl of, 3,306; —, Earl
307; Sir Thomas Grout veil, Earl of, pt
een by Northelache, Gloucestershire,
265.
Eston by Bridlington, Yorkshire, 266,
Eston juxta Rogingham Brigge, 69.
Eston, 279.
Estowlands, 105.*
Estwell, see Eastwell.
ae (Estwyke), Dorothy, 355; Laurence,
462.
Eton, Francis, 220,* 241,
Everard, Philip, 81; Robert, 279, 341; Sara,
427.
Everett (Everatt, Everit), Richard, 193;
Robert, 329, 336; Thomas, 407.
Everyngham, Thomas, 146, 148.
Eves, Lez, 167.
Evesham, 2, 51.
Evington (Evyngton), 204, 229, 325.
Evington, Manor of, 324.
Evreux, Simon, Ear! of, 8, 9.
Exeter, Bishop of, 149.
Eyeketilby (Eketylby), 144, 370.
Eyeketilby, Manor of, 156,* 157.*
Eylett, John, 209.
Eynesford, Sir John, 127.
Eyre (Eyer, Eyr), Adam le, 51, 85, 136;
Anne, 25,* 260; Cislie, 355; Constance,
355; George, 355; Henry, 76; John le,
83, 100, 101 ;* Margaret le, 101; Margery
le, 72 ;* Richard, 25, 179, 260, 355; Robert,
147, 185; Samuel, 439, 440; Simon, 41,
62, 72;* Thomas le, 62, 72,* 101,* 108,*
117, 118, 123, 125, 126, 136; William,
8
359-
Eyrick (Eyrik), Alice, 307; Walter, 307;
—, 307.
Eyton, Edmond, 259; Thomas, 170, 190.
F
Fabr, William, 82.
Facer, Mr., 23, 29, 30, 188, 240.
Faithfull, Rev. Robert C., M.A., 443. :
Falconer (Fauconer, Faukener, Faukenor,
Faukoner, Fawcenor), Joan, 112;* Sir John
le, 54, 60, 128; John le, 62; Robert, 112,
114;* Thomas le, 41; Thomas, 45, 86;
Walter, 86; Sir William, 128.*
Fanshaw, Edward, 432; Lionel, 432; Tho-
mas, 280.
Farewode (Farwod), 126, 137.
Farlesfield, 215.
Farmer, Eleanor, 434; James, 337; Thomas,
434.
Farmerye, Rev. John, 268.
Farnham, Pedigree of, 29, 370, 371.
Farnham, Arms of, 18.
Farnham (Farnam, Farneham, Fernam,
Fernham, Fernom, Fornham), Adrian,
17," 25,* 26,* 27, 29, 259,* 260,* 27's,
273, 275, 281 7., 292, 297," 298, pou
301 7.,* 308, 309, 310,* 311, 312, 313, 314,
315, 316,* 317,* 318," 319,* 320," 321,
322,* 323,* 324, 326, 328, 330," 333; 334
335, 336,* 338, 340,* 341," 348, 349," 350.
951,* 352,* 353," 354, 355,* 356, 357,
* 350,* 300,* 303,* 364,* 367, 368, 370, 372,
3741 375," 377,379; 380," 381, 400;* Agnes
de, 93, 182; Alice, 202; Anna, 260;
Anne, 25,* 29,* 192, 233,* 235,* 237, 239,
240," 242,* 240,* 247," 259,* 260,* 261,*
262, 300, 350; Benjamin, 23,* 24, 27, 29,
426, 437, 438, 440, 448, 450; Bridget, 21,
305," 306;* Catherine, 21, 235,* 230,*
237; Charles, 23,* 27,* 29, 30, 409, 426,*
426 n., 428,* 432 7., 434, 437, 438, 440,
“446, 448, 455; Charles John, 30; Con-
stance, 25, 20, 27, 29, 260, 301 7.,* 355,
436, 363,* 364,* 370;* Dorothy, 20,* 21,*
23,* 29, 190, 205, 211,* 240, 289, 290 7.,*
371,* 372, 373, 464, 466; Easter, 28;*
Edward, 17,* 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,* 27,* 28,*
29,* 31, 323, 330,* 340, 354,* 355,* 356,*
359,* 360,* 361, 363, 364, 306, 367,* 308,*
309,* 370, 372,* 373,* 374,* 375,* 376,*
377)" 378,* 379," 380, 331, 382, 383, 384,
386,* 390,* 392," 399, 400, 401, 402,*
405,* 407, 408, 409,* 410,* 411,* 412,*
413, 414, 415, 416,* 418,* 419,* 420,*
421,* 424,* 426,* 436, 437,* 438," 439,*
440,* 450,* 451, 452, 4537., 454, 455,
404;* Edward Basil, 283, 29, 30,* 379,
422.:* Eleanor, 173,* 230, 239, 258;
Elizabeth, 21, 23, 20, 177, 297,* 338, 355,
364, 368, 360,* 371,* 372,* 373,* 374, 376,
377, 380 ;* Emmota, 29, 155 ;* Esther, 29;
B., 436 7.;. Frances, 22,* 24, 29,* 192,
210, 218,* 219,* 220,* 244,* 250, 348,*
354, 362,* 363,* 366, 367,* 369,* 370,
371," 372,* 373,* 374, 376,* 377,* 381,
411;* George Francis, 29, 30; Gertrude
Emily, 28, 29; Harriet, 28, 29; Hector,
22,¥ 344,* 344%. 346,* 348, 371, 373;
Helen, 21,* 213, 234, 237, 241; Capt.
Henry, 23,* 31, 427; Henry, 23,* 29, 30,*
239 2., 368, 371, 372, 373, 380,* 402,*
404,* 406, 408, 409, 411," 412,* 413,*
417," 418," 420,* 421, 422,* 423, 426,*
427, 428, 432%. 437, 445; Humphrey,
21,* 22," 20, 259, 284,* 285, 289,* 290,
296, 297," 298, 299, 300, 303,* 305,* 307,*
309,* 310,* 311,* 312,* 313,* 314," 315,*
316, 317, 318,* 319,* 320,* 321,* 322,
323,% 326, 328,* 329, 332, 334,* 335, 336,
337,* 338,* 339, 343, 348, 350, 351,* 352,
371, 372, 374, 382,* 383,385, 441; Isabel de,
18, 19; Isabel, 26, 27,* 29, 379, 401, 410,
413, 437," 440;" Jane, 22, 354, 355," 363,"
364," 371, 372,* 373;* Joan, 19, 24, 29,
151,* 156, 171, 222, 241, 308;* Lieut.
John, 28;* John de, 17, 18,* 20,* 62,* 68,*
69, 70, 81, 85, 86, 93,* 103, 104,* 106, 107,
108,* 109,* 110,* 112, 114, 119, 120, 442;
John, 19,* 20," 21, 29,* 105, 107,* 108,
110, 112, 114,¥ 115,* 116, 118, 119, 120,
121," 122," 123,* 124,* 127,* 128* 129,
130,* 131 7.,* 132 2.,* 136, 147, 148, 140,*
150,* 151,* 152,* 154,* 155," 156,* 157,
158, 159,* 160, 169,* 170, 171,* 172,*
1730 174,* 178," 179,* 184, 188, 190, 205,
B11, 212, 232," 233, 234," 235," 236,
237,* 238, 239, 259,* 260, 261, 262, 264,*
270 n., 270,* 271,* 272,* 273, 273 2., 274,
278, 278 n., 285, 289,* 290, 290 .,* 201,
296, 337, 339, 428, 429, 441, 462,* 463,
464, 466; Joseph, 426, 437, 438, 440;
_ Joseph de, 459; Katherine, 19,* 21, 23,
29, 131,* 132, 192 2., 239, 240, 253, 254,
274; Laurence, 21, 29, 284, 305; Leonard,
21, 22,* 236; Margaret de, 18, 20, 104;
Margaret, 19, 22, 23,* 24,* 29,* 131 2.,
132 2.,* 156, 157, 167, 240, 371,* 372, 373;
Margery de, 17, 293 Margery, 24,* 220,*
235," 306; Martha, 23,* 20, 402,* 404,*
406, 413," 420, 421, 422,* 427, 428, 446;
INDEX.
Mary, 24, 25, 26," 27, 29,* 30, 175, 176,
219, 419, 420, 421,* 424, 426,* 428, 430,
437,* 438, 440,* 455, 405; Mathania, 17,
29, 55, 60,* 69; Matilda de, 18, 29, 98;
Matthew, 21,* 22,* 29, 234, 235,* 236,
237,* 240, 259,* 272," 273, 281," 284,*
285,* 287, 289," 292, 293, 296,* 297,"
298,* 305,* 306, 319 ., 337,* 338,* 346,
348, 350,* 351,* 352,* 355, 441; Maud,
29, 155;* Nicholas de, Bishop of Durham,
16, 459;* Olive, 426, 437, 438; Peter de,
461; Ralph de, 16, 459,* 460, 461;* Re-
becca, 27,* 29; Richard de, 16, 459, 460;
Richard, 23, 167,* 168, 169, 170,* 172,
173 ;* Robert de, 4,* 15,* 16,* 17,* 18,*
19, 28, 20,* 30,* 40,* 42, 45, 46,* 47, 51,*
52," 54,* 55,* 56,* 58, 60,* 61,* 62, 64,*
65, 66, 67,* 68,* 69,* 70,* 71,* 72, 73,* 74,*
75,76," 77, 78, 79, 80, 81,* 83, 85,* 86,
89,* 92,* 93,* 94,* 95,* 96,* 97,* 98,* 99,"
104," 157, 161, 400, 460; Rev. Robert, 26,
187; Robert, 19,* 21,* 22, 24,* 25,* 29,
51, 139, 141, 145, 146,* 147,* 148, 152,*
153, 167, 175," 176,* 179, 183, 184,*
185,* 186, 188,* 189,* 190, 191," 192,*
193, 194, 196,* 198, 199,* 200," 203, 204,
205,* 208,* 209,* 211, 219,* 221, 222,* 223,*
226,* 228,* 229,* 234, 235,* 236,* 237,
240,* 241, 252,* 253, 296, 308,* 354, 355,
363, 369," 372,* 376, 377, 465; Roger, 86,
154," 177;* Sarah, 23, 24, 27, 20, 69, 459;
Simon de, 16; Stephen, 134, 135; Sus-
anna, 372, 426, 437, 438; Capt. Thomas,
R.N., 28;* Thomas, 1, 16,* 17, 19,* 20,*
21,* 22,* 23,* 24,* 25,* 29,* 110,* 129,*
130,* 131, 132,* 133," 134,* 137,* 140,*
141,* 142,* 143,* 144,* 145,* 146,* 147,*
148,* 149,* 151,* 152, 153," 154,*
155,* 156," 157,* 158,* 159, 160,* 167,*
169, 171," 174,* 175," 177," 178," 179,*
180,* 184,* 185, 189, 195, 209, 210,* 211,*
212,* 213,* 215,* 216,* 217,* 218,* 220,*
222, 224,* 225, 226,* 228, 229,* 230,*
231,* 233,* 234," 235, 237,* 238," 239,*
239 7., 240, 241, 242," 244,* 245, 246,*
247,* 248, 250,* 252, 253,* 254, 255, 256,"
258,* 259,* 260,* 261, 262,* 263, 274, 275,
275 2., 290 2., 296,* 297," 298, 308, 337;
338,* 339, 339 7., 342," 343, 344, 346, 348,*
349,* 352, 353,* 354, 355," 350, 357, 358,*
359,* 360,* 361, 362,* 363,* 364, 366,*
367,* 368," 369, 370, 371, 372,* 373,* 374,
376,* 379,* 380," 381, 382,* 384,* 385,*
386,* 387,* 389, 390,* 391, 392, 396, 400,*
402,* 404," 409," 411,* 416 2., 441, 462,"
463, 465, 466; Walter de, 461; Walter,
22, 204; Rev. William, 28;* William de,
460,* 461;* William, 19, 20,* 21, 22,* 29,
185, 187,* 188, 190,* 191,* 196,* 197, 198,
199,* 205,* 207,* 210,* 211,* 240,* 290 x.,
305, 338, 339,* 340,* 341,* 342, 343,* 344,*
348, 371, 382,* 383,* 385, 464; William
Basil, 379; William Edward John Basil,
30; W. B., 436, 442; Family of, 1,* 4, 15,
16, 47; Capt., 407; Mr., 31, 222, 302, 315,
317, 448;* —, 29, 241, 305, 306, 310,
372.
Farnham, Essex, 16,* 459.
Farnham, Suffolk, 16.
Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, 254.
Farwod, see Farewode.
Faryndon, John, 173.*
Fauconer, see Falconer.
Fauken, John le, 70; William le, 70.
Faukenor (Faukoner), see Falconer.
Faukes, Rev. John, 119; John, 114, 133.
Faun, Elizabeth, 381; John, 381.
Faunte (Fawnte), William, 189,* 200.
Fawcenor, see Falconer.
Faxton, Northamptonshire, 433.
477
Fearney (Fearnie), see Ferney Furlong.
Featherstone (Fetherston), Sir Harry, 448;
Richard, 253.
Feilds, Henry, 408.
Felawe, John, 58; Margery, 49, 71, 84;
Thomas, 42, 43, 44,* 49, 58, 71.
Felch, Thomas, 37.
Fellows, Thomas, 448.
Felton, William, 440.
Fenny Drayton, 176.
Fenton, Henry de, 81; Robert, 348; Wil-
liam, 186.
Fernam, see Farnham.
Ferney Furlong (Fearney Furlong, Fearnie
Furlong), 159, 358, 411.
Ferney Furlong, Great (Fenny Furlong,
ee, 31L, 313, 315, 317, 319, 320, 322,
41
Ferney Furlong, Little, 311, 315, 320.
Fernham (Fernom), see Farnham.
Ferrar (Ferour), Edward, 421; Walter le,
Ferrars (Ferrariis, Ferrers, Ferryes), Agnes,
Countess of Derby, 9, 36;* Edward, 233;
Henry de, 106; John de, 74; Roger, 195;
Selina, 13; Sir Thomas de, 79; Washing-
ton, Earl, 13; William de, Earl of Derby,
9, 36;* Sir William de, 75, 1o1;* Sir
William, 143; William de, 74, 132; —,
Earl, 175, 433-
Ferryman (Ferriman), Alice, 393, 406; John,
393, 401, 406," 407, 428, 451; Robert, 407,
447; Mr., 449.
Fetherstone, see Featherstone.
Fevre, Ralph le, 68; Roger le, 68.
Fewkes (Fewks, Fukes), Dorothy, 31,* 438,
440; Wdward, 448; Farnham, 31, 407,
418, 429; Henry, 31,* 375, 380; John,
446, 449, 451; Joseph, 450, 451; Richard,
31;* Robert, 31; Thomas, 232.
Feyrbarne, John, 188.*
Field, Le, Ground, 347.
Fins, Mary, 450.
Firebrace, Rebecca, 23; Robert, 23.
Fisher (Fissher, Fisshere, Fysher, Fyssher),
Dorothy, 453; Edward, 439; Henry, 391 ;
John, 100, 233, 256, 376, 446, 451, 452;
Richard, 116, 117, 243, 434; Robert,
484; Thomas, 242; William le, 92, 93, 99;
William, 252, 410, 424, 425.*
Fishpoole (Fisshpooles), 136, 163,* 241, 242,
288, 332,* 333, 347-*
Fishpoole Meadow, 126.
Fissher (Fisshere), see Fisher.
FitzAlan, Isabella, 9; John, 9, 36; Richard,
Earl of Arundel, 66.
Fitzherbert, Matilda, 195 ; Richard, rot.
Flaggymere, 118, 163.
Flamville, William, 106.
Flanders, 142.*
Flekeney, Richard, 140.
Flessher, Nicholas, 154.
Fletcher, Richard, 301.*
Fleyke, Matilda, 92, 93, 99; Thomas, 92, 93,
Flicham, Manor of, 66.
Flodden, 168.
Florence, 85.
Flori, Geoffrey, 42.
Flucke, Mary, 427.
Flud, William, 347.
Fold, Robert, 448.
Foldes (Foldys), see Fouldes (Foulds).
Folejambe, Thomas, 460.
Folevill (Folvill), Sir John, 75; John, 107,
118, 128; Sir Philip de, 79; Philip de, 75;
Ralph de, 51, 55;* Ralph, 52.
Foley, Lord, 433, 458.*
Folkyngham, 151.*
Follows, Thomas, 446, 452.*
478
Folvill, see Folevill.
Folyflatt, Yorkshire, 266.
Foord-Kelcey, Rev. Edward, M.A., 443.
Fordoe, le, 161.
“For Gudis,” 159.
Forman, Robert de, 68; Valentine, 293.
Fornham, see Farnham.
Forte, Henry, 268.
Foster (Forster), Alice, 435 ; Elizabeth, 176;
Henry, 455; John, 268;* Ralph, 119, 135;
Robert, 272, 435; Vere, S.T.P., 445 ;*
Rev. William, 121; William, 176.
Foston, Lincoln, 444.
Foulby, 216.
Fouldes (Foldes, Foldys, Foulds), Adrian,
330, 349, 353, 354; Alice, 188; Anne,
330, 354; Christopher, 251, 257, 263, 276,
286, 288; Clement, 263, 286, 324, 331,
341, 383,* 408 ;* Dorothy, 428 ;* Edmond,
273; Edward, 251, 255, 288, 293, 205, 323,
451; Elena, 349; Elizabeth, 381; Ellen,
353; Francis, 341, 353, 354; Gooditha,
381; Henry, 180, 197,* 227, 342, 442;
Humphrey, 341, 342; Joan, 257; Rev.
John, 408; John, 174, 180, 181,* 184,*
185,* 197, 242, 323, 330, 354, 376, 381, 403,
408,* 412, 413, 419, 428; Margaret, 349;
Rev. Sir Ralph, 445;* Rev. Ralph, 208,
209; Richard, 180; Robert, 180,* 408,
426, 439, 447, 448,* 440, 450; Samuel,
451; Susan, 381; Thomas, 341, 408;
William, 250, 255, 257, 259, 262, 354, 381,
385, 408, 412; —, 186, 408.
Fouldsham, Ann, 450.
Fouldson, Isaac, 447.
Fouler, see Fowler.
Foulerscrofte, 163.
Fountaynes, John, 344.
Fournivall, see Furnival.
Four Oaks Park, Warwickshire, 29.
Fower mens Plottes, 270.
Fowler (Fouler), Frances, 13; Francis, 13;
John, 167, 188, 198, 228, 380, 411;* Ro-
bert, 412; Roger, 119, 120, 121.
Fowlkes, Alan, 269.
Fox (Foxe), Cuthbert, 215; Edward, 389;
Elizabeth, 223; Humphrey, 346, 349, 357;
James, 389; John, 346; Joyce, 349, 357;
Peter, 269; Richard, 266, 402, 423.
Foxcross, Rev. John, 350, 352.
Foxhill, 105.
Foxhillfield, 206.*
Foxholes, 272, 316.
Framland, Hundred of, 326.
Frampton (Framton), Agnes, 239; Alexan-
der, 179.
Francke (Fraunk), Philip, 391; Thomas,
341; William, 79.
Franckes, Robert, 407.
Frankleyn, Rev. John, 100.*
Fraunk, see Francke.
Freck, John, 450.
Freeby, 28.
Freeke, Edmund, 232.
Freeman (Freman), Abraham, 374; Agnes,
205; Alice, 205; Christopher, 342; John,
205,* 257, 263, 463; Mabel, 205; Mar-
garet, 205; Richard, 107, 111,* 114, 115,*
116, 118, 127, 276; Robert, 76; Thomas,
87, 88, 181, 185, 186, 191, 197, 205 ;* Wil-
liam, 180, 181,* 184, 185,* 186, 199, 200.
Frenche, Thomas, 142.
Frencheman, John, 142.*
Friday, Richard, 110, 115, 123.
Friend, Margaret, 434.
Frisby (Frisbi, Frisbye, Friseby, Frysby,
Fryseby), John, 78, 150, 225; Thomas de,
462; William, 137.
Frisby, 7,* 35, 42, 45, 61, 91, 127, 136, 137,
138, 208, 226, 292, 300, 301, 356, 368, 388.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Frisby-on-Wreake, 101, 133, 199,* 205, 286,
330, 336.
Frome Selwood, Somersetshire, 266,* 267.
Frost, Edmund, 290; John, 290; Marie, 290.
Frowycke, Elizabeth, 176; Sir Thomas, 176;
Thomas, 174,* 175.
Frysby (Fryseby), see Frisby.
Fulbroke, John, 463.
Fulford, John, 184.
Fulwell Lane, 249.
Furnival (Fournivall), Joan de, 74; Richard
de, 106; Thomas de, 74.
Fyldyng, William, 145,* 148.*
Fynderne, George, 193.
Fynes (Fynnes), Thomas, 243, 256, 262,
310, 311, 312,* 313,* 314,* 316, 317,* 318,*
319,* 320,* 321, 322,* 323.
Fysher (Fyssher), see Fisher.
G
Gadby, 163, 165.
Gadesby (Gaddesbie, Gaddesby, Gaddesbye,
Gadesbie), Henry de, 82; Isolda, 92, 99;
John de, 104, 126; John, 102,136; Nichol
de, 82; Richard de, 76; Robert de, 92, 99;
—, 273, 292.
Gadesby, 7, 143, 149,* 150, 175, 277, 287,
300.
Gage, George, 347.
Gaham, Emma de, 42. ~
Gainsford, Sir John, 168; Mary, 168.
Galtre Close, 225, 238, 239, 254.
Gamble (Gambell, Gambol), Andrew, 276,
287,* 293; Christopher, 191; Edward,
434; Joan, 31; John, 197; Robert, 31,
228, 256, 262; Thomas, 335, 408; Wil-
liam, 242, 243, 245,* 249, 250, 251,* 263,
277, 463; —, 451.
Gamble alias Bover, Katherine, 387; Wil-
liam, 387.
Gambyll Pytte, 199.
Gamullpitte, 205.
Garadon, see Garroden.
Garb... ., William, 183.
Garbroads (Garbroods), 316, 418.
Gardener, Thomas, 213.
Gardyke, 187.
Garland, Richard, 197; Robert, 234, 239;
Thomas, 267.*
Garrett (Garrat), Richard, 268, 284, 285,
406; Mrs., 278.
Garrett Farm, 412.
Garrett Fields, East, 412.
Garrett Fields, West, 412.
Garrett (Garats) Hey, 192, 193, 203, 431 #.
Garroden (Garadon, Garradon), Abbot of,
55; 194.
Garroden, 385.*
Garroden, Manor of, 385.
Garroden Monastery, 315.
Gartery, Hundred of, 326.
Garthorp, 131.
Garton, Dorothy, 450; Henry, 201; John,
446, 451.
Gascony, 10, 64, 67.
Gaulby, 310.*
Gauter, John, 142.
Gebson, see Gibson.
Geddington, Northamptonshire, 347.*
Gee, Edward, 428; Elizabeth, 325; Frances,
325; William, 325.
Geffery (Geffrey), see Jeffrey.
Gellye, see Jelly.
Gerard, see Gerrard.
Geratt, see Jarratt.
Gerewedon, 34.
German (Germayn), John, 124, 129, 1333
Simon, 100.
Gerneys, William, 462.
Gernoniis, Maud de, Countess of Chester,
8; Ralph de, Earl of Chester, 8.# y
Gerrard (Gerard, Gerrarde, Jerrard), Joan
243,* 245, 251; John, 113, 250; Richard,
113; Thomas, 198,* 202, 207 ;* William,
42, 45, 48, 53,* 54, 77, 113.
Gerrard alias Jarratt, Elizabeth, 387; Kathe.
rine, 346; Thomas, 346, 387.
Gerson, Agnes, 186; John, 184.
Gesnold, Rev. John, 443. :
Gibson (Gebson), Agnes, 185; Francis,
214; Laurence, 209; Rev. Robert, 249.*
Gifford (Giffard), Elizabeth, 422 n.; Euphe-
mia, 422; Rev. Richard, 422 n, 454;
Richard, 453; Robert, 66. j
Gilbert, George, 408; Richard, 430, 447 ;#
Thomas, 349; William, 331.
Giles, Ralph, 119.
Gilesnoke, 162.
Gillam, Grace, 381 ; John, 381.
Gillingham, John, 256.
Gillott, William, M.A., 445 ;* William, 209.
Gilmorton, 272.
Gingel, Gilbert, 36.*
Gisborne, John, 434.
Glacy, Robert, 198.
Gladwin (Gladewyn, Gladwyn, Gladwyne),
Agnes, 282, 283; Alice, 183, 188; Eliza
beth, 227; George, 225, 227, 242,* 244,
250,* 256, 258, 262, 263; Henry, 249;
John, 127, 138, 139,* 140, 144, 149, 158,
159,* 178,* 179,* 180,* 181, 183,* 188,
189,* 197,* 198,* 202, 206, 207, 210, 225,*
227, 242, 245, 246, 251, 252, 256, 282,*
283; Margery, 183; Richard, 42, 183;
William, 43, 147.
Gladwin, 162, 163,* 165.
Glamford Brigg, 268.
Glapton, Gervase de, 89.*
Glen, Agnes, 152;* Thomas, 140, 152, 153.
Glen, 35, 222, 234, 308.
Glen Dam, 222.
Glenfield, 463.
Glen Magna, 238, 239, 240.
Glenmeadow, 08.
Glen Parva, 18, 222,* 270.*
Gloucester, Richard, Duke of, 12; Robert,
Earl of, 8; Walter de, 72; —, Duke of, 2,
462.
Gloucester, 264, 459.
Glover, Francis, 406, 421; Thomas, 201,
206; William, 447, 450.
Glovers Pingle, 359, 423, 439-
Glyn, Sir Stephen, 458.*
Gobion, Robert, 79; Family of, 212.
Godale, William de, 96,* 97.
Godarde, see Goddard. .
Godchep, Gilbert, 86; Hugh, 43; Richard,
63; Robert, 63.
Goddard (Godarde), Margaret, 381 ;* Tho-
mas, 381; William, 166, 167, 381.*
Godeby, William, 153. }
Godehusbonde, Goda, 99; William, 99.
Godeman, see Goodman.
Goderton, 264. calf
Godewyn, John, 125, 136; William, 288.
Godfrey, Richard, 349.
Godman, see Goodman.
Godsone, Gilbert, 62.
Golde, Reginald, 107.
Golle, 87, 88.
Goodman (Godman), John, 128; Roger, 58;
William, 413; Wm., 122; —, 437.
Goodman's Close, 295, 296. '
Goodyere (Goodeyere), 106, 119.
Gopsal (Gopshall), 76, 175,* 219.
Gopsal, Manor of, 24, 175," 176, 199.
Gorge, William, 233.
Gorhambury, 270, 273."
Gorson, Isaac, 419; Martha, 419; Mary,
419; Samuel, 419.
Goscote, Sheriff of, 80.
Goscote, Hundred of, 73, 100, 120, 139,
189,* 196, 200.
Goscote, East, Hundred of, 326.
Gosefeld, William de, 74.
Gosseikles, see Cossicles Hill.
Gossen, Henry, 384, 386.
Gossicke, The, 369.
Gostwicke, William, 269.
Gostwych, John, 232.*
Got, Matilda de, 92, 93, 98; Ralph, 92, 93,
8.
Gowgh, William, 135.
Gracedieu, 132, 229.
Gracedieu, Manor of, 195.*
Gracedieu, Monastery of, 214.
Grache, John, 129,* 130.*
Grafton, Thomas, 142.
Grage, Isabel, 179; John, 77, 111, 112,* 116,
121,* 138, 147,* 162,* 163; Robert, ro5,*
106, 462; Roger, 36, 147, 179; Simon le,
42, 43; William, 77, 105,* 106.
Graham, Rev. William, 56.
Granby, Robert, 162.
Grandisson, William de, 67.
Grange, John, 135.
Grantham, 371.
Grasdue, Sarah, 393; Thomas, 393.
Grase (Gras), John, 104; Robert le, 441.
Grave, Matthew, 84.
Gravenour (Gravener, Gravenor), Anthony,
251; Katherine, 195 ;* Nicholas, 257, 259,
263,* 287, 300, 334,* 335, 345,* 346;
Richard, 195,* 198, 201, 206.
Gravesend, Bishop, 443, 444.
Gray (Graie, Graye), see Grey.
Greasley, see Gresley.
Greaves, William, 447, 450, 451.
Green (Greene, Grene, Gryne), Alice, 255,
257; Elizabeth, 373; Geoffrey, 183; John,
135, 155, 169," 449, 451; Lady Marina,
156;* Nicholas, 207, 243; Richard, 209 ;
Robert, 346, 347; William, 197, 259, 263,
408; Rev. Mr., 443.
Greenham (Greenam, Greneham), William,
286, 305, 312,* 313, 314, 317,* 318, 362;
—, 319 2.
Greenham, 320.
Greenholme (Greneholme), 160, 204, 281,
312, 318,* 321, 337, 351, 353, 359, 360,*
367, 429, 440.
Greenhurst, John, 174.
Greenwich, 307.
Greenwich, East, Kent, 21, 215.
Greenwich, East, Kent, Manor of, 239, 270,
272, 273,* 281, 286, 298,* 338,* 339, 346,*
403.
Greenwood, Robert, 422.
Greesley, see Gresley.
Greett, John, 407.
Gregory (Gregore), Adrian, 407, 451; Cecily,
195; John, 331.
teisley, see Gresley.
Grele, Albert de, 75.
Grene, see Green.
Greneclyffe, 105.
Greneham, see Greenham.
Greneholme, see Greenholme.
Grenes Meadow, 126 n.
Grenman Hedge, 430.
Gres (Grys), Thomas, 127,* 147.
Gresham, Paul, 255; Mr., 255.
Gresley (Greasley, Greesley, Greisley, Grese-
le), Alice, 450; Dorothy, 362; Geoffrey
de, 66; George, 407, 450, 451, 453; Hum-
phrey, 329, 349, 358, 362, 367, 380, 388,
389; Jane, 427; Joan, 330; Mary, 362,
389, 438, 440; Nicholas de, 86; Peter de,
INDEX.
76; Ralph, 207; Richard, 375, 418,* 419,*
421, 420, 427, 447, 448; Robert de, 76;
Thomas, 389," 393, 403, 407,* 426, 427,
439, 453; William, 329, 330, 362,* 366,
388, 391, 427.
Grevill, Joyce, 176 ~.; William, 176 2.
Grey (Graie, Gray, Graye, Grey, Greye), Sir
Edward, 145;* Sir Edward de, 148;
Elizabeth, 379; Frances, Duchess of
Suffolk, 3; Henry, Duke of Suffolk, 3,
331; Henry, Marquis of Dorset, 3;
Henry, Lord, 326; Henry de, 143, 145,
148; Lady Jane, 3;* Lord John, 237; Sir
John, 148; John, 279; Lord Leonard, 3,*
187,* 190, 191, 197, 204, 205, 206; Sir
Richard le, 75; Robert, 463; Thomas,
Marquis of Dorset, 3; Thomas, 196, 279,
463; William, 379.
Griffin (Griffen, Griffine, Gryffen, Gryffyn),
Francis, 237, 256,* 259, 260; Geoffrey,
197; Isabel, 237, 340; Katherine, 370;
Marina, 157;* Sir Nicholas, 370; Nicho-
las, 156, 157;* Richard, 266; Robert,
307, 326, 328; Walter, 237, 287.
Griffin’s Farm, 375.
Griffith (Grifith, Gryffyth), Alice, 332,*
333;* Francis, 332,* 333,* 347; Geoffrey,
197; John, 269; Robert, 319, 324,* 326,
329,* 332,* 333;* Theophilus, 332, 333.*
Griffiths, Robert, 328.
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 268.
Grimyston (Grymmeston), 133, 158.
Groby, 34, 38, 106, 132, 143, 144, 168, 160,
173, 204, 277, 278, 326.
Grocers’ Company, 455.
Grosse, Will., 290.
Grosseteste, Bishop, 443.
Grosvenor alias Gravenor, Adrian, 350.
Grove, Elizabeth, 325, 326, 332; Richard,
325, 326, 332.
Grove, Nottingham, 19,* 20,* 156, 370.*
Groves, John, 387.
Gryffen (Gryffyn), see Griffin.
Gryffyth, see Griffith.
Grym, Ralph, 75.
Grymes, Francis, 302,* 303.*
Grymmesly, William, 161.
Grymmeston, see Grimyston.
Gryne, see Green.
Grys, see Gres.
Gudburne, John, 408.
Guildford, 225.
Guisborough, Yorkshire, 21.
Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, 213.
Gully, Rev. Mr., 236.
Gulson, —) 371, 374.
Gummer, Robert, 461.
Gunne, John, 99.
Gunthorp, John, Dean, 161.
Gutheridge, John, 448.
Gutteridge, Dorothy, 452; William, 408,
450, 452; —, 420.
Gwatkin, Rev. Richard, B.D., 443, 445.
Gybbes, William, 233.
Gybelot, Reginald, 460.
Gybson, see Gibson.
Gyner, William, 461.
Gyrecok, 44.
Gysse, Roger, 240.*
H
Hackett, John, 355.
Haddon, Walter, 236, 241,* 289; Mr., 237,*
241.
Haderston, 224.
Hades Bandcrofte, 246.
Hadham Hall, Herts, 460 2.
479
Haines, see Haynes.
Hake, Francis, 233.
Halderman, Priory of, 49.
Hales, Christopher, 432; Elizabeth, 432.
Haleuton, see Halloughton.
Halford, Sir Charles, Bart., 28.
Hall, Adrian, 336, 341, 353, 356; Elizabeth,
23, 371; Francis, 371; F., 434; Hugh,
344; Jane, 371; Sir John, curate, 217,
218, 442; John, 188; Margaret, 181;
Rey. Nicholas, B.D., 23,* 371; Robert,
180, 181,* 182, 233, 301; Thomas, 120,
141, 189; William, 181, 185, 186, 188,
388, 413, 428, 446, 448; —, 386.
Hall Carr, 392, 409, 416, 437, 441.
Hall-on-the-Green, 23,* 29, 30, 240, 369,
438, 440.
Hall Ley Close, 419.
Hall Orchard, 15, 275.
Hall, Upper, 438, 4309.
Hallam, Thomas, 325; William, 379, 408.
Hallams, Thomas, 376.
Hallaton, see Halloughton.
Halleford, Robert de, 75.*
Halley, Robert, 256, 262.
Hallifax, —, 268.
Halliwellehagh, 78.
Halloughton (Haleuton), Gilbert de, 460;
Robert de, 460; William le Provost of,
460.
Halloughton (Haleuton, Hallaton), 271, 284,
285,* 295,* 296, 461,* 461 x.
Halloughton, Manor of, 179, 301.*
Hallywell, Middlesex, 216, 267.
Halmanland, 159.
Halstede, John de, 72; Letitia de, 72.
Halywell, Giles, 142; John, 144, 152.
Hambre, John, 216.
Hameldon, 223.
Hamelyn, Joan, 17,* 55, 56,* 50,* 60,* 67 ;*
Sir John, 75, 80; John, 67,* 68, 74, 77,
81, 82, 87;* Sir William, 54; William,
17,* 55, 56, 59,* 60,* 67.
Hamond (Hamund), Ann, 431; Elizabeth,
431; William, 431, 460. . -
Hamond, Smyth alias, see Smyth.
Hampe, Agnes, 353; Elizabeth, 31, 409;
Francis, 289, 318, 319, 319 %., 321, 322,*
336, 340, 341, 353, 356, 368, 383, 384,*
387, 390;* John, 274, 283, 286, 288, 292,
300, 301, 305, 310, 313, 314, 322; Mar-
gery, 274; William, 289.
Hampson (Hamson), Joan, 256; Oliver,
217;* Richard, 228, 234, 243,* 245, 246,
248, 250, 256, 262,* 276, 281, 287, 293, 337,
351;* William, 276, 287, 293, 299, 300,
319,* 321,* 322.
Hampton, Richard de, 98.
Hamund, see Hamond.
Hand, John, 309; William, 165.
Hands, Amys, 222; Edward, 221; Ellen,
221, 222; John, 221; Mary, 222; Mat-
thew, 221; Thomas, 221.
Handy, Edward, 196, 201, 202, 208, 212;
Walter, 256.
Hangrave, Rev. Mr., 352, 443.
Hanney, Berkshire, 264.
Hanslade, Richard, 463.
Hanson, Oliver, 282, 463.*
Han ..., John, 3o1.
Harby, Lincolnshire, 404.
Harcourt (Harecourt, Hercourt), Ann de,
10, 11,115; Anthony, 193; George, 279;
Godfrey de, 97; Richard, 150; Sir Robert,
150, 152; Robert, 140; Thomas de, Io,
11, 115; Sir William, 154; William, 152;
Sir — de, 75.
Harcourt, 165,* 204.
Hardeby, 151.*
Hardewyne, Thomas, 130.*
480
Hardinge, Richard, 233.
Hardlock, Alan, 43.
Hardray, William, 183.
Hardwick, Ann, 176, 176%.; Elizabeth,
176”.; John, 176, 176%.; Joyce, 176,
176 2.
Hardy, Anne, 423; John, 167; Joseph, 423;
Samuel, 451; Walter, 262.
Hare, Alice, 92, 93, 99; Augustine, 92, 93,
99; Elena, 92, 99; Joan, 92, 93, 99; John,
73, 162; Richard, 77; Simon, 92, 93, 993
William, 92, 99, 116,* 127.
Harecourt, see Harcourt.
Harescombe, Gloucestershire, 264.*
Haresfield, Gloucestershire, 264.*
Hargolston, Middlesex, 216.
Harington, see Harrington.
Harleston, Henry, 233.
Harley (Harlie), Elizabeth, 292; Thomas,
391.
Harrald, Ann, 25; Anna, 260; Henry, 25,
260.
Harriman (Haryman), John, 429; Richard,
209; Thomas, 384.
Harrington (Harington, Haryngton), Sir
Henry, 344; Henry, 344; Sir John de,
75; John, 134; Jo., 279.
Harrington, 204.
Harris (Harrys), Francis, 325, 336, 352, 369,
391, 394, 395,* 396,* 397, 398;* John, 12,
317,* 325; Nathaniel, 430, 434; Phcebe
(Febe), 447; Ralph, 380, 389, 407, 420,
434, 448,* 449, 453; Thomas, 344; Wil-
liam, 184, 198, 407, 453; —, 418.
Harrison (Harryson), Joan, 258; John, 256,
258, 260, 268, 388, 408.
Harte, Richard, 337.
Harte, Allen alias, see Allen.
Hartington, Bedfordshire, Manor of, 201.
Hartopp, Agnes, 431”.; Ann, 431, 4317,
450; Arabella, 431 .; Catherine, 4317.,
Chiverton, 431 %.; Elizabeth, 431 ~.;
George, 354; Gertrude Emily, 29; John,
188; Mary, 431 .; Col. Thomas, 431 2.;
Thomas, 413 7.,* 431, 431 7., 434,* 446,*
448,* 456,* 457; Valentine, 279; Sir Wil-
liam, 431 ”.; Sir William Cradock, Bart.,
28, 29; William, 279, 284.
Harvey (Harvi, Harvye), Bartholomew, 224;
Francis, 233; Henry, 233; John, 47;
Thomas, 128, 184, 188, 193.
Harvey’s Close, 241, 242, 332, 333, 347-
Harwar, John, 189,* 220.
Haryman, see Harriman.
Haryngton, see Harrington.
Hasele, Adrian, 368.
Haselrigge (Haselrige, Hasylryg, Hasyl-
rygge), Eleanor, 193; Hugh, 193;* Joan,
193; Robert, 193;* Sir Thomas, 326;
Thomas, 189, 279.
Haskew, Laurence, 360, 386.
Haskey (Hasky, Haskye), John, 277; Ro-
bert, 256, 262; William, 198, 256, 262,
277; —, 429.
Haslewood (Heselewood), Arthur, 196;
Thomas, 238.
Haslingfield (Haselingfeld), Cambridge-
shire, 8.
Hassard (Hazard), Elizabeth, 335, 340;
James, 243, 257, 263,* 286, 288,* 293;
Jane, 326; John, 197,* 210, 217,* 218,*
224, 227, 276, 286, 293,* 299, 328, 331,
340,* 361, 407; Nicholas, 388; Susan,
383; Thomas, 309, 324, 326, 330,* 331,
335, 340; William, 250, 256, 257, 263,
275, 278, 292, 301, 335, 341; —, 356, 368,
386.
Hastings (Hasteng), Anne, Countess of
Huntingdon, 13; Edward, 2nd Baron, 13;
Sir Edward, 12, 229, 279, 304; Elizabeth,
QUORNDON RECORDS.
195, 357, 381, 387, 389; Francis, Lord,
196, 200, 325; Francis, 261, 279; George,
4th Earl of Huntingdon, 260; George,
grd Baron, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, 13;
Sir George, 186, 229,* 259, 279, 280,* 293,
342; George, 175, 176; Henry, Earl of
Huntingdon, 260; Sir Henry, Bart., 354;
Henry de, 42, 45; Henry, 220, 357,* 381,
387, 389; H., 220; Katherine, Lady, 12,
167; Sir Leonard, 145, 148; Mary,
Baroness, 13; Robert de, 66; Thomas,
182; Walter, 279; William, Lord, 2, 3, 12,*
153, 161; William de, 161; William, 151;
Marquis of, 12; Earl of Huntingdon, 12;
Earl, 229; Lord, 167, 220, 229, 255, 276,
286, 292, 388;* Col., 26.*
Hastings, Battle of, 2.
Hasylryg (Hasylrygge), see Haselrigge.
Hathaway, Margaret, 434; Samuel, 434.
Hathebrok, —, 64.
Hathern, Robert de, 89.
Hathern, 88, 129, 182, 193,* 194, 214, 253.
Hatton, Sir Christopher, 289; Margery de,
61; Richard de, 61; Simon de, 61.
Hauberam, John, 123.
Hauberge, Matilda, 43.
Hauchard, John, 120.
Hauclut, John, 75.
Haughton (Hawghton), 240, 285.
Haukeford, William, 130.
Hauker, Thomas le, 69.
Hausleyde, Sir Robert de, 75.
Hauwyse at the Grove, 43.
Haveburgh, 52, 111.
Hawes, John, 169, 331, 342;* Margaret,
463.
Hawfelde, H., 216.
Hawis (Hawys), Robert, 56, 57.*
Hawkewell, 342.
Hawkins (Hawkyns), Christopher, 268;
John, 245, 312,* 318, 351, 353, 359;
Mathew, 293; William, 407; —, 228.
Hawkwells, 412.
Hawkyn, Grace, 380; John, 184, 205, 250,
256, 262, 319,* 367; William, 158,* 160,
405.
Hawle, Robert, 309.
Hawley, Thomas, 114, 180.
Hawthin, Edward, 342.
Haxey, Lincolnshire, 268.*
Haxley, William, 197.
Haya, Robert de, 34.
Haydon, Norfolk, 94.
Haygas, Symon, 252.*
Hayne (Heyne), Martha, 387;
387; Robert, 226; William, 340.
Haynes (Haines, Heynes), Edward, 366;
George, 329; Helen, 366; John, 353, 368,
386; William, 273, 301, 309, 3360; Mrs.,
8
Richard,
448.
Haytelay, Henry, 132.
Hazard, see Hassard.
Healey (Heeley), John, 354; Richard, 392,
408; William, 420.
Heanes (Heayne), John, 388; William, 341 ;
Family of, 431 7.
Heath (Heith, Heth), Hugh, 188; John,
207; Richard, 444; Robert, 442; Roger,
258; Thomas, chaplain, 444;* Thomas,
340, 341, 349, 353, 392; William, priest,
444.
Heath, 216.
Heather, 271.
Hebbe, Agnes, 110, 190, 191, 199, 205, 207;
Annes, 200; Elizabeth, 326; Francis,
289 ;* Geoffrey, 204; Henry, 271; Isabel,
200, 410; Jessie, 200; Joan, 204; John,
116, 117, 123, 180, 335; Margaret, 289,*
307, 310, 324,* 325; Matilda, 92, 93, 983
Nicholas, 271; Richard, 180, 181,* 184,*
185,* 187, 188, 189,* 190,* 191,* *
Robert, 158,* Go aco ai 00%, ay
Samuel, 410; Simon, 92, 93, 98; Thomas,
104, I91, 197, 199, 200, 204,*
228, 256, 281, 289,* 292, 299, an pes
305, 307, 309,* 310,* 311,¥ 312," gig 4
324,* 325, 337, 350, 351, 362; William
174, 190, 196,* 197,* 198, 199, 200," 203,#
220, 226, 228, 242, 243, 244, a4
248,* 250, 255, 256,* 262,* 271 # 326, 442
403 ;* —, 352. yous
Hecham, 443.
Hedycroft, 412.
Heeley, see Healey.
Hegyn, Thomas, 188.
Heiricke, see Herrick.
Heith, see Heath.
Hekeling, Thomas, 144.
Helmendon, 144.
Hemery (Hemeri), Emma, 69; John, 69;
Robert, 42; Roger, 36; Thomas, 47. :
Hemings, Henry, 341.
Hemp Plot, 249.
Hemsley, Timothy, 401; William, 432.
Hemswell, Lincolnshire, 267.*
Hemyng, Henry, 340, 342.
Hemyngton, 200,
Hendeman, Robert, 122, 123.
Hendesse, Cambridgeshire, 215.
Heneys, William, 292.
Hengham, Ralph de, 68.
Henshawe, John, 198.
Hensheman, Richard, 347.
Henson, Margaret, 349; Thomas, 449.
Henton, John, 129, 407; William, 189.
Henworth, Francis, 450; John, 449, 451.
Herbert (Herberd), Alice, 63; Hugh, 41,*
42, 45,* 54,* 55, 60, 62, 63, 70, 71, 76, 77,
78, 84, 102; John, 18, 43, 70, 71, 108,
109,* r11,* 112, 114,* 121, 122," 124,
125,* 128, 150; Margery, 76, 78, 87, 98,
102; Marie, 253;* Matonia, 102 ;* Nichol,
82; Peter, 88; Richard, 37, 90,* 91 ;*
Roger, 87, 90, 91, 98; Thomas, 108,* 109,
117, 119, 120, 128,
Hercourt, see Harcourt.
Hercy, Barbara, 20, 370; Elizabeth, 370;
Emmota, 20; Humphrey, 370; Sir John,
20, 370; Maud, 19, 29; —, 156.
Herdeby, 462.
Herdewyn, William, 129.
Herdwyk, John de, 80.
Hereford, Nicholas, 175.
Hereford, 2.
Herford, John, 170. .
Herle, Sir William de, 75 ; William, 107.
Herliston, Geoffrey de, 81.
Herne, Nicholas, 233.
Heron, Henry, 269.* ;
Herrick (Heiricke, Heyricke), Anna Maria,
412,* 420;* Benjamin, 448; Dorothy,
427; Elizabeth, 346, 389, 391, 393, 401,
4o2, 410;* Helen, 349, 3653; Joan, 307;
John, 307, 354, 423, 424, 448; Nicholas,
307; Mrs, Perry, 13; Mr. Perry, 436;
Rev. Richard, 349, 365; Richard, 403,
404;* Robert, 400, 404; Thomas, ae
428, 431, 453; Sir William, 3,% 22,* 30,
31, 306, 907,* 316," 322, 330," 331,* 336,
330,* 340,* 341, 342," 344, 340, 348 m
349," 353; 358, 359;* 360, 365, 360, 382,
384,* 305,* 396," 397," 400, 404° 445i
William, | 306,* 307, 310, 316, Eee
8 i 1, 392, 393; 394, Md :
ees ae 403," 404,¥ 408," 409,
410,* 412," 413,* 415, 420, 421) 423),
425 2., 427,* 428,* 429, 436," 437,° 453:
488; William Perry, 3; W., 360; Mr., 175
1; Mrs., 451; —» 307- ;
Hat John, 180; William, 122.
Herteshorn, Derbyshire, 18, 74.
Hertford, 459.
Herth, William, 196.
Hertwell, William de, 86.
Hervy (Hervey, Hervi), Hugh, 43; John,
42, 44, 48, 49, 61, 77, 83,* 84, 88, 92, 93,
99, 142; Margery, 92, 93, 99; Richard,
70; Robert, 87, 100, 462; Roger, 77;
Thomas, 82, 154, 171,* 172;* William,
6, '
Heclnasd, see Haslewood.
Hesulgreve, Thomas, 166.
Heth, see Heath.
Hetherby, John, 390.
Heton, William, 143, 145, 148.
Hewitt (Hewet, Hewett, Hughet), Roger,
98; Thomas, 290; William, 248,* 451;
Will., 377.
Hews, see Hughes.
Heyer, Richard, 179.
Heyne (Heynes), see Hayne (Haynes).
Heynson, Thomas, 447.
Heyr, John le, 82, 87.
Heyricke, see Herrick.
Heyward, Catherine, 431 2.; James Mody-
ford, 431”.; John, 329; Joyce, 329;
Stephen, 170.
Heywards, 311.
Hickinbotham, John, 436.
Hickling (Hiclyng, Hikeling), Agnes, 105,
462;* John, 103,* 104, 105, 434, 462;
Nicholas, 105, 462 ;* Robert, 394.
Hide, see Hyde.
Higgenson, see Higginson.
Higgin (Hyggyn), John, 205;
192, 199.
Higginbotham, Nathaniel, 406.
Higgin Pitt, 313.
Higginson, John, 337; Richard, 197.
High Fields, 412.
Highlighe, Manor of, 278.
Hiigpiiove (Hyghthorn), 310, 319, 322, 358,
422,
High Way, 310.
Hikedon (Hykedon), John, 70, 82, 89;*
Stephen, 69, 70.
Hill (Hyll), Ann, 349, 365,* 406; Anna,
420; Arnold, 349,* 353, 355, 365,* 407;
Edward, 329, 341; Isabel, 406; Richard,
439; Simon, 163; Theophilus, 406, 426;
Thomas, 268, 375; William, 246; Mr., 4or.
Hill, Little, 320,
Hillary, Roger, 81.
Hillinge, 282.
Hinde (Hynde), George, 272; Henry, 380,
447, 448; Hester, 380; Jane, 364; Wil-
AR re
inkley (Hynckley), 228, 432.
Hitcham, Pe =
Hitchcocke, Richard, 284.
Hither Calver, 418,
Hither Water Ten, 319.
Hobart, Henry, 330.
Hobson, Edward, 432.
Hoclyffefield, 291.
Hoden, George, 375 ; Thomas, 350.
Hodenet, Rev. Henry de, 40.*
Hodgkinson (Hogekynson), John, 199; Tho-
mas, 454.
Hodgson, Mr., 458.
Hoding, Edward, 407; Samuel, 407.
Hodson, Robert, 266.
Hofurlong, 160.
Hogekynson, see Hodgkinson.
Hogge, Le, 162,
Hogh, Hugh, 149.
Hoghton (Hoheton), see Houghton,
Hoke, John, 150.
Hokelscote, 129, 151.
okelscote, Manor of, 137.
Thomas,
INDEX,
Hokenell, Richard, 172.
Hokesley (Hokesle, Hokysley), John, 18s,
186; Ralph, 187; Thomas, 186; William,
198, 201, 206.
Holand, see Holland.
Holbene, 347.*
Holbrooke, Rev. Richard, 404.
Holcok (Holkok), Rev. John, 87; Richard,
87; Thomas, 175.
Hold, Le, 47.
Holden, Edward, 439; George, 431; Tho-
mas, 387.
Holder, Thomas, 346.
Holiacke, John, 340.
Holland (Holand), John, 123; Robert de,
74;* Robert, 399, 400, 404.*
Hollandis, ros.
Holliland, William, 413.
Hollinbrigge, John, 269.
Hollingsworth, Elizabeth, 413; John, 413;
William, 413.*
Hollinshearde Otwell, 241.
Holman, Jane, 357; Richard, 357.
Holman’s lands, 319, 358.
Holme, 1309.
Holme Close, The, 347, 363.
Holme Dykes, Le, 228.
Holme, South, 14.*
Holmes, Francis, 453; George, 450, 4513
John, 434; William, 454.
Holt, 20, 113, 131, 135, 239.
Holte (Howlt), John, 352, 382; Simon, 1109,
120;* Thomas de, 86.
Holwell, John, 346; William, 179.
Holwell, 92.
Holyrood Grounds, 412.
Hone, Richard, 130.
Honeye, Robert, 376.
Honeyman, Thomas, 117.
Honnere, Emma le, 85; Richard le, 85;
William, go.
Hood, Alice, 327; John, 285,* 291, 298, 326,
339, 341, 362; Richard, 249, 314; Robert,
379, 388,* 406, 411, 421; Sara, 339, 362;
Thomas, 291, 298, 318, 327,* 355, 388,*
406, 412.
Hook, The, 311, 313, 369.
Hooker, Thomas, 294.
Hoole, Ann, 420; Samuel, 420.
Hopkins (Hopkyns), Clement, 384; John,
253; William, 263.
Hopkinson, William, 218, 225.
Hopley, John, 188.
Hoppet, Rev. William, 175.
Horde, Thomas, 290.
Hore, Richard, 132.
Hornbuckle, Henry, 310, 316, 317, 318, 319.
Hornby, Samuel, 402.
Hornedon, Simon, 86.
Horner, William, 267.
Horninghold, 195.*
Hornyngwold, John de, 462; John, 131.
Horsecrofte, 269,* 460.
Horseley, Ralf, 185.
Horseshed, The Sign of The, 265.
Horses Shoe, The Sign of The, 265.
Horsman, Oliver, 430.
Horton, John, 402.
Horton, Northamptonshire, 212.
Hose, 393.
Hosewyff, Richard, 128.*
Hossey, John, 186.
Hotoft, Hamo de, 91; Richard, 140, 142,*
143, 145, 148.*
Hoton, 107, 348.
Houby, 100, 142.
Hough (How), John, 434, 464. t
Houghton (Houton), Gilbert de, 43, Maurice,
249.
Houghton (Hoghton, Hoheton, Houton,
481
Howeton), 7, 88, 114,* 142 146, 222,*
308.
Houghton, Manor of, 140.
Houghton Magna, 216.
House, John, 446.
Househill leyes, 317.
House Hills, 312, 314,* 315.
Houton, see Houghton.
How, see Hough.
Howard, Elizabeth, 278.
Howby, Rev. John, 115, 119.
Howden, Manor of, 459.
Howe, Hugh le, 144; Mary, Viscountess,
431 .; Richard, Viscount, 431 2.
Howell, 216.
Howes, John, 107, 142; Richard, 152.*
Howeton, see Houghton.
Howett (Howytt), Godfrey, 225; John, 393;
Richard, 411;* William, 217, 277.
Howlt, see Holte.
Howson, John, 115;* William, 135.
Howsys, 158.
Huband, John, 186.
Hubbard (Hubard, Hubbad, Hubberd, Hub-
bert), Agnes, 205; Alice, 258; Ann, 453;
Edward, 407, 421; Isabel, 226; James,
173, 258; John, 188, 191, 199, 200, 205,
258, 4060; Rebecca, 421; Robert, 226, 276,
281, 292, 301, 337, 453, 454; Thomas,
196, 205, 301, 336, 341; —, 309.
Huchynson, see Hutchinson.
Hucklescote, 84, 88.*
Hudde, Thomas, 208.
Hudson, James, 451; Thomas, 355, 443 ;*
—, 376, 449.
Hugglescote, 214.*
Huggyn, John, 197.
Hughes (Hews, Huse), John, 453, 4543
Joseph, 432 7., 447,* 448, 450, 451,* 453,*
454; Thomas, 446; —, 449.
Hughet, see Hewitt.
Huish, Marcus, 13.
Hulcocke, John, 293.
Hull (Hule), Elizabeth, 434; John, 135;
Samuel, 452; Thomas, 314, 434, 4353
William, 407.
Hulse, John, 450, 451; Matthew, 447.
Humber, Richard, 451.
Humberston, Elizabeth, 228; Thomas, 203.
Humberston, 229, 393.
Hungerford, Edward, 133, 233; Margery,
133;* Mary, 13; Thomas, Lord, 13; Tho-
mas, 233.
Hunger Hill, 203, 376.
Hungertone, William de, 443.
Hungry Wood, 439.
Huningham, Norfolk, 254.
Hunstanton, 17, 54.*
Hunt, Alice, 167; Amice, 210, 295, 296;
Elizabeth, 301; Francis, 292, 296,* 299,
301 ;* Henry, 180, 191; Sir John, 335 ;*
John, 1o01,* 104,* 106, 209, 210,* 218,*
220, 223, 224, 242, 245, 247, 248, 250, 255,
256, 262, 263,* 271, 273, 275,* 277, 286,
293, 295,* 296,* 308,* 309, 310, 316, 323,*
324,* 325,* 320,* 332, 333, 343, 463 ;*
Margaret, 296; Margery, 310; Mary, 323,*
324,* 325;* Nicholas, 86; Remige, 275,
279, 296,* 301; Thomas, 132, 167, 168,
296,* 373; William, 81, 111, 269; Mr.,
291, 336, 341, 356, 368, 386, 390. ;
Huntingdon, Anne, Countess of, 13; David,
Earl of, 9; Dorothy, Countess of, 13;
Elizabeth, Countess of, 13,* 326,* 327,*
330,* 336;* Ferdinando, Earlof, 13, 336 .,
384, 388, 390 ;* Frances, Countess of, 13;
Lord Francis, Earl of, 220, 221; Francis,
Earl of, 13,* 195, 204,* 206, 216, 225, 227,
228,* 229, 238, 277, 278, 281; George,
Earl of, 13,* 197,201, 203,* 204, 307, 324,*
aaa
482
325, 384, 395; Henry, Earl of, 13,* 14,
229, 241,* 242, 245, 247, 273, 276, 282,
283, 286, 292,* 296, 299, 300, 307, 324,
325, 326,* 327,* 328, 329, 330,* 331, 332,*
333,* 335,* 336,* 336%., 341, 343, 347,
354, 356, 363, 368, 384,* 385; Henry
Hastings, Earl of, 250, 254, 255, 262;*
Katherine, Countess of, 13,* 309, 332, 333,
335, 330, 384;* Lucy, Countess of, 13,
330, 408, 420; Matilda, Countess of, 9;
Selina, Countess of, 13; Theophilus, Earl
of, 13,* 420, 428, 447, 454; —, Earl, 22,
25, 26, 201, 206, 229, 232, 236, 237, 242,
253, 200, 283, 291, 303, 310, 311, 312, 313,*
314, 329 %., 332, 347, 386, 388, 416 7., 440,
452, 453; —, Lord, 218; —, Lady, 218,
237.
Huntshirne, 268.
Hunt's lands, 408.
Hunt's Leys, 411.
Huntwich, 216.
Hunwell, 105.
Hurel, Roger, 42.
Hurst, Thomas, 191.
Huse, see Hughes.
Huston, Richard, 243, 263, 276.
Hutchinson (Huchynson), John, 190, 420,*
428: Richard, 407, 418,* 419; Robert,
181.*
Hutchyn, John, 270.
Hutte (Hut), Richard, 107; Thomas, 114,
120, 122.
Huxley, John, 183; Thomas, 181, 184.
Huxon, Edward, 2009.
Huy, Thomas, 77.
Hyclyng, see Hickling.
Hyde (Hide), John, 436%., 452, 453, 454
Mary, 436 7.; Saville John, 436 2.; Tho-
mas, 205.
Hydes, Thomas, 199.
Hydesicke, 463.
Hygeyn, see Higgin.
Hyghthorn, see Highthorn.
Hykedon, see Hikedon.
Hyll, see Hill.
Hyllydole, 160.
Hylton, Hugh, 179.
Hynckley, see Hinkley.
Hynde, see Hinde,
Hyndman, William, 353.
Hynman, Rev. Sir James, 223, 225,* 228,*
232, 442, 445.
Hynters, Thomas, 131.
Ibstocke, 306, 343.
Idonea, wife of Ralph, son of Pete, 68.
lires (lireys), see Irreys.
Ilshaw, William, 124.
Ing, Frances, 272; Thomas, 272.
Ingeram, Henry, 52.
Ingwardeby, Reginald de, 76.
Insetehous, 113.
Ipon, John, 462.
Irbye, Anthony, 378.
Ireland, 242.
Irelande, Edward, 247.
Iremonger, Ralph, 120, 133;* Rev. Robert,
132; Robert, 114.
Irfeld, 33.
Irreys (Errys, lires, lireys, Ires, Irrys), Agnes
le, 35, 68, 86; Emma, 86; John, 114, 120,
121; Margery, 86; Thomas le, 35, 68;
“Thomas, 69, 76, 82, 86,* 100, 120, 124;
Family of, 68.
Irysh, Thomas, 105.
Isam, Richard, 154.
Isham, Charles, 433 ;* Sir Justinian, Bart., 433.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Isle Walton, Manor of, 195.*
Islywalton, 127.
Ison, George, 253.*
Ithell, Peter, 204; Robert, 259.
Ive, Richard, 122; Roger, 92, 93, 99.
Ivernshay, John, 98.
Ivers, John, 172; Thomas, 125, 136; Wil-
liam, 202, 207.
J
Jackson (Jacson, Jakkeson), Benedict, 265;
Faith, 389; Hugh, 393; James, 407;
John, 108;* Katherine, 393; Richard,
163, 388, 389, 407; William, 107, 265.
Jacob, John, 64.
Jacques (Jackes), John, 391, 451;* Marian,
343-
Jacques, 390.
Jacques Yard, 386.
Jago, Adam, 35.
Jakes, Elizabeth, 176; Joyce, 176; Robert,
176; Thomas, 176.
Jakes Croft, 226.
Jakes Hey, 303.
Jakkeson, see Jackson.
James, John, 77, 87; Robert, 135; Roger,
114.
Jarratt (Jarrett, Jarrott), Elizabeth, 420, 432;
George, 257,* 262, 263, 285,* 291, 208,
312, 318 ;* Jas., 341; John, 323, 326, 327,*
336,* 406, 419, 420, 421, 432; Katherine,
335, 336; Mary, 323; Richard, 249, 315,*
316, 340,* 438, 439; Robert, 250; Thomas,
249, 275,* 285,* 286,* 291, 292,* 2098,*
304,* 316, 335, 336, 337, 359, 375, 406,
421.
Jarratt, Gerrard alias, see Gerrard.
Jarvis (Jarvase, Jervys), George, 447; John,
224; William, 279.
Jause, Simon, 122.*
Jaux, John, 116; Simon, 116.
Jay, Thomas, 48.
Jeffrey (Geffery, Geffrey, Jeyferey), Alice,
191, 192,* 198; Reginald, 69, 70; William,
185, 186, 188, 191,* 192.*
Jeke, Elena, 132;* Henry, 19, 132;* Ivo,
132;* John, 19, 132;* Katherine, 19,* 29;
Richard, 144; Thomas, 103, 132; William,
135.
Jelly (Jellye), Elizabeth, 262; Henry, 258,
316, 317.
Jempson, Ann, 428; Richard, 428.
Jenner, Robert, 378.
Jenour, John, 174.
Jernegan, John, 233.
Jerningham, Sir Edward, 168; Mary, 168.
Jerrard, see Gerrard.
ervys, see Jarvis.
Jesson, Thomas, 375; William, 407.
Jeyferey, see Jeffrey.
Joelly, see Jolly.
Johnson (Jonson), Aaron, 360, 362,* 363,
429; Ann, 431; Edward, 448; Elizabeth,
362, 432; Frances, 222, 255, 257, 259,
391, 406, 463 ; Humphrey, 352; John, 252,*
431, 454; Moses, 446, 451; Ralph, 120;
Reginald, 196; Richard, 262, 276, 277,
391 ;* Robert, 388; Samuel, 450; Thomas,
108, 204, 337, 432, 451; William, 353,
434.
Jolliffe, Henry, 320, 322; Margaret, 349;
Thomas, 349.
Jolly (Joelly, Jollye), Henry, 256, 262, 311,
314, 322.
Jones, Francis, 282;* Gregory, 383, 395,
403, 408; John, 107; Robert, 425 ;* Tho-
mas, 281, 282,* 283 ;* Mr., 283, 205.
Jonkyn (Joukyn), Agnes, 92, 93, 99; Aldousa,
92, 93, 98; John, 77, 78, 92,* 93, 09,* 461;
Margery, 92, 99; Thomas, 127; William,
77; 78, 82, 92, 93, 98, 461.*
Jonson, see Johnson.
Jopson, Roger, 170.
Jorce (Jors), Richard, 111;
aoa 129.
Jouce (Jouse, Jowyse), John, 76, 77; Rich-
ard, 77, 82, 87; Sir Robert aie Rev,
la 147,* 444; Robert, 120; Thomas,
2
Robert le, 88;
Joukyn, see Jonkyn.
Joye, Nicholas, 120.
Jud alias Cooke, William, 149.
Jud alfas Tylly, Henry, 149.
Judd (Judde), Archer, 453, 454; Arthur,
449 5 Clement, 3465 John, 83, 101; Rich-
ard, 153; —, 448.
Judson (Judeson), Ann, 364, 305; Cecily,
327;* Elizabeth, 463; Henry, 342; Joan,
348; Rev. Sir John, 183,* 444, 445; Mar-
garet, 282, 327; Margery, 327, 340, 343,
349; Maria, 325, 331; Robert, 188, 206,
310,* 325, 331; Stephen, 226, 282,* 283 ;
Thomas, 197, 227, 242,* 245, 246, 327,*
328, 340, 343,* 349, 365; William, 217,
250,* 262, 263,* 276, 282,* 283, 286,* 288,*
293, 205,* 200, 331,* 331 2., 324, 326, 327,*
*
1 328, ee 388, 407,* 421, 463.
ukyn, John, 82.
Jurdan, Giles, 119, 129; William, 107.
K
Karliolo, Robert de, 73.
Katherens (Katherines,
Catherins.
Katherine Close, see Catherine Close.
Kaye, Margaret, 27, 370; Rev. Richard, 27,
370.
Kayme, 195.
Kebbells, 226.
Keble (Kebeel, Kebeell, Kebell, Kebyll,
Kybble), Francis, 199, 202, 207, 223;
Henry, 223, 224, 247; Lucy, 223; Robert,
142; Thomas, 161, 169,* 170, 188; Wal-
ter, 142, 145.*
Kegworth, Rev. John de, 96, 98; Robert de,
96; Rev. Simon de, 92, 96; Simon de,
87.
Kegworth, roo.
Kekke (Kek, Keke), Adam, 116, 125, 136,
379."
Kelcey, Rev. E. Foord, 315.
Kellam, John, 20,* 235.
Kelle, William, 111.
Kellett, Christopher, 269,
Kempe, Henry, 346; John, 450; Thomas,
188; William, 402, 410; —, 451.
Kemsey, see Kimsey.
Kemster, Philippa, 435.
Ken, John le, 86.
Kendall, Dorothy, 389; Elizabeth, 356, 3573
Gabriel, 356; George, 300, 324;* Henry,
356, 3573" Isabel, 439; John de, 88;
John, 267, 328; Thomas, 138; William,
107, 389.
Kendall’s Wood, 357.
Kene, John, 462.
Kensall, John, 183.
Kent, John, 150, 175.
Kent, Isle of, America, 369.
Kereby, Thomas, 107.
Ketlewood, William, 265.
Kettell, William, 207.
Ketulburn, John, go.
Ketylby, 154. =
Raver Robert de, 93; William de, 108.
Keynsham, Joan, 145 ;* John, 145.
Katheryns), see"
\
Keys, John, 107.
Keythorp, 371.*
Kibworth (Kybworth), 131, 364.
Kibworth Beauchamp, 8°5;
ilby (Kylby), 204, 228, 229.
pees North, Yorkshire, 272.*
Kilmorey, Earl of, 98.
Kilneclose, 227. ;
Kilnwick (Kylnewicke, Kynewicke), York-
shire, 266.
Kilparke, Thomas, 271.
Kimberley (Kymberley), Norfolk, 173.*
Kimsey (Kemsey), Barbara, 388; William,
433," 447, 448, 449, 450; Mr., 447, 448;
Madam, 446.
King (Kynge), Alexander, 281; Edward,
364, 409; Elizabeth, 381;* George, 356,
368, 387, 390;* Hugh, 306; James, 307 ;
John, 293, 459, 460 x.; Joyce, 271; Mar-
garet, 271; Philip, 224; Richard, 271,
429; Robert, 311, 314; Thomas, 346,
432; William, 259, 271,* 272, 306,* 307,*
308,* 311, 312, 313,* 314, 315, 317,* 318,*
319,* 323, 324, 345,* 381, 388, 433, 434,
442.
King’s College, Cambridge, 241.*
Kingsale, Ireland, 374.
Kingsale, 381 x.
Kingston (Kyngston), Sir Anthony, 168 ;*
Anthony, 168; Bartholomew, 24, 167,*
168;* Beatrice, 168; Edmund, 168;*
Elena, 24, 167;* Elizabeth, 168; George,
168; Hugh, 168; John, 167,* 168,* 431;
Margaret, 24, 29, 157, 167; Mary, 168;*
Sir Ralph, 24, 157; Ralph, 167, 168; Sir
William, 168.*
Kinnesman, Elizabeth, 212; Margaret, 212.
Kinton, John, 431.
Kirby (Kyrby), 204, 228, 229.
Kirby Bellars, 153.
Kirkby (Kirkeby, Kyrkeby), Edward, 430;
Jehn, 136; Mary, 430.
Kirkby (Kyrkeby), Monastery of, 17.
Kirkby, Prior of, 71.
Kirke (Kyrke), Edward, 299, 328; Francis,
429; Hugh, 202, 310; John, 197, 259,
279; Margaret, 328; Mary, 328; Pru-
dence, 310; William, 263, 288.
Kirkefeild, East (Estkirkefeild), 268.
Kirkehedland in Osborneby, 267.
Kirkland, John, 452.
Meteinestok (Cortlingstoke), William de,
9
Kitchin, Daniel, 393 ;* Mary, 393.
Knaptoft, 212,* 238, 253, ae, Ps, 354.
Knaresborough, 213.
Knight (Knyght), Alice, 209;* Anne, 381,
431; Bryan, 420; Dorothy, 420; Edmund,
265; Henry, 407; Humphrey, 388; Nath.,
406; Richard, 381; Robert, 209,* 265;
Samuel, 366; Thomas, 265, 325, 341, 349,
381, 387, 389, 391, 406; Ursula, 389, 391 ;
William, 431; —, 388.
Knighton, 22, 240, 305, 381.
ane Manor of, 21, 272.*
nightthorpe (Knyghthorp), 2 .
Knightthorpe Field 386, Beas 24
Aniveton, —, 29.
Kniveton of Bradley, Derbyshire, 19.
eae (Knockinge, Knokyn), 17, 400,
2.
Knoles Almshouse, Pontefract, Yorks, 265.
Knossington, Manor of, 140.
Knottesford Fulcon, 337+
Knowles, Richard, 240.
Knyght, see Knight.
Knyghtley, Rev. Matthew, 189.
Knyghtorp, John de, 103.
Knyght’s Stokynge, 138.
Knyghthorp, see Knightthorpe.
INDEX.
Knyveton, Henry, 169; Richard, 169.*
Knyvett, Sir Thomas, 213.
Kossikkles, see Cossicles.
Kow Close in Stoughton, 254.
Kybble, see Keble.
Kybworth, see Kibworth.
Kyghley (Kyghele), Sir Gilbert, 120, 121,*
122;* Gilbert de, 117,* 119, 122.
Kylby, see Kilby.
Kyllingworth, 261.
Kylnewicke, see Kilnwick.
Kymberley, see Kimberley.
Kyme, Lincolnshire, Monastery of, 267.
Kymersley, John, 189; Thomas, 189.
Kynder, Henry, 197.*
Kynenaston, John, 53.
Kynewicke, see Kilnwick,
Kynge, see King.
Kyngesford, Robert de, 98.
Kyngesthorp, 88.
Kyngston, see Kingston.
Kynnersley, Thomas, 391.
Kynton, Alice, 132; John, 132, 288.
Kynwaston, John de, 76; William de, 76.
Kyrby, see Kirby.
Kyrke, see Kirke.
Kyrkeby, see Kirkby (Kirkeby).
Kyrkhyll, 159.*
Kyte, Matilda, 42.
Kytilton, William, 144.
Kyvet, Richard, 36,* 37.
L
Lacy, Henry de, Earl of I.ancaster, 67.
Ladbroke, William, 128.
Lady Gapp, 228.
Lake, Esther, 28, 29; Henry, 28.
Lambarde, John, 147, 154.
Lambe, Sir John, 361.
Lambe Hylle Marlepitt, 160.
Lambecroft (Lamcroft), 105,* 147,* 206,*
249, 335-
Lambert, Alan, 82; Robert, S.T.P., 445.
Lambkin, 316.
Lambkin Pitte, 314.
Lamhillwell, 161.
Lamles, Henry, 207.
Lamley, Henry, 196.
Lamp Acre, The, 264.
Lamp Half Acre, 265.
Lampland, 271.
Lamport, Northamptonshire, 433.
Lancaster, Henry, Earl of, 79, 80, 87; John
de, 118;* —, Duke of, 100, 107; —, Earl
of, 18, 67;* —, House of, 150.
Lane, Frances, 212; John, 188; Sir Robert,
212; Robert, 237; Thomas, 407; —,
Lady, 237.
Lane Close, 412.
Lanesborough, —, Earl of, 13.
Langele, Geoffrey de, 35, 61.
Langeton, Sir John de, 75.
Langham, Arms of, 176.
Langham, Pedigree of, 176.
Langham, Ann, 176,* 176".; Edward, 176;
Elizabeth, 176,* 190;* George, 175, 176;
Isabel, 176, 176 .; Jane, 176; Joan, 176;
John, 175,* 176; Joyce, 176; Margaret,
175, 1767.; Mary, 24, 29, 175, 1767.
219; Reginald, 175,* 176; Richard, 150;
Robert, 24, 120, 175,* 176,* 176%., 189,
190,* 219; Thomas, 175,* 176, 190, 195,
220, 221.
Langham, I11.
Langley, Richard, 189.
Langley, Priory of, 214, 238,* 239.*
Langton, William, 120.
Lankashire, Dorothy, 420.
483
Lapworth, Alexander, 346, 347.
Larcher, John, 91,* 94.
Lark, John, 76.
Lassells, George, 406.
Lathbury, William, 177.
Lathbury, Buckinghamshire, 449.
Lathbury Hall, Buckinghamshire, 450.
Latour, Thomas le, 63.
Laud, Archbishop, 22.
Laughton, 222,* 308.
Laund, The, 380.
Launde, Prior of, 61, 198.
Lavington, Lincolnshire, 151.*
Lawley, Sir Robert, 458.*
Lawne, John, 185.
Lawrence, John, 191, 197; William, 209.
Lea, see Lee.
Lea, Kent, 290.
Leadbeater (Leydbeater), Richard, 256, 262,
263, 274,* 276, 278, 463; William, 249.*
Leadbeater, Draper alias, see Draper.
Leake, see Leeke.
Leake, West, Nottinghamshire, 431 2.
Lec, see Leeke.
Lech, Edmund, 143.
Lechdale, Gloucestershire, 264.*
Lectar, John, 164.
Ledcombe Regis, Berkshire, 264.
Le Despencer, see Despencer.
Lee (Lea), Agnes, 288; Sir Henry, 237;
Henry, 319; John, 226, 275, 285,* 288,
291, 298, 304;* Margaret, 210; Sir Rich-
ard, 210; Thomas, 226, 251, 263; Wil-
liam, 215.
Leek, Staffordshire, 8.
Leeke (Leake, Lec, Lek, Leke, Leyke), Bar-
bara, 371, 373; Eleanor, 371, 374; Emma
de, 88; George, 371, 374;* John de, 52,
55,* 56,57;* John, 371, 374; Leo de, 60 ;*
Leonine de, 52,* 55,* 56, 57;* Petronella
de, 60 ;* Philippa, 452; Rebecca, 371, 374;
Robert, 122; Susanna, 374; Rev. William
de, 80; William, 23, 410, 448, 452, 453;
—, 371, 374.*
Leekeburn, Henry de, 74.
Legh, see Leigh.
Leicester (Lester), Henry, 457; John, Abbot
of, 184,* 192,* 193, 291, 399, 445; Ralph
de, 40; Richard, Abbot of, 180; Robert,
Earl of, 7, 34, 35; Robert, 349; Robert
Bossu, Earl of, 2; Simon de Monfort,
Earl of, 2; William de, 99; —, Earl of,
220; —, Abbot of, 30, 78, 87, 100, 105,
165,* 172, 180, 181, 191, 218, 441, 444,
461; —, 258.
Leicester, 16, 17,21, 22, 23, 24,* 26,* 29, 34,35,
38,112," 114,119, 124, 130,” 132,* 133," 134,"
140, 141, 142, 144,* 145,* 146, 147, 154, 161,
172, 190, 194, 195, 200, 214, 222, 234, 236,
238, 240, 244, 279, 302, 315, 329, 335,*
339,, 340, 341, 343, 347, 354, 393, 394,
fae 426, 433,* 434," 437, 441, 446,
461.
Leicester, Abbey of, 3, 100, 147, 153, 157,
168, 192, 345, 404, 440, 445.
Leicester Abbey Meadows, 272.
Leicester Castle, 445, 448.
Leicester, Convent of, 152, 172, 344.
Leicester, Forest of, 7, 413.
Leicester, Hospital of St. Leonard, 100.
Leicester, Monastery of, 8, 33, 172, 214, 215,
238, 270, 280.
Leigh (Legh), Edmond, 279; Elizabeth,
430.; John, 175; Thomas, 216.
Leisthorpe (Lesthorpe, Leysthorpe), 220,*
230.
Cer Manor of, 20.
Leitherland, —, 446.
Lek (Leke), see Leeke.
Lemynster, William de, 39.*
aaaz
484
Lenton Thing, 282, 463.
Lepere (Leper), John Je, 86; John, go; Wil-
liam le, 70.
Lester, see Leicester.
Lesthorpe, see Leisthorpe.
Lestrange (Le Strange, Lestraunge), Joan,
Lady, 9, 10; Joan, 17, 44;* Sir John, 2, 9,
10,* 17,* 29, 44,* 45, 46,* 47, 53," 54;*
John, 53,* 55, 61, 66, 102, 103, 400; Rich-
ard, 462.*
Leum, John, 39.
Levedale, Staffordshire, 18, 19,* 104, 119,
131, 146.
Levesham, Richard, 265.
Levinge, Timothy, 352.
Lewelyn, John, 125, 126, 136; Thomas,
136.
Lewes Close, 353, 360, 429.
Lewin (Lewyn), John, 123,128; Robert, 388;
Thomas, 394, 407.
Lewis (Lewes, Lewys, Luys), Alexander de,
60; Rev. Charles, 27; Charles, 448;
Elizabeth, 13; Sir John, 13; John, 124,
126, 139, 143; John de, 123; Joyce, 176;
Margaret de, 71;* Margery de, 66; Mary,
27; Rebecca, 27, 29; Richard, 102; Rich-
ard de, 41,* 45, 54, 60, 66, 71,* 76, 77, 78,
82, 80, 90,* g1,* 94, 460, 460 7.; Thomas,
176; Mr., 27,446; Family of, 30.
Lexinton, Robert de, 34.
Ley Close, 375, 426, 438.
Leyche, Francis, 193.
Leydbeater, see Leadbeater.
Leyke, see Leeke.
Leyre, Rev. John de, 111, 121; John de,
107.
Leys, 163.
Leysthorpe, see Leisthorpe.
Leythum, John de, 123.
Lichfeld, Rev. Simon de, 444, 460 ”.*
Lichfield (Litchfield), 177.
Lidington, 445.
Likeburn, Robert de, 62.
Lilly (Lilley, Lylley, Lyllie, Lylly), Ann, 387,
407; Rebecca, 435; Sarah, 435; Theo-
philus, 387, 407, 410; Thomas, 277, 299,*
300,* 309,* 326, 328, 336,* 341,* 356,
386,* 388, 390,* 407, 408 ;* William, 328,
341, 349, 357, 365, 368.*
Limbroke, Priory ot, 215.*
Lincoln, Hugh, Bishop of, 441; H., Bishop
of, 80; John, Bishop of, 365; John, 96;
William, Bishop of, 441 ;* W., Bishop of,
143; —, Bishop of, 23, 64, 71, 148, 154;
—, Dean of, 459.
Lincoln, 22, 32, 118, 179, 182,* 183, 192, 200,
208, 223, 224, 258, 208, 441, 444.
Lincoln, Battle of, 8.
Lincoln, Bishopric of, 21.
Lindley, 175, 176, 176 7.
Lindon, see Lyndon.
Lindrich, Mary de, 81; William de, 81.
Lindridge, 306.
Lindsey (Linsey, Lyndesey, Lyndeseye, Lyn-
nesey, Lynse, Lynsey), Barbara, 379;
Geoffrey de, 90; John, 248, 249, 376, 379 ;
John de, 102; Margaret, 291,* 292; Rich-
ard, 291,* 292; Robert, 249; Thomas,
249, 256, 263; —, 408.
Ling, The (Lyng, The), 50, 54,* 419.
Ling Close, 438, 440.
Linle, John de, 75.
Linsey, see Lindsey.
Lisley, Arms of, 309.
Lister, Agnes, 431 2.; Sir Marlin, 431 %.;
William, 243, 255, 256, 257, 263, 277.
Litherland, Humphrey, 408; William, 390.
Littebrugge, 118.
Littlecliff, 163.
Littlehawe, 33.*
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Little Hill (Lytle Hill), 313, 318.
Littleton, see Lyttleton.
Littlewood, Thomas, 340, 341.
Lityll, William, 172.
Livesey, Robert, 250.*
Locker, Dorothy, 440; Thomas, 407, 422;
—, 418.
Lockey, Robert, 395, 398,* 399.
Lockington (Lokyngton, Lokynton), Alex-
ander, 123; Robert de, 102; Robert,
462.
Lockington, 270,* 273.*
Lockwood, Abraham, 431, 434, 447; Frances,
431.
Lodelowe, see Ludelawe.
Loe, William, 453.
Lokholme, 162.*
Lokholmeplasshe, 162.
Lokyngton Thynges, 163, 165.
Lombe, Robert, 152, 159, 166, 167.
London, John, 260; Simon de, 459; Rev.
Mr., 443.
London, 21, 23, 24, 26, 30, 149, 154, 155,
167,* 168, 169,* 170, 172, 173, 210,* 211,
220, 236, 255, 259, 261, 262, 278, 285, 286,
289, 292, 298, 307, 333, 337," 342, 345,
309, 372, 400, 404, 429, 432, 436, 455,
462.
London—
Aldersgate, 210.
Charterhouse, 210, 333.
Christ Church, 241.
Christ Church, Newgate, 289.
Cornhill, 339.
Eastcheap, 265.
Fleet Street, 169.
Goldsmiths’ Hall, 26, 374, 375, 377-
Guildhall Library, 455.
Paternoster Row, 456, 457.*
Peter Lane, Paul’s Wharf, 267.
Pewterers’ Hall, Lime St., 455.
St. Bene’t, Paul’s Wharf, 28.
St. Botolph without Aldgate, 265.
St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, 454, 455.*
St. Dionis Backchurch, 265.
St. Dunstan’s in the East, 462.
St. George’s, Hanover Square, 28.
St. Giles in the Fields, 265.
St. Giles, Middlesex, 269.
St. Margaret Pattens, 267.*
St. Martin Outwich, 265.
St. Mary Magdalen, Milk St., 265.
St. Mary at Hill, 265.
St. Mary Somerset, 267.
St. Michael’s, Crooked Lane, 265.
St. Michael's le Querne, 456.
St. Olave, Old Jewry, 267.
St. Peter Westcheap, 265.
St. Sepulchre outside Newgate, 269.
Temple, Old, 445.*
Tower of, 265.
Long Close, 426.
Longdale, 278.
Longdoles, 241, 242, 332.
Long Hedge Furlong, 367.
Long Lands Furlong, 367.
Long Lands, Nether, 319.
Longley, Henry, 268.
Longlondis, 158.
Long Meadow, 412.
Longrugge, 121.
Loo, William, 191.
Lopthorpe, 371.
Lord, Jane, 381; John, 116; William, 381.
Lore, Margaret, 250.
Lorymer, John, 89.
Loseby, see Lowseby.
Loufe, John, 197.
Loughborough (Loughtburgh, Loughteburgh,
Lughteburg, Luhtteburgh), Agnes de, 37;
Emma de, 65; Geoffrey de, 54; German
de, 37; Henry, Lord, 336; Hugh de, 75,.
76; Mariota de, 65; Rev. Thomas, 145,*
Loughborough, 19, 22,* 23,* 24,
, » 35) 57, 58,
59, 74,* 78, 83, 85, 88, 104,* 106,* 107,.
III, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120,* 122, 127,
128,* 132, 133, 135, 140, 141, 142, 145,
150, 151,” 153, 154, 155,* 164, 167, 168.*
169, 171," 172, 177,* 179, 188, 198, 199
204, 205, 206,* 207,* 209, 216,* 226,
229, 248, 262,* 273, 292, 302, 303, 313,
322, 325, 326, 329, 330, 332, 340, 352, 371,-
379; 382, 384, 385,* 386,* 389, 400, 411,
412, 421, 423,* 427,* 428, 420, 449, 452,*
453; 455+
Loughborough, Blackamore’s Head, 393.
Loughborough, Manor of, 18, 36, 70, 85,*
88, 129,* 179,* 180, 283, 384.* ,
Loughborough, Park of, 34.
Louseby, see Lowesby.
Lousykar (Louse Carre), 106, 462.
— (de Luda), Thomas, 62; William,
340.
Love, Edward, 107; Elizabeth, 256, 328,
333; George, 326, 328, 333; Joan, 333;
John, 181, 263; Thomas, 279, 431; Wil-
liam, 251, 256, 327, 328,* 333, 343,* 349,
365, 401, 463.
Loveday, Roger, 55.
Lovell (Lovel), Francis, Lord, 179, 201; Sir
Thomas, 267; Sir William, 79, 143, 145,
148.
Lovetoft, John de, 55.
Lovett (Lovet, Lovit), John, 450; Joseph,
403, 400; —, 451.
Low, Fitzfeld, 428.
Lowe, Nicholas, 429; Roger, 462; William,
I10,* 202,* 214, 237, 349.
Lowe Sprynges, Beverley, Yorkshire, 266.
Lowell (Lowill), William, 200, 206.
Lowell, 330.
Lowesby, 65, 143, 209, 255, 350.
Lowthorpe, Yorkshire, 266.
Lowy, Seth, 193.
Lubbesthorpe, 228, 229.
Lubenham (Lubbenham), 74, 370.
Lucas, Mary, 434; William, 267, 434.
Ludelawe (Lodelowe), Richard de, 86; Wil-
liam de, 81, 86.
Ludford, Helen, 332, 362; Thomas, 332,*
341, 353, 362; William, 412.
Ludlam, Ric., 377. ;
Luffe (Luff), John, 161, 163,* 182,* 198,*
202, 203,* 207, 208.*
Lughteburg (Luhtteburgh), see Lough-
borough.
Luller’s Lane, 269.
Lullington, Derbyshire, 23.
Lungevile, John le, 8r. ;
Lupus, Hugh, Earl of Chester, 2, 7;* Rich-
ard, Earl of Chester, 7.
Luterel, Andrew, 34. .
Lutterworth, Richard de, 81.
Lutterworth, 85, 137, 186, 272, 279, 315r
340. ‘
Luys, see Lewis.
Lye, John, 249; Thomas, 249.
Lylley (Lyllie, Lyllye), see Lilly.
Lyme Pitt Holes, 163, 206, 241, 259, 25,
2, 347.
ieieee Cantos: see Lindsey.
Lyndon (Lindon, Lyndyn), Rutlandshire,
210, 223, 271, 273, 286, 295,* 296.
Lynes, Rev. Charles, 443.
Lyng, The, see Ling, The. :
Lynnesey (Lynse, Lynsey), see Lindsey.
Lynton, Rev. Hugh, 177, 178.
Lyre, John, 142.
Lysle, William, 263.
Lyster, see Lister.
Lytle Hill, see Little Hill.
Lyttleton (Littleton), Edward, 189; Helen,
189; Henry, 189; Richard, 189.
M
Mabil, Richard, 59.*
Macer, Simon, 42.
Mackworth, Manor of, 301 2.
Madyk, William, 168.
Magdalen College, Oxford, 241.
Magg Meadow, 412.
Maidstone, Francis, 456.
Maior, Anthony, 379, 389, 402, 420; John,
388,* 389, 391 ;* William, 396, 423, 428.
Makeseye, John de, 99.
Makesome, John, 100.
Mallesores, John, 74.
Mallore (Malore, Malure, Molore), Cecilia,
35; Gilbert, 35, 58; John, 57,* $8, 109;
Sir Ralph, 75; William, 51, 52, 55, 112;
Sir —, 75.
Malo Lacu, P. de, 69.
Malston, Ann, 349; Edward, 349.
Malt Mill, The, 185, 384.
Malton, Yorks, 252.
Manchester (Manceter), 176, 403, 404.
Manfield, Robert, 300.
Manhowe, Richard, 150.
Manlye, Thomas, 269.
Manners, Sir Richard, 208, 228;
278, 278 n., 290; T. B., 434.
Manny, Margaret, 124; Sir Walter, 124.
Mansfield, Catherine, 431 .; Thomas, 431 7.
Manston, William de, 86.
Mantell, Thomas, 293.
Manweringe, Robert, 233.
Maplewell (Mapplewell, Mapulwell), 2, 195,*
334, 345, 346, 350, 4or, 408,
Maplewell Forest, 277.*
Mapulton (Mapylton), John, 462, 463; —,
135.*
March, Edward, Earl of, 148.
Marchant, Sir Edward, 182.
Marcle, Much, Hereford, 20.
Marcye, Richard, 269.
Markeaton, Derbyshire, 25, 260, 301,* 364,
379.
Markeaton, Manor of, 301 2.
Market Bosworth, 254, 337.
Market Harborough, 216.
Market Overton, 145.
Markfield (Merkefield), 88, 129, 137, 150,
3 2gtn., 346, 381, 387, 391, 392, 421,
428.
am Ann, 176; Thomas, 237; —,
176.
Marlpit, 161.
Marmion (Marmiun, Marmyon), John, 66;
Sir Manser, 84; Philip, 460, 460 7.
Marriott (Mariot, Maryot), Alice, 256; Ed-
ward, 375, 406, 439 ;* Thomas, 234, 239;
Roger,
—); 351.
Marshall (Marchall, Marschall), Bartholo-
mew, 286, 288,* 293, 295 ;* Elizabeth, 327,
350, 365, 366; Emmota, 330; Francis,
450, 451; George, 327, 362, 366; Henry,
197, 269; John, 183, 188, 197, 198, 201,
202, 203, 218, 227,* 244, 245,* 249, 250,
251,* 256, 259, 263, 283, 294, 205,* 326,
327, 328, 329,* 330, 350, 357, 361, 365,
366, 386, 387, 388,* gor, 401,* 407, 412,
420, 428, 446, 448, 450; Ralph, 198, 201,
202,* 207; Richard, 249, 285,* 291, 208,
323, 408; Robert, 362; Theophilus, 366;
Thomas, 88, 179,* 191, 201, 202, 249, 300,
329, 423; Rev. William, 106;* William,
104, 144, 146, 192, 197.
Marshe, James, 265; William, 251.
INDEX.
Marson, Richard, 453.
Marston, Agnes, 284; Edward, 434; William,
284, 354.
Marston, Somersetshire, 267.*
Marston, Sussex, 201.*
Marston, Manor of, 201.
Martel (Marthel), Adam, 63, 73,* 77, 80, 81,
82, 83,* 90,* 91,* 460; Alice, 102; Isolda,
85; John, 76, 77, 80, 85, 86, 88, 461 ;* Mar-
gery, 102; Richard, 37, g1, 460; Robert,
41; Roger, 55, 56, 64, 76, 85; William,
66, 70, 71, 77.
Martin (Martyn), Henry, 299, 312, 314;
John, 103; Richard, 167; Robert, 45;
William, 168,
Martival, Anketil de, 52; Roger de, 52,* 55.*
Martivaus, Anketin de, 40, 41,* 75; Ralph
de, 40; Robert de, 4o.
Martyn, see Martin.
Maryland, America, 369.
Maryot, see Marriott.
Mascall (Mascoll), Hugh, 286, 294, 300, 330.
Masham, John, 137.
Mason (Masone, Masonne), Hugh, 347;
John, 123 ;* Margery le, 92, 93, 98; Ralph,
198; Richard, 102, 104, 167; Robert le,
84; Thomas, 234, 239, 274,408; William,
342, 349; William le, 92, 93, 98; —, 389,
391.
Massy, John, 108;* Matthew, 111; William,
304.
Matony (Mataney, Mateny), Augustin, 78;
Henry, 104, r10.
Matthews, Mr., 456.
Maulore, William, 86.
Maunet, Walter, 58,* 59.
Maunsel, John, 75.
Mauntel, Reginald, 88.
Maureward, Sir John, 86; John, o1; Sir
Thomas, 134;* Thomas, 120.
Mawdes, Christopher, 267.
Mawe, Widow, 268.
Mawlson, Ann, 381; Edward, 381.*
Mawsbye, Lincolnshire, 268.
Maxstoke, Warwickshire, 152.
May (Maye), Joan, 307; Richard, 307; —,
337-
Maydwell, Laurence, 347; Thomas, 347.*
Mayes, William, 368, 4o1, 447.
Mayew, Mary, 434.
Maynall, Giles, 120.
Maynard, Lord, 458.
Meadow Close, 339, 438.
Mearinge, John, 337.
Mease, William, 446, 449.
Measham, see Meysham.
Measom, see Mesom.
Measoms Close, 322.
Measures, John, 447, 451.
Meaux, Anna de, 92; William de, 92.
Medbourn, 21, 284,* 305.
Meere Stone, 360.
Meeting Street, Quarndon, 27, 28,315,319 %.,
4367.
Meisham, see Meysham.
Mekalfe, James, 188.
Melborne, Marie, 270; Richard de, 86.
Melbourne, Derbyshire (Melborne,
burne), 134, 187.
Melles, Somersetshire, 267.*
Melling, John, 175.
Mellish, Col., 458.
Melsonby, Bishop of Durham, 459.
Melton, 100, 133, 156, 458.
Melton Gate, 14,* 250, 288.
Melton Mowbray, 78, 144, 186, 431.
Melton Way, 251.
Membery, Joseph, 447.
Menolande, 162.
Mercator, Mat., 460.*
Mel-
485
Mercer, Geoffrey le, 43; Walter le, 36.
Merdeley, Roger, 168.
Merston, Yorkshire, 216.
Merton, 459.
Merttens, Mr., 168.
Meryng, Alexander, 124.
Mesam, see Mesom.
Meschines, Ranulph de, Earl of Chester, 7.
Mesom (Mesam, Mesome, Mesoms), John,
310,* 311, 312, 313,* 314,* 319,* 322.
Messager, John le, 39.*
Messar, John, 58.
Messer, Adelard le, 460; Jordan le, 36;
Stephen le, 58, 59.
Messon, Richard, 197.
Metingham, John de, 55.
Meux, Monastery of, 266.
Meynell, Gerard, 131; Sir Hugo de, 75;
Hugo, 30, 433, 452, 458;* Nicholas de,
66; Mr., 23, 54, 240, 448; —, 440, 458.
Meyre, John de la, 105.
Meyrick, Gelly, 306.*
Meysham (Measham, Meisham, Meysam),
Richard, 201, 203,* 206, 227, 228, 232.
Meysher, Elizabeth, 420; James, 420.
Michell (Mychill), Nowell, 142; Richard,
407.
Michelson, Thomas, 120.
Middelmulne, Le, 17, 54.
Middle Furlong, 316, 320.
Middle Mill, The, 437.
Middleton (Midleton), Benjamin, 434; Ed-
ward, 430; Elizabeth, 349, 380; Hugh,
432; Humphrey, 331,* 343; Isabel, 381 ;
Jacob, 424, 425; James, 425, 434; Jerrol,
434; John, 279, 391, 395, 396," 397, 398,*
407, 418,* 419; Joseph, 434, 446, 448;
Mary, 420,* 421, 423, 430, 434; Mathew,
380, 407, 408, 414, 418,* 422; Michael,
388,* 4or1, 408, 421, 423, 432%., 447, 448,
450; Sarah, 434; Simon, 234, 235, 239;
Thomas, 381; Widow, 451; —, 368, 386,
390, 392.
Middleton, 314, 356, 460, 460 7.
Milburye, Dorsetshire, 150, 152.
Mildmay, Sir Walter, 237, 275; Lady, 237.
Mill, The (Mylne, le), 227.
Mill Brincke (Mylne Brincke), 332, 333.
Mill Close (Mylne Close), 241, 242, 332,
333, 347.*
Mill Dam (Mylne Dam), 226, 227, 323, 416.
Mill Dam, The Ould, 356.
Mill Hill (Mylne Hille), 294, 323, 347, 359s
440.
Mill Hill in Ruston, Yorkshire, 265,
Mill Holme, 269.
Mill Meadow (Milne Medowe), 162.
Miller, Arthur, 3609.
Millet, Robert, 58.*
Millnes (Mylnes), James, 288, 300; Robert,
185, 187, 189,* 209,* 216.*
Millward, John, 302. :
Milnegate, William, 193.
Milner (Mylner), Elizabeth, 198, 201; Henry,
207; Hugh le, 90; John, 135; Robert,
187;* Roger, 101, 117; Thomas, 107,
262.
Milner’s Crofte in Dowsbye, Lincolnshire,
207.
Milton, Bedfordshire,
Ernest (Harneys),
270.
Mirfyn, John, 268.
Miton, John, 285.
Modge, Hugh, 268.
Mogerhanger, 269.
Moglines, 342.
Mohome, Joan, 223.
Moira, Elizabeth, Countess of, 13.
Moke, Henry, 150.
Mold (Molde), James, 198; John, 268.*
486
Molinge, 226.
Mollescroft, Yorkshire, 266.*
Molore, see Mallore.
Moncksdam, see Monkesdam.
Monhemer, Sir Ralph, 75.
Monk (Monke, Mouncke, Muncke, Munke),
Anna, 294; Dorothy, 343; Elizabeth,
339; Everard, 294, 300; Francis, 365,*
388; Joan, 339; John, 196, 200, 201, 206,
249, 256,* 257, 203,* 276, 293, 299; Law-
rence, 201; Margaret, 260; Richard, 88,
242, 245,* 256,* 263, 401; Susan, 401;
Thomas, 175, 249, 291, 310, 312,* 314,
327, 339, 362, 366; William, 179, 183,
197, 202, 207, 249,* 257; 260, 284, 286,
291, 300, 339.
Monkesbroke, 163.
Monkesdam (Moncksdam), 279, 329.
Monkesleiges, 47, 48.
Monk’s Kirkeby, 73.
Montagu (Mountague), Sir Edward, 370;
Edward, 222; Ellen, 370; Henry, Lord,
13; William, 423; —, Lord, 204.
Monte Alto (Muthaud), Cecily de, 9, 36,
38; Joan de, 17, 51; Robert de, 9, 17,*
51; Roger de, 36, 38.
Montfort (Mounfort), Robert, 172; Simon,
Earl of Leicester, 2; Simon de, 32, 51.
Montgomery (Montgomerie, Montgommery),
Joan de, 76; John de, 10; Juliana, 142;
Theophilus, 292, 300; Walter de, 76.
Moor, The, 199, 311.
Moor Field, 158, 199, 310, 311, 312, 315,
320, 337, 369, 392, 411, 436, 452.
Moor Gate, 310.
Moor Gates, 227.
Moor Gorse, 319, 320.
Moor Hedge, 190.
Moorland in Epworth, 268.
Moor Lane, 392.
Moore (More), Isabel, 427; John, 238,*
239; Mathew, 300; Richard, 143, 396,*
403,* 404; William, 300; Rev. Mr., 352,*
443; Widow, 268.
Mordaunt, John, 174,* 175.
Mordeley, John, 24, 167.
More, see Moore.
Morecroft, Rev. John, 290.
Moreton, George, 429 ;* John, 331, 337, 401;
Robert, 152; Thomas, 426.
Moreton Henmarshe, Gloucestershire, 264.
Morgan, Francis, 295; Rev. Philip, 133.
Moring, John, 198.
Morison, see Morrison.
Morley, Joan, 389.
Morphin, Robert, 354.
Morris (Morrice, Morrys), Edward, 317,*
318, 319, 320, 321, 324,* 325,* 327, 331,
339, 388, 401; Godfrey, 343; Isabel, 325,
327, 331, 341 3 John, 343; R., 434; Robert,
341, 343; Rose, 401, 408.
Morrison (Morison, Moryson), Thomas, 183,
213,* 215,* 216,* 237, 296,* 297,* 208,
338; Mr., 236, 237.
Morrys, see Morris.
Morsen, Clement, 235.
Mortimer (Mortui Mari), Roger de, 79, 80;
William de, 69.
Morton, George, 23, 420,* 422, 428, 420,
430,* 431, 432,* 432”.; James de, 106;
John, 314, 336, 348,* 349, 353, 354, 357,
358, 366, 380,* 381, 382, 384, 388, 393,
412,* 413, 419; John Beaumont, 432,
4327.; Katherine, 432, 4327.; Mary,
430, 431, 432, 4327.; Mr., 418, 419.*
Morton, 42.
Morton Corbet, Shropshire, 10, 11.
Mortonsey, Shropshire, 170.
Mortui Mari, see Mortimer.
Moryson, see Morrison.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Mote, Le, 137.
Moton, Alan, 135; Joan, 135; William,
161.
Motte, Richard, 460.
Mottona, Sir William, 75 ; Sir William de,
75:
Moubray, see Mowbray.
Mouncke, see Monk.
Mounfort, see Montfort.
Mount, John, 146.
Mountney, Benjamin, 446, 451; George, 450;
John, 434; Thomas, 450; William, 446.
Mountsorrel (Mounsorell, Munsorel), John,
the Clerk of, 41; Margaret de, 92; Rich-
ard, son of John of, 58; Stephen of, 63;
Thomas, parson of, 167; William of, 90.*
Mountsorrel, 2, 18, 24, 30,* 37, 53, 54, 58,*
59, 66, 69,* 70, 74,* 76, 81, 82, 85, 86, 88,
89,* 92, 94, 99, 100, 101, 102,* 103, 104,
108,* 111, 116, 122, 123,* 126,* 127, 128,
129, 130,* 132,* 135, 136, 137, 138, 139,
143, (45, 147, 152, 153, 154, 155,* 158,
160, 167,* 168,* 175, 182,* 183, 185, 187,
189, 190, 192, 193, 194,* 195, 198,* 199,
201,* 202, 203,* 204, 207,* 208, 210, 218,*
221, 223, 220," 243,* 244, 248,* 249,* 250,
253, 250, 257,* 258, 259, 260,* 275, 276,
277, 281 n., 284, 285,* 286,* 287,* 201,*
293,* 294, 298,* 2090,* 301, 304,* 306,*
307,* 309, 310, 312," 318,* 321, 323, 325,*
325,* 327,* 320, 330,* 335, 339, 340,* 341,*
346,* 349,* 350, 352, 353, 355,* 356, 357,*
359, 360, 362, 363, 365, 366, 368, 360,*
3753377," 380, 381,” 382, 386, 387,* 388,
389,* 392, 393, 394, 399, 401,* 402,* 403,*
404,* 406,* 407, 410," 411, 413, 419,* 420,
421,* 423,* 426, 427, 430, 431,* 432, 434,
439,* 441, 440, 456.
Mountsorrel, Castle of, 8, 32.
Mountsorrel Closes, 351.
Mountsorrel, St. John the Baptist, 440.
Mountsorrel, Manor of, 100, 119, 239, 338,
340. :
Mousele, William de, 75.
Mowbray (Moubray), Elizabeth de, 100;
John, Duke of Norfolk, 129, 167; John de,
99, 100; Katrine, Duchess of Norfolk,
129, 167; Sir Thomas de, 119.*
Mowsley, Benjamin, 23; Martha, 23, 29;
Rebecca, 23; Thomas, 23.
Moxnousmyll, 214.
Moyer, Sam., 378.
Mucklin, Henry, 436.
Mucklinges Wood, 342.
Mudde, Simon, 275, 300.
Mugge, Alice, 256; Mary, 259, 260.
Muklyng, 136.
Mumfelde, Robert, 288.
Mundy, Constance, 25, 29, 260, 301 %., 354,
364," 370; Edward, 25, 260, 301,* jor 2.,
370; Francis, 301 2., 355; Helen, 354;
Jane, 260, 301 2.; John, 363, 364; Philip,
354; Zacheus, 354, 363.
Munke (Muncke), see Monk.
Munsorel, see Mountsorrel.
Murdac (Murdak), Henry, 35, 61, 68; Wil-
liam, 41, 56, 50,* 61;* William de, 45;
Family of, 68.
Murrell, Elizabeth, 448.
Musgrave, Sir Simon, 266.
Muskham, Nottinghamshire, 214.
Musselburgh, 190.
Musselburgh Field, 176.
Musson, Faith, 408; George, 419; John,
412, 419; Martha, 419; Richard, 185;
Thomas, 324; William, 387.
Musted, Thomas, 267.
Muthaud, see Monte Alto.
Mutton, Ralph, 363.
Mychill, see Michell.
Mydellewong, 126.
Myers, Thomas, 375.
Myllyng, John, 182.*
Mylne, see Mill.
Mylner, see Milner.
Mylnes, see Millnes.
Myrehirstwelle, 78.
Myrell, Robert, 153.
Myssen, John, 268.
M...., John, 367.
N
Nailleston, see Nayleston.
Narborough, 434.
Nassington, Manor of, 103.
Nayleston (Nailleston), 129, 141, 306.*
Nayleston, Manor of, 42.
Neale (Neel, Neell, Nele, Nell, Neyle),
Christopher, 371; Elizabeth, 325, 371;
Francis, 371; George, 299; Isabel, 156;
Jane, 371; John, 140, 279; Margery, 85;
Mary, 371;* Nicholas, 325; Sir Richard,
145,* 146, 153, 154, 155,* 156; Richard,
143, 148, 371; Robert, 85; Thomas, 107;
William, 231.*
Nebam, Elizabeth, 253.
Nedd, Matthew, 326.
Needham (Nedeham), Anne, 300; Edward,
341; Henry, 233,* 260; Isabel de, 18, 29,
98; John, 259, 277, 287, 294, 300; Wil-
liam de, 18, 29, 98.
Neel (Neell), see Neale.
Nele (Nell), see Neale.
Nelson, —, 216.
Nether Calver Meadow, 319.*
Nether Close, see New Close.
Nether Fennie Furlong, 313.
Nether Field, 163, 250, 452.
Nether Furlong, 317, 422.
Nether Hall, 1, 2, 18, 19,* 20, 21, 22,* 29,#
24, 25, 27,* 29,* 31, 110, 147, 156, 175,
178,* 190, 210, 211, 212, 213, 222, 225,*
237,* 238, 239 71., 240, 241, 253, 259, 270,
289, 290,* 290 n., 297,* 302, 305, 319”,
337) 338, 343, 346, 346 ., 348, 371,* 372,
374 384,* 407, 432, 432 2., 433,* 442, 444,
459.
Nether Long Lands, 405.
Nether Tennes, 313.
Nether Water Ten, 319.
Nettleham, 444.
Neubold, see Newbold.
Neusome, Henry, 100; Rev. William de,
92, 93," 94, 98; William de, 94.
Neuton, see Newton.
Nevill (Nevile), Barbara, 19, 20,* 370;*
Beatrice, 370; Dorothy, 20,* 29, 240,
290 n.; Sir George, 20; George, 370;*
Sir Henry, 120; Sir Hugo de, 75; Kathe-
rine, 12, 129, 167;* Sir Philip de, 75;
Ralph, Earl of Salisbury, 129, 167; Ralph,
107; Richard, Earl of Salisbury, 12, 167;
Robert, 19, 370; Sir Thomas, 20, 236,
237,* 296 ;* Thomas, 298; Sir William de,
75; Will. de, 75; —, Lady, 237; —, 19-
New Bridge, 359.
New Close (Nether Close), 125, 136, 1371
225, 226, 238, 239, 240, 342, 423, 438.
New Close, The, Stoughton, 254. :
New Hall, 21, 239 7., 240, 338.
New Hall, The, Quarndon, 234 2.
Newarke (Neuwarke), 335.
Newarke, College of, 161.
Newberry, Dorothy, 440; Francis, 384; =
407.
Newbold (Neubold, Newebold), 142, 310.
Newbold Verdon, 436.
Newborough, Yorkshire, 266.
Newbury, Berkshire, 264.
Newbye, Ralph, 250.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 85, 129.
Neweman, Thomas le, 100.
Newham, Rey. William L., M.A., 445.
Newhaven, 176.
Newland, Rev. John, 268.
Newporte, Henry, 340.
Newport Pagnell, Manor of, 44.
Newsted, Lincolnshire, 268.
Newton (Neuton), Elizabeth, 253; George,
355; John, 142, 185; Ralph, 245, 253;
Richard, 145; Thomas, 180, 199.
Newton (Neuton), 88, 151, 204.
Newton Burdet, 296.*
Newton Clar, 449.
Newton Closes, 283.
Newton Harcourt, 228, 229.
Newton Marmion, Manor of, 206.
Newton, Warwickshire, 215.*
Newtown, 291 7., 346, 381, 387, 389, 391,
8
428.
Nicholas, Edw., 406; Sir Harris, 18; John,
384; Robert, 396.
Nicholl (Nichol, Nycoll), John, 140, 150;*
Richard, 462; Thomas, 153; William,
140.
Nicholls (Nicolls), Sir Edward, 433 ; Robert,
3533 — Lady, 433-
Nicholson, William, 268.
Nitty Hole, 318, 322, 405.
Nixe (Nyx), Benedict, 216, 217,* 241; John,
216, 217,* 241; Robert, 287; William,
293.
Nixon, Rev. J., 443.
Noble, Henry, 4327.; Matthew, 349, 387,
393, 420; Thomas, 4327.
Nodes, George, 432.*
Noone, Francis, 325, 335, 336; George, 259,*
260, 363,* 463; Jane, 363;* John, 450,
451; Joyce, 363; Margaret, 331, 335;
Mary, 363; Robert, 296, 325,* 326,* 327,*
328, 320,* 331, 332, 333, 333 7-1 335,* 3555
Thomas, 431, 453; William, 335, 349,
363.*
Noreys, see Norreys,
Norfolk, Alena, Countess of, 65 ; Jahn, Duke
of, 129,167; Katherine, Duchess of, 2, 3,
129, 150,* 151, 157, 158,* 159,* 160, 167 ;*
Margaret, Duchess of, 115, 118, 119, 1243
Roger Bygod, Earl of, 65; Thomas, Duke
of, 119, 124, 215, 264; Thomas, Earl of,
78; —, Duke of, 2, 150.
Norice, see Norrice.
Norland, John, 140.
Norman, John, 76, 439; —, 375.
Normanton, Richard, 421.
Normanton, 17, 68.
Normanton by Craft, 64.
Normanton by Plumtree, Nottingham, 220,
229,
Normanton on Soar, 25, 244, 260.
Norreys (Noreys, Norryes, Norys), Isabella,
86; John, 36; John le, 53, 54,* 58, 66,
98; Margery le, 66; William, 137, 233,
462.
Norrice (Norice), John, 402; William, 82,
402.
North, Alice, 299 ;* Hugh, 218, 224; John,
249, 299 ;* Rev. Leonard, 209; William,
152,
North Field, 249, 257.
North Meadow, he, Stoughton, 254.
Northampton, Marquis of, 212.*
Northampton, 8, 81, 86, 150, 167.*
Northampton, Battle of, 2.
Northern (Northeren), John, 121, 140.
Northfolk, William de, 76.
Northiell or Norrell, Bedfordshire, 269.
Northumberland, John, Duke of, 13, 220, 269.
INDEX.
Northwillodole, 163.
Norton, John de, 76 ;
Thomas de, 116.
Norton, 76,* 78, 112, 229, 279.
Norys, see Norreys.
Nottingham (Notingham), Katherine de,
Lady of Thyrstyngton, 107; William,
Earl of, 167.
Nottingham, 35, 84, 146, 148, 149,* 177,*
452, 454.
Noveray, Nicholas de, 75.
Nowell, Andrew, 279.
Nowers, Sir George, 135 ;* Joan, 135.*
Nuneaton (Nuneton), 175, 265.
Nuneaton, Monastery of, 235.
Nursery Lane, 240.
Nutteshawe, 270.
Nycoll, see Nicholl.
Nyddel, Roger, 262.
Nyde, Roger, 258.
Nyke (Nyk), John, 135; William, 175.
Nyx, see Nixe.
Thomas, 202;
Odam, Robert, 89.*
Odde, Robert, 135.
Ode, Rev. Ralph, 119.
Odeby, 222, 366, 430.
Odeston (Odston), 306, 357, 409.
Okee, Agnes de, 102; Henry de, 102.
Okenshaw, 216.
Oker, Edward, 412.
Okeshawe, 270.
Okethorpe, 190.
Old Warden, Bedfordshire, 269.
Oldfeld, The, 192, 193, 218, 291, 291 ., 295,*
357:
Oldham, Thomas, 451, 453.
Oldnow, Thomas, 452.
Oleby, 78.
Olif, see Olyffe.
Oliver, John, 434; Richard, 179; Mr. T. B.,
433 3 —, 279.
Olney, Isabel, 135 ;* Joan, 135 ;* Sir Johnde,
75; John 111,* 121,* 131, 135,* 136.
Olney, Buckinghamshire, 32, 72.
Olyffe COlif, Olyff), John, 249;* Richard,
184; Robert, 249; William, 249, 298.
Oneby (Onby), John, 364, 365, 445; Mr., 365.
Oneclift Wood, 37.
Oneleap (Onlep), see Wanlip.
Orchard, William, 197, 201, 207.
Orchard, The, 164.
Ord, Lancelot, 432 ”.; Mary, 432.
Ordrich, Walter, 39.
Orland (Orlond), Robert, 187, r91.*
Orme, William, 207.
Ormesby, Edward, 233; John, 105, 133.
Ormeston (Ormiston), Robert, 118, 123, 124,
128,* 197, 201, 207,227; William, 188, 190.
Orson, Henry, 267.
Orton, Catherine, 449 2.*
Orton, 175.
Orton-on-the-Hill, 176.
Orwell, 145.
Osbaldeston, 433.
Osberston (Osberton, Osebeston), John de,
57; Robert de, 56, 57.
Osborne (Osberne, Osburn), Elizabeth, 356,
364, 372; John, 355; William, 172;
—, 303.
Osborneby, Lincolnshire, 267.*
Osemund, William, 37.
Osgathorp, 24, 157,* 195.
Oswyn (Oswin), John, 366; Mary, 366;
Matthew, 360, 366;* Thomas, 388, 430;
William, 256. -
487
Othehill, John, 99; William, 99.
Ottoman Porte, 307.
Oudely, 137.
Ouldham, Widow, 451.
Outeredholme (Owthyrdeholme), 158, 160,
168, 298,* 312,* 314, 321,* 350, 352,* 353,
359,* 360, 440.
Outerholme Dole, 318.
Outerholme Leyes, 322.
Outerholme Meadow, 422.
Outerholme Pool, 318, 359, 367.
Outhorpe, Rey. John, 107, 121.
Outram Doles, 411.
Over Hall, 1, 2, 16, 17, 19,* 22, 23,* 24,*
25,* 20,* 27,* 28,* 20, 31, 147, 157,* 167,
175, 176, 188, 219, 222, 225, 229, 233,
242,* 253, 258, 250, 260, 262, 275 2., 281 x.,
301 2., 308, 319 2., 355, 303, 304, 370, 374,"
378, 380, 392, 407, 413, 415, 416, 410 x.,
426 n., 437, 441, 442, 460.
Overholborne, Le, 332, 333.
Over Measuer, Le, 269.
Overseale, 190, 454.
Overton, John de, 75, 80.
Overton, 80, 129.
Overton-on-the-Hyll, 142.
Overton Manor, 100, 119.
Overton Quartermarshe, 91, 238.
Owthyrdeholme, see Outeredholme.
Oxe Close, 405, 426, 438, 440.
Oxford, Elizabeth, Countess of, 179, 180;
John, Earl of, 179,* 180; Robert, Earl of,
75; Earl of, 19, 97, 177, 194.
Oxleasowe (Ox Leasue, Oxleysure),
282, 205,* 332, 333, 463.
Oye (Oy), Geoffrey, 36; John, 42, 462;
Richard, 42, 77; Robert, 36; Roger, 42;
William, 462.
163,
P
Pacherne, Robert, 91.
Packe, Christopher, 410,* 421, 434; Clifton,
434.
Padley, John, 453, 454.
Paganel, Gervase, Baron of Dudley, 8;
Hawise, 8.
Page, Ann, 218, 364, 450; Catherine, 450;
David, 447,* 448; Francis, 447; Henry,
177;* John, 153, 185; Laurence, 391 ;
Richard, 218, 251;* William, 209, 218,
407, 408, 413, 418, 420, 434, 450, 454.*
Pagett (Paggitt), John, 451; Michael, 421.
Pagnom (Pagnam), Robert, 263, 277, 286,
293, 299; Mr., 321.
Painswicke, Gloucestershire, 168, 265.
Pakeman, Richard, 46.
Pakenham, Henry, 308.*
Paket, Joan, 130 ;* William, 130.*
Pakington (Pakyngton), William, 117; —,
142, 229.*
Palfreyman, William, 185, 188.
Palmer, Archdale, 432; Edward, 387, 380,
400, 401; Elizabeth, 253; Ellena, 215;
John, 140, 149, 153, 328, 385; Margaret,
215; Matilda, 215; Rev. Richard, 369;
Richard, 215, 341; Robert, 279, 340, 341;
Thomas, 142,* 143,* 145,* 148,* 245, 253;
William, 175, 189, 421, 430; —, 396.
Pame, Richard, 233.
Pancocke (Pancake), John, 243, 246, 257,
263, 276, 283,* 288, 292, 203, 300, 301,
309, 323; Richard, 191; —, 283.
Pant, Audry, 279. ;
Paramoure, Mary, 255; Richard, 255.
Parchett, see Patchet.
Pare, Ann, 434; John, 434; Ralph, 111;
Rev. Robert, 445.
488
Pares, John, 434.
Parke, Richard, 403.
Parke, Le, 163.
Parke Meadows in Marston, 201.
Parker, Anne, 342, 413; Daniel, 434; Gilbert,
Le, 57; John, 198,* 202,* 207,* 243,* 245,
250,* 256, 257, 250, 262, 263, 276, 336,*
342, 349, 356; Joseph, 12; Philippa, 357;
Roger, 263; Thomas, 287,* 293,* 413;
William, 148, 263, 357, 388.
Parkerman, George, 106.
Parkinson, Robert, 454.
Parkyn, Colman alias, see Colman.
Parmiter, John, 369.
Parneham, Agnes, 341; Anne, 341; John,
435, 447, 448, 449; Lucy, 31; Mary, 31;
Thomas, 31, 341,* 446, 448, 450, 451,
452; William, 31, 421, 422,* 434.
Parr, Mary, 370; Lord, 370.
Parry, Rebecca, 27.
Parsons, Charles,
Richard, 140, 401.
Partys, Victary, 446, 443.
Paston, Clement, 233; John de, 96, 233.
Patchet (Parchett, Purchet), John, 197;
Rev. Robert, 189, 217,* 218;* Robert,
262, 263, 299, 327; Thomas, 107, 120, 122,
168; Rev. William, 101; William, 327;
451; Edward, 361;
—, 440.
Pate (Payte), Edward, 279, 381; John, 232;
William, 142.
Paternoster, Robert, 152, 166.
Patingham, 30.
Pauke, Richard, 183.
Paulet, George, 224.*
Pauncefot, Ralph, 91.
Pavyer, Lawrence, 142.
Payle, Ralph, 142, 249; William, 152.
Payn, John, 120.
Paynell, John, 17, 152, 400; Margaret, 212;
Thomas, 212; Sir William, 17, 400.
Payte, see Pate.
Peace, Symon, 385.
Peach (Peche), Adrian, 282, 328, 388;
Agnes, 281, 282; Francis, 276,* 278, 281,
282, 283, 284, 287,* 293, 209, 300, 309;
Henry, 388,* 389; Mary, 388, 389, 393;
—, 449.
Peake, see Peek.
Peale, Thomas, 427.
Pearson, —, 448.
Peas, George, 326.
Pease (Peyse) Lands, 313,* 320.
Pebworth, Gloucestershire, Manor of, 270.
Pecco, Henry de, 48.
Peche, see Peach.
Peckham, Sir Edmond, 208, 213.
Pedman, see Petman.
Peeke (Peake, Peeck, Peyke), George, 431;
Henry, 162; Henry del, 83,* 84; John,
428, 429; Richard, 188; Roger, 191, 198,*
201, 207, 217; William, 163, 375; —,
375:
Pege, 158.
Pege’s Land, 158, 150, 257.
Pegge (Peeg, Pegg), Isabel, 129; Margery,
85; Reginald, 170, 171;* Robert, 103;
Roger, 85; Thomas, 19, 111,* 132, 140,
143; William, 164, 168, 267.
Peleshal, Robert de, 39,* 40.*
Pell, Richard, 267;* William, 267; —, 279.
Pelsant, Loddington, 420; Sara, 420.
Pelson, Ladington, 406.
Pembroke, Jasper, Earl of, 151.
Penbrugge (Penebrig), Philip de, 39;* Sir
— de, 75.
Pendere, Adam de, 66.
Penford, William, 420.
Penman Gilbert, 41.
Penny (Penney), John, 170, 171,* 172.*
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Penobscot, Bay of, 28.
Penrith, Manor of, 4509.
Penyngton, Henry, 172; Precissus, 301.
Pepper, Mr., 422 n.
Percy, William de, 36.
Perers, Richard de, 76.*
Perini, Reyner, 85.
Perkin (Perkyn), Alys, 185; Elizabeth, 183,
188; George, 407; John, 183, 333; Mar-
gery, 101; Mary, 381; Richard, 85, ror,
183, 188; Robert, 183;* Thomas, 381,
388; William, 250, 256, 262, 263, 276,
277, 381, 407, 463.
Perkins (Perkyns), Elizabeth, 203, 434;
George, 447; Isham, 373; John, 328, 335;
Robert, 203, 225, 388, 407, 408, 420; Theo-
philus, 452; William, 286, 287, 293, 299,*
388,* 301, 421, 434; —, 452.
Perpen, William, 381.
Pery, John, 186; Ralph, 167.
Peryam, William, 284.
Perys, William, 80.*
Pestur, John le, 43; Roger le, 58.
Peterborough, Bishop of, 442, 443.*
Peterborough, 152.
Petman (Pedman, Peteman, Petemon),
Gilbert, 41, 45, 54,* 57, 60, 68, 70, 460,
460 7.; Isabel, 135;* Robert, 87, 135.*
Peto, Ann, 176,371; Humphrey, 176, 371.
Pett, John, 267.
Pettie, John, 343; Margery, 343.
Petymore (Petymor), Joan de, 100, 101;
Robert de, 100,* 101; Thomas, 133.*
Peyke, see Peake.
Peyntur, William, 183, 185.
Peyse, see Pease.
Peyton, Sir Henry, 458.
Phelip, Elizabeth, 129;
William, 129.
Phillingham, Thomas, 262.
Phillips (Phillipps), Ambr., 434; Francis,
399," 403,* 404; —, 351, 352.
Phillipwood, 164, 165.
Phipps (Fipps, Phippes), Anne, 342,* 390 ;*
Henry, 177 ;* Hugo, 447 ;* Thomas, 298,
387; William, 342, 353, 356, 368, 383,
387, 390,* 407, 409, 440, 446, 449.
Picardy, 142.
Pichard, Hugh, 406.
Pickard (Pycard), James, 142; Richard, 439;
Simon, 428, 432.
Pickard’s Hadland, 419.
Picke (Pick), Henry, 316, 317 ;* Margaret,
323; Thomas, 408; William, 323.
Picke Acre, 311.
Pickeringe, John, 262, 302.
Pickeworth, Alan de, 460.
Picott, see Pigott.
Picwell, see Pyckwell.
Piers, Richard, 42.
Pigott (Picott, Pigot, Pycot, Pygod, Pygot),
Alexander, 54, 61, 68, 69, 70,* 460, 460 #.;
Gilbert, 68;* John Nicholas, 68; Margery,
68 ; Nicholas, 35,* 68; Peter, 68 ; Richard,
161; Robert, 68; Family of, 68.
Pike, Edward, 259.
Pilkington (Pilkenton), Henry, 263; Robert,
236; William, 413.
Pillyng, see Pyllyng.
Pinder, William, 369; —, 372.
Pinfold, le, 228, 360.
Pingle, The, 438, 455.
Pipwell, 229.
Pirre, John, 184.*
Piwell, see Pyewell.
Plombe, —, 279.
Plomer, Henry le, 43; Ralph, 109.
Plum Tree Hill, 160,* 311, 314, 316, 322,
358, 360, 367, 418.*
Plummer, John, 116, 129.*
Joan, 129; Sir
EUnet Elizabeth, 177; Henry, 177.#
ungar, 31, 151.
Pochyn, William, 193, 195.
ae i Sick, 311, 318.
ockie Sick alias Thorpe Past
Pocok, Thomas, 111. Se
Poer, Daniel le, 40.
Poke, Ingelram, go.
Pole, Henry, Lord Montague, 13; Sir Henry,
196; Katherine, 13; William, 272.
Pole, Le, 162.
Polecote, 167.
hae William, 91.
ollard, Ann, 453; Sara, 423; Thoma é
Willem, sane) aes
Pollesworth, 119.
Ponyngg, Michael de, 66.
cole, Frances, 373; Henry, 2 279;
John, 291; Ralph, 145; Mes a sa
Poplar, Middlesex, 26s.
Port, Dorothy, 13; Sir John, 13; John, 174,*
175, 193.
Porter, A., 371; Baldwyne, 153; Jane, 371;
John, 350; Robert, 119, 120.
Porthe, David, 105.
Portyngton, John, 143, 145.
Potemon, Robert, 94.
Potter, Alice, 379.
Pouk, John, 43.
Poulson, William, 420.
Poulteney (Pultney), Anne, 189; Gabriel,
279; Sir Thomas, 188, 189.
Poulton (Polton) Brook, 204, 205,* 311,*
312, 314, 316,* 317, 320, 322, 323, 367, 405,
436 22.
Poulton Brook Meadow, 418.
Poulton (Pulton) Broke Mere, 160.*
Powell, David, 269 ; Edmund, 233.
Powtrell (Poutrell, Putrell), Geoffrey, r11,*
131, 143; Henry, 148 ;* William, 158,
Powtrell Close, 185.
Pratour, William, 144.
Pratt (Prat), William, 117; —, 279.
Preest, see Prest.
Prescott, Sir Gregory, 208.
Presgrave, John, 235.
Presse, John, 233,* 260. .
Presson, Joseph, 447; Lawrence, 295; Rich-
ard, 347.
Prest (Preest), Alice le, 73; Isabel le, 73;
John, 119, 126, 136; Thomas le, 73.
Preston, Edward, 390; Elizabeth, 152; Sir
Gilbert de, 38; Henry, 390, 407; Joseph,
450; Lawrence, 256, 257; Matilda le, 73;
Richard, 146,* 152, 164, 167, 407; Tho-
mas, 132, 133; William, 440; —, 184,
185.
Preston, John the parson of, 285.
Prestwold, Sir Hugh de, 75; Hugh de, 74,
77; Ivo de, 88, 462; Rev. Sir Thomas
de, 460,* 460 x.; Thomas de, 444.*
Prestwold, 7, 27, 71, 93, 132,* 142,* 146, 156,
214, 295, 296, 301, 333, 348, 371.
Prestwold, Manor of, 156.
Pretchett, see Prychet.
Price (Pryce), Agnes, 315; Bartholomew
(Bart.), 311, 312,* 313, 314, 315,* 318,
320, 322; Rev. David, 445; Elizabeth,
389; Ellen, 315; Henry, 315;, Joan, 315;
John, 188; Thomas, 181 ;* —, 311.
Prichet, see Prychet.
Pridde, Osbert, 36.
Priestly, Joseph, 451.
Priest’s Bridge, 246, 360.
Priest’s Headland, 350,* 352,* 353, 360.
Priest’s House, 350, 352; 353, 360, 429.
Priest's Piece, 351.
Prille, William, 59.
Pringle, The, 426.
Prior, see Pryor,
Prior's (Pryor) Field, 380, 410, 412.
Priory Field, Great, 425.
Priory Field, Little, 425.
Priory Field, Middle, 425.
Procuratour (Proketour), Roger, 82, 127;
William, 82.
Provost, William le, 58.
Prowdfote, John, 180.
Proxtall, Henry, 197.
Pryce, see Price. :
Prychet (Pretchett, Prichet), John, 123, 134,
135, 461; Robert, 196; Roger, 104, 118;
Thomas, 143.
Pryor (Prior), Edward, 447,* 448, 450; Rev.
Joseph, 443 ; Richard, 147; Mrs., 451.
Prys, William, 196.
Prysot, John, 145.
Pudlicot, 173.
Pulemet, Nigel, 56.
Pulter, Robert, 100, 101.
Pultney, see Poulteney.
Pulton, see Polton, Poulton.
Purcer, John, 175.
Purchet, see Patchet.
Purefoy (Purefey, Purefrey), George, 279,
283, 302, 303; Humphrey, 292; Joyce,
176; Michael, 176, 216, 218, 229,* 241,
242,* 247 ;* Thomas, 176.
Purley, John, 120.
Purleycote, Oxfordshire, 170.
Purse (Purs), Agnes, 248,* 258; Edward,
248,* 250, 256, 276, 287, 293, 302,* 303,*
306,* 307, 308,* 463 ; Elizabeth, 192, 360;
Hug, 82; Humphrey, 323; Joan, 248 ;*
John, 116, 128, 163, 189, 190, 196, 204,
226, 243, 245,* 248, 302,* 302 n., 462;
J. 158;* Katherine, 248 3* Mary, 302,
303,* 306,* 307,* 308 ;* Nicholas, 162,
320, 321; Robert, 100, 152, 158, 159, 180,
181,* 184, 185,* 186,* 188,* 189, 190,*
191,* 196, 197,* 199, 200, 201,* 204,* 206,*
219, 248, 302,* 302 »., 463; Sir Roger,
182,* 192 ;* Rev. Sir Roger, 191,* 192;*
Roger, 116; Simon, 83,87; Thomas, 138,
188, 234, 248; William, 226, 248, 256,
262, 288, 292, 301, 302,* 303, 407 ;* —, 351.
Putrell, see Powtrell.
Pycard, see Pickard.
Pyckwell (Picwell), 230, 350.
Pyckwell by Burton Lazarus, 220.
Pycot (Pygod, Pygot), see Pigott.
Pye, John, 387.
Pygge, William, 63.
Pykwell, John, 123; John de, 107; Robert
de, 107 ; William, 108, 110, 115, 294, 299.
Pyllok, Geoffrey, 461; John, 461.
Pyllyng (Pillyng), Elizabeth, 184; John, 166,
181, 182, 184, 186.*
Pym, Joseph, 431.
Pynchebek, William, 126, 136.
Pyntel, William, 460.
Pypin, Agnes, 272 ;* John, 272.
Pyry, Rawlyn, 185; Roger de, 109.
Pyrys, Roger de, 123.
Pystor, John, 233.
Pywell, Samuel, 380; William, 299.
Q
Quadring, Lincolnshire, 267.
Quadrington, Chantry of, 110.
Quartermarshe, 310.*
Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, 264, 265.
Queenborough (Queniburgh), 142.*
Queenborough (Queniburgh), Manor of, 4o.
Quency, see Quincy.
Queneby, Emma de, 55; Robert de, 55;
Thomas de, 104.
Quincy (Quency), Hawise de, 9; Robert de,
INDEX.
9; Roger de, Earl of Winton, 33, 34, 36,
38, 40; Roger de, 33.*
Quinton, Nathaniel, 448.
Quorn (Quarne, Querne), 27, 54,181, 182,
187, 189, 191, 198, 210,* 221, 237, 242,*
246, 247,* 283, 290 x., 295, 297, 301,*
303, 305, 306,* 308, 310, 315,* 320, 326,
338, 343, 359, 359, 360, 368,* 374, 388, 390,
401, 409,* 410, 413, 434, 442, 449, 458.
Quorn Hall, 13,* 54, 239, 458.
Quorn House, 20, 211, 212, 213, 216, 230,
272n., 284, 296, 298, 328, 339, 344, 302,
366, 368, 378, 379, 380, 404, 417, 422,*
433, 437, 440.
Quorn Place, 31, 380, 432 7., 458.
Quorn Wood, 458.
Quorndon (Querendon, Querndon, Queryng-
don), Hugh de, 68; Hugh, son of Roger
de, 37; John de, 68, 73, 76, 98;* Margery
de, 98; Peter de, 64; Rev. Ralph de, 76;
Ralph de, 64; Roger de, 68, 69, 70.*
Quorndon (Quarndon, Quarnedon, Quaryng-
don, Querndon), from page 1 onwards.
Quorndon, Manor of, 13*, 25, 74, 94, 177,
178, 230, 238, 247,* 301,* 337, 340.*
Quorndon House, 29.
Quorndon Meadow, 157.
Quorndon Park, 34, 35.
Quorndon, St. Bartholomew, 440.
R
Rabye, Richard, 383.
Racke, Henry, 391.
Radcliffe (Radclyffe, Radeclyf, Ratcliffe,
Ratclyf), Alice, 354; Edward, 341, 345,
353; Helen, 431; John, 451;* Thomas,
220, 263, 431; William, 258, 262, 277,
302; Mrs., 278.
Radcliffe, 111, 143, 175, 214.*
Radcliffe on Wreke, ro1, 128.
Radcliffe on Wreke, Manor of, 107, 121, 131.
Radeleker, 53,* 54.
Radford, Thomas, 452.
Radwell Forde, Bedfordshire, 270.
Raffin (Raffyn, Rafin, Rafyn, Raphyn,
Raufin), Agnes, 218, 234, 239, 246, 256,
262, 337, 339; George, 218; Katherine,
218; Robert, 407; Thomas, 406, 420;
William, 110,* 188, 191, 201, 203, 206,
214, 218,* 226.
Ragg, Thomas, 406.
Ragnall, Nottinghamshire, 370.
Rainols, see Reynolds.
Rakedale, Simon de, 77, 82.
Rakedale, Manor of, 107, 121, 131.
Ram, Richard, 75.
Rammadge (Ramadge, Rammidge), Dorothy,
363, 371; Thomas, 371, 3733" —) 372.
Rammysden, 173.*
Ramsey, Jane, 371; Thomas, 371.
Rance, Dorcas, 430.
Randall (Randal, Randell, Randle, Randyll),
John, 446; Thomas, 137; William, 188,
191, 197, 202, 207, 218.
Randelond, Matilda de, 99; Ralph de, 99.
Ranes, see Reynes.
Rang Sicke, 439.
Ransdale, John, 429.
Ransicke Close, 376.
Raphyn, see Raffin.
Ratby, 150, 291 ., 346, 381, 387, 389, 391;
28,
Ratchford, Rev. Richard, 442.
Ratcliffe (Ratclyf), see Radcliffe.
Ratherby, see Retherby.
Raudon, George, 408.
Raufin, see Raffin.
489
Raullins, see Rawlins.
Raunston, see Raveneston. 2
Raven, Deborah, 449; John, 407, 446, 451,
453, 454; Joseph, 451; Mary, 446;
Milicent, 450; Rev. Richard, 380,* 443;
Thomas, 335, 428; William, 235; William
(Chantry Priest), 110, 198; —, 446.
Raveneston, William, Lord of, 45.
Raveneston (Raunston, Raviston), 42, 88,
132, 137,* 170, 271, 325.
Ravens, John, 100; Richard, 337.
Raventhorpe, Yorkshire, 266.
Rawlin (Rawlen, Rawlyn), Henry, 293, 327;
329; John, 263, 276, 287, 293; Ralph,
286,* 299;* Susanna, 327; Thomas, 180,
181, 184, 327, 329; William, 242, 244,
257,* 263,* 276, 277, 286, 287, 288, 294,*
300, 463.
Rawlins (Raullins, Rawlyn, Rawlyns), Isaac,
455;* John, 299, 393; Margery, 207;
Mary, 455; Rev. Peter, 429; Peter, 429;
Ralph, 260; Thomas, 180, 206, 334,* 408,
413, 436, 454,* 455;* William, 228, 277,*
339) 341, 402, 454;* Family of, 454.
Rawlinson (Rawlynson), Christopher, 181,*
184, 185,* 187; John, 257; Katrine, 187,*
205.
Raworth, Elizabeth, 401; John, 426; Tho-
mas, 401, 408.
Ray, William, 388.
Raynes, see Reynes.
Raynesford, Francis, 433;* Henry, 433;
Hester, 433; Jane, 433; John, 432,* 433 ;*
Justinian, 433; Richard, 400.
Rayson, Catherine, 435; George, 349, 420,
434, 435; Henry, 420, 421; Mrs., 446.
Read (Reade, Rede, Reed), Adam, 142;
Geoffrey, 435; John, 393, 442; Margaret,
435; Nathaniel, 446, 448, 450; Richard,
268; Thomas, 435.
Readinge, Ann, 381; Rev. John, 445; Tho
mas, 362, 381, 388.
Rearsby (Rearsbie, Reresby), 142,* 218,
364, 411.*
Recheles, John, 42, 43.
Rede, see Read.
Redebi, 7.
Redelandes, 147.
Redliker, 136.
Redmyld, 151.*
Redresbi, 7.
Redwale, Richard, 106.
Reed, see Read.
Reek, Stephen, 198, 202, 207.
Reeker, —, 388.
Reeve, Richard, 346.
Reinolds, see Reynolds.
Remesbur Park, 444.
Rempston, Roger de, gI.
Rempstone (Remston),
229, 244, 357-
Rene, Alice, 88; Gilbert le, 87; John le, 87,
88; Robert le, 88.
Rennock (Renock), Joseph, 450, 451.
Rennocks, Nichol, 406.
Repingdale, Nicholas, 208.
Repton School, 27, 426 2.
Reresby, Adam de, 96.*
Reresby, see Rearsby.
Retherby, 133, 142, 277.
Revede, Elias de, 75.
Revel, Robert, 79.
Revenall, 269.
Revesthithe, 269.
Reydon, Robert de, 460.
Reygate, Sir Robert de, 75.
Reymeade Dole, 269.
Reynals, see Reynolds.
Reyne, Leo, 369.
Reynes (Ranes, Raynes), Andrew, 288,* 206,
RRR
Nottinghamshire,
490
299; John, 331; Margaret, 296; Nicho-
las, 327;* Ralph, 328; Robert, 225,* 361,
384; William, 311, 320.
Reynold (Rainolde, Renould), Francis, 220;
John, tor, 111, 126; Richard, 149; Tho-
mas, 364.
Reynolds (Rainols, Reinolds, Reynals),
Edmund, 408, 420, 453; Edward, 386,
390; Rev. Isaac, 377; William, 272.*
Rhudde, Rev. Durand, D.D., 28; Harriet,
28, 29.
Richards (Richardes, Rychards), Rev. Arthur,
366; Arthur, 449; John, 111; Joseph,
450; William, 170.
Richardson (Rychardson), Elizabeth, 254;
Henry, 166; Rev. James, 443; Rev. John,
M.A., 445 ;* Richard, 157; Sir Thomas,
254.
Richmond and Derby, Margaret, Countess
of, 229.
Richmond, Surrey, 290 2.*
Rickotan, Virginia, 372.
Ricrofte, see Ryecrofte.
Rider, see Ryder.
Ridgestie, 311,* 358.*
Ridgestie Leys, 312.
Ridgestie Pitte, 311,* 314.*
Ridgeway, 272.
Rigg (Ryg, Rygge), Agnes, 263, 277, 294;
Edward, 198, 201, 206; George, 255, 257,
258; Henry, 341; Jacob, 197; John, 201,
203; William, 243, 257; —, 380.
Rigsty, see Rygsty.
Riley, Isabel, 432.
Ripley, Geoffrey, 322 ; John, 245,* 250, 256.
Rippingale, Lincolnshire, 151.
Rivall, P. de, 32, 33.
Rives, Dr. Thomas, 373. _ -
Rivett, Ralph, 349, 353, 366, 386; Mr., 390.
Robert, Alice, 332; William, 179.
Roberts (Roberdes), John, 154; Thomas,
279; William, 189.
Robinson (Robynson), Alice, 431; Edward,
237; Francis, 432; Henry, 197; John,
431; Mary, 68; Philippe, 432; William,
D.D., 350; William, 196.
Robson, Robert, 259.
Roby, see Roteby.
Robynet, William, 100.
Rockless, Jonathan, 421 ; Joseph, 421; Sarah,
421.
Rodames, James, 364.
Rodeley (Rodeleye), see Rothley.
Rodeley alias Rotheley, see Rothley.
Rodes, Clifton, 371; Frances, 371; Francis,
284.
Rodevile, John, 175.
Rodyngton, Robert de, 462.
Roecliffe, Yorkshire, 270.
Roecliffe, Yorkshire, Manor of, 270.*
Rogers, Fraunceys, 233.
Rokesdon, Katrine, 135 ;* Robert, 135.*
Roland, see Rouland.
Rolleston, Robert, 115.*
Rollysley, William, 192.
Rondeland, Matilda, 92; Ralph, 92; Roger,
82; Simon, 82; William, 82.
Roome, Mary, 379, 387, 407; Ralph, 339;
eek 365, 379, 387, 388,* 391; William,
3°97.
Roos, see Rous.
Roper, Ellen, 370; John, 370; Roger le, 37;
Stephen le, 37.
Ropesley, Lincolnshire, 151.
Roscelyn, Thomas, 79.
Rose, Robert, 142.
Roskyn, Helen, 157; Jasper, 157;* William,
157.
Roson, Michael, 364.
Ross, James, 434; —, 279.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Roteby (Roby), 88, 151.
Roter, John, 89 ;* Simon, 90; —, g1.
Rotherby, 431 2.
Rotherham, Yorkshire, 96.*
Rothley (Rodeley, Rothele, Rotheley), Mary,
382; Roger, son of Alan of, 58, 59; Ste-
phen de, 86; Thomas, 382;* Walter de,
82, 293; William de, 86, 107, 339.
Rothley, 24,* 58, 128, 135, 141, 142, 144,
146, 152, 157, 167,* 168, 176, 194,* 195,
198,* 201, 202,207,* 210, 221, 229, 243,*
244, 245, 249,* 250, 256, 257, 259, 275,
276, 285, 286, 287,* 293,* 299,* 301, 315,
320, 325, 326, 327, 330, 335, 340, 341, 340,
354, 355s,357,* 362, 365, 381, 382, 387,*
388, 389,* 391, 392, 393, 410,* 413, 420,
421,* 427, 431,* 432, 434, 439,* 449, 464.
Rothley Plain, 357.
Rothley Soke, Manor of, 201.
Rothley Temple, 432.
Rouges, Richard, 76, 77, 82.
Roughle, John de, 73;* Matilda, 73;*
Richard de, 73 ;* Thomas de, 73.*
Rouhevid, Richard, 42, 43; Turgissius, 43.
Rouland (Roland), Clemintia, 76, 78;
Richard, 58, 59; Robert, 104; Roger, 77;
William, 76, 77, 78, 461.
Roule (Rowll), John, 102, 103; John de, 78;
Mabel de, 78; Matilda de, 78, 83, 86 ;*
Richard de, 70,* 71, 76; Roger de, 78;
Thomas de, 76, 78,* 83.
Rouleigh, Thomas de, 84.
Round Close, 412.
Rous (Roos, Rus), Anna le, 89; Elena le,
18; Ellen le, 94, 95;* John le, 63, 71,*
78, 85, 87, 88, 89, 149, 461 ;* Richard le,
461 ;* Thomas, Lord, 12,151; Sir Thomas
le, 90, 91,* 94,* 95, 97; Thomas le, 71;
—, Lady, 100; —, 434.
Rouse, William, 102.
Rouwante, Richard, 43.
Rowbotham (Robotham),
Thomas, 408.
Rowe, Elizabeth, 372; John, 111.*
Rowhelewood, 17, 54.
Rowll, see Roule.
Rowlston, Francis, 408.
Rowthe, Yorkshire, 266.
Rowthorn (Rowtherne), Henry, 152; John,
126; Roger, 249;* Thomas, 249; —, 160.
Roxton, William, 147.
Roxton, Manor of, in Barrow-on-Soar, 210,
295, 296,* 333,* 335.
Royal Personages—
Anne Boleyn, 168.
Blanch, Queen of Navarre, 67.
Charles 1., 22, 25, 26, 254.
Charles II., 26, 402.
Charles V., 213.
Edward I., 2, 18, 51.
Edward II., 2, 3, 17, 77.
Edward III., 86.
Edward IV., 2, 12,* 150, 151, 167.
Edward VI., 213, 217, 224,* 2209, 232.
Edward, Black Prince, 18.
Elizabeth, 3, 20, 31, 167, 168, 213,* 242,
248, 252, 262, 278 n., 290 m., 306, 307,*
399.
George III., 28.
Harold, 2.
Henry I., 1, 7, 8, 35.
Henry II., 3, 8.
Henry IIL, 2, 8, 41, 459, 460 x.
Henry VI., 2, 12, 135, 150, 151, 167.
Henry VII., 2, 150.
Henry VIII., 3, 12, 213, 399.
Henry, Prince of Wales, 24, 213.
Isabella, 2, 80.
James, 402, 404.
Katherine, 151.
Henry, 374;
Royal Personages—continued :
Margaret, 19.
Mary, 20, 224,* 232, 278 n.. 201 :
Prince of Cruces an pases
Prince of Parma, 278.
Richard I, 8.
Richard II., 107,* 108,* 109,
Richard III., 2, 12.
Victoria, 29.
William the Conqueror, 2.
Woodstock, Edward Plantagenet of, 97.
Ber Hugh, 208.
ucklewood, 317, 367, 426, 438, 440.
Rucklewood pe eg eee
Rudde, John, 111.
Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, 214.
Rudiard, Rev. William, 344.
Rudington, Henry de, 51.
Rudkin, John, 451, 454; Matthew, 381, 447,
450; Nathaniel, 407; —, 449.
Rugge, Nicholas de, 39.
Ruleye, Alice de, 62; Richard de, 62.
Rumsey, Rev. H. H., M.A., 443.
Rus, John le, 71 ; Thomas le, 46.
Rus, see Rous.
Rushall, 51, 324,* 355, 376, 439.
Rushall, Rushy Fields, 17, 74, 348, 392, 439.
Rushall, Manor of, 17, 25,* 29, 74, 233,*
242, 259, 206,* 273, 301,* 335, 392, 400,
416, 416 7., 439.
Rushton (Ruston), Henry, 146, 148.
Russell, Isabella, 52,* 55; Nicola, 459;*
Thomas, 52,* 55, 64; William, 459.*
Rustat, Alice, 324,* 325, 332, 330, 343;
Helen, 388; Rev. John, 388; Rey. Robert,
324,* 325,* 327, 328, 332,* 330, 343, 305,
445; Robert, 348 ., 446; Toby, 388;
Rev. William, 251, 253, 445.
Rutland, Edward, Earl of, 148, 272; Thomas,
Earl of, 278 ».; Lady Dowager of, 385;
112, 114, 134.
—) 434-
Rybonus, William, 92.*
Rychards, see Richards.
Rychardson, see Richardson.
Rycker, James, 263.
Ryder (Rider), Alice, 256; Hen., 406; John,
188, 197, 201, 206, 431; Mary, 361, 365;
Robert, 188, 361; Thomas, 243,* 250,
255, 256, 263, 288;* William, 263, 365,
406, 407.
Ryecrofte (Ricrofte, Rycroft), 105,* 147,
163, 206,* 249, 335.
Ryggchy, Robert, 144.
Rygge (Ryg), see Rigg.
Rygsty (Rigsty), 160,* 316, 317,* 320, 323,367,
0.
405.
Rygsty Fulong, 320.
Rygsty (Rigsty) Leys, 419.*
Ryhall, Rutland, 254.
Ryle, Great, Northumberland, 432 2.
Ryott, Adam, 252.*
Rysinges, Castle and Manor of, 36.
Ryton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, 432 7.
Ss
Sacherey (Sathery), Amice, 92, 93, 99;
Geoffery, 84, 92, 93, 99; Petronella, 48.
Sacheverell, Alice, 223, 309; Amyce, 223,
224; Baldwin, 223,* 224; Rev. Clere,
363 n.; Sir Henry, 193 ; Henry, 223,* 224;
Joan, 223; Ralph, 217,* 223, 224,* 3095
Sir Richard, 188, 189,193; Thomas, 271.
Sackvill (Sica Villa), Ralph de, 755 Tho-
mas, 236, 237.
Saddok, William, 151.*
Sadeler, Robert, 135.
Sadington, Thomas de, 55.
Saham, William de, 55.
st, Albans, Hertfordshire, 266,* 267.*
St. Albans, Monastery of, 260.
St, Albans, St. Peter’s in, 266.
St, Andrew, Canterbury, 264. ;
St, Bartholomew, Newbury, Berkshire, 264.
St, Bartholomew, Lands of, 157, 158, 159,*
160.*
St, Bees in Cumberland, 213.
St. George's, Southwark, 265.
St. Gregory, Pope, 107.
St. John’s Hospital, Bedford, 264,
St. Leonard, Dorwold, 215.
St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, 267.*
St. Mary, Monastery of, 220.
St. Nicholas, Bishop of Leads, in Kent, 232.
St. Nicholas Meadow, 273.
St. Oswald de Nostell, 216.
St. Paul, Geoffrey de, 63, 64, 71.
St. Paul’s Cathedral, 211, 213.
St. Sepulchre’s Meadow, 273.
St. Severus, Normandy, 62, 441.
St. Thomas the Martyr, Boulton, North-
umberland, 264.
St. Thomas the Martyr, Eastbridge, Canter-
bury, 264.
Sale, Samuel, 432.
Saler, Hugh le, 48; John le, 43; Roger le,
42, 45.
Salisbury, Margaret, Countess of, 204;
Richard, Earl of, 12, 148, 151; Richard,
189; Thomas, 340; W., Earl of, 32; —,
Earl of, 146; Bishop of, 444.
Salisbury, 85.
Salmonley, Rev. John, 128.
Salt, William, 122.*
Salt Half Acre, 265.
Salt, Manor of, Staffordshire, 296.
Salteby, 413.
Salter, John, 173; Richard le, 86; Richard,
100, 124.
Saltgate, 318, 358, 418.
Saltgate Furlong, 320.
Sampson (Samson), Richard, 375; Thomas,
196, 223; William, 337; —, 268
Sancto Mauro, Laurence de, 61, 66.
Sanders, see Saunders.
Sanderson, see Saunderson.
Sandon, Staffordshire, 347.
Sandy, Elizabeth, 149,* 150; John, 149, 150.
Sannyngfelde, Priory of, 265.
Sapcote, John, 90, 180; Sir Richard, 156
William de, 69,* 82, 89,* go, 100.
Sapperton, Lincolnshire, 151.
Sarrator, William, 84.
Sarson (Sareson, Saresson), Christopher,
450, 451; John, 100, 341, 351, 352, 358,*
375, 379, 389, 391, 396, 433, 446, 450;
Raber, 288, 300, 407, 409, 438, 440; —,
448.
Satherey (Satherie), see Sacherey.
Sauman, William, 186.
Saunder (Sawnder), Alice, 189,* 216; John,
152; Sir Thomas, priest, 152,* 444;
Thomas, 135, 189; William, 134, 135.
Saunders (Sanders), Anne, 241; Bartholo-
mew, 428; Clement, 24, 229, 241, 253,
279, 308; Francis, 21,* 236, 237,* 241;
Helen, 21,* 241; Henry, 100, 101,* 102;
Joan, 24, 220, 241, 253, 279, 308 ; John,
136; William, 259.
Sees (Sanderson), William, 346, 361,
305.
Saunderyerdes, 163.
Sauser (Saucer, Sausir, Sawcer), Richard le,
80; Walter le, 41, 42, 45.¥
Sausey, see Sawsy.
Savage, John, 194, 263 ; Rev. Thomas, 365.
Savile (Savell, Saville), Dorothy, 364;
Edward, 353; John, 225; Rev. Nicholas,
443; Sam., 449.
;
INDEX.
Saweer, see Sauser.
Sawcye, Manor of, 310.*
Sawegate Leas, 315.
Sawell, Thomas, 191, 199.
Sawnder, see Saunder.
Sawsy (Sausey), Richard, 149, 164.
Saxilby, William, 163.*
Saxy (Saxi), Adam, 42, 55; Matilda, 42;
Richard, 70.
Scalford, 371.
Scampton, Alice, 382 ; Edward, 406; Francis,
389; Mary, 389; Robert, 349, 421, 428;
William, 234, 382.
Scardepoke, Richard, 37.
Scarlette (Scarlet), John, 152, 166,* 167.
Schelton, see Shilton.
Schevyn, Sir William, priest, 442.
Schirmere, 159, 161.
Schirmere Ende, 159.
Sclater, John, 123, 135; William, 135.
Scotis, John, 142.
Scott, Emanuel, 325 ; Geoffrey, 43,45; John,
58; Margaret, 325; Richard, 325; Robert,
40, 41.*
Scott’s Green, 226, 281, 337, 342, 351, 353,
360,* 361, 420, 436, 436 2.
Scrapetoft, 41,* 361.
Scribo, Rev. Moor, 443.
Scrope (Scroope), Elizabeth, 179; Mary,
168; Richard, Bishop of Chester, 107,
120; Sir Richard, 168; Richard, 107, 120.
Sculthorpe (Skulthorp), Benjamin, 436;
Rev. Edward, 393, 402, 406; Edward,
404,* 419; Elizabeth, 316, 319 ”.; Hum-
phrey, 316, 319 7.,* 320, 321 2., 322,* 323,
331, 336, 340, 341, 349, 353,* 356, 358,*
307,* 368, 386, 390;* H., 359 ;* Isabel,
389,* 410,* 436; James, 319 2.,* 366, 380,
383, 389, 390, 392, 393, 402, 405,* 407 x.,
408, 409, 410,* 412,* 418, 419,* 422, 429,
434, 436," 437, 447, 449, 451,* 452,* 4545
Jasper, 316, 319 2.;* Samuel, 453, 454;
William, 3935 Mr., 446, 448; —, 392;
Family of, 30.
Seaman (Seman), Mary, 364; Thomas, 135.
Seamer, Yorkshire, Manor of, 272.
Seang Park, Staffordshire, 452.
Searlesthorpe, 216, 423.
Searson, John, 388.
Seede, Edward, 324.
Seell, Richard, 143.
Sefton, Earl of, 433; —, Lord, 458.
Segley, 39.*
Segrave (Seagrave, Seygrave), Alice de, 78 ;
Annabel, 8, 9; Christiana de, 78; Eliza-
beth de, 100, 119;* Sir Gilbert, 8, 9;
Gilbert de, 37; James de, 91; John, Lord,
124; Sir John, 75; John de, 17, 66, 69,
74, 78, 100,* 119,* 172, 197, 199, 226, 336,
349; Joyce, 371; Margaret, Lady, 124;
Margaret de, 100, 119;* Nicholas, 371,
373, 382, 3809; Sara de, 17; Stephen de,
78; Rev. Warren de, 69; William de, 76,
198, 202, 205, 207; —, 279, 301, 390;
Family of, 368, 386.
Segrave, 68, 100, 182, 218, 434.*
Segrave, Manor of, 100, 119.
Selby (Seleby), Abbot of, 40.
Selby, 162,
Selthorpe, 300.
Seman, see Seaman.
Sempringham, Lincolnshire, 267.
Senvile, Simon, 68.
Sergaunt, Ralph le, 40.
Serle, Thomas, 461.
Serles, 300.
Serlesthorp, 74.
Setcheford, William de, 66.
Setgrave, 7.
Sextenby, 140.
491
Sextens Hook, 269.
Seygrave, see Segrave.
Seymour (Seymor), John, 233 ; Symon, 187.
Seyton, John de, 58; Richard de, 58; Roger
de, 51.*
Seyvel, John, 190,* 193; Margaret, 190;
Richard, 190; Thomas, 190.*
Shackerston, 21, 156, 306,* 437.
Shackleton, 357.
Shakespeare (Shakespere, Shakespyre), Ro-
bert, 182; William, 208.
Shakesy, Richard, 226.
Shalcrosse, Samuel, 30,* 31,* 423, 425, 420;
—, 406 x.
Shankton, 241.
Sharnebrooke, Bedfordshire, 269.
Sharnford, 270.*
Sharpe, Elizabeth, 432; George, 451; John,
406 ;* Phillippa, 408; Richard, 271, 388;
Thomas, 369; William, 406.
Shawe, Isabel, 141; John, 141; Ralph, 141;
Robert, 269; Thomas, 428; Walter, 123;
William, 141, 177.*
Shearsby, 435.
Sheep Close, 380, 439.
Sheep Close, The, Stoughton, 254.
Sheepshead, 28, 88, 150, 151, 346, 381, 387,
389, 391, 427, 428.*
Sheepshead, Manor of, 179.
Sheffeld, Robert, 145,* 170.
Sheffield Park, 168.
Sheldon, Agnes, 371; Ann, 291%.; John,
291 2., 371; Ralph, 290.*
Sheldon, 291 z., 371.
Shelmerscote, 463.
Shelthorpe, 292, 341, 356, 389, 390, 431.
Shelton, Warwickshire, 35.
Shepey, Alice, 132; John, 132.¥
Shepey, 81.
Shepey, Great, 154.
Shepherd (Shepard, Sheppard, Sheppeard),
Adrian, 391; Daniel, 341, 353; Frances,
353; Henry, 114; John, the, 81; Philip,
428; Richard, 388, 439; Robert, 114;
Thomas, 152, 407, 439.*
Shepherd, Deacon alias, see Deacon.
Sherard, Anne, 371; George, 195; Jane,
371; John, 247 ;* Laurence, 143; Robert,
371; Rowland, 371; Thomas, 214 ;* —,
279.
Sherle Thorpe, 199.
Sherman, Isabel, 375; John, 428.
Shermoore leys, 418.
Sherrin, Benjamin, 446 ;
William, 428, 434.
Sherwin (Sherwyn), Elizabeth, 450 ; William,
08.
Sees Rev. Sir William, 195,* 200.
Shilton (Schelton), Richard, 52; Richard de,
Elizabeth, 447;
75:
Ship Close, 317, 376, 405-
Shippen, William, 402.
Shipton subtus Whychewode, 173.
Shire Meere, 313.
Shirford, Edmond de, 75. :
Shirford (Shyrford), Warwickshire, 189, 209,
216.*
Shirley (Sherley, Shurley, Shyrley), Aleanore,
161 ;* Beatrice, 127, 130, 131; Elizabeth,
161;* Francis, 200; George, 279; Sir
Henry, 354; Sir Hugh, r11,* 112; Hugh,
130; John, 161;* Sir Ralph, 130,* 131,
143; Ralph, 139, 161; Richard, 161, 180,
181, 182; Thomas, 161; —, 262; Family
of, 271.
Shirley (Shurley), 164.
Shirleys (Sherleyes), 226, 292.
Shittlewood (Shyttlewood), Harold, 347;
Joel, 388; John, 221 ;>* Thomas, 250, 256.
Sholton, Thomas, 406.
RRR2
492
Shoot, Nether, 320.
Shortelonde, John, 144; Thomas, 144.
Shorthales, John de, 74.
Shortmeadstreet, 269.
Shurley, see Shirley.
Shuttlewood, Daniel, 341 ; Robert, 381.
Shyremere Leys, 322.
Shyrford, see Shirford,
Shyrley, see Shirley.
Shytte, Richard, 145.
Shyttlewood, see Shittlewood.
Sica Villa, see Sackvill.
Sickes, John, 271.
Siddons (Siddon), Thomas, 408, 412.
Siglebi, 7.
Sikes, Peter, 429.
Sileby, William de, 74.
Sileby, 23, 24, 59, 100,* 107,* 108, 116, 119,
123, 132, 142, 175,* 182, 187,* 191, 218,
257, 309, 328, 353, 381, 382, 388,* 411,
412, 428, 430, 432,* 433, 435.
Sileby (Syleby), Manor of, 100.
Silverhood, William, 388.
Simeon, John, 86; Percival, 86.
Simons, Matthew, 420.
Simpson (Symson), Edward, 405 ;* George,
407, 419, 422, 420, 434; John, 184,* 185,
187;* Joseph, 447,* 448, 450; Robert,
180,* 181,* 185, 186, 189, 192, 196, 198, 200,
201; Rowland, 342, 349, 354; William,
110, 214, 219, 228,
Siresham, Stephen de, 117, 444.
Sitheston, Margery de, 90; Nicholas de, go.
Six Acre Close, 399,* 400.
Sixtenby, Roger de, 72,73; Thomas de, 72,
73, 91.
Sixtenby Manor, 156, 157.
Skakloke, Margaret, 192;
Robert, 192.
Skampton, Wil., 239.
Skatergood, Henry, 185, 186.
Skeffington (Skeffinton, Skevington, Ske-
vyngton), Geoffrey de, 75; Sir John, 354;
Margaret, 132; Nicholas, 132; Thomas,
200, 279,* 280; William, 209, 242,* 247.*
Skeffington (Skevington), 200, 209, 393;
Margery, 192;
445.
Skel, Henry, go.
Skellington (Skeelington, Skillington, Skoyl-
lyngton), Joseph, 447, 450; Rebecca,
450; Richard, 342, 353, 366, 372, 382, 385,
407; William de, 461; —, 384.*
Skellington, 267.
Skevington (Skevyngton), see Skeffington.
Skewkirke, Manor of, 216.
Skipwith, Henry, 279, 333, 335,* 340, 371;
Jane, 371; Thomas, 369; William de, g9,
106; —, Lady, 372.
Skirlowe, Walter, Bishop of Lincoln, 120;
Walter, Bishop of Durham, 107.
Skote, Henry, 135.
Skoyllyngton, see Skellington.
Skulthorp, see Sculthorpe.
Skynners Meere, 268,
Slawston, 21, 284,* 305, 354.
Sleford, 4.44.*
Slingsbye, Francis, 270; Mary, 450; Robert,
429, 446.
Sloper, Walter, 410.
Slory, Elizabeth, 371 ; Richard, 371.
Smale, Ralph, 406.
Smales, Sir Richard, 195.
Small Heath, 271.
Small Meadows, 159, 313.*
Smalley (Smaley), Christopher, . 276, 278,
300, 426, 428, 439, 455; Elizabeth, 259,
263, 420; Frances, 353; Francis, 317,
323, 324, 326, 327,* 339, 340,* 341, 348,*
349, 353, 362,* 366, 377, 387, 388; John,
276, 286, 299,* 300, 348, 376, 408; Mary,
QUORNDON RECORDS.
439; Ralph, 251, 256, 257, 362, 419, 420,
421, 463; Richard, 182; Robert, 430.
Smauley, Antoni, 188.
Smeaton, William, 271.
Smeetheton, 347.
Smetheby, see Smythby.
Smith (Smyth), Anne, 174,* 175 ;* Assheton,
433; Benjamin, 447; Christopher, 288;
Clement, 199, 201, 206, 207; Edward, 327,
407, 430, 451; Elias, 373; Elizabeth, 361,
371; Francis, 279, 381 ; George, 393, 406,
436; Gilbert, 90; Henry, 216, 361; Hob-
bie, 371; Jane, 178, 230; Rev. John, 128;
John, 18, 108,* 1o9,* 111,* 128, 135, 140,
152, 184, 207, 343, 406, 407,* 431, 451,*
455; Joseph, 451 ;* Margaret, 132; Mary,
230, 326, 401, 431; Nicholas, 251, 341,
342; 353, 354; Petulum, 431; Ralph, 199;
Richard, 135, 153, 216, 219,* 341, 401,
407, 428, 430; Robert, 287; Samuel, 447 ;
Sarah, 373; Thomas, 147, 152, 185, 186,
197,* 238, 362, 382, 407, 408, 412, 420;
Sir Walter, 110, 189, 209,* 215, 216; Sir
William, 177, 178, 230;* William, 125,
127, 132, 136,* 142, 144, 149,* 171, 174,*
175,* 228, 243, 245,* 281, 287, 288, 202,
293, 301, 337," 350,* 351, 450,* 451 i. —™
372; Mr., 373, 376.
Smith alias Hamond, John, 145.
Smith Holme, 322.
Smith's Manor, 20, 178, 238, 239, 337, 338,
346.
Smitham, Thomas, 454.
Smitham Gill, 311,* 313, 319.*
Smyth, see Smith.
Smythby (Smitheby), Derbyshire, 100, 328.
Smythlee’s Ley, 163.
Snareston, 176.
Snarkeston, 437.
Snawswell, Hugh, 255; Isabel, 255.
Snaynton, Yorkshire, 252.*
Sneath (Snayth, Sneith, Sneth, Sneyth),
Clement, 206, 226, 227, 242, 243, 248, 252,
255, 257, 263,* 303; Isabel, 248;* John,
303; Margaret, 198, 303; Robert, 248,*
256, 288, 294, 299, 300, 303,* 309, 393.
Snibson, 229.
Snowden, Edward, 339.
Soar (Soore, Sore), Humphrey, 341, 349,
353, 356; Mary, 388; —, 388, gor.
Soar (Sore), 161.
Soar Lou, 160.
Soar Mill, 384.
Soar River, 30, 41, 46, 54, 57, 95, 117,* 158,
159, 227,* 240, 311, 313,* 320, 333, 347,
300, 423, 432 %., 433, 430, 441, 444.
Soars, William, 452.
Somenour, Beatrix le, 78; John le, 76, 77,
78, 81, 83, go.
Somer, Agnes, 184.
Somerby, John, 131.
Somerfield, Henry, 412; John, 203; Thomas,
348; William, 175.
Somerleye, 268.
Somerleyton, Suffolk, 168.
Somerset, Charles, 233.
Somervill, Roger, 100.
Somery (Sumery), Adam de, 8, 460; Agnes
de, 459; Annabel de, 8, 40; Joan de, 9,
17; John de, 8; Mabilde,o; Margaret de,
8,9;* Matilda de, 9, 11, 67, 106; Milo de,
460n.; Nichola de, 4,* 8,* 9, 10, 16,* 17,*
35 38,* 39, 44,* 47, 66, 106; Nicholas de,
32;* Ralph de, 8,* 9, 38;* Roger de, Baron
of Dudley, 4,* 8,* 9, 10,* 11, 16,* 17,* 32,*
33,* 35, 36,* 37,* 38,* 39,* 40,* 41,* 44,*
46, 47,* 66, 106, 459;* William de, 8;
William Percival de, 32; Family of, 8, 9;
—, 459-
Sompston, John, 170,
Sondee, Bedfordshire, 269.
Sone, Walter, 130.
Sore (Soore), see Soar.
Sorell, Richard, 146.
Southampton, Thomas, Ear! of, 402; Lord,
30.
Southcliff, 163.
Southclyffield, 227.*
Southfelde, 158, 199, 206, 249,* 250,* 2e7,
South Holme, 105, 162, 165, ae tae boi
249, 258, 322, 335, 430.
Southmill, 269. oe
Southwark, Surrey, 173,* 215.
Southwell, William, 381; Mr., 278, 440.
South Willowes, 162.
Sowerby, Manor of, 459.
Sowryng, Adam, 84.
Spain, 213, 241.
a John, 144, 180, 303 ;* Margaret,
303.
Spalding, Lincolnshire, 267.*
Spaniel, Thomas, 460.
Sparke, Richard, 406.
Spencer, John, 430; Swithun, 269; —, 272.
Spencer Car (Spencercarre, Kar, Karre),
126, 136, 185, 187, 204, 292, 413.
Spencer's Meadow, 126, 136, 185.
Spendeluff, William, 166.
Spenlose, William, 185.
Spens, Thomas, 183.
Spicer (Spycer), Francis le, 86; Katherine,
207; Nicholas le, 91; Richard, 145; Ro-
bert, 89; William le, 81, 89,* o1, 92;
William, 82, 202, 211, 219, 231.
Spick, Richard, 292.
Spittle, Henry, 429; John, 446.
Spittle, Lincolnshire, 267.*
Spittle Chantry, 267, 268.
Spittlehouse, Henry, 432 7., 450, 451.
Springthorpe, Lincolnshire, 268.
Sprotte, Thomas, 174.
Sprowston, 186.
Spycer, see Spicer.
Squire (Squier, Squyer), Alice, 227;* Ann,
321; Catherine, 453; Edward, 312, 333,
344, 348, 353, 358, 359,* 361,* 362,* 366,
367,* 393, 395, 396,* 397, 308,* 399, 402,
403, 405, 400; Elizabeth, 406, 420, 423,
446; Francis, 276, 277, 329; Giles, 144;
Henry, 391 ;* Hugh, 157, 174; John, 126,*
136 ;* Joyce, 381; Katherine, 428;
Laurence, 314,* 318,* 321, 322, 329, 340,
348, 350, 351, 360,* 361; Mary, 263;
Millicent, 406; Moses, 322, 367; Richard,
114, 123, 124, 126,* 136, 164, 368; Robert,
201, 207; Roger, 197;* Rev. Thomas,
157; Thomas, 24, 202, 203, 227, 242, 245,
251, 253, 256, 257, 420,* 450,* 451,* 4535
William, 166,* 174, 180, 198, 201, 227, 241,
242,* 245, 250, 251, 253, 256, 257) 258,
262, 263, 264, 293, 295, 209, 302, 304,
309, 311, 312,* 313,¥ 314,* 316, 317,"
318,* 319," 320,* 321, 322,* 324,* 326,
328, 341, 353, 356, 381, 386, 390,* Jol,
396, 401, 403, 406, 408,* 409, 412, 420,
423, 428, 448; Widow, 448.
Squire’s Hadland, 318.
Stable (Stabull), Richard, 359;* Robert,
196.
Stables (Stabulls), Adrian, 353, 375, 432 %r
446, 447, 450; Benjamin, 450, 451, 452;
Elizabeth, 450; Francis, 388; Humphrey,
367, 395, 396,* 397, 398,* 413, 418," 4195
John, 450; Laurence, 418, 419; Michael,
226; Richard, 199, 358, 407, 418; Robert,
197, 199; Thomas, 226, 429, 434, 440;
William, 185, 188," 197, 226, 232, 389,
391, 395, 396,* 397, 398,* 399, 408, 424,
425, 428; —, 422, 449; see also Staples.
Stableton, Amos, 447.
Stacey (Stacie), Anne, 290; Christopher,
306; Dorothy, 373; James, 448; Matthew,
305; Robert, 391; Susan, 305; William,
440; Mr., 305; —, 305.*
Staffnerton, Richard, 233.
Staffoerton, Ralfe, 233.
Stafford, Alice, 130; Anne, 13; Henry, Duke
of Buckingham, 13; Jo., 377; Sir Richard
de, 94; Richard de, 97; Richard, 163;
Thomas, Earl of,107;* Sir Thomas, 130,
462; Thomas de, 134.*
Stafford Orchard, 20, 230, 260, 297, 338.
Stafford Orchard Manor, 25.
Stafford’s Land, 158, 159.
Stafford Thynges, 165.
Stake, 158.
Stamford, 434, 444.
Stammers, Rev. Robert, 443.
Stamon, William, 197.
Stancroft, see Stonecroft.
Standish, Gloucestershire, 264.
Standley, see Stanley.
Standysh, William, 152.
Stanesh Grange, 223.*
Stanford, John, 345 ;* Thomas, 181.*
Stanford, 210, 220.
Stanford, Nottinghamshire, 24, 27,* 455.
Stanley (Standley), Elizabeth, 178; Francis,
258, 292, 301, 309, 323, 336, 342; Isabel,
178; John, 158,* 159,* 160, 174,* 175, 177,
178, 309, 312, 314, 321,322; J.,158,* 159,*
160 ;* Lucy, 355; Margaret, 371 ; Richard,
371; Ursula, 371, 373, 374-
Stanley, 158, 318, 319, 321, 359,” 367, 411,*
412.*
Stanlowe, Sir — de, 75.
Stanton, 161.
Stanton, Derbyshire, 133.
Stanton Harecourt, Oxfordshire, 150, 152.
Stanton, see Staunton.
Stanwych, Thomas, 166.
Stapleford (Stableford), Amy, 450; Mary,
426; William, 407, 426.
Stapleford (Stapulford), John, 184; William,
391.
Stapleford, 214.
Staples (Stapuls, Stapylls), Adrian, 314,
402; Ann, 274, 288, 289; Bowet, 405,*
407, 429; Elizabeth, 204; Elles, 223;
Francis, 311,* 313, 314, 316, 317,* 318,
320, 321,* 322, 323,* 408, 434; George,
348; Humphrey, 353, 366, 393,* 304 ;*
Isabel, 223 ; Jane, 223, 442; Joan, 202, 223,
389, 442; John, 188, 192, 198, 204, 223,
242, 245,* 250, 251, 253, 256,* 257, 259,
202, 293, 299, 308,* 463; Laurence, 407,
438, 440; Margaret, 204, 223,* 226, 232,
442; Richard, 241, 250, 255, 256, 262,*
286, 293, 311, 315, 316, 317,* 319, 320,
322, 389, 463; Robert, 191, 198, 200, 204,*
206, 223,* 298, *306 ;* Roger, 257,* 288,
289; Thomas, 30, 204, 226, 237, 301, 309,
$10, 311,* 313,* 315, 316,* 317, 319,* 323 ;
William, 182, 184,* 186, 189, 191,* 192,
197,* 198,* 199, 201, 202, 204,* 219, 223,
227, 242,* 243, 244,* 245, 246, 251,* 255,
256,* 257,* 258, 262,* 263, 276, 278, 286,
287,* 288,* 292, 293, 294, 300, 301, 303,
306,* 308,* 381, 405, 407, 463; —, 437;
Family of, 30; see also Stables.
Stapleton (Stapulton), Edmund de, 135 ;*
Isabel, 135 ;* Joan, 135; William, 251.
Stapleton, 435.
Stapulford, see Stapleford.
Stapylls (Stapuls), see Staples.
taresmore, Francis, 279, 287, 290, 297, 338.
aay, Thomas, 362; William, 429; —,
440.
Stathum, Agnes, 112,¥ 114;* John de, 112,*
114;* John, 120, 162; Mr., 395.
INDEX.
Station Street, 240.
Staunford, Thomas de, 81.
Staunton (Stanton), Preciosa de, 42, 45;
Ralph, 462; Robert de, 101; Robert,
148,* 156, 157,* 159,* 165,* 166; Thomas,
144, 145,* 146, 148; Sir William de, 74,
75; William, 185, 187, 199; —, 197.
Staunton Harold, 354.
Staveley, —, 279.
Steane, George, 388, 391.
Stebbyng, Essex, 170.*
Stebenneth, see Stepney.
Stedgarth, 214.
Steedman, Isabel, 434, 435; William, 434,
435.
Steel, Mathew, 453.
Steeple Claydon, Oxfordshire, 21, 213.
Stent, Peter, 393; Susanna, 393.
Stephens, see Stevens.
Stephenson, see Stevenson.
Stepney (Stebenneth), Middlesex, 216, 265.
Ster, Lucy le, 49; Robert le, 48, 49.
Stevens (Stephens), Charles, 451; Geoffrey,
142; Henry, 459; Robert, 453, 454; Roe,
30, 31; Samuel, 31, 432 #., 433," 451, 453,
454; Thomas, 123; William, 30,* 31,*
446, 447, 448, 449, 450; Mr., 448; Family
of, 30.
Stevenson (Steevenson, Stephenson, Steve-
son, Stevison, Stevynson), Charles, 389;
Elizabeth, 432; John, 103, 108,* 114, 124,
432, 447, 448,* 450; Marie, 413; Sir
Richard, priest, 442; Rev. Richard, 182 ;*
Richard, 450; Samuel, 303; Thomas,
114, 144, 184,* 314, 317, 336, 340, 341,
353, 356, 393, 407, 429, 437; Thomasina,
257, 259, 203; William, 368, 387, 388,*
390,* 391,* 392, 393, 407, 409, 413,* 416,
429,* 446, 448, 440, 451.
Stevenson’s Carre, 419.*
Steynes, George, 388.
Steyrlens, John, 378.
Stibenhey, 444.
Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire, 265.
Stirke, Henry, 430.
Stockerston, 279.
Stockinggate, 78.
Stocks, see Stokes.
Stoke (Stok), Adrian, 304; Henry, 96;
John, 169; Nicholas, 193; William, 193.
Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, 151, 295.
Stoke Dry, 371.
Stokes (Stocks), Adrian, 3, 184, 237, 248,*
259, 260, 262,271, 273, 275,* 275 2., 279,
281,* 288,* 330; Lady Frances, 248;
Thomas, 172; William, 3, 184,* 227, 248,*
288, 292, 300, 302, 302 7., 303, 304,* 307,*
320, 322, 330.
Stokton (Stocton), Robert de, 18, 72.
Stokton (Stocton), Manor of, 459.*
Stollicke, Peter, 408, 439.
Stone, John, 31, 453, 454; John Parnham,
31; Mary, 31; Samuel, 432; Rev. Thomas,
M.A., 445; William, 133; —, 449.
Stone Meadow, 314.
Stonecroft (Stancroft), 159, 315, 319, 422.
Stonecroft Dicke, 313.
Stonecroft, Nether, 311, 313, 318, 320, 322,
367, 405, 418.
Stonecroft, Over, 318, 320.
Stonecroft Tenne, 321.
Stonecroft, Upper, 159, 313-
Stoneley (Stonele, Stonley), Francis, 257;
John de, 106; John, 121.
Stones, Ann, 349; John de, 91; Robert
Atte, 66, 70.
Stonway, —, 185.
Stonyford, 162.
Stony Syke, 158.*
Storer, Anthony, 366; John, 366, 4or1, 408,
493
434 ;* Joyce, 393 ; Katherine, 373 ; Thomas,
407, 421; William, 336,* 340, 341, 349,
356, 357, 366, 368,* 383, 386, 388, 390,*
O
401.
Stortesfeld, 459.
Stortford, Hertfordshire, 16, 459.
Story, Edward, 235.*
Stoughton, Anthony, 252; John, 252.
Stoughton, 21, 230, 234,* 235,* 237,* 238,*
239)" 240,* 254, 255,* 250, 274, 285,* 206,
33°:
Stoughton Church Rectory and Parsonage,
254," 255.
Stoughton Grange, 225, 238, 254, 449.
Stoughton Manor, 20,* 21,* 220,* 234, 238,
239," 254.
Stoulp, see Stulpe.
Stowe, William, 114.
Stowe, Buckinghamshire, 254.
Strancliffe (Strankcliffe), 147, 206.
Strancliffelde, 206.
Strangebogh, see Strongbowe.
Strangways, Joan, 167; Katherine, 167; Sir
Thomas, 167,
Stratford Tony, Wiltshire, 85, 444.
Streckley Gerard, 164.
Strelley, Elena, 132; Frideswide, 291 ».; Joan,
19,* 29, 156; Robert, 291 7.; Thomas de,
132;* William, 132.
Strelley, Nottinghamshire, 19, 156.
Stretton, John de, 175; Thomas, 272.
Stretton, 190, 229, 234, 238,* 239, 240, 307.
Stretton Magna, 307.
Stringer, Elizabeth, 257.
Striplyng, William, 272.
Strongbowe (Strangebogh), Alice, 58, 59;
Ena, 63; Hugh, 58, 59,* 63, 64; John, 64;
Matilda, 63; Robert, 63, 64.
Strowde, William, 269.
Stubbs, John, 448; Robert, 407.
Studd, Robert, 379.
Stulpe (Stoulp), Adam, 76; Isabella, 76;
William, 78.
Sturdons, 310.
Sturnel, Matilda, 43.
Sturrup, Bowett, 421.
Sturton, Nottinghamshire, 371.
Stylyerd, Robert, 232.
Stynes, Henry, 421.
Sudley, Ralph de, 34.
Suffield, Lord, 458.
Suffolk, Frances, Duchess of, 3; Henry,
Duke of, 3, 225, 238, 239, 248, 331; —,
Duke, 215, 222.
Sulere, John, ror.
Sulley (Suleye, Sullye), Mabel, Lady, 9, 10;
Mabel de, 44,* 55, 61, 64,72; Reymund
de, 66, 72,* 74; Sir Walter, 9, 10, 44,*
46; Walter de, 55,* 57, 61.
Sumeretteby (Sumerdebi), Rev. William de,
443, 444, 4607.
Sumery, see Somery.
Sutclyffe, 288.
Sutterton, John de, 460, 461.
Sutton, John de, 123; Sir Richard, Bart.,
433; Robert, 449, 450, 451; Samuel, 451 ;
Sir William, 156, 157;* William de, 99;
Sutton, 119, 373-
Sutton, Bedfordshire, 269.
Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, 223,
I.
sitlon by Bosworth, 154.*
Sutton, Northamptonshire, 151, 360.
Svetyne, Robert, 64.
Swafield, 72, 134.
Swanne (Swan), Aaron, 316,* 317,* 318,*
319,* 320, 323, 340; Ann, 340; John,
284, 305, 311,* 312,* 313,* 314, 315,*
319 2.
494
Swannehedd, Le, 269.
Swannes Hadland, 418.
Swannymot, 138.
Swanyngton, 123, 137.
Swath, 206.*
Swayne, John, 142.
Swepston, 161.
Sweting, Robert, 69 ;* Thomas, go.
Swetnam, Ann, 426; Thomas, 426.
Sweyn, Richard, 201 ; William, 177,* 461.*
Swift, Hugh, 98.
Swine’s Greene (Swyne’s Greene), 353, 360,
429.
Swinfen, John, 347, 304.
Swinnerton, Thomas, 427.
Swithland, Herbert de, 64; John de, 64.
Swithland, 18, 35, 37, 60, 81,* 101,* 113,
114, 116, 122, 128, 135,* 156,* 209, 228,
300,* 320, 352, 357, 373, 387, 391, 421,
426, 443.
Swithland, Manor of, 93.
Swords, Elizabeth, Viscountess, 357.
Swyftes, 324.
Swylyngton, Robert de, 106 ; —, 181.
Swyne’s Greene, see Swine’s Greene.
Swynfeld, Thomas, 189, 270.*
Swynnowe Hills, 295, 296.
Sybson, John, 181, 184, 188, 191.
Sybston, Robert, 184.
Sybston (Sibston, Sidepston), 271.
Syde, Richard, 150.
Sydliges, 272.
Syeston, see Syston.
Sykes, Les, 162.
Syleby, see Sileby.
Symes, Jane, 450.
Symon, John, 379.
Symond, Thomas, 135.
Symson alias Tebolte, Robert, 229.*
Symson, see Simpson.
Syson, Thomas, Abbot of Garadon, 194;
William, 259.
Syston (Syeston, Sytheston), 31, 175, 222,*
223,* 308, 328, 428, 462,* 463.
Sywoldby, William de, 69.*
T
Taberer, Hugh, 286.
Tacy, Edward, 417,* 418, 422; Elizabeth,
431; James, 446, 449, 450, 451;* John,
431, 453, 454; William, 402, 407, 418,
419;* William Warner, 446.
Tailor (Tailour), see Taylor.
Talbot, Sir John, 143 ;* John, 75.
Tallam, Clement, 376.
Talland, Alys, 208; Amys, 208; Francis,
208; George, 208; Nicholas, 208 ;*
Thomas, 208; William, 208.
Talyeboys, John, 40; Warun, 4o.
Tamworth, Staffordshire, 132,* 460, 460 2.
Taper Lande, The, 265.
Tapton, Rev. John, 146.
Tarlton, Mary, 455; Robert, 387, 380, 413,
439, 457; William, 455, 457.
Tate, Anthony, 371, 373,374; Barbara, 371;
Eleanor, 373; George, 358, 371, 373;
374; Margaret, 371; Susanna, 371, 373,
4.
Tatreshall (Tateshalle), Mabel de, 9; Robert
de, 9, 35, 38, 65.
Tay, John, 111.
Taylor (Taillour, Tailour, Tayllour), Alice,
83; Christopher, 186; Dorothy, 428;
Edward, 391, 428; Henry le, 70; John,
107, 123, 127,* 142, 185, 196, 198, 201,*
207, 219, 223, 260, 319, 320, 435, 447;
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Mary, 435; Matilda le, 83; Myles, 304;
Robert, 102, 188, 243, 256, 262, 268,* 281,
337; Simon le, 90; Thomas, 104, 162, 401,
407; Warener le, 39 ;* William, 109, 162,
243, 245, 250, 250,* 262, 263, 274, 287,
293,* 352, 403; William le, 69.*
Tealer, William, 274.
Teat, David, 451, 452; Elizabeth, 330;
Hector, 438, 440; Joseph, 447,* 450;
Richard, 258, 271; Thomas, 339,* 373,
420; —, 451.
Tebolde, Robert, 244, 407.
Tebolte, Symson alias, see Symson,
Teddingworth, Roger de, 52.
Temple, Edmund, 425; Jane, 254; Nicholas,
156; Richard, 193; Robert,131; William,
254; —, 279. 4
Tengy, Agnes, 63, 73; Clementia, 92, 93,
98; Henry, 76, 92, 93, 98; Isabel, 76;
John, 41,* 46, 59, 60, 66; Richard, 42,
57, 59; Roger, 59, 60, 63, 73; Thomas,
93; William, 42, 45, 59, 60.
Terringe, Sussex, 265.
Ters, Ralph, 46; Richard, 42, 45.
Tewlinke, George, 233.
Thackray, Thomas, 326.
Theobalds (Thebballs), Robert, 405,* 418,*
419.*
Thirnyng, see Thyrnyng.
Thirsk, Yorks, 215.*
Thistlethwaite, John, 434; Mary, 434.
Thomas ad grana, 77.
Thomas-place, Eyr, 108.
Thompson (Thomson, Tompson, Tomson),
Adrian, 368; Alice, 379; Ann, 373, 374;
Christian, 434; Christopher, 195,* 213,
226, 228,* 234, 230, 243, 337, 338;
Clement, 277, 288, 300, 353; Clifton, 434;
Daniel, 301, 309; Edward, 228, 251, 252,
257, 258, 263; Rev. Francis, M.A., 445;
Frize, 434; George, 256, 349, 353,* 366,*
421, 432, 434, 447, 451, 452, 453;
Henry, 188; James, 269, 336, 432; Jane,
421; John, 347, 349, 353, 360, 365, 366,
379,* 388, 401, 408, 421, 420, 452; Ralph,
107; Richard, 373; Robert, 268, 390,
409 ;* Theophilus, 421, 432,447; Thomas,
156,* 191, 192, 196, 350, 379, 421, 432,
447; Walter, 211; William, 340, 341, 349,
353, 359, 386, 390; —, 451.
Thorley, William, 252.*
Thorman, see Thurman.
Thornbarrow, 272.
Thornbergh, 272.
Thorne, 158.
Thorney Close, 259, 376, 387, 392, 416,*
439.
Thornhill, Joseph, 454.
Thornton, Ann, 389; Edward, 389, 401, 403,
407, 421; George, 349, 357, 366, 375%.,
387, 389, 393; Joan, 419; William,
406.
Thornton, 229.
Thorp, Amice le, 35; Caleb, 384, 391 ; Ed-
ward, 382, 402; Ernald, 431., George,
385; Isabella de, 121;* John, 114, 342,
450, 451; John de, 83, 90, 109, 114, 116;
Matilda, 86; Richard, 85,249; Robert de,
178, 460; Sechevill, 100; Selona de, 65 ;*
Serlo de, 35,* 36,* 54,* 74, 86, 460;
Thomas, 249; Thomas de, 74, 75, 83, 86,
88,* 90, 121,* 178, 324, 325; Walter de,
68; William de, 65,* 388.
Thorpe, 75, 104, 181,* 225, 226,* 262, 271,
273,* 292, 301, 311, 313.
Thorpe Acres, 311, 314, 320, 322,* 360.
Thorpe Bussard, 42, 100,
Thorpedike, 164.
Thorpe Edmer, 186.
Thorpe Felde, 159, 161.*
Thorpe Hedge, 311.
Thorpe Launde, 137.
Thorpe, Little, 65.
Thorpe juxta Loughborough, 133.*
aes Muntforth, 37,* 47, 48, 50, 83, 125,*
136.
Thorpe Syke, 159.
Though, Thomas, 208.
Thringston (Tringeston, Trinkston), 132,*
oe 145,* 310, 346, 381, 387, 389, 301,
428.
Thringston, Manor of, 195.*
Thrumpton, Manor of, 131.
Thrussyngton, 128.*
Thurbarne, Elizabeth, 348 ; Robert, 348,
Thurcaston (Thurkeston), 31, 62,* 86, 128,
135, 175," 341, 387, 421.
Thurcaston, Manor of, 194, 195.*
Thurkeston, Roger de, 44.
Thurkilby, Sir Roger de, 38.
Thurleston, 279.
Thurman, John, 298,* 389, 448, 450; William,
339, 349, 357-
Thurman alias Carver, John, 357; William,
357-*
Thurmaston, 22, 100, 193,* 222,* 240.
Thurmaston, Manor of, 22.
Thurneby, 100, 195,* 234, 240,* 285, 364,
421.
Thurnestowe, 216,
Thursyngton, 112.
Thwyeres, Richard de, 120.
Thyrnyng (Thirnyng, Thynyng), Joan, 131;
Sir William, 131; William, 115, 116,
125.
Thyrstyngton, 107.
Tibbals, Eustace, 407.
Tickingcote, 296.
Tiers, Ralph, 42.
Tilecoat, Ann, 428; Jeffrey, 387; Thomas, ©
8
428.
Till, see Tyll.
Tilton, 179, 279, 280, 371.
Timbercroft Syde, 167.
Timber Ledge, 310.
Tims, John, 454.
Tinker’s Lane, 360.
Tipton, Staffordshire, 230.
Tirlinton, 75.
Tirriwhistle (Tyrrywhistell), John, 214, 238.
Tirwhitt, Sir Robert, 268; Robert, 115,
116.
Tokeley, 189.
Tolethorp, Elizabeth, 10, 11, 106; Thomas,
10, II, 106,
Toll, Robert, 268.
Toluyth, Yorkshire, 216.
Tomlinson, John, 214.
Tomson (Tompson), see Thompson.
Tomworthe, John, 279.
Tonge, 234, 238, 239, 240.*
Tonge in Breedon, 214.
Tooly, Alice, 366; Frances, 430; Thomas,
366, 430.
Toone, John, 406.*
Torleton, Robert, 347.
Torp, John de, 105.
Totenhale, John, 133.
Toughe, Elizabeth, 323;
Thomas, 249,* 285, 323-
Touke, Isabel, 68; William, 62.
Tower Green, 168.
Towle, Richard, 431.
Town Hamlett, 430. ‘
Town Lands, Le, 157, 269, 281, 337,* 350,
1,* 405.
eee Le, 269,* 270.
Towton Field, 2, 150.
Trencheston, Alan de, 40;
William, 4o.
Robert, 407;
Robert, 40;
Trent, 72, 78, 88.
Trenthall, John, 144, 145.*
Trentham, Mrs., 278.
Treye, Ena, 63;
Reginald, 63.
Trigge, George, 247.
Tringeston, see Thringston.
Trinity Hall, 241.
Trinkston, see Thringston.
Tristram, Sir Robert, 182.
Tropmel, Stephen, 37.
Trough, Anne, 341; Elizabeth, 341 ; William,
341, 463.
Troytteye, Richard, 233.
Trussell, Margaret, 462; Sir William, 18,
188, 461, 462;* William, 66, 74,* 78, 80,
88
Rev. Ralph, 63, 64;
Trye, John, 179; Thomas, 391; William,
391, 428.
Tryves, Gabriel, 257.
Tucet, Matilda, 43.
Tuffe, Robert, 390.
Tufton, Robert, 376.
Tugby, Widow, 451.
Tugby (Tugbie), 347,* 364, 446.
Tulle, Walter, 44, 45.
Tunford, William de, 76.
Tunstall, Kent, 371.
Tuolfacre, 50.*
Turberville, Troylus, 344.
Turland, Thomas, 242, 245, 250.
Turlington (Turlinton), Joseph, 450, 451 ;*
Thomas, 451, 453.
Turlington (Turlyngton), 193,* 379.
Turner (Turnour), Ann, 408; Frances, 426;
Hugh, 107; John, 116, 166; Richard,
420; Thomas, 295; William, 267.
Turpin, Elizabeth, 210, 254; Frances, 212;
Sir George, 212,* 253, 254,* 255, 250, 261,
272,* 279; George, 225, 236, 237,* 238,*
273, 296, 297, 298; John, 212;* Margaret,
212;* Nicholas, 212; Richard, 212 n.,*
354; Sir William, 254; Mr., 237; Mrs.,
237.
Turvill (Turvyle), Ala de, 68 ;* Anne, 291 2. ;
Edward, 279,* 304;* George, 341 ;*
Henry, 279, 291,* 291%.; Hugh, 35, 81,
86, 87; Isabella de, 51,* 52;* John, 193,
228; Nicholas de, 17, 51,* 52,* 55, 57,
64, Ralph de, 17, 51,* 55)* 57) 58, 61,
64,* 65,* 68,* 75; Richard de, 60,* 124 ;*
sot de, 56, 57; Sir William, 180,
2
Turvill, 421.
Turville’s Land, 390, 392.
Turvile Leys, 203,* 315, 336,* 340, 386, 301,
412,* 413, 424."
Tweedmouth, 71.
Twelton, Robert, 408.
Twig, Thomas, 451.
Twogood, Thomas, 450.
fuse (Twicrosse), John, 180; Widow,
186,
Twycrosse, 101, 175.*
Twyeres, John, gt.
Twyford, William de, 72.
Twyford, 100.
Twynham, Adam de, 86; John de, 86.
Tybold, Alys, 183; Eme, 183; Harry, 183;
John, 183; Joyce, 183; Margaret, 183;
Nicholas, 183; Richard, 183.
Tydde St. Giles, 268.
Tyes, Adam, 88.
Tykyngcot, 295.
Tyleman, Robert, 43-
Tyll (Till), John, 180, 181,* 182, 185, 186,
353, 360.
Tylly, Adam, 105.*
Tylly, Jud alias, see Jud.
Tyndall, Thomas, 26s.
INDEX.
Tyrington, John, 129.
Tyrlyngton, 157.
Tyrrell, Charles, 233; Edmond, 233.
Tyrrywystell, see Tirriwhistle.
U
Ufford, Lincolnshire, 444.
Ulf, Robert, 107.
Ulle, Adam, 70.
Ulverscroft, Roger, Prior of, 444.
Ulverscroft Abbey, 291 x.
Ulverscroft, Priory of, 214,
Uppingham, 295.
Upsall, Yorkshire, 168.
Upton, John de, 86;
William, 233.
Upton, 102, 103, 114, 268.*
Utterholme, 204, 205, 379.
William de, 86;
Vv
Vallibus, John de, 55, 58.*
Valoignes, Agnes, 50.*
Varley, John, 268.
Vavasor, Roger, 210.*
Vawdy, Lincolnshire, Monastery of, 220.
Veer, see Vere.
Venables, Alinor, 195 ; William, 195.
Venour, Matthew le, 33; Walter le, 17, 53,*
54.*
Verdon, Joan de, 74; Theobald de, 74.
Verdun, Sir Walter de, 75.
Vere (Veer), Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford,
179; John, Earl of Oxford, 179, 180;
Robert de, Earl of Oxford, 75.
Vernham, see Farnham.
Vernon, Christopher, 256, 263; Sir Richard,
145;* William, 174.*
Vesey, Richard, 337.
Vesier, Agnes, 341; Thomas, 341.
Vestue, Isabel, 26, 29.
Vicardipards, 436.*
Vicary Farm, 436.
Vicary Partie, 199, 227, 342, 455.*
Vickars, Ann, 411.*
Villiers (Vyllers), Agnes, 157; Bartholomew,
156, 157;* Charles, 187; Elizabeth, 157;
Sir George, 350; George, 279, 296, 304,
338,* 350; Joan, 157; Sir John, 188, 196,
200; John, 156,* 157; Margaret, 157;
Rev. William, 157;* William, 157,* 295,
434.
irene (Vyncent), George, 200, 203, 208;
Richard, 167, 463; Robert, 168, 193.
Vineard, The, Stoughton, 254.
Virly (Vyrley), John, 114, 121, 130,* 163;
Rev. Sir Roger, 152,* 168,* 444.
Vowes, 271.
Voye, William, 197.
Vyenne, Hugh de, 65.
Vyllers, see Villiers.
Vyncent, see Vincent.
Vyrley, see Virly.
Ww
Wade, Ralph, 42, 46. ;
Wadeson (Waidestone, Waidstone, Wait-
son), Constance, 370, 418, 419, 438;* Mrs.,
407; —, 370.
Wadkin, Richard, 449.
Wadland, George, 340,
Thomas, 406.
341, 342, 353;
495
Wadyngham, Rev. John, 116, 117;* Rev.
John de, 444.
Waidstone (Waidestone, Waitson), see
Wadeson.
Wake, Thomas, 79.
Wakleyn(Walkelyn), Margery, 90; William,
87, go.
Wal, Geoffrey le, 43; Roger le, 43.
Walcote (Wailecote), Alice, 132 ;* Elizabeth,
122,* 156; Geoffrey de, 79; Sir John,
113,* 116,* 132, 156; John, 93, 122;*
Margaret, 132, 156; Nicholas de, 175;
William, 356.
Walcote, 270.*
Walcote, Oxfordshire, 172.
Waldeby, William, 125.
Walderham, George, 446.
Waldram, Edward, 344; Eleanor, 389;
Elizabeth, 346; George, 331, 347, 432,
447, 451; Jane, 432; Roger, 236, 393;
Sir Thomas, 346; Thomas, 189, 279, 381,
387, 389.
Waldron, Dorothy, 371; Edward, 373; Fran-
ces, 22, 29,371; Henry, 371; Sir Richard,
22, 371.
Waldyene, Alan, 114; Thomas, 154.
Wales (Waleys), see Wallis.
Walke, Sir John, 209.
Walke Mill, 302, 384, 385.*
Walkeley, William, 82.
Walkemylneoke, 163.
Walker, Eleanor, 140, 141 ;* John, 138;
Mary, 453; Robert, 128,* 140, 141,* 162,
164,* 166, 185; Thomas, 117, 123, 126;
William, go, 152, 450, 451.
Wallecote, see Walcote.
Wallis (Wales, Waleys, Walles, Walleys),
Agnes, 101; Bartholomew, 341, 387, 390,*
396, 409; Elizabeth, 101, 122, 156; James,
IQI, 219, 227, 230, 252, 250,* 262, 271,
287, 209, 300, 302, 463; Sir John, 122;
John, 18, 92, 93,* 94,* 98,* 99,* 100, 101,
135; Katherine, 432 ”.; Newcomen, 432 ”.;
Nicholas, 93, 98, 101; Oliver, 93, 98; Sir
Robert le, 54, 60; Robert le, 64; Robert,
92, 93,* 98; Thomas, 274, 349, 409;* Sir
William le, 54; William, 310, 311, 318,
22.
Walmeiey (Wameslee, Wamesley, Wams-
ley, Wamysley, Warmesley), Alice, 195;
Annes, 195; Ellis, 188, 191; Jessie, 195 ;
Joan, 191, 195, 196, 442; Mare, 195;
Symon, 191, 195,* 325, 341; —, 386,
0.
Walsh (Walshe, Walssh, Welsshe), Helen,
189; Sir Thomas, 116;* Thomas, 103,
106, 148,* 189;* Rev. William le, 102,
103; William, 114.
Waltar, Agnes, 182;* Jane, 182; Thomas,
182; William, 182, 442.
Walter of Ansty, 147.
Waltham, John de, 104; Roger de, 120;
William de, 66.
Walton, Henry de, 86; Isabel, 349, 408;
Rev. John de, 85, 87,* 88, 444; John, 129,
343, 349; Simon de, 38; Thomas de, 76,
87, 106, 107.
Walton, 35, 56, 57;* 59, 78, 88,* 112, 129,
131, 142, 182,* 183,* 195, 218,* 321 7., 328,
333, 388, 432.
Walton Cunyngre, 206.
Walton Hades, 277.
Walton on the Wolds, 17, 51, 52,* 68, 137,
151, 208, 335, 363.*
Walur, Henry le, 37; Richard le, 42.
Walwyn, Dorothy, 20, 2907.; John, 104;
Sir Richard, 20.
Wameslee (Wamesley, Wamsley, Wamysley),
see Walmesley.
Wanc, Ralf de, 33.
496
Wankeleyn, Rev. John, 101.
Wanlip (Onelep), Robert de, 77.
Wanlip (Oneleape), 430, 432, 454.
Wanlip (Oneleppe), Manor of, 189.*
Wantage, Berkshire, 264.
Wapell, Zachary, 393.
Warde, Agnes, 105;* Elicius, 337; Gilbert,
384; John, 104, 105,* 107, 170; John le,
76; Joseph, 446; Richard, 150, 391;
Robert, 267, 287, 294, 300, 408; Thomas,
103, 154, 242, 260, 429; William, 179.
Wardlawe, 460.
Waren (Warine), see Warren.
Waried, Ralph le, 37.
Warkeword, Robert de, 62.
Warley, Henry, 172.
Warley, Great, Essex, 273.
Warlingworth, Suffolk, 214.
Warmesley, see Walmesley.
Warneham, Robert, 191.
Warner, Edward, 13,* 433; Edward Handley,
13; Mr., 7, 23, 166, 239 2., 433, 442.
Warren and Surrey, William, Earl of, 8, 9.
‘Warren (Waren, Warine, Warryn, Waryn),
Anthony, 341, 386, 390; Arthur, 349;
Elizabeth, 253; John, 303;* Thomas, 144,
221,* 228, 243, 263, 276, 323; William,
188, 197, 198, 201, 202, 207,* 208, 227, 235,
242, 245, 250,* 251,* 256,* 263, 209, 340,
463.
Warren’s Park, Loughborough, 455.
Warrington, Lancashire, 156.
‘Warrop, Thomas, 290.
Warryn, see Warren.
Wartawste, John, 228, 442.
Wartnaby, 144, 371, 442.*
Wartofte, John, 200, 208; William, 262.
Wartopp, Thomas, 233.
Warwick, John, 451; Richard, Earl of, 148 ;*
Thomas, Earl of, 91; —, Earl of, 97.
Warwick, 12, 59.
Waryn, see Warren.
Wasteneys (Westneys), John de, 61, 65 ;*
John le, 59; Sir William, 75; William de,
61
Water Furrows, 160, 317, 358, 405.
Water Mill, 164.
Waterland, Thomas, 268.
Waterman, John, 169; Thomas, 406, 408.
Watkins, David, 378.
Watson, Edward, 295; Thomas, 350, 387.
Watton, Monastery of, 266.*
Watts, Rev. John, 389; Judith, 389; Mr.,
352, 443.
Waybredd, Ann, 410.
Weald Hall, Essex, 281, 285.
Wean, John, 450.
Webb, John, 153; Colonel, 406.
Webster (Webbester), Edward, 107, 118;
Joan, 179;* John, 462; Peter, 142;
Robert, 179 ;* Thomas, 116, 429.
Wedder Medowe, 206.*
Wedon, Sir — de, 75.
Wedour, John le, 81.
Weer, Ralph le, 75.
Welburn, 151.*
Welby, 21, 22, 296, 297, 338, 370, 371,*
374.
Weldon, Edward, 233.
‘Weldon, 107, 121.
Welesdale, Robert, 299.
Weley, Castle of, 140.
Welford, Northamptonshire, 21.*
Welham, 284.
Wellasses, 432 ”., 453 1.
Wellehaugh, 136, 137.
Wellesborough (Whellesburgh), 131, 176.
Wellhouse, 433.
Wellow, Lincolnshire, 268.
Wellow, Monastery of, 268.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Wellowe, 244, 317, 320.
Wellowe Closes, 394.
Wellowe, Little, 185.
Wellowe Nook, 380,* 405.
Wellows, The, 396, 436.*
Wellows or Dryhurst, 380, 381.
Wells (Welles), Elizabeth, 413; Bishop
Hugh de, 433; Joan, 293; John, 287, 327,
348,* 360, 373, 380, 396, 397, 398, 402,
407, 438; Valentine, 250,* 257, 263;
William, 272.
Wellsick (Wellstick, Weylsyke), 159, 168,
204, 281, 314,* 337, 351, 353, 360, 429.
Welsshe, see Walshe.
Welwyn, Maud, 290.
Wencheharm, Reginald, 98.
Wener, John, 131.
Wenham, Great, Suffolk, 28.
Wenlesbergh, Thomas de, 75.
Wenlock, Lord, 458.
Wentworth, Philip, 217.*
Wermychelam, 206.
Wesenham, Sarra de, 60; Thomas de, 60.
Wesson, John, 388, 391.
Westfield, 199, 311, 316, 392.
Westley (Westly), William, 408, 428.
Westminster, 1, 151,* 204, 209,* 213, 210,
217, 221, 224, 230, 242, 247.
Westminster Fyve Poles, 269.
Westminster Half Acre, 269.
Westminster Seven Poles, 269.
Westminster Seven Roods, 269.
Westmorland, Ralph, Earl of, 129; —, Earl
of, 167.
Westneys, see Wastneys.
Weston, John, 388; John de, 285 ;* Ralph,
100; Richard, 196, 198.
Weston (Wheston), 40, 78, 229.*
Wetton (Wettens), Sir Henry, 191, 192.*
Wever (Weyver), James, 142; John, 145.
Weylsyke, see Welsicke.
Whalley, Hugh, 215, 278;* Ralph, 189,*
279; Stanhoppe, 434.
Wharton, Christiana, 264; Milo, 181.
Whattofte, Elizabeth, 428.
Whatton, Alice de, 153; Elizabeth de, 153;
Geoffrey, 345,* 350, 366; Margaret, 19,
24,29; Ralph, 132; Sir Richard de, 153;
Robert de, 71, 153, 161, 172, 174, 195,
209; Sabina de, 71; Rev. Thomas, 443;
Thomas, 19, 128, 132, 135, 142,* 143, 145,
158, 168, 182; Thomas de, 116, 119;
William, 341; William de, 33.
Whatton, 107, 121, 129, 167, 193,* 194.
Whatton, Long, 182, 204, 209, 214, 222,*
229,* 308, 361.
Whatton, Manor of, 131.
Whatton Poole, 158,* 321.
Wheatcroft (Whetcrofte), Edward, 391,
309; John, 411 ;* William, 269.*
Wheatley, Francis, 381, 406; Richard, 245,
2Ql.
Wheatley, North Nottinghamshire, 22, 23,
29, 371. ; :
Wheatley Woods, Nottinghamshire, 22, 371.
Wheler, Richard, 232.*
Whellesburgh, see Wellesborough.
Wheston, see Weston.
Whetcrofte, see Wheatcroft.
Wheyley, Richard, 245.
Whissendine (Wissendine),
157, 371. m8
Whitacre, John, 450; William, 175.
Whitchester, Northumberland, 212.
Whitcroft, William, 429.
White (Whyte), Ann, 407; Edward, 406;
Elizabeth, 450; Francis, 341, 349, 353,
451; George, 451; John, 140, 388,* 401, 407,
432; Mary, 391; Richard, 250, 284, 288;
Thomas, 243, 244, 250,* 251,* 256, 263,
Rutlandshire,
323, 403; Whalley, 364; William, 301,
402, 407, 420, 434, 447,* 448, 451; Mrs.,
451; —, 388, 391.
White House, 30.*
Whitehead, Frances, 429.
Whitglove, Robert, 48, 83.
Whitmore, Robert, 451.
Whitt, Henry, 197.
Whittington (Whytyngton , David i
Rev. Mr, 236. Se aa me
Whittington, 151.
Whittle, Elizabeth, 410; John, 4o
410; Robert, 328; Watliads no a
Whitton, William, 237.
Whitwick (Whitewyk, Whittewyk, Whyte-
wyk, Whytwyk), 34, 88, 123, 142, 150,
151, 189, 310, 346, 381, 387, 389, 301, 428,
431, 434.
Whitwick, Manor of, 77,* 79, 85,* 88, 129,
137,* 138, 179.
Whityndon, 129.
Whorley, Joan, 391; —, 388.
Whyghtman, see Wightman.
Whyrtoft Manor, Northamptonshire, 177.
Whyte, see White.
Whytegrove, John, 107.
Whytside, Robert, 66.
Whytyngton, see Whittington.
Wibtoft, Warwickshire, 272.
Wiccars, Franc., 407.
Wide, William, 406.
Widmerpol (Wydmerpol), Joan, 92, 93, 99;
John de, 76, 81, 91, 92,* 93,* 98, 99, rae :
Matilda de, 76; Nicholas de, 72, 73, 134,
462; Rev. Robert de, 72, 134;* Thomas
de, 134.*
Wigan, 213.
Wigfall, John, 366.
Wightman (Whyghtman), George, 279;
Thomas, 189, 279.
Wigmore, Herefordshire, 215,* 463.
Wigston (Wygeston, Wyggeston, Wygston),
Elizabeth, 209, 210, 295, 296; John de,
99; William, 168, 179, 198, 202, 207, 209,
210,* 295, 290.
Wigston (Wikingeston, Wykingeston), 19,
132,* 133,* 143, 195,* 210, 224.
Wigston, Great, 389.
Wigwere (Wigweare), 227,* 241, 242, 332.
Wikingeston, see Wigston.
Wilcockes, Richard, 294.
Wilcockeslands, 284.
Wilde (Wylde), Amys, 224; Ann, 446, 453;
Elizabeth, 333, 4343; George, 310, 378,*
450, 451,* 454; John, 224;* Matthew,
333; Nicholas, 328, 333, 3353 Richard,
225; Robert, 197, 198, 206,* 210, 218, 224;
442; Rev. Thomas, 102, 103,114; Thomas,
434,447; William, 224,* 227, 242,* 245,
256,* 257, 262, 263, 288, 299, 310, 323, 327s
401, 408, 451, 452.
Wileman, Thomas, 421.
Wilkins, J., 434.
Wilkinson (Wylkinson), John, 453; Roger,
174.*
Willeby (Wyleby), 42, 46.
Willerton, Lincolnshire, 268.
Willett, —, 279.
Williams, Rev. Richard, 445.
Williamson, Isabel, 179; Thomas, 179.
Willimott, Nicholas, 455.
Willock (Wollock, Woollock, Wyllock),
Ann, 368,* 369;* Bartholomew, 235, 238,
250, 258, 271, 274,* 275, 276, 278, 281,
287, 290, 295, 337, 409, 413, 426, 437, 438,
439 ; Elizabeth, 290; Frances, 290 ; George,
333, 365, 308," 369;* Margery, 235, 238,
250; Nicholas, 290;* Thomas, 290; Mr,
237; Mrs., 237; —, 351, 373.
Willoughby (Willoughbie, Willughby, Wy!
lowbye), Baldwin, 223; Elizabeth, 129,
136, 138; Sir Francis, 276, 287, 204;
Joan, 167, 22 ;* John, 207; Richard, 74,
14§;* Sir William, 167; William, 125,*
233,* 260; Lord d’Eresby, 129, 136, 138.
Willoughby, Lincolnshire, 197, 267, 201, 207,
276, 287, 294, 300, 388.
Willoughby-on-the-Wold, 243.
Willowe, The, 281.
Willow Croft, 360, 380,* 392, 418, 433.
Willow Ground, le, 337, 353, 360.
Willow Nook, 422. .
Willowes, Edward, 294, 299; Elizabeth, 450;
Esther, 29, 30; John, 30, 433, 453; Tho-
mas, 447;* Widow, 451.
Willowes, Manor of, 121.
Willughby, see Willoughby.
Willy, John, 107; William, 153.
Wilmer, Roger, 189.
Wilson (Wylson), Alice, 258; Ambrose, 291 7.;
Ann, 291 2.; Benedict, 291 7.; Benjamin,
40; Bennett, 279, 283; Elizabeth, 419 ;
George, 366, 381, 408," 412, 419, 424,*
430; Hester, 366, 381, 430; Isaac, 412;
Jane, 291 %.;* John, 166, 214, 293, 430,
431, 434,* 446, 448; Margaret, 23, 371;
Nicholas, 287; Richard, 22, 23, 3713
Robenia, 430; Robert, 429; Roger, 412;
Thomas, 261 ;* William, 407.
Wilson, 214,* 234, 238, 239, 240.*
Wiltshire, James, Earl of, 148, 150, 151.
Winchester (Winton), Hugh, Earl of, 2, 74,
85; J., Bishop of, 79; Roger, Earl of, 33, 34,
40; R,, Earl of, 36,38 ;* William, Marquess
of, 240;* —, Earl of, 3, 39;* —, Bishop
of, 32.
Winchester, 459.
Winchester (Wynton), Honor of, 129.
Winchester, S. Mary’s College, 271.*
Windebanke (Windebancke), Thomas, 345,
395,* 399, 404.
Windowe, John, 264.
Windsor (Wyndesore, Wynsor), Edward,
238; John de, 100; John, 264; Margaret
de, 100; Walter, 233; —, Lord, 238.
Windsor, 441.
Wine, Ralph de, 460.
Winkburn, Nottinghamshire, 25.
Winkburn, Manor of, 260, 301 2.
Winnefeld, 279.
Winston (Wynston), 235, 236, 237.
Winter, Edward, 279.
Winton, see Winchester.
Wirk, Yorkshire, Priory of, 252.
Wise (Wyse), Christian, 111; Robert, 119;
Thomas, 106,* 108, 111, 114, 116, 117,
um 135, 462; Thomas le, 104; William,
7
Wiseman (Wyseman), Judith, 421 ; Richard,
421; Robert, 233.
Wissendine, see Whissendine.
Wissett, Suffolk, 264.*
Wistow (Wystow), 28,* 204, 228, 229.
Wivenhoe, Essex, 179.
Wodeford, see Woodford.
Wodethorpe, see Woodthorpe.
Wodewys, 126.
Wodward, see Woodward.
Wolaton, Reginald de, 88; Roger de, 87.
Wolf, William, 170.
Wolferstan, Rev. H., 434.
Wollock, see Willock.
Wolmeringe, 161.
Wolmerings, 310, 321.
Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal, 215; Thomas,
133 ;* —, Cardinal, 168.
Wolston, 264.*
Wolstrop, see Woolsthorpe.
Wolvey, Joan de, 10, 11; Sir Thomas de,
10, 11,
INDEX.
Wolvey, Warwickshire, 10.
Wood, Cecily, 381; Elicius, 214; John, 362,
386, 390, 406,* 446, 448, 449; Joseph, 450;
Richard, 175, 381; Sarah, 453; Thomas,
186, 395, 396, 400, 403, 408, 424, 425,*
425 n.
Wood Close, 339.
Woodburgh, Nottinghamshire, 132.*
Woodcock, Ralph, 346; Roger de, 59;
Thomas, 259; William, 271, 442.
Woodcote, 229.
Woodecroft, John de, 80, 81, 83; Thomas
de, 80.
Woodford (Wodeford), Elizabeth, 157;
Joan, 348; John de, 107; John, 408;
Ralph, 156, 157;* Thomas, 348.
Woodgate, 317, 437 1.
Woodhouse (Wudehouse), Edward, 173;
Elizabeth, 422 ”.; Robert, 173; Robert
de, 37; Thomas, 173; Walter de, 37.
Woodhouse (Wodehous), 1, 2, 3, 17, 18,
23, 24,* 25, 31,* 33,* 48,* 49,* 54, 58, 61,
71, 74, 76,* 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 97,
99,* 103, 104, 110, 113,* 114, 116,* 120,*
123, 124,* 125, 127, 128, 129, 136, 137;
138, 139,* 142, 144, 146, 152,* 157,* 161,
162, 164, 166, 170, 174,* 179, 180,* 181,*
182,* 184,* 186,* 192,* 193,* 197,* 201,*
202, 204, 206,* 207, 208, 218,* 221, 223,
228,* 229,* 233,* 234, 240,* 243,* 248,*
252, 255, 257, 258,* 259,* 260, 261,* 262,*
203, 271, 273, 274, 275,* 277,* 278, 287,
292,* 300,* 301,* 303, 304, 305, 306,*
307,* 308, 309, 310, 311,* 312, 314, 315,
323, 324,* 325,* 329,* 330, 331, 332, 334,"
335,* 336,* 339, 340, 343, 345,* 346, 348,*
349,* 355,* 356,* 357,* 361, 362, 364, 365,
366,* 367, 369, 373, 377, 380," 381,* 382,
385,387," 389, 391, 392, 393, 395, 399,
400,* 401, 402, 403,* 404,* 406, 408,* 409,
410,* 412,* 413,* 416, 420,* gat, 423,*
424,* 425,* 427, 428, 429, 430,* 431, 431 2.,
432, 434, 435, 436,* 439,* 441, 442, 447,
448, 452, 454,* 455,* 456,* 457, 461, 463.
Woodhouse Manor, 13, 74.
Woodhouse, Nether, juxta Swythelond, 73.
Woodhouse, St. Mary, 440.
Woodland, Samuel, 435.
Woodruffe (Woodroffe, Woodrough), Daniel,
434; Joseph, 446 ; Solomon, 453; Thomas,
432 ., 448; Mr., 449.
Woodstock, 85,* 86.
Woodthorpe (Wodethorpe), 1, 36, 37, 48,*
49, 57, 58,* 74, 84, 85,* 88, 89, 98, 110,*
119, 123, 128, 137,* 182, 190, 196, 199,
201, 292,* 300, gol, 304, 397; 312, 315,
335,* 341, 349, 368, 382, 383, 384, 385,
385, 387, 389, 390, 410, 421,* 423, 428,
448.
Woodville, Sir John, 150, 167;* Katherine,
Lady, 150, 167.*
Woodward (Wodward), Roger, 208; William,
340.
Woodyard, The, 426, 438.
Woolaston, J., 434.
Woolley, Henry, 385.
Woollock, see Willock.
Woolsthorpe (Wolstrop), Lincolnshire, 15 1,*
295. _
Wootton (Wotton), Thomas, 448; William,
340.
Worcester, Bishop of, 4o.
Worley, Barnok, 306; Bridget, 21, 306;
Joan, 373.
Wormall, Christopher, 389.
Wormingham (Wormyngeham), Ralph, 197,
228.
Worplesdon, Surrey, 252.
Worth, Sussex, Forest of, 278.
Worthington, Rev. George, 332 ., 349, 443;
497
George, 332; Joyce, 340; William, 233;
Mr., 351.
Worthington (Worthyngton), 142, 431.
Wotton, see Wootton.
Wragby, 216.
Wrangsickend, 399, 400.
Wray, Rev. Robert, 267.
Wren, —, 279.
Wright (Wryght), Councellor, 373; Dorothy,
290 n.; Ellis, 256; Rev. Ezekiel, 401;
Sir George, 290 x.; Henry, 300, 304;*
Hugh, 173;* Joan, 142; John le, 87;
John, 108,* 180, 181, 186, 446, 449, 462;
Lawrence, 142; Margaret, 354; Mary,
428; Nathan, 428, 429; Richard, 198,
339; Sir Robert, 290 2.; Robert, 197,
306,* 341 ;* Thomas, 216; William le, 104;
Mr., 30, 379.
Wrongelands, 320.
Wrottesley, General, 97.
Wryth, John, 117.
Wudehouse, see Woodhouse.
Wyatt, Sir Thomas, 3; William, 452.
Wypbenbury, 93.
Wychard, Henry, 118.
Wyclif, John, 175.
Wydmerpol, see Widmerpol.
Wydyngton, 88.
Wyeth, Robert, 204, 208.
Wyggeston (Wygeston, Wyston), see Wig-
ston,
Wygynton, Richard, 159.
Wyhteld, Richard, 128.
Wyken, 216.
Wykerley, 190.
Wykes, John, 167.
Wykingeston, see Wigston.
Wylde, see Wilde.
Wyldman, Christopher, 186.
Wyleby, see Willeby.
Wyley, John, 142.
Wylkinson, see Wilkinson.
Wylkyne, Robert, 117.
Wyllan, Alice, 187; Christopher, 187,* 190,
191; Joan, 190.
Wyllock, see Willock.
Wyllowbye, see Willoughby.
Wylson, see Wilson,
Wymeswold, William, Vicar of, 462.
Wymeswold, 23, 31, 100, 103, 105, 142,* 209,
270,* 326, 359,* 434, 435, 462.
Wymondham, 81, 87, 326.
Wymondham, Manor of, 74, 186.
Wymunwold, Geoffrey de, 71; Joan, 71;
Stephen de, 71.
Wymyncham, Richard, 181.
Wyncle, see Wynkell.
Wynd, Richard, 127; Robert, 43.
Wyndesore, see Windsor.
Wyndham, Francis, 284.
Wyngerworth, William, 152.
Wynkell (Wyncle), John, ror ;* Robert,
180, 181.
Wynmershe in Dorwold, 215.
Wynne, Robert, 245.
Wynneshurst, Rev. John de, 98.
Wynsor, see Windsor.
Wynston, see Winston.
Wynton, see Winchester.
Wyrlay, Baldwin de, 119.
Wyse, see Wise.
Wyseman, see Wiseman.
Wyssowe (Wysowe), John, 128, 130.*
Wystow, see Wistow.
Wytele, Henry, 58.
Wytham, 459.
Wytherdeley, Manor of, 119.
Wytherley, Rev. William, 123.
Wythladde, William, 42.
Wyvill, Robert de, 75.
“498
Y
Yarbrough, John, 432.
Yard, William, 445.
Yarrowe, Joan, 265; Katherine, 265.
Yate, Edward, 199.
Yates, Nicholas, 310.
Yearbie, Robert, 360.
Yeomanson, Elizabeth, 430; John, 430.
Yewle, Henry, 249.
QUORNDON RECORDS.
Yleson, William, 197.
Yoman (Yhoman), Hugh, 89;* John, 114,
136; Reginald, 82, 89.*
Yomand, Christopher, 272.
Yonge, Elizabeth, 310; Henry, 310, 285,*
291, 298, 306,* 326; John, 269; Ralph,
144; Thomas, 310, 326, 327.
York, Richard, Duke of, 148;* Thomas,
Archbishop of, 161; —, Archbishop of,
266, 459.
ADDENDA.
Barrow Bridge, Nether (Le Netherbarrebrygge), 125.
Blunt, Sarah, 435.
Bretlands, Long, 319.*
Bretlands, Short (Schort Brettelands), 159, 319, 369, 405, 418.
Browne, John, 287.
York, 183, 444.
York, St. Mary's Monastery, 267,
Youle, Francis, 354; —, 354.
Z
Zouche, Alan la, 66; Ralph la, 74;* Roger
de la, 80; Roger la, 74;* Sir William |
73; William, 114; Sir— 75.00
iGO. WARDOVR STREET, LONDO
OUOKNDON KECORDS: SUPPLEMENT.
‘Hastings MSS. Date between 1123 and 1147.
Ranulph, Earl of Chester, to the Constables, Stewards, Ministers, Sheriffs and all his bailiffs, French and English,
greeting. Know ye that I have given and granted to Robert, Earl of Leicester, in fee and by hereditary right to him and
“to his heirs from me and my heirs Cernelea and all the woods adjoining his forest of Leycester, as well my own woods
as those of my fee, except my Park of Barrow, To hold those in the forest of me as well, freely and fully as he holds the
Forest of Leycester of the King, excepting this only, that I retain in those woods the easements of the adjoining manors,
-without waste and without sale. And besides this I have given to him by inheritance whatever I have in the town of
Leycester in demesne and fee. And for this tenure he has done fealty to me as to the lord from whom he holds.
~Therefore I will and command that he hold well, in peace and freely. And I prohibit that anyone cause him to forfeit
any of the above things.
[Witnesses]: Alexander bishop of Lincoln, Roger bishop of Chester, Earl William of Lincoln, Earl Symon
of Norhampton, Ralph de Haia, Hugh Waac, William Colevill, Symon son of William, Thurstan Banaster, Hugh
Bird, Hugh Ostricher, Richard Pincerna, Geoffrey Dispensator, Simon his brother, Roger de Turribus, Hugh Maleb,
‘Robert son of Nigell, John de Sentevill, William Burdet, Robert de Crest, Geoffrey Abbot, Ralph Normanvill, Fulco
‘Trussell, Robert Puher and those of the fields of Leycester and Mountsorell.
William de Seis to all his men and friends, French and English, present and to come, greeting. Know ye that I
shave given, granted and by this my present Charter have confirmed to Hugh my son for his homage and service all my
Jand of Brockesby, together with the advowson of the church, and the mill, meadows, feedings and all the
_appurtenances, within and without the town, to him and to his heirs, to hold of me and of my heirs freely, honorably
and quietly, free of all except foreign service. Rendering therefor annually to me and to my heirs a gilt spur at the
feast of St. James.
These being witnesses: Bertreia countess of Chester, Agnes countess of Ferrers, Simon de Kimba, Thomas
Dispensator, William the Mareschal, Hugh Dispensator, Thomas and Henry his brothers, Richard son of Robert, Robert
de Sutton, Robert son of Picot, Gilbert his son, Robert Putrell, Richard de Folia, John chaplain of Barwa, Henry the
clerk and many others.
Ranulph, Earl of Chester, to all present and to come, greeting. Know ye that I have given, granted and by this
amy present Charter have confirmed to William son of Gerard for his homage and service six times twenty and eight
(128) acres in my assarts beyond Querendon measured by the perch of 16 feet ; to wit, all my land of Sumehag which
dies between Stanwasbroc and the land of Peter son of Nicholas in Littlehag, and between the said Stanwasbroc and my
Llearing which I have in S according as the metes appear, which my men make when they perambulate that land
between me and him, and between Monefalgate and my hedge of my Park of Querendon in length (saving to me 2 acres
which lie next to my hedge of my Park measured by the perch of 16 feet, which I retain to my own use) and all my
land which I had in Haverwic, which land comprises 128 acres.
Further, I have given to the same William, son of Gerard, 2 virgates of land in Querendon, to wit, those which
Hervisius, son of Cecily, and Roger Dod, hold of me—Hervisius one and Roger the other—together with their men and
their offspring, and further, 1 acre by Stanwath to build him a house. To have and to hold to him and his heirs of me
and of my heirs freely, quietly and wholly with all appurtenances within and without the town which ought to pertain
thereto, Rendering therefor yearly to me and to my heirs one pair of gilt spurs or 6d. at the feast of St. Martin for
all services and secular demands.
With witnesses Philip de Orreby, justice of Chester, Hugh Dispensator, William Picot, Thomas and Henry,
‘Robert, Geoffrey Dispensator, Norman Pantuf, Master of Chester, Hugh Martel and many others.
N.B.—Philip de Orreby was justice of Chester from 1209 to 1228; therefore the above Charter may be assigned to a year not later
than 1228,
8B
2 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Hastings MSS.
This is the Agreement made between Sir John Lestrange on the one part and Sir Henry de Erdintone on the”
other, viz., that the said John has bargained, given and granted to the said Henry all his land which he had ins
the Manor of Barewe in exchange for the land which the said Henry had in Campdene. To have and to hold of him
and his heirs and assigns to the said Henry, his heirs and assigns with all tenants, mills, meadows, fisheries and.
all other appurtenances and liberties to the said land belonging, except that the said John reserves to himself and his:
heirs all those Free Tenants of his enfeoffment, his Park and Forest within the said manor belonging to his pourparty,
The said Henry, his heirs and assigns rendering therefor yearly to the said John, his heirs and assigns one garland
of roses at the Nativity of St. John Baptist for all secular services, demands and exactions except foreign service. And
the said John and his heirs will warrant the said land as aforesaid to Henry, his heirs and assigns against all men
for ever. In witness of which to this present writing in form of chirograph each of the said parties has respectively
affixed his seal, with these witnesses: Bogon de Bueville, Sheriff of Salop and Stafford, Sir Robert Lestrange, Sir
William de Huggeford, Sir Roger Tirel, Sir John Faukener, knights, Robert de Farnham, Gilbert Petemon and many
others.
N.B.—The date of this deed must be 1273 or 1274. The Erdington family acquired nearly three-quarters of the Manor of Barrow’
by exchanging the shares of Lestrange and Basset of Drayton in Barrow for those of Erdington in Campden and Olney, The remaining’
manorial rights of Barrow were acquired by Hugh le Despencer and form part of the Manor of Beaumanor.
Sir John Lestraunge died in 1275-6. The inquisitions taken after his death shew no lands held by him in co. Leicester, but on the
Fine Roll, dated March 21, 1276, is an order to the Sheriff of Leicester to take into the King’s hand the pourparty of John, son of John
Lestrange, one of the heirs of Nicola, late the wife of Roger de Somery, of her lands in Barowe. This John, son of Sir John Lestrange
sold his pourparty of the Park, which his father had reserved, to Hugh le Despenser.
A.D. 1274.
Know present and to come that I, Henry de Erdyngton, have given, granted and by this my present Charter have’
confirmed to John, son of Richard le Norreys, for his homage and service a whole fourth part of the mill of Barowe and
2 virgates of land with appurtenances in the town and fields of Barowe and Querndon, viz., that fourth part of the mill
and 2 virgates of land which I had of the gift and enfeoffment of Sir John Lestrange, and 1 virgate of land which:
William Bene holds, together with the said William and all his offspring and chattels and 1 virgate of land which
Henry, son of Matilda, holds, together with the said Henry and all his offspring and chattels. To have and to hold
of me, my heirs and assigns to the said John, his heirs and assigns by hereditary right with all appurtenances such
as tofts, crofts, edifices, meadows, feedings, pastures, herbage, fisheries in the pond, together with all the suit of the
mill, and with timber to sustain, mend and rebuild it, and with housbote, haybote and feurbote in the wood, the same
as other customary tenants have been wont to have. Rendering therefor yearly to me, my heirs and assigns 2d. at
Easter for all services, exactions, customs, suits of Court and all secular demands whatsoever. In witness of which to’
this present writing I have affixed my seal, with these witnesses: Robert Farnham, William Gerard, Hugh Herberd,
Roger Blundel, Richard de Lewes, Alexander Pygot, Gilbert Peteman of Barowe and of Querndon and others.
Dated at Querndon at Easter in the 2nd year of the reign of King Edward, son of King Henry.
Before 1279.
Grant by Thomas, son of Richard Pistor of Barwe, to Hugh, brother of Richard, for his service 2 acres of arable
land in the fields of Barwe, of which 2 roods lie together on Litleber between the land of Hawise ad Lea and the land
of John Bene in the field north of the tenement of Robert le Butiler; and half an acre lies on Bydewellehy! next the
land of the Abbot of Leycester; and half an acre lies on the same clearing between the land of Adam ad Caput
Ville and the land of Gilbert le Cat of the Fee of Thomas Dare; and half an acre lies in the south field on Hartlandis
between the land of Richard Purs on one side and the land of Roger Oy of the Fee of James Hurel. To hold
of Richard Pistor and his heirs by hereditary right, rendering therefor annually to the Chief lords, viz., Robert le
Butiler and William Chantur and Thomas Dare and James Hurel, as is written in the original Charter. And that
my gift, grant and charter may have full force I have to this writing set my seal with these witnesses: Richard de’
Lewes, Gilbert le Cat, Simon son of John, Richard de Habindon, Richard son of Stephen, Adam ad Caput Ville,
Gilbert son of Emma de Barwe and many others.
De Banco Roll 31. Michaelmas, A.D. 1279.
m. 143 d. Leyc.; Agnes, who was the wife of William le Chantur, demands v. Richard de Lewes a third part
of 3 roods of land, and v. Ralph Burt a third of 4 acres of meadow, and v. Robert de Farnham a third of 1 acre
of land, and v. Richard de Farnham a third of 3 roods, and v. Richard le Fevre a third of half an acre of land, and
v. Richard Bagot a third of a quarter of a toft, all in Barue, as dower.
SUPPLEMENT. 3
Hastings MSS. Between 1272 and 1282.
Grant from John de Auro to Henry de Erdyngton, knight, for 37s. of silver, one plot with edifices and three selions
of arable land and a certain meadow called Le Daam in the town and territory of Querndon, co. Leycester, which he
had of the gift and enfeoffment of Ranulph, Earl of Chester. To hold of the Chief Lords of the Fee to the said
Henry, his heirs and assigns.
Witnesses: Robert Pygot, William Pedman, Simon son of John, Hugh le Cras, Gilbert son of Emma and many
others.
Know present and to come that we, Henry de Erdinton, knight, and Matilda my wife, have given, granted and
for ever quitclaimed from us and our heirs to Richard, son of Stephen de Barowe, his heirs and assigns, the rent of
Cords of Bast which he was accustomed to pay us yearly for his tenement in the town of Barowe for that part of our
Lordship of Barowe appertaining to us by hereditary right. We have also quitclaimed for us and our heirs to the same
Richard, son of Stephen, his heirs and assigns for ever the same rent of Cords of Bast which he was accustomed to
pay to Sir John Lestrange in respect of his pourparty of the Lordship of Barowe, which said pourparty we have in
.exchange from the said Sir John Lestrange. Rendering therefor yearly to us and our heirs from the said Richard, his
heirs and assigns 6d. of silver at the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. And in order that this our gift and
quitclaim may have the strength of a perpetual bond, we, the said Henry and Matilda, have affixed our seals to this
present writing with these witnesses: Alexander Picot of Barewe, Symon son of John, Richard de Lewes, Gilbert le
Cat of the same, Hugh Herbert of Querindon, Ralph Bourt of the same and many others.
N.B.—Henry de Erdyngton, the husband of Matilda, died in 1282,
Grant from Henry de Erdyngton, knight, to Thomas le Noreys for his homage and service, of one plot with buildings
cand three selions of arable land and a certain park which is called Le Dam in the town and territory of Querindon,
co. Leycester, which said plot, etc., Roger de Aula held of me. I have also given and granted to the same Thomas, his
heirs and assigns, that they may take all their estovers as often and as much as necessary for them for housbote and
haybote out of my wood in the Forest of Charnwode, without view of the forester, together with pasture for goats and
all other kinds of beasts, also increase of their pigs in my park of Querindon without pannage or challenge of me or of
my heirs. To have and to hold of me and my heirs to the said Thomas, his heirs and assigns for ever, rendering
therefor yearly to me and my heirs td. at Easter only for all services, customs, pannages, suits, exactions and demands,
And I the said Henry and my heirs will warrant the said plot, etc., to the said Thomas, his heirs and assigns against
all men, Christian or Jews.
Witnesses: Robert de Querindon, Thomas de Maydenham, William de Hamelcote, Gilbert Peteman, Ralph Burd,
Richard Bagot, Ivo de Suleton and others.
Grant by Thomas le Norreys to John le Norreys, brother of Thomas, for his service, of all his land, meadow and
Jiberties in a toft and in the Park at the Manor of Barewe which Sir Henry de Erdinton gave to him, rendering therefor
annually to the Chief lord of that Fee the right and accustomed service, viz., rd. at Easter for all services, exactions and
secular demands. And the said Thomas and his heirs will for ever warrant, defend and acquit the said land, meadow
and liberties to the said John, his heirs and assigns against all men.
Witnesses: William Gerard, Alexander Pygot, Richard de Lewys, Gilbert Pedman, Hugh Herbert, Simon son
of John, Ralph Wade, clerk, and others.
Feet of Fines. Octaves of St. Martin, 15 Edward I. A.D. 1286. ;
This is the Final Agreement made in the King’s Court at Westminster in the octaves of St. Martin, 15 Edward I.
Between Mabel, who was the wife of Walter de Sully, plaintiff, and John le Fauconer, defendant, of a messuage and
500 acres of land in Barewe on Sore. Mabel acknowledged the said tenements to be the right of the same John and
remitted and quitclaimed them for herself and her heirs to the said John and his heirs for ever. And the said John le
“Faucorier granted for himself and his heirs that they will render each year to the same Mabel for the whole of her life the
sum of 2 marks, payable half at Easter and half at the feast of St. Michael. And after the death of the same Mabel the
said John and his heirs shall be quit of the payment of 2 marks aforesaid for ever. And if it happens that the said John
or his heirs make default at any time in the payment of the said sum of 2 marks it shall be lawful for the said Mabel to
distrain the said John and his heirs by all their lands and chattels found within the said town of Barewe for the
full amount of money which may be in arrear.
N.B.—From a subsequent Deed of 1444 (which see) it appears that John le Fauconer was lord of Thurcaston and parted with his
property in the Manor of Barrow to Hugh le Despencer the elder, lord of the Manor of Beaumanor. This perhaps explains the descent
of some of the Sully share of the Arundel inheritance in Barrow.
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4 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Hastings MSS.
~ Know all men by these presents that I, Robert, son of Walter the chaplain, have granted to Henry Strongbowe for’
his service one toft in Querendon, viz., that toft which lies between the toft of Elias, son of Richard, on one side, and
the toft of To have and to hold of me and my heirs to him and his heirs freely, well and by hereditary
right. Rendering yearly to me and my heirs and assigns 1d. on the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle for all secular
services, and for this grant Henry gave into my hands 8s. of silver. In witness of which I have affixed my seal to this
Charter, with these witnesses: Hugh Chantour, Richard Martel, Richard Herbert, John Martel, John Herbert, Roger’
son of William and others.
Know all men that I, Roger, son of Jacob Hurel, of Barewe, have given and quitclaimed to Richard Bagot
of Querendon all my right and claim in 3 acres of land lying together in the West Field of Querendon towards
Le Thyrne next the land of John Herbert on one side and the land of William, son of Elyas, on the other. To have’
and to hold of me and my heirs to him, his heirs and assigns for ever. Doing to the chief lord the service as contained
in the Charter of my enfeoffment. For which gift and quitclaim the said Richard gave me 6 silver shillings, In
witness of which I have set my seal to this writing, with these witnesses: Simon son of John de Barewe, Hugh
Herbert, Hugh Martel of Querendon, Peter son of Adam, John Tenghy, Roger Blundel, Walter son of Stephen de
Querendon and many others.
Know all men that I, Richard Bagot of Querendon, have given, granted and by this my present Charter
have confirmed to William Martel two selions of arable land in the West Field, between my land and the land
of the said William. To have and to hold of the Chief Lords of the Fee to William, his heirs and assigns. And-
I, the said Richard, and my heirs will warrant and acquit the said two selions of land to the said William,
his heirs and assigns against all men for ever. In witness of which to this present Charter I have affixed my seal with
these witnesses: Sir Robert de Fornham, knight, Adam Martel, John Herberd, Robert le Cras, William Elys, Richard
de Tenghy, clerk, and others.
Grant by Richard Bagot of Querndon to William Martel of the same for his service and for a certain sum—
one selion in the West Field of Querndon which lies on Le Breche next the land of the said Richard on one side and:
the land of the said William on the other. To have and to hold of the Chief Lords of that Fee to the said William, his:
heirs and assigns freely, quietly, well and in peace in fee and by hereditary right with all its appurtenances and
easements within and without the town, doing to the Chief Lords of the Fee the right and accustomed services whiclr
belong to the said tenement.
Witnesses: John le Noreys, Richard Barun, Adam Martel, William Elys, Ralph the son of Peter, Robert le Cras
of Querndon and others.
Grant by Richard Bagot of Querendon, with the assent and good-will of Alice his wife, to William Martel of the
same, for his service, 3 half acres of arable land lying in the West Field of Querendon, viz., half an acre against
Thorpeakerzert next the land which Ralph Faber held; half an acre on Lampetyl next the land of Adam Martel;
half an acre on Le Gherbrodys next the land which Richard Baroun holds. To have and to hold of the Chief Lords
of that Fee to the said William, his heirs and their assigns freely, quietly, well and in peace, etc.
Witnesses: Adam Martel, John Martel, Robert le Cras, Robert Herberd, John Boun, Richard Blundel, Ralph
Tenghy, clerk, and others.
Know all men that I, Richard, son of Richard le Saler of Querendon, have given, granted and by this my present
Charter have confirmed, at the wish of Agnes my wife, to Adam, son of Turgisius Berley of the same town, in free”
marriage with Agnes, daughter of Richard in the Wro, one half acre of land lying in the Field of Querendon on Bretlands-
by the land of John Herbert, and 1 rood in Le Wythenehegges by the land of Robert de Fornham. To have and to
hold to the said Adam and Agnes, their heirs and assigns. Rendering therefor yearly to me, my heirs and assigns-
one penny, viz., one half-penny of silver at the feast of St. John Baptist and one at the feast of St. Bartholomew for
all secular services and demands. In witness of which to this present Charter I have set my seal, with these
witnesses: Robert de Fornham, Hugh Herbert, John Herbert, Robert le Cras, John son of Richard Tenghy, Richard
de Hautherne, Ralph son of Peter, Richard son of John Tenghy of Querendon, Robert Strongbowe, clerk, and many.
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SUPPLEMENT. 5
Hastings MSS.
Grant by Adam Berley of Querendon to William Martel, for his service, of 3 roods of arable land in the Fields
of Querendon, of which 2 lie on Bretlands next the land of John Herbert and 1 rood lies in Le Wythenehegge next the
land of Robert de Fornham. To have and to hold to the said William, his heirs and assigns for ever, doing to the Chief
Lords of the Fee the right and accustomed services.
Witnesses : Sir Robert de Fornham, John Herbert, Robert le Cras, Richard de Roule, Richard de Hautherne,
Richard Baroun, Adam Martel of Querendon and others.
After 1294,
Know present and to come that I, John, the son of Richard le Noreys, living in Querendon, have given, granted
and by this my present Charter have confirmed to William Martel of the same and Matonia my daughter and heir in
free marriage 40s. of silver of yearly rent to be received of Gilbert Pedman of Barwe and his heirs for a fourth part of
the Mill of Barwe, in which I, John, enfeoffed the said Gilbert by my Charter; to be paid at four times in the year,
viz., at the feast of St. Michael, ros. ; at the feast of St. Andrew, ros.; at Easter, 10s.; and at the feast of the Apostles
Peter and Paul, 10s. I also have given and granted to the same William and Matonia all my rents from all my tenants
in the town of Barwe and in Querendon, reliefs, escheats and all other easements yearly issuing and all other profits
which can fall to me or to my heirs. To have and to hold to the said William and Matonia, their heirs and assigns by
hereditary right, doing to the Chief Lord of the Fee the right and accustomed services. In witness of which I have
set my seal to this Charter, with these witnesses: Sir Robert de Fornham of Querendon,! Alexander Pygot, Gilbert
Pedman, Thomas le Eyr of Barwe, Adam Martel, Richard Bagot of Querendon, Geoffrey de Bradegate, Hugh de
Cosinton, Ralph Tenghy, clerk, and others.
N.B.—This marriage is alluded to in the following Suit: De Banco Roll, Easter, 22 Edward III., A.D. 1348. Leyc.; m. 386. Alice,
who was wife of Thomas le Mareschal of Loughburgh, demands against Richard de Stafford, chivaler, a messuage, 8 acres of arable
land and 4 of pasture in Querndon, which John, the son of Richard le Norreys, gave to William Martel of Querndon in free marriage
with Matonia his daughter, and which, after the deaths of the said William and Matonia and John Martel, their son, ought to descend to
the said Alice as sister and heir of John Martel the son. Richard de Stafford cannot gainsay this, so Alice recovers her seisin.
RICHARD LE NoRREYS=—
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MATONIA=-WILLIAM MartTEL of Querndon.
Joun Marret, died s.p. AticE, heir=THomas LE MARESCHAL.
Grant by William Faber, the son of Roger Faber of Beby, to John, son of Richard de Roule, and Thomas his
brother of Querendon, 1 rood of arable land in the West Field of Querendon next the land of Roger Bourt and abutting
on Le Wellesicke and the land of Hugh Dispensar, and one butt of land lying in the same clearing next the land
of Margery Blundel abutting on the headland of the Abbot of Leycester. To have and to hold of the Chief Lords of
the Fee to the said John and Thomas, their heirs and assigns for ever. And I, the said William, my heirs and
assigns will warrant and for ever defend the said land to the said John and Thomas, their heirs and assigns against
all men by their paying for this warranty 20s.
Witnesses: Adam Martel of Querendon, Richard Blundel of the same, John Boun of the same, Roger Tengy
of the same, Richard Bourt, clerk, and others.
A.D. 1298.
Grant by Reymond de Sulye, knight, to Henry le Taylour of Barewe, for his homage and service, of 2 virgates of land
in the towns and fields of Barewe and Querendon, together with messuages, tofts and crofts, and with all their
appurtenances, liberties and easements within and without the towns to the said 2 virgates pertaining, which said
2 virgates of land Richard Tengy and Richard Rouheued held of him. To have and to hold to Henry, his heirs and
assigns for ever, rendering therefor yearly to him, his heirs and assigns 2 marks of silver by four equal payments,
and by making two advents at the View of Frankpledge of Barewe yearly, and wards, marriages and reliefs when they
6 QUORNDON RECORDS.
occur. In witness of which to this writing I have set my seal, with these witnesses: Sir William Hamelin, Sir John
Hamelin, knights, Alexander Pygot, Gilbert Pedman, Thomas le Irreys, Thomas le Eyr and Ralph Tengy, clerk, and
others. :
Dated at Sulye on Sunday next after the feast of St. Gregory the Pope in the 26th year of the reign of King Edward
son of King Henry.
N.B.—The above grant was confirmed on the same day by Lady Mabil de Suleye, relict of Sir Waltar de Suleye ; the witnesses are
the same, and Sir Reymond de Sulye is described as the son and heir of Sir Walter de Sulye, knight.
N.B.—Sir Walter de Sully died in 1285.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1305.
This Agreement made at Drayton on the day of the Assumption of Our Lady in the 33rd year of the reign
of King Edward (the First) between Sir Ralph Basset of Drayton of one part and Henry de Erdinton of the other
part, that is to say, that the aforesaid Sir Ralph grants and gives in exchange his pourparty which fell to him in the
name of his inheritance in his manor of Barwe, in messuages, in demesnes, rents of free tenants and bond
tenants and whatever appertains to them, and meadows, pastures, waters, mills, sluices, pleas and perquisites of
Courts, saving to the aforesaid Sir Ralph his pourparty of the Park of Barwe, and saving also Richard Joce and
all his land and appurtenances which he holds in villeinage and all his suit and his chattels, and saving also to the
aforesaid Sir Ralph and his heirs the foreign fees which were not before divided. And for this Grant and Gift the
aforesaid Henry grants and gives to the said Sir Ralph and to his heirs all his pourparty which fell to him by
inheritance in the manor of Olney with the appurtenances in messuages, demesnes, rents of free tenants and bond
tenants and whatever appertains to them in markets, stallages or turns and whatever pertains to markets, and meadows,
pastures, waters, mills, sluices, pleas and perquisites of Courts and whatever pertains to the said pourparty of his manor of
Olney, together with the advowson of the church of Olney and whatever pertains to his pourparty ; saving to the aforesaid
Henry and to his heirs his pourparty of the foreign fees which have not been already divided. And to this Agreement
made on the quinzaine of the Assumption of Our Lady in the year aforesaid the said Sir Ralph and Henry have set their
seals in the presence of George de Chastel, Robert de Scheldon, William du Lee, Roger le Clerk, John de Bodenham
and others.
Assize Roll 466. Easter, 34 Edward I. A.D. 1306.
m. 2. Richard Blundel of Querndon was attached to answer to William, son of William de Pynkeney of Cosington,
in a plea of assault between Louthburgh and Querndon on Thursday after the feast of Purification, 28 Edward L., for
which he claims damages of roos. The jury say that Richard Blundel struck William with a certain hard fish called
Estokfisshe to William’s damage of 4s.; therefore, William recovers his damages and Richard is committed to
gaol. Afterwards he made a Fine of 4s. by the pledges of Robert de Farnham and Roger de Freseby, and the same
pledges mainprised him.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1312.
Know all men that I, Walter, son of Ralf de Hautherne, living in Barkeby, have given and quitclaimed to Ralph
Blundel of Querendon, clerk, all the right and claim which I have in one plot with buildings lying in the town
of Querendon, between the plot of Robert Lewes and the place of John Boun, also $d. of yearly rent received from
Richard, son of Roger atte Grene of Thorp for two half acres of land lying in the Field de La More, as by my Charter
appears. So that neither I, the said Walter, nor my heirs can demand anything in the above premises in future.
Witnesses: Robert de Fornham, Adam Martel, William Martel, Richard de Lewys, Richard Blundel and
others.
Dated at Querendon on Saturday next before the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul in the 5th year of the reign
of King Edward son of King Edward.
Henry de Erdyngton granted to Richard de Rowele the pasture of La Launde of. Barwe from the feast of the
Purification, 5 Edward II., until the same feast, 6 Edward II. In witness of which the parties have respectively set
their seals to this Indenture, with these witnesses: Sir Geffrey de Wolfeye, chaplain, Robert de Fornham, John de
Haukeston, William le Baylif and others.
Dated at Erdyngton on Wednesday next after the feast of Our Lady in March, 5 Edward II.
SUPPLEMENT. 4
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1312—13.
Grant by John, son of Richard de Roule of Querendon, to Ralph Blundel of the same, clerk, of 5 acres and 3 roods
of arable land and 1 acre and 1 rood of meadow lying in the fields of Querendon, of which half an acre is in Welhawe
next the land of Roger Tenghy ; half an acre at Foxholys next the land of John Boun; a rood there next the land
of William Elys ; 1 rood on Le Gerbrodys next the land of Ralph Bourt: 1 rood at Thyrne next the land of John de
Dygheby ; half an acre on Lyttelhyl next the land of Ralph Burt; half an acre on Stancroft next the land which Agnes
Knarry held; half an acre on Peyselandys next the land of Ralph Blundel ; half au acre on Dryefurlong next the land
of Ralph Bourt; 1 rood at Les Houwys next the land of Robert Strongbowe; 1 rood at Wyghtwere next the land of
Ralph Bourt; 2 roods lying together at Le Schyremere next the land of Roger Martel and it extends on Belehayedlond ;
1 rood in the West Field next the land of Roger Bourt and extending on Le Wellesyke and on the land of Sir Hugh le
Despencer ; 1 rood in the same furlong next the land of Margery Blundel and extending to the headland of the lord Abbot
of Leycester, and 2 roods extend to the Grange of John de Roule and lie next the land of Adam Martel ; half an acre
of meadow in Le Wellesyke next the meadow of John Boun; half an acre of meadow in Poltonbrok next the meadow
of the same John and 1 rood of meadow at Le Blackebuttes next the meadow of Margery Blundel. To have and
to hold all the said land to the said Ralph, his heirs and assigns for ever, doing to the Chief Lords the accustomed
services.
Witnesses: Robert de Fornham, Adam Martel, William Martel, Richard de Lewes, Richard Blundel, William
Elys, Richard de Boudon and others.
Dated at Querendon, 6 Edward II.
Grant by John, son of Richard de Roule of Querendon, to Ralph Blundel of the same, clerk, of one acre and a half of
arable land lying in the field of Le Wodehous between the land of Henry, son of Alice Tenghy, and the land of Emma,
the relict of Augustin Matoney, and extending to Le Brode as far as the way that leads from Querendon towards
Leycester. ‘To have and to hold to the said Ralph, his heirs and assigns for ever.
Witnesses: Robert de Fornham, Adam Martel, William Martel, Richard de Lewys, Richard Blundel, William
Elys, Richard de Boudon and others.
Dated at Querendon, 6 Edward II.
Know all men that I, Thomas, son of Richard de Roule of Quarendon, have given, granted and altogether for me
and my heirs have quitclaimed to Ralph Blundel of Quarendon, clerk, all my right and claim which I have in 1 acre of
land with appurtenances lying in the fields of Quarendon, and in 14 acres of land lying in Le Wodehous.
Witnesses: Robert de Farnham, Adam Martel, William Martel, Richard de Lewes, Richard Blundel, Richard de
Boudon, William Elys and others.
Dated at Quarendon, 6 Edward II.
A.D. 1313.
Grant by Henry Tailor of Querendon to Alexander Pygot of Barwe, of one toft and croft and one virgate of land in
the town and territory of Querendon, which land and tenements Richard Ruthe formerly held. To have and to hold
to the said Alexander, his heirs and assigns for ever.
Witnesses: Richard Blundel of Querendon, Adam Martel of the same, William Martel of the same, Richard de
Lewes of the same, Thomas le Heyr of Barwe, Thomas le Fauconer of the same and others. é ,
Dated at Querendon on Sunday in the Annunciation of Blessed Virgin Mary, 6 Edward II.
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Know all men that I, Henry de Erdyngton, have bargained and demised to Geoffrey de Wolfeleye, my chaplain, and
to William de Somerlone, in consideration for 7 marks which they have paid into my hands, the pasture of La Launde
of Barwe for pasturing from the feast of the Purification of Blessed Mary, 6 Edward II., until the same feast in the year
following. To have and to hold the said pasture for the said term on condition that they do not damage any wood, and
saving to me, the said Henry, free ingress and egress for carting stones, wood and gravel during the said term. In
witness of which to this present letter each of the parties have set their seals with witnesses Robert de Fornham, John
de Haukestan, Roger de Brochurst, William the Bailiff and others.
Dated at Erdyngton on Saturday next after St. Valentine, 6 Edward II.
A.D, 1314.
Grant by Thomas le Fauconer of Barwe to William Pery of Mountsorell for a certain sum of money, of his meadow
which is called Hanekeremedowe in the meadow of Barwe in Southholm at Le Dernforthe next the bank of the Sore,
8 QUORNDON RECORDS.
between the land of Sir Henry de Erdinton and the meadow of Sir John de Segrave. To have and to hold to the said
William, his heirs and assigns for ever. |
Witnesses: Sir John Hamelyn of Barwe, knight, Alexander Pygot of the same, Thomas le Eyr of the same, Thomas
le Irreys of the same, Robert de Fornham of Querendon, Adam Martel of the same, William Martel of the same, William
Elis, Robert Herbert, William de Caldewelle of Mountford, William de Sapecote of the same, Hugh Fys, Hugh, son of
Nicholas, Robert Strongbowe, clerk, and others.
Dated at Barwe on Tuesday the feast of St. Dionis, 7 Edward II.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1314.
Know all men that I, Henry de Erdyngton, knight, have granted and by this my Charter have confirmed to
Katherine my daughter and her lawful issue 12 acres of meadow in the town of Barwe on Sore, of which 6 acres and
1 rood lie in the Suthholm next the meadow of Alice her sister, and extend in length from the water of Sore as
far as Le Wyluwesdoles, and 1 acre lies in the same meadow which is called le Wyggewere, and 3 acres and
3 roods lie in the said meadow next the meadow of the said Alice, and extend in length from the water of Sore as
far as Le Wyluwedole, and one half acre lies in the Akyrlondes in the said meadow of Southholm next the acre
of Alice her sister, and one half acre lies in the said Akyrlondes next the meadow of Robert Betesone. To have and to
hold of me and my heirs to the said Katherine and her lawful issue, rendering therefor yearly to me and my heirs
g marks sterling by equal payments at four times in the year for all secular services and demands. In witness of which
to this Charter I have set my seal, with witnesses: Giles de Asteleye, Thomas de Clynton, Richard de Egebaston,
Nicholas de Scheldon, Robert Poutrel, knights, Oliver le Waleys, Robert Burdet, Reginald Mallore, Alexander Pigot,
Hugh de Prestwold, Ralph Turvile, John Poutrel of Cotes, Robert de Fornham, Nicholas de Cransted, John de
Schireford, John de Lando, William Wodard and others.
Dated at Erdyngton on Sunday the morrow of the Purification, 7 Edward IL.
A similar grant to Alice his daughter of 12 acres in Barwe, of which 7 acres and 1 rood lie in the Suthholm next
the meadow formerly of Philip de Burleye on one side and the meadow of Katherine her sister on the other, and
8 acres, 3 roods lie in the same meadow between the same parties, and 1 acre lies in Akyrlondes. To have and to hold
to the said Alice and her lawful issue at a rent yearly of 9 marks.
Dated at Erdyngton on the same day and with the same witnesses as before.
A.D. 1315.
Grant by Thomas le Fauconer of Barwe to Alice, the daughter of Sir Henry de Erdyngton, and Katherine her
sister, of one piece of meadow which is called Hanekerismedowe lying in the meadow of Sutholm, between the meadow
of Sir John de Segrave and the meadow of the said Alice and Katherine on one side and the water of Sore on the
other. To have and to hold the said piece of meadow with appurtenances to the said Alice and Katherine and their
lawful issue freely, quietly, well and in peace with all appurtenances, liberties and easements within and without the
town. Doing to the Chief Lord of the Fee the right and accustomed service which pertains to the said meadow. And
if the said Alice and Katherine die without lawful issue all the said piece of meadow shall revert to Sir Henry de
Erdyngton and his heirs for ever. In witness of which, etc.: Alexander Pigot, Thomas le lireys, Gilbert Peteman,
Thomas le Eyr, Walter Cat of Barwe, Robert Fornham, Adam Martel of Querndon and others.
Dated at Barwe on Friday next after the Translation of Thomas the Martyr, 8 Edward II.
A.D. 1316.
Grant by John, son of Thomas le Fauconer, of Barwe on Sore, to Sir Henry de Erdyngton, of 4 selions of land
lying within the manor of Barwe in Hanekerescroft, and 2 selions which Juliana Le Eyr holds in dower after the
death of Richard le Fauconer her husband. And they lie in length from the garden of the said manor as far as the road
at Le Grove ; and in width between Grimmeswelle on one side and the croft which William Godeson holds on the
other. To have and to hold the said 6 selions to the said Sir Henry and his heirs freely, well and by hereditary right .
for ever.
Witnesses: Robert de Fornham, John Poutrel of Cotes, Alexander Pigot, Gilbert Peteman and others.
Dated at Erdyngton on Wednesday the feast of St. Mathias the Apostle, g Edward II.
Know all men that I, John, the son of Thomas le Fauconer of Barwe, have quitclaimed for ever to Alice, the
daughter of Sir Henry de Erdyngton, and Katherine her sister, and their lawful issue, all my right and claim in one piece
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of meadow called Haukeresmedowe lying in the meadows of Suthholm of Barwe on Sore, as is contained in a feoffment
made by my father Thomas to the said Alice and Katherine. In witness of which to this present quitclaim I have set
my seal, with witnesses Sir Nicholas de Scheldon, William de Burgh, Roger de Brothurst, Alexander Pigot, Robert de
Fornham, Gilbert Peteman, Thomas le Eyr, John le Warde and others.
Dated at Erdyngton on Wednesday the feast of St. Matthias the Apostle, g Edward II.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1316.
Know all men that I, Margery, the daughter of Augustus Herberd of Querendon, in my pure virginity and in my
full age, have given, granted and by this my Charter have confirmed to Master Ralph Blundel of Querendon 1 rood
.of meadow lying in Barbryghe beyond le Stonys next the meadow of Robert le Cras. To have and to hold the said
rood to the said Master Ralph, his heirs and assigns for ever. Witnesses: Robert de Fornham, Hugh Herberd, Adam
Martel, William Martel, Richard de Lewes, Richard Blundel, John Tenghy and others.
Dated at Querendon on Friday the feast of St. Barnabas, 9 Edward II.
A.D. 1318.
Know all men that I, Ralph de Queryndon, rector of the church of Havershegg, have appointed as my attorney
Sir Peter de Queryndon, chaplain, for taking seisin of a plot and a virgate of land in the town and fields of
-Queryndon, which were formerly Richard Rowheved’s and afterwards Henry le Taylor’s, and now, lastly, Roger le
Cat’s of Barugh, as in the Charter made by the said Roger doth more plainly appear, and I ratify whatever the same
Sir Peter may do in the premises in my name. In witness of which I have caused these letters patent to be sealed with
my seal.
Dated at Newbury on Thursday next before the feast of St. John Baptist, 11 Edward II.
A.D. 1319.
Know all men that I, Roger, son of Gilbert le Cat of Barewe, have given, granted and by this my Charter have
confirmed to Master Ralph Blundel of Querondon, his heirs and assigns for ever one messuage and a virgate of land in
the town and fields of Querondon, viz., that messuage and virgate which were formerly Richard Rouheved’s of
Querondon, which I had of the feoffment of Alexander Pigot of Barewe. Witnesses: Robert de Fornham, William
Martel, Richard de Lewes of Querondon, Gilbert Pedeman, Thomas le Heyr, John le Warde and John James of
Barewe, Peter de Querendon, chaplain, and others.
Dated at Barewe on Sunday next after the feast of St. Margaret the Virgin, 13 Edward II.
A.D. 1320.
To all the faithful of Christ to whom this present writing shall come, Henry de Erdyngton, knight, greeting in the
‘Lord. Know ye that I have bargained and demised to Peter de Bircheleye of Barwe one messuage with a croft adjacent
and one virgate of land with appurtenances in Barwe, viz., that messuage with a croft which John Gillesone held of me,
_and it lies between the messuage of the said Peter and the lane next the house of Gilbert Jouce; and that virgate of land
with appurtenances which Thomas le Walour held of me, together with the meadows, pastures and easements pertaining
to the said virgate. To have and to hold the said messuage, etc., of me and my heirs to the said Peter for
the whole term of his life freely, quietly, well and in peace, rendering therefor annually to me and my heirs and
assigns 24s. at four terms, viz., at the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle 6s., at the feast of the Annunciation 6s., at
the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul 6s., and at the feast of St. Michael the Archangel 6s., for all secular
service except foreign service. And if it happens that the said rent be in arrear the said Peter granted that Henry and
his heirs should distrain by all his lands and retain sufficient to fully satisfy the amount in arrear without any
-contradiction or impediment. And I the said Henry and my heirs, will warrant the said virgate to the said Peter for
the whole term of his life. In witness of which to this present writing in the form of a chirograph we have respectively
set our seals, with these witnesses : Gilbert Peteman of Barwe, Robert de Fornham of Querndon, Thomas le Eyr, John
James, Thomas le lireys, Richard de Lewes, Walter Cat and others.
Dated at Barwe on Wednesday next after the feast of St. Michael, 14 Edward II.
A.D. 1321.
Grant by Thomas le Eyr of Barewe to Sir Ralph Blundel of Querendon of a messuage with buildings in the town
of Querendon, lying between the messuage of William de Boudon on one side and the messuage of William Elys on the
other side. To hold to Sir Ralph, his heirs and assigns for ever. These being witnesses: Robert de Farnham, Adam
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Martel, William Martel, Richard Blundel, Roger Bourt of Querendon, Gilbert Pedman, John James of Barewe and
others.
Dated at Querendon on Wednesday next after the feast of St. Ambrose, 14 Edward II.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 13822.
Grant by John de Dygeby of Querndon to Master Ralph Blundel, rector of the church of Norton, of a rood of
arable land in the field of Querndon called the Morefeld, viz., on the Hades next the land of Dionis Bysshop. To hold
to Master Ralph, his heirs and assigns for ever. These being witnesses: Robert de Fornham of Querndon, Adany
Martel, William Martel, Richard de Lewes, Hugh Herbert, Robert le Cras and others.
Dated at Querndon on Saturday the feast of the Apostles Philip and James, 15 Edward II.
A.D. 13823.
Grant by Isabella, who was the wife of Richard Blundel of Querndon, to Robert de Farnham of the same of two
parts of a messuage with appurtenances in Querndon, together with the reversion of the third part of the same messuage
which Lecia, formerly the wife of John Boun, holds of her in dower for life. To hold to Robert de Farnham, his heirs
and assigns for ever. These being witnesses: Adam Martel, Richard de Lewes, William Martel, John Martel, Hugh
Herbert and others.
Dated at Querndon on Friday next after the feast of All Saints, 6 Edward II.
A.D. 1324.
Grant by Ralph Blundel, rector of the church of Norton, to William le Wyse of Bradewaye and Margery the
daughter of Robert Bete of Barewe for their lives and the longer liver of them, of 5 selions of arable land, of which
5 roods lie in the North Field of Barewe, viz., at Fullewellegate between the land of Roger Bourt of Querndon; and an
acre of meadow lying in the South Field of Barewe, viz., in Wyggemere next the meadow which William le Procurateur
holds. To hold to William and Margery for the whole term of their lives, rendering therefor yearly to him, his heirs
and assigns 40 silver pence by equal portions at the four usual terms. These being witnesses: Gilbert Pedman of
Barewe, Thomas le Heyr, John James, Walter le Cat, Richard Rouges, all of Barewe, and others.
Dated at Norton on Wednesday next after St. Cuthbert, 17 Edward II.
Assize Roll No. 1389. A.D. 1324.
Presentments made at Leycester on Monday next after the feast of the Epiphany, 17 Edward II., before J. de Stonor
and R. de Malberthorp, justices of the lord the King to enquire into the acts of the Sheriff and other Ministers of the
King assigned to the county of Leycester, and also concerning other articles in the Commission, made and enrolled
among the presentments of the county of Warwick.
The jurors of divers Hundreds present that all the principal taxors and collectors of tenths and sixths in the county
of Leycester for the Grant to the King have conducted themselves badly towards the King and the people, in this that
Ralph Beler and Robert Burdet, the principal taxors and collectors of tenths and sixths, received from many of the towns
of the said county large sums of money for admitting the taxation and accepting the sums in the said rolls, and the sub-
_taxors and subcollectors conducted themselves badly in that they dispensed to tax many who should have been taxed, and
not to tax others at the true value of their goods and chattels, and in the same manner other principal taxors and
collectors, subtaxors and subcollectors in the taxation of the eighteenths and sixteenths lately granted to the King.
Therefore the Sheriff was ordered to cause them to come, and on this came William de Aune of Petlyng magna, William
atte Asshe of Busseby, Thomas de Arreby, Peter de Asfordeby, Edmund de Assheby, John son of Richard de Assheby,
Reginald Bertram of Ibstock, William son of Robert de Babbegrave, John de Boyvill, Robert Beket of Plungarth, Roger
Burdet of Honecote, Richard Burdet of Cosseby, Richard Burdet, John son of Peter de Barkeston, William Bate, John
de la Boterie, William Bret, Richard Barbre of Stanton, Ralph son of Ralph Beler, Simon Basset of Sapecote, Jobn
Broun, Hugh Braunche of Claxton, William le Botiller of Eyton, Roger de Boresworth, Richard Bover of Boudon,
Robert le Clerk of Redmile, John Clerk of Frysby, Richard Clerk of Twyford, Robert de Croxton, John Child
of Billesdon, Nicholas le Cok of Burbach, Richard de Coton, William le Clerk of Boseworth, Robert de Chaumpayne
of Thurleston, Alexander de Daventon, Hugh Dalby of Holewell, John de Diggeby, Robert de Diggeby, Henry le Dere
of Thornton, Henry de Erdyngton, John de Esseby, Robert Freman of Broughton, Hugh Faber of Mountsorell, Robert
de Farnham, William le Fauconer, John de Flavull of Sherneford, Philip F olevill, John Folevill of Rerysby, John
Glaunvill of Petlyng parva, Alan le Gissing of Leycester, Laurence de Gouteby, Richard de Gurmondele, Walter Griffin of
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Coton, John Hacluyt, Walter de Houby, Hamo Hotoft, William de Harston, Hugh son of Adam de Herdeby, John Haliday
_of Babbegrave, William John, Simon le Jors, Robert Jorz of Loughteburgh, Ralph Knotte, John de Langeton of Leyre,
Robert de Langeton, Roger Laurence of Belgrave, Richard le Leus, Thomas son of Lecia, Robert de Leyre of Hunecote,
Simon Lutiler of Walcote, John son of Richard de Muston, John Maunsel of Tyrlyngton, Hugh de Melton of Neubold,
Richard Maunsel, Matthew Martyn of Enderby, Adam Neel of Pulteney, Ralph son of Henry de Naylleston, Robert de
Naveby of Stanton, Ralph Nowers of Cossington, Robert de Norton, Richard de Nerford, Nicholas Noveray of Burton,
William Nevyll of Rerysby, William Nevyll of Wymundeswold, Robert Orger, Robert de Overton, Walter Pavey of Glen,
‘William Pavie of Glen, Gilbert Peteman, Hugh de Prestwold, William de Prestwold, Roger de Pycryng, John de
Pynchebeck, William Power of Thorp, Robert Panel, William de Rothele of Sitheston, Elias de Reued of Tyrlyngton,
“William de Sapecote of Mountsorrell, William de Staunton, John Shot of Rerysby, Richard de Suthorp of Glen, William
de Sauston of Keythorp, Robert de Sadyngton, Thomas Spenser of Sapecote, Robert de Stableton, Richard, lord
of Thorp, Robert Tebbe, Thomas de Thorp, Robert atte Townsende, Ralph Turvill, Roger Vitor of Boresworth, John
de Vilers, Oliver Waleis, William de Wodecote, Nicholas Wyly, John Wymbisshe of Bothesford, Simon de Weston of
Carleton, Geoffrey de Walcote of Lutterworth, Henry Yverkin of Billesdon, William of Dunton, Nicholas of
North Kilworth, John Mauncel of Oddeston, John de Glen, Robert le of Bagworth, Nicholas on the Hill of Hether
and Thomas de Brantyngthorp, who say that they know well that the dispensation of taking the chattels of themselves
and others of the said county according to their true value by the subtaxors and subcollectors was altogether done to the
common utility of themselves, and they ask that they may make a Fine with the lord the King for all the principal
taxors, collectors, subtaxors and subcollectors of the grants aforesaid of the whole county of Leycester, except the
subtaxors and subcollectors of the Town of Leycester, for all trespasses done in their taxation and to become principal
debtors of the same Fine to the lord the King. And they are admitted by a Fine of 800 marks whereof the aforesaid
Henry de Erdyngton and the others became principal debtors to the lord the King.
N.B.—The basis of assessment to the subsidies is greatly complicated if the collectors were open to bribery as in the above case.
~The people whose lands and goods were thus under-assessed were of course pleased with their assessments and anxious to settle with
the King’s exchequer.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1325.
Grant by Roger Bourt of Querndon to Sir Ralph Blundel of Querndon of one half acre of arable land in the field
.of Querndon lying on le Longlandes under Mountsorell next the land of Adam Martel and also twelve selions in the
field of Mountsorell, viz., in Knyghtstockyng, of which five selions lie together between the land of William Martel and
-the land of Richard Saxi, and four selions lie together between the land of the said Sir Ralph and the land of Gilbert
Bretoun, and two selions lie together between the land of Sir Ralph and the land of Roger de Corby, and one selion,
-which is a headland, lies next the land of John le Walker and abuts on each head on the land of the said-Sir Ralph
Blundel. To hold to Sir Ralph, his heirs and assigns for ever in exchange for a messuage and a croft adjoining, viz., that
Messuage and croft which Richard Rouheved formerly held in the town of Querndon. These being witnesses: Robert
de Farnham of Querndon, Hugh Herbert of the same, William Martel of the same, Adam Martel of the same, Richard
Ale Lewes of the same and others.
Dated at Querndon on Sunday next after the Purification of Blessed Mary, 18 Edward IT.
_Assize Roll 470. 19 Edward II. A.D. 1326.
The jury of the town of Leicester say that John de Boudon of Querndon is a common robber and stole from
Gilbert Cat goods and chattels worth 100s. at Barewe on the feast of St. Peter, 15 Edward IJ. The sheriff was ordered
-to arrest him. He also broke into the church of Loughtburgh with other men, 16 Edward II., and stole two chalices, a
missal worth 5 marks and 4os. of silver from a chest of the chaplain and a cloth of gold. He also stole from Gilbert
Cat of Barewe a horse and goods worth 10 marks, etc. John came, and when asked by the justices how he wished to
-acquit himself of the said robberies says he is a clerk and cannot answer without his Ordinary, whereupon the Vicar,
‘bearing the Bishop’s authority, came and demanded him as a clerk. He was found guilty by the jury and delivered to
‘the Ordinary. He had no chattels.
Hastings MSS. A.D.-1326.
Grant by Henry de Erdington to John de Barewe, chaplain, of a messuage and virgate of land in Barewe, viz., that
virgate which William de Rakedale held of him in villeinage. To hold to John de Barewe for life, rendering therefor
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yearly to Henry de Erdington, his heirs and assigns 22s., and John shall keep the buildings in good repair. These being”
witnesses: Robert de Farnham of Querendon, Adam Martel, Thomas Irreys, John James, John le Eyr of Barewe and
others.
Dated at Erdington on Sunday before St. Laurence, 20 Edward II.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1326.
Know all men that I, Henry de Erdington, knight, have demised to John my younger son for the term of his life’
£11 8s. 2d. of rent in Barwe on Sore issuing from the following lands and tenements, viz., from the land of Simon de
Rakedale 20s.; from the land of John Oy 20s.; from the land of Richard Jouce 20s. ; from the land of Hugh Cat 20s. ¢
from the land of Simon Hendeman 20s.; from the land of Alexander Fremon 20s. ; from the land of Thomas le Walour
4s.; from the land of Richard Oy 20s.; from the land of Thomas atte Grove 24s. 6d.; from the land of John Nazary
4s. 6d.; from land of William Carpenter 6d.; from land of Alice Holboc §5s.; from land of William Holboc
4s. 4d.; from land of Gilbert Carter 4s. 4d.; from land of Gilbert son of Holle 2s. 2d.; from land of Nicholas
je Yachere 2s. 2d.; from land of Gilbert Cole 2s. 2d. and from land of Geoffrey Belamy tos.; and 5 acres of meadow
with appurtenances lying in Cokkuspolmedowe and 5 acres of meadow lying in le Milnemedowe and Corduwauleyes,.
which were Ralph Basset’s, and Les Flagges with their appurtenances for feeding and for mowing yearly from the feast
of the Apostles Philip and James until the feast of St. Peter ad vincula. To hold to the said John and Eleanor
for lives and the longer liver, rendering therefor yearly to me for all my life 20 marks sterling by equal portions at
four terms in the year at the manor of Barwe and after my death to my heirs and assigns yearly two barbed arrows
at the feast of St. John Baptist for all secular services. In witness of which I have set my seal with witnesses ;
Sir Hugh de Prestwold, John Malure, Reginald de Leys, John Poutrel of Cotes, John James of Barwe, Hugh de
Herdewyth of Loughteburgh, John de Pipe of Sitheston, William de Wyrleye, William de Brokhurst and others.
Dated at Erdington on St. Michael’s day, 20 Edward II.
A.D. 1328.
Grant by Thomas le Marshal of Loughborow to John son of William Martel of Querndon, of 2 messuages and
14 acres of land in Querndon which he had of the gift of William Martel of Querndon. To hold to John Martel, his’
heirs and assigns for ever. ‘These being witnesses: Hugh Herberd of Querndon, Richard Boudon, Roger Herberd,:
Robert le Cras, Roger Procurateur, all of Querndon, and others.
Dated at Querndon on Monday next before St. Martin, 2 Edward III.
Inquisition of 12 bond tenants of Henry de Erdington, sworn, taken before John de Folville, steward of the said
Henry in Barwe (Barrow), who say on oath that John Garcio, Thomas le Porter, serjeants of the lord at Barwe,
permitted in the autumn the beans of the lord to be carried away on Le Milnehill by Isolda Colling, Isabel Stoth and
others, which malefactors were captured by Richard Jouse, a bondman of the lord. And the said Thomas le Porter
made an assault with litigious words on the said Richard for arresting the said malefactors.
Item, they say that Thomas Attegrove the Reeve took one ox of the lord and put it in his plough without leave for
ro days.
Item, they say that eleven sheep of the said Thomas were pastured in the orchard of the lord for four days more or
less between the Nativity of the Lord and the feast of the Purification of Blessed Mary.
Item, they say that two sheep were in the orchard of the said John the shepherd for two days.
Item, they say on their oaths that 13 oaks were cut down and carried away in the park worth 13d. by malefactors
whose names are known.
Item, they say that Emma, the daughter of John Gille, was not presented with the others for leyrwith.
Item, they say that the cottage formerly of Ralph Foliot fell in.the time of John son of Gilbert the Reeve whick
used to render to the lord 4s., and after it fell it rendered 2s. 2d.
Item, they say that the cottage which Gilbert Campion formerly held for 4s. tod. fell in the time of Gilbert
Attehaysh and now renders nothing.
Item, they say that a certain place of a bondman, formerly John Gille’s, fell down in the time of Simon
de Rakedale the Reeve and the old timber of all the cottages of the said place was carried away into the manor
of the lord.
Item, they say that Luke de Ansty holds one messuage with two barns, which barns are out of repair, and Luke is
‘anable to repair them without aid.
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Item, Richard Geffrey has a certain barn, one end of which is prostrate, and he is unable to rebuild it
awithout help.
Item, they say that Roger atte Briggende has ruinous houses and is unable to mend them.
Item, they say that Simon Hendeman has ruinous houses and is unable, etc.
Item, they say that Gilbert atte Haysh and William Carpenter hold a messuage and virgate of land which Thomas
Donne formerly held, and the said Gilbert and William demised the said messuage with the houses without the land
and the houses are ruinous and nearly prostrate, and the said Gilbert and William are capable of repairing the said
houses.
Item, they say that Simon de Rakedale holds a messuage which Alexander Freman formerly held, the house of
which wants building, and Simon is capable of building and repairing the said house.
Item, they say that Gilbert atte Haysh has ruinous houses and is capable of building and repairing them.
Item, they say that Robert the Bailiff has an ox in the manor of Barwe which fed on the straw of the lord for
14 days, the straw worth 2d.
Item, they say that as for the rescues and assaults on Robert and Thomas le Porter made by Thomas Attegrove the
Reeve and others of his company they are not guilty.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1333.
Grant by Giles de Erdyngton to Simon le Tayleur of Querndon and Ellen his wife, for term of their lives, of
2 cottages in Querndon lying between the messuage formerly of Richard de Boudon on one side and the messuage
which William Turvill holds of Sir Henry de Beaumont on the other side, together with 2 gardens adjoining the
said cottages. To hold to Simon and Ellen for their lives, rendering therefor yearly 4s. 6d. for all secular services
except two advents at the View of Frankpledge of Barewe, viz., at Michaelmas and Easter each year. These being
witnesses: Robert de Farnham of Querndon, Richard de Lewes and Adam Martel of the same, John son of Gilbert in
the lane of Barewe, John le Somenour of the same, and others.
Dated at Querndon on Thursday in the vigil of St. Barnabas, 7 Edward III.
Grant by Ralph Blundel of Querendon to Giles de Erdyngton, son of Sir Henry de Erdyngton, knight, Elizabeth
his wife, their heirs and assigns, of four messuages in the town of Querendon, viz., one which he had of the
demise of Ralph de Hautherne and lying next the messuage of Robert le Cras on one side; another messuage,
formerly Ralph Wade’s, together with all cottages and crofts which he had of the demise of John Wade, deceased,
by a brief, which premises lie next the messuage of Sir Ralph Basset, knight, in the same town; and a third messuage
which he had of the demise of Thomas le Eyr of Barwe, which lies next the messuage formerly of William Boudon
deceased; and the fourth messuage, which formerly was John Boun’s, lies next the messuage formerly Hugh Herbert’s
deceased ; and all his arable land, rents, meadows and pastures which he had in Fee on the day of making this present
Charter in the town and fields of Querendon and Barwe. In witness of which to this Charter he has set his seal with
these witnesses: John de Querendon, vicar of Wyveleford, Robert de Hallested, William de Somerlane, Robert le Cras,
Roger Bourt, Adam Martel and many others.
De Banco Roll 294. Easter, 7 Edward III. A.D. 1333.
m. 75, Leyc.; Adam son of Adam Martel of Querndon and John de Wodecroft demand against Gilbert le Cat
T acre in Barewe, and against Isabel de London of Barewe 1 acre, and against Agnes, who was the wife of William
Bille, and Richard, the son of the same Agnes, 1 acre in Barewe. The land is to be taken into the King’s hand and a
day given. :
m. 227, Leyc.; Henry de Erdyngton demands against John de Bradewaye, late Vicar of the church of Barewe, a
messuage, 2 acres of land and a fourth part of a mill in Querndon and Barewe as his right. And John comes by Hugh
de Lughteburgh his attorney, and says that he holds the said premises for term of his life, of the demise of a certain
John Martel of Querndon, and he calls the said John Martel to warrant. Let him have him at York within a month of
St. Michael’s day by the ajl of the Court.
De Banco Roll 297. Hilary, 8 Edward III. A.D. 1334.
m. 141 d, Leyc.; The Sheriff was ordered to cause to come here on this day 12 men of the view of Querndon
who have no affinity with Thomas Smalwode and Elena his wife, John de Enderby and Isabel his wife, nor William
son of William Elys of Querndon, whom Elena Bisshop called to warrant, in order to recognise on oath whether
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William Murdak gave to Robert Enneys and his issue a bovate of land, 3 acres of meadow and two parts of a messuage
(except 3 acres 1 rood of land) in Querndon, which the said Thomas, Elena, John and Isabel claim here in Court as the
right of the said Elena and Isabel. The Sheriff sent the writ too late.
De Banco Roll 300. Michaelmas, 8 Edward III. A.D. 1334.
m. 378, Leyc.; The suit between Hugh Turvill, plaintiff, and Margery the wife of John Drenk, who, by the
default of the same John, is admitted to the defence of her right, defendant, of 120 acres of land and 20 of meadow in
Barewe on Sore, which the said Hugh claims in Court against her, remains without a day, because Robert, the son of
John, the son of Robert de Farnham of Querndon, whom the said Margery called to warrant in Court here against the
said Hugh, is about to set out in the retinue of the King, by the King’s command, to parts of Scotland, and has the
King’s protection, lasting from November 1 next until the feast of Easter following.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1339. :
Know all men that I, John Blundel of Querndon, have given, granted and by this my Charter have confirmed to
Emma Wilby of Querndon 7d. of yearly rent issuing from a messuage which Thomas de Tilton holds in Querndon next
the messuage of Roger Routhed. To have and to hold to the said Emma, her heirs and assigns for ever. In witness
of which to this my Charter I have set my seal with witnesses: Robert Fornham of Querndon, John Martel of the
same, Adam Martel of the same, Robert de Lewes of the same, Adam Stulp of the same and others.
Dated at Querndon on Tuesday next after the feast of St. John ante portam Latinam, 13 Edward III.
Coram Rege Roll 324. Easter, 15 Edward III. A.D. 1341.
m. 97. Leyc.; The Sheriff was ordered to cause to come here 24 knights of the View of Querndon by whom,
etc., and who have no affinity with Ralph Basset of Drayton nor William Adcok, John Hekedon, Reginald Yoman, John
de Lyndeseye, Robert Dalcok, Thomas Bagot, Geoffrey de Lyndeseye, Gervase de Glapton, John de Cropuston, William
Belamy, Hugh Dalcok, William de Notingham, Hugh le Milner, Geoffrey Colman, Elias Bakestere and Geoffrey his
son, Robert le Spicer, Hugh Yoman and William his son, Roger Davy, Roger de Corby, William de Sapecote
the younger, William Honnere, Adam Belamy, William le Coupere, John le Milner, John Ketulburn, John Sapecote
and William his son, Hugh Nike, Gilbert le Smyth, Hugh Honnere, William Potter, Roger Croude, Roger Breton, John
Honnere, Thomas Turvill and Richard his brother, Simon Roter, Thomas Sweting, Gilbert Virly, Alexander Chapman,
Roger de Roughthorn, Adam Webstere, John Lepere, Simon Croude, William le Spicer, Roger Burstal, Geoffrey le
Cartere, Richard de Caldewelle, John de Caldewelle and John Fynche to recognise whether William Adcok and the
others on Monday next after the feast of Holy Trinity, 12 Edward III., damaged Ralph Basset’s herbage growing at
Querndon to the value of £40 with certain horses, oxen, and cows, and assaulted, beat, wounded and ill-treated his
servants there John Rous, Henry atte Bryghend and Nicholas Wodenot, so that the same Ralph lost their services for a
long time. The Sheriff did not send the writ, so he is ordered to cause the 24 to come here within 15 days
of Holy Trinity.
De Banco Roll 327. Trinity, 15 Edward III. A.D. 1341.
m. 116. Northants, Leyce.; John Larcher demands against Thomas Coursoun, chivaler, the manor of Sibertoit,
which John the parson of the church of Aston gave to Nicholas, son of Nicholas Larcher, knight, in free marriage with
Alice the daughter of Margery la Rous, and which after the deaths of Nicholas and Alice ought to descend to John
Larcher as son and heir of Nicholas by the form of the gift. ‘Thomas came and called to warrant William Coursoun
and Emma his wife. A day was given them on the morrow of St. Martin.
N.B.—For the connection between the families of Rous, Paynel, Archer and Basset of Drayton see Willmore’s “ History of Walsall,”
page 50. Margery la Rous was the mother of Sir Thomas le Rous and of Alice the wife of John Le Archer of Sibertoft, co. Northants.
Sir Thomas le Rous was lord of a moiety of the manor of Walsall.
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De Banco Roll 330. Easter, 16 Edward ITI. A.D. 1342,
m. 253 d, Leyc.; The Abbot of Leycester, by William de Leycester his attorney, offered himself against
Robert de Farnham of Querndon in a plea that he render him a reasonable account for the time that he was the
Abbot’s receiver of monies. He did not appear, and he was attached by Henry Jurdan and John le Bailif. Order to
distrain him by all his lands and to have his body here in 15 days from Holy Trinity.
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De Banco Roll 335. Trinity, 17 Edward III. A.D. 1343.
m. 194, Leyc.; John Waleys demands against many inhabitants of Barewe and Querndon certain lands
in Barewe which he states descended to him by hereditary right, and traces his pedigree from a certain Robert le
Waleys in the time of King Edward I., and from Robert le Waleys the right descended to John as son and heir,
and from John to Oliver as son and heir, and from Oliver to John le Waleys (who now demands) as son and heir.
The defendants called to warrant Robert, the son of Robert de Farnham, who came in the octaves of the
Purification, 19 Edward III., and says that John le Waleys traces his descent from Robert le Waleys to John as
son and heir, and from John to Oliver as son and heir, but the father of Oliver le Waleys was named Nicholas le Waleys
and not John; and so he asks for judgment on that descent. And John le Waleys cannot gainsay this. Therefore it is
adjudged that John le Waleys takes nothing by his writ, but is in mercy for a false claim, and the defendants
are without a day, etc.
N.B.—This is the same suit as on page 99. The technical mistake in the substitution of “John” for ‘‘ Nicholas” was corrected by
John le Waleys in a fresh suit he commenced immediately against the same parties. Genealogically the suit is useful as shewing that
Robert de Farnham’s father Robert was dead at the time or the son Robert would not have been called to warrant in his stead.
The same Roll.
m. 196, Leyc.; Joan, who was wife of Ralph Basset of Drayton, demands against Thomas le Rous, chivaler, a
third part of a messuage, 120 acres of land, 30 acres of meadow and 10 marks rent and a fourth part of a mill and
appurtenances in Barewe and Querndon as dower, of the gift of the said Ralph, formerly her husband. And Thomas
comes, by William Mountsorell his attorney, and says that he cannot render to Joan the said third part, because he says
that a certain William de Mountsorell held the third of a fourth part of the said mill on the day that the writ was issued
and William is not named in the writ, and likewise concerning the third part of the messuage and lands and rent he
says that long before the issuing of the said writ he demised the said tenements to a certain John le Archer, to hold for
the term of life of the said Thomas le Rous at a yearly rent of 18 marks payable quarterly by equal payments, with a
right of re-entry if any of the due payments became in arrear, and that the said John who holds these premises is not
named in the writ. And Joan comes and says that Thomas le Rous did hold the premises on the day of issuing the
writ, viz., on April 8, 17 Edward III. And she asks for an enquiry. Therefore the Sheriff was ordered to summon a
jury to enquire.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1343.
Demise by Giles de Erdington to John Hulcok of Barewe, co. Leyc., chaplain, and Margery Hulcok of the same,
of 2 acres of arable land, of which half an acre lies in the fields of Querndon called Le Peyselandes next the land of
Roger Bourt, half an acre lies in the field of Barwe on Bidewellhill next the land of Walter le Cat, half an acre lies in
the same furlong next the land of the Abbot of Leycester and 2 roods lie together on Littel next the land of
Nicholas To hold to John Hulcok and Margery Hulcok for term of their lives and the longer liver at a yearly
rent of r2d. Witnesses: Robert Pedman, Henry Daddi, Richard Hervi, John Daddi and others.
Dated at Erdyngton on Wednesday next before St. Michael, 17 Edward III.
A.D. 1344.
Know all men that I, John Martel of Querndon, have bargained and let to William, son of Richard Godchep
of Querndon, one acre and a half of arable land, viz., one acre lying under Mountsorell in five selions and half an acre
lying in six selions next Adam Stulp. To have and to hold to the said William, his heirs and assigns of me and my
heirs until the term of 12 years next to come be fully completed, rendering therefor yearly to me and my heirs 15 pence
at the feast of St. Michael, and if the rent shall be in arrear for eight days it shall be lawful for me and my heirs to
re-enter on the premises. These being witnesses: Richard de Lewes, Adam Martel, Adam Stulp, Gilbert Godchep,
Roger Herberd of Querndon and others.
Dated at Querndon on the Nativity of St. Mary the Virgin, 18 Edward III.
De Banco Roll 344. Michaelmas, 19 Edward III. A.D, 1345.
m. 372, Leyc.; Simon Pakeman v. Thomas le Rous, knight, in a plea that he be here on this day to warrant him
a third part of 300 acres of pasture in Barewe and Querendon, which Joan, who was the wife of Ralph Basset of Brayton,
claims in Court against him. The Sheriff was ordered to take into the King’s hand of the land of the said Thomas to
the value, etc., and he was summoned to be here on the octaves of Hilary.
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De Banco Roll 351. Trinity, 21 Edward III. A.D. 1347.
m, 399. Leyc.; The essoin of Richard de Stafford, chivaler, offered himself against Robert de Farmhanr
of Querndon in a plea that when the same Richard, in his damage at Querndon, tried to take the said Robert’s cattle by
John Drenk his servant, and the same John wished to impound them according to the law and custom of the realm, the
said Robert de Farnham rescued those cattle with force and arms and did other enormities. He did not appear. The
Sheriff was ordered to attach him and have him here on the quindene of Easter.
Hastings MSS. A.D, 1348.
Know all men that I, John, son of William Martel of Querndon, have given, granted and by this my Charter have
confirmed to Stephen de Weston of Cortlingstock my capital messuage in Querndon with all my lands and tenements in
the same, together with a certain piece of pasture called Ja Dam with all meadows, moors, ways, easements, etc.,
together with all my rents and the reversion of a messuage which John Polle holds of me for term of his life, also the
reversion of the lands and tenements which he holds for life, also the reversion of a fourth part of the watermill of
Barowe. To have and to hold all the aforesaid to the said Stephen, his heirs and assigns for ever. ‘These being
witnesses: Robert de Farnham of Querndon, Adam le Heir of Querndon, Richard de Lewes of Querndon, Richard
Herbert of Querndon, John and others.
Dated at Querndon on Sunday next after the feast of St. Gregory the Pope, 22 Edward ITI.
Grant by John, son of William Martel of Querndon, to Stephen de Weston of Cortlingstok, his heirs and assigns,
of all his right and claim in all the lands and tenements which the said Stephen has of his gift and feoffment in Querndon
and Barewe. Witnesses: John de Bouwes of Cortlingstok, William de Bouwes of the same, Robert de Barton of the
same, Ralph de Barton of the same, John de Rampston of the same, Hugh Somervill of Stanford, Roger le Wryght
and others.
Dated at Cortlingstok on Sunday next before the feast of the Annunciation of Blessed Mary, 22 Edward III.
Know all men that I, Stephen de Weston, have given, granted and by this my Charter have confirmed to Simon de
Bertevill of Loughteburgh one messuage and one piece of meadow which is called le Dam in the meadow of Querndon
with all other arable lands, meadows and pastures, rents, reversions and appurtenances in the same town, together with
the fourth part of the watermill of Barewe on Sore, all of which I have of the gift and feoffment of John Martel, son
and heir of William Martel. To have and to hold to Simon, his heirs and assigns for ever. These being witnesses:
Robert de Farnham, Adam Martel, Richard de Lewes, Robert Peteman of Barewe, Richard de Rempston, clerk, and
others.
Dated at Querndon on the 4th of April, 22 Edward ITI.
A.D. 1350.
Know all by these presents that I, Giles de Erdyngton, knight, have given, granted and demised to ‘Thomas Husbonde
of Stocton and Alice his wife and John their son for the term of their lives and the longer liver 15 acres of arable land
which belong to a certain virgate of land of Henry Taylor lying in the fields of Querndon, viz., one rood lies at Foxholes
next the land of Robert Farnham on the West side and the headland of John Martel. One rood on Plumtree Hill
between the land of Robert Farnham and Ralph Basset on the West of Le Welsike. Half an acre likewise on Plumtree
Hill between the land of Roger Martel and the land of Richard Two roods beneath Roule Berne next Richard
Lewes. One rood at the end of the village called Thorpakerzard next the land of John Roule. Two roods on the same
furlong next the land of John Roule. Half an acre on Lonforlonges next the land of Richard de Stafford. Half an acre
in the More Field on Blakemile next the land of a certain William. One headland in the same field on Peasetades
containing one rood next the land of a certain Hugh Bissop. One rood on Wolmeryng next the land of John
Pikert. Half an acre on Holmanlandes next the land of Roger Burt. One rood abutting on the field of Stanecrott-
welle, Half an acre on Lambhill (?) next the land of William Elys. One acre on Bretlandes next the land of Richard
Stafford. Two half acres on Halmanlandes next the land of Roger Burt. One half acre on Halmanlandes next the
land of John Martel. Two roods of pasture at Balamsike. Half an acre on Barbrygforland next the land of Roger
Burt. Half an acre on Cristonforlong next the land of the lord Abbot of Leycester. One rood on Barbrygforlong
next the land of Richard Stafford. One rood on Peyselandes next the land of Agnes de Gadisby. One rood between
Le Hilles next the land of Roger Procuratour. Half an acre in the South Field on Outwordholmforlong next the land
of a certain Richard Blundel. One rood likewise on Outwordholmforlong next the land of William Elys. One rood at
Le Pon next the land of Robert Farnham. One rood under Blood next the land of Roger Martel extending to the forest
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of a certain Adam Martel. One rood at the end of the Town next the land of a certain Roger ? Tengy. Two acres of
Jand in the fields of Montsorel which Adam Stulp formerly held. Half an acre on Longelandes next the land of Richard
Stafford. One rood under Montsorel. One rood next the land of Richard Stafford. One rood on
Dryeforlong next the land of Adam To have and to hold to the said Thomas, Alice and John for an annual
rent of 16 shillings payable at four times in the year by equal payments for all secular services except two advents yearly
at the View of Frankpledge at Barow, once at the feast of St. Michael and once at the feast of Easter. And I truly, ete.
In witness of which I have affixed my seal with these witnesses: Robert Petemon of Barwe, Richard Lewes of
Auernedon, John Roule, John of the same, John Wryt of the same and others.
Dated at Barwe on Saturday the feast of St. Guthlac the Confessor, 24 Edward III.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1350.
The present Charter witnesses that Sir Giles de Erdinton, knight, gave, granted and by his Charter indented,
confirmed to Sir Richard de Stafford, knight, one messuage with curtilage adjoining the manor of the said Sir Richard
in Querndon, which is called Dadeplace, together with two roods of meadow in Greneholm which formerly were John
Martel’s in Querndon, in exchange for a messuage in Barewe, which the said Sir Richard had of the gift and feoffment
of Agnes, who was wife of John James in Barewe. To have and to hold to Sir Richard, his heirs and assigns for ever.
And for this exchange Sir Richard warranted to Sir Giles de Erdinton the said messuage in Barewe for ever. In
witness whereof they respectively set their seals to these presents with witnesses: Ralph de Ferrars, John Waleys,
knights, Robert de Keggeworth, William le Spicer, Robert Petemon, Roger Bourt, Richard de Lewes and others.
Dated at Querndon on Sunday next after the Nativity of St. John Baptist, 24 Edward III.
N.B.—Sir Richard de Stafford’s ownership of an estate in Quorndon is recalled by the retention of the name “ Stafford’s Orchard ”
to the present day. The messuage called Dadeplace is possibly the very old house adjoining Stafford’s Orchard now misnamed
“The Elms.”
A.D. 1351.
Know all men by these presents that We, Thomas de Beauchamp, earl of Warwick and marshall of England,
have appointed William Colesone and Roger Page, or either of them, as our attorneys to deliver seisin in our name to Sir
Roger Hillary, knight, and Katherine his wife, of 14 acres of pasture in Barwe on Sore, according to the form of a certain
charter made by us for that purpose, confirming whatsoever the said William and Roger, or either of them, may do in
our name in the premises. In witness whereof we have to these presents affixed our seal.
Dated at Hampslap on Saturday in the vigil of the close of Easter, 25 Edward III.
N.B.—Thomas de Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, was the guardian of the lands of Ralph, the son of Ralph Basset of Drayton, who
was aged eight years on Nov. 30, 1342 (see Inq. P.M. Ralph Basset of Drayton, File 70, No. 59). Sir Roger Hillary was Chief Justice of
the Bench (Patent Roll, Feb. 20, 1354). He died on June 1, 1356, leaving by his wife Katherine, who was the daughter of Sir William
Breton, a son Roger, aged 25 years. Sir Roger died seised of six messuaes and two carucates of land in Snareston, co. Leyc., held of
John de Charnels, He also held in Barrow on Soar fifteen acres of pasture of Giles de Erdyngton and fifteen acres jointly with-
Katherine his wife.
A.D. 1354.
Know all men by these presents that I, Giles de Erdyngton, knight, have granted and demised to William, the son
of Richard in le Lane of Querndon, Isabel his wife and John the son of the same William, 5 acres of land in the Fields
of Querndon and Mountsorell, of which two acres lie in the Fields of Mountsorell, of which one acre and three roods lie
‘between the land of Reginald Yoman and William de Corby; one rood, a headland, in the same field, between the land
of William Faber of Mountsorell and the land of John Boudon, chaplain; one rood lies in the Field of Querndon on Le
Cleybuttes next the land of Reginald Yoman; one rood on Coklyrodes, between the land of Robert de Farnham and
Roger Herbert; one rood at Le Stake between the land of Richard de Stafford and Roger Bourt ; one rood at Ellerenstob
between the land of Robert de Farnham and Richard Prokeratour; three roods on Gerbrodes next the land of Richard
fe Lewes; half a rood next Hallegate next the land of Richard de Lewes; one rood, a headland, on Shenisorhill next
the headland of John de Gaddesby; half an acre lies on Netherlonglands next the land of Richard Baker. To hold the
said five acres of land to the said William, Isabel and John for term of their lives and the longer liver, of me and my heirs,
vendering therefor annually to me and my heirs 3s. 6d. of silver at the Court of Barwe. And if it happens that the
said rent be in arrear for 15 days it shall be lawful for me, Giles, my heirs or assigns, to re-enter on the premises. And I
truly, the said Giles and my heirs, will warrant the said 5 acres of land to the said William, Isabel and John for the
term of their lives and the longer liver. In witness of which to these presents I have affixed my seal, these being
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witnesses: Richard de Lewes of Querndon, John le Wryt of the same, Richard le Mazon of the same, John Ate of the
same, John Gras of the same.
Dated at Erdyngton on Sunday next before St. Matthias the Apostle, 28 Edward III.
De Banco Roll 433. Hilary, 43 Edward III. A.D. 1369.
m, 252. Leyc.; William de Rotheleye of Siston, who sues for the King, by William de Swinfen his attorney,
offered himself against John Farnham of Querndon and Margery de Bedford in a plea wherefore, since by the law of
the realm it is ordained that if any person serving in the service of anyone should withdraw before the end of the term
agreed upon, or if any person should withdraw anyone serving without reasonable cause or leave, they may incur the
penalty of imprisonment, and that no one shall receive or retain such a person in their service, the said John Farnham
received the said Margery, the servant of the said William, into his service at Querndon before the end of the term.
agreed upon, and still keeps her there in contempt of the King, and to the damage of William and against the form of the
said ordinance. John Farnham did not appear. The Sheriff was ordered to distrain and produce him here in 15 days
of Easter.
De Banco Roll 487. Hilary, 44 Edward III. A.D. 1370.
m. 349, Leyc.; John, son of John Boyvill, chivaler, demands against John, son of John de Berkele, 5 messuages,
5 tofts, 100 acres of land, 20 of meadow and 20s. rent in Barowe which Henry Murdak gave to William Murdak and
Isolda his wife and their issue, and which, after the deaths of William and Isolda and Alice their daughter and heir, and
John son of Alice, to the said John Boyvill, son of John, son of Alice, ought to descend. William and Isolda were seised
in the time of King Edward I. John, son of John de Berkele, says that John, son of John Boyvill, can have no claim,
because the said William Murdak, great-grandfather of the said John Boyvill, whose heir he is, gave the said property to
a certain William Hamelyn and Joan his wife, by the name of all his lands, tenements, estates of villeins, services, etc.,
in the town and territories of Barewe and Querendon, which estate John, son of John de Berkele, now has, and he
proffered in Court the said writing, viz.: Know all men that I, Sir William Murdack, have granted and quitclaimed for
me and my heirs, to Sir William Hamelyn and Joan his wife, all my claim to a capital messuage, rents, etc., in Barewe
and Querendon, to hold of me and my heirs to William and Joan, their heirs and assigns freely, and by hereditary right
for ever, rendering to me and my heirs one rose flower yearly at the Nativity of St. John Baptist, etc. For which grant,
etc., William Hamelyn and Joan have given into my hands 20 marks. Witnesses: Sir John de Folevill, Sir Henry de
Notingham, Sir Robert de Waleys, Stephen de Riston, Simon the vicar of Barue, William son of Ivo de Prestwold and others.
Result. John son of John de Berkele won the suit.
N.B.—William Murdak’s Charter to William Hamelyn and Joan would be not later than the year 1284, see page 56.
Assize Roll 1481. 49 Edward III. A.D. 1375.
m.15, The assize comes to recognize whether Henry Saundyr of Barewe, John de Colston and John Plomer,
chaplains, William Nichol of Barewe, chaplain, and others, disseised Thomas Drenge and Elizabeth his wife of a
messuage, 18 acres of land and 3 of pasture in Barewe. The recognators say that Peter de Bircheley long ago bought
the said premises for himself and Margery his wife, their heirs and assigns. Margery outlived Peter and married one
John Drenge. Margery died and John Drenge enfeoffed in the said property one Oliver Waleys of Swithland, and
afterwards married a certain Joan Eryn, and later the same Oliver gave the said property to the said John Drenge and
Joan and their issue, in default to the heirs of John Drenge for ever. John died without issue and Joan married John
de Bikerton, which John and Joan alienated the property to a certain William Spycer for ever, who died without an heir,
and Emma who was his wife took to husband the said Henry Saundyr, who together with John Colston disseised
Thomas Drenge and Elizabeth, who is the kinswoman and heir of the said John Drenge, viz., daughter of Thomas,
brother of the said John Drenge. John Plomer and the others did not disseise them. Therefore Thomas Drenge and
Elizabeth recover their seisin and damages of 40s., and are in mercy for a false claim against John Plomer, etc.
Close Roll. June 27, 1375.
Order to Thomas Walssh, escheater in co. Leycester, to deliver to Thomas son of Giles de Erdyngton and to
Margaret his wife the manor of Barwe upon Sore taken into the King’s hand for the causes afterwards mentioned. As
Henry de Erdyngton lately acquired of Ralph Basset to him and his heirs a fourth part of the said manor, held in chief ;
and of John Lestrange another fourth part, and after Giles de Erdyngton (now deceased) entered the said Manor without
due process or livery of the King’s Court, and thereof enfeoffed William le Walssh, late parson of Upton, and ‘Thomas
Wylde, chaplain, and their heirs, and having full and peaceable seisin thereof the said William and Thomas after gave
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the said Manor to the said Giles and Elizabeth his wife for life, with remainder to the said Thomas de Erdyngton, the
son of Giles, and to the said Margaret, and to the heirs of their bodies, with remainder for lack of such an heir to the
said Giles and his heirs, the King’s Licence for these things not having been obtained, and the Manor is by the
escheator taken into the King’s hand, as well by the death of the said Elizabeth as by reason of the trespasses aforesaid,
the King, of his favour, and for £20 by the said Thomas son of Giles and by the said Margaret paid, has pardoned
these trespasses, granting by Letters Patent so far as in him lies that Thomas, son of Giles, and Margaret shall hold the
said Manor to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the heirs and assigns of the said Giles without let of
the King or his heirs, their justices, escheators, sheriffs or other bailiffs or ministers whatsoever.
N.B.—Henry de Erdyngton had exchanged his wife's’ share of the Manor of Campden, co. Gloucester, for Sir John Lestrange’s share
of the Manor of Barrow on Soar (with certain exceptions) in the year 1273. His son Henry de Erdyngton had exchanged his share of
the Manor of Olney for Ralph Basset’s share of the Manor of Barrow on Soar in the year 1305. By these two exchanges nearly three-
guarters of the Manor of Barrow was vested in the family of Erdyngton. See Supplement pp. 2 and 6.
De Banco Roll 501. Easter, 9 Richard II. A.D. 1386.
m, 498. Leyc.; Ralph Basset, chivaler, offered himself against Thomas ‘de Erdyngton the younger and others
in a plea of fishing in his separate fishing at Querndon and taking away fish worth £10.
De Banco Roll 533. EHaster, 17 Richard II. A.D. 1394.
m. 45, Leyc.; Thomas de Erdyngton, knight, against John Farnham in a plea of breaking his close at Querndon
and cutting down and taking away trees to the value of 4os.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1392.
Know all men that I, Henry de Waltham, cutler, of Leycester have given, granted and by this my Charter have
confirmed to John Lepe of Mountsorell and Margaret his wife one tenement in Mountsorell with all lands, meadows,
pastures and appurtenances in the town and fields of Mountsorell and Queryngdon, which lands, etc., I have of the gift
and enfeoffment of the said John Lepe, and all the plot situated between the tenement of John Farnham on one side and
the tenement of William Belamy on the other side in Mountsorell. To hold to John and Margaret, their heirs and
assigns for ever. In witness whereof I have set my seal to this Charter with witnesses: John Farnham, John Reynald,
John Vyrly, Stephen Sylby, John atte yate, Thomas Webster, Nicholas James of Mountsorell and others.
Dated at Mountsorell on the Nativity of Blessed Mary, 16 Richard I.
Know all men that we, Thomas de Erdyngton, esq., John, son of William, son of Stephen, chaplain, Thomas
Dafforde, chaplain, John Gobbe, chaplain, William Puddyng and William Ballard have granted and by this our Charter
have confirmed to John Byfield, Richard Hannen, John Jannen and Henry Mayhew of Erdyngton, their heirs and
assigns, 2 acres of meadow which Edmund de Grafton and Alice his wife had of the gift and enfeoffment of Sir
Henry de Erdyngton, knight, in Barwe on Sore. To hold to the said John Byfield and the others, their heirs and assigns
for ever. With witnesses: John de Berkeley, kuight, Ivo Jeke, John Stephenson, Richard Carter, John Wryghte and
others,
Dated at Barwe on Sore on Thursday after the Conception of Blessed Mary, 16 Richard II.
A.D. 1393.
Grant by Thomas Dexter of Loughtteburgh and Margery his wife to Giles Jurdon of Loughtteburgh and Sir
Richard Oke of the same, chaplain, of a third part of one messuage in Thorp Mountford, otherwise called Woodthorpe,
next the tenement of William Burbache, 1 acre, 3 roods of land and 3 roods of meadow in Querndon; 4% acres of land
and 2 roods of meadow in Thorp aforesaid which formerly belonged to John le Eyre of Thorp, of which 2 roods of land
lie on Saltegatefurlong next the land of William Bryght, one rood of land lies on Kyrkehill next the land of Margery
Molle, one rood of land lies on Wynhegges next the land of Robert Broun, half-an-acre of land lies on Wellesykefurlong
next the land of John Daddy, one rood of land lies on (blank), one rood lies in Wolmeryng next the land of
William Broun, one rood of meadow lies in Stanecroftemedowe next the land of the same William, one rood of meadow
lies in Barbrygge, etc. In witness of which we have affixed our seals, these being witnesses: John de Farneham,
Robert Breton, Thomas Pegge, William Burbache, John Faukes, clerk, and others.
Dated at Wodethorp October 4, 17 Richard II.
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Hastings MSS. A.D. 1393.
Know all men that I, Robert Broun, son of Thomas Broun of Querndon, have granted, and altogether for myself
and heirs have quitclaimed to Giles Jurdon of Loughteburgh and Sir Richard Oke of the same, chaplain, all the right:
and claim which I had in all the lands and tenements which the same Giles and Sir Richard lately had of the gift and
feoffment of Thomas Dexter of Loughteburgh and Margery his wife in Thorp Montford alias Woodthoppe and
Querndon. In witness of which to this quitclaim I have set my seal with witnesses: John de Farnham, Thomas
Herberd, William Burbache, Robert Breton, John Faukes, clerk, and others.
Dated at Wodethorp October 6, 17 Richard II.
A.D. 1394.
Know all men that we, John de Ansty and Alice my wife have given, granted and by this our Charter have
confirmed to Giles Jurdan of Lughteburgh and John Herberd of Querndon, their heirs and assigns for ever, one plot
lying in the town of Querndon between Sir Thomas de Erdyngton on both sides, 2} acres of arable land and half a
cossetel of meadow, viz., one half acre on Tounfurlong between the land of Sir John de Beaumont and William Burbache,
and one rood on the same furlong between the land of Sir John Beaumont and Sir Thomas de Erdyngton, and half an
acre in Wronglandes, which is the headland next Sir Thomas de Stafford, and one rood in Stonylandes, which is the
headland, and half an acre in the same furlong between the land of Sir John de Beaumont and Sir Thomas de Erdyngtony
and one rood at le Cossetele between the land of Sir John de Beaumont and William de Boseworth, and another rood in
the same furlong between the land of Sir John de Beaumont and Sir Thomas de Erdyngton, and half a cossetel of
meadow between the meadow of Sir John de Beaumont and Sir Thomas de Erdyngton.
Dated at Querndon on Sunday next after St. Dionis, 17 Richard II.
Know present and to come that I, Robert Broun, son of Thomas Broun of Querndon, have given, granted and by
this my present Charter have confirmed to Giles Jurdon of Loughteburgh and Sir Richard Oke of the same, chaplain,
two parts of one messuage lying in Thorp Mountford, otherwise called Wodethorp, next the tenement of William
Burbache, 9 acres, one rood of land, one and a half acres of meadow in Thorp, 3 acres and a rood of land in Querndon,
which formerly belonged to John le Eyre of Thorp aforesaid, and which descended to Isabel and Elen, the daughters of
the said John, after his death by hereditary right. Of which half an acre of land lies in the Fields of Thorp abutting on
Radilyard between the land of Thomas Dexter and William Broun, one acre of land on Midel between the land of
William Broun and William Burbache, one rood of land on Caldewell between the land of William Broun and Thomas
Dexter, one rood of land on Shortbuttes between the land of William Burbache and William Brown, -—— on
Fowleplowe between the land of William and Thomas Dexter, one rood of land which is the headland on Smethyfurlong
next the land of William Broun, two roods of land lying together on Outeradeacre between the land of Thomas Dexter
and Thomas Clerc, one rood abutting on Aylewartlount between the land of William Broun and Thomas Clerc, one
acre of land lies on Stodelondes between the land of Robert Breton and William Broun, two roods of land lying tegether
on Overbanlandes next the land of William Broun, one rood of land lies on Wyvelswell between the land of William
Broun and Thomas Clerc, one rood of land on Wynheges in Le Morefeld between the land of Thomas Clerc and
Thomas de Whatton, one rood of land on Wynhegefurlong between the land of William Burbache and Thomas de
Whatton, one acre of land on Saltgatefurlong between the land of Thomas de Whatton and Thomas Clerc, half an acre
of land on Netherlane between the land of Thomas de Whatton and Thomas Dexter, one rood of land on Flaxlondes
between the land of Thomas de Whatton and Thomas Clerc, one rood of land on Boylethyll between the land of
Thomas Dexter and William Burbache, one acre of land on Howfurlong between the land of William Burbache and
Thomas de Whatton, two roods of land lying together against Le Smethye between the land of William Burbache and
William Broun, one acre of meadow lies in Rodmer between the land of William Burbache and Thomas de
Whatton, half an acre of meadow on Chakholme next the meadow of Thomas Clerc, one rood of land lies in the fields of
Querndon on Plumtrehill next the land of a certain Richard Lewys, one rood of land on Plumtrehill and abutting
on Pultonbroke next the land formerly Richard Mason’s, half an acre of land on Wellesykefurlong next the land of
John Broun, half an acre of land on Wynheges next the land of Thomas Dexter, half an acre of land on Stancroft
between the land of Adam Kekke and John Walwayn, one rood of land on Fernyrodes next the land of John Baroun,
two roods of land lying together and abutting on Thorpsyke next the land of Nicholas Payn, and half an acre of land
lies on Lam next the land of the Abbot of Leycester. To have and to hold all the aforesaid to Giles and Sir
Richard, their heirs and assigns for ever. In witness of which to this present Charter I have affixed my seal, these
being witnesses: John Farneham of Querndon, William Broun of the same, Robert O of Loughborough, William
Burbache of Wodethorp, John Faukes of Loughtteburgh, clerk, and others.
Dated at Wodethorp on the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, 17 Richard II.
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Loughborough Manor Court Roll.
Loughboro.—View of frank pledge of Margaret, Lady of Beaumont, held there on the 7th day of 21
Richard II. A.D. 1397.
Essoins.—Thomas Pegge, Giles Jurdon, William Fouler, Roger Couper, Alexander de Lokynton of Querndon,
John de Wotton, John Reynolds.
Mountsorell.—John de Pakynton, frankpledge there, presents that John Chaveney (2d.) owes advent to this Court
and has not come. John Reynold (12d.) broke the Assize of bread and also of beer, and sold contrary to the Assize.
Barowe and Querndon.—Adam Kekke, frankpledge there, presents that Roger Poutrell (2d.) and John de Poole
(4d.) owe advent and did not come. And that Richard Freman (12d.) and Thomas Colman (2d.) have tenements
out of repair. They were ordered to repair them before the next Court under a penalty of 6s. 8d.
Wodethorp.—Robert Clark, jun., and John Burbache, frankpledges there, present that Thomas de Whatton (84d.)
has not repaired his tenement which he takes of the Lady of this Manor at will. Ordered to do so by the next Court.
Etc., etc., etc.
d
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1400.
Grant by Richard Payne of Loughteburgh to Giles Jurdan of the same of an acre of arable land in Querndon, viz.,
a rood abutting on le Schokethornesike between the land of Ralph Calf and Thomas Pegge, and another rood on
Stancrofte next the headland of Sir Thomas de Erdington, and 2 roods lying together below the road over Stancrofte
and abutting on le Schokethornesike between the land of Farneham and the land of the said Giles, formerly Robert
Broun. These being witnesses: Ralph Calf, John Fauconer, Thomas Pegge, Richard Furnival, Hugh Sadeler of
Loughteburgh and others.
Dated at Loughteburgh on Sunday next after the feast of All Saints, 2 Henry IV.
Ancient Deeds. Record Office. A.D. 1408.
‘a, 11,858. This Indenture made the day of June, 4 Henry IV., being the defeasance of a Recognisance
made in the King’s Chancery, whereby Edmund, earl of Stafford, was bound to Hugh de Shirley, knight, in £12,000,
viz., if the earl executed the following Indenture, the Recognisauce to be void.
This Indenture witnesses that Edmund, earl of Stafford, cousin and heir of Ralph Basset, lord of Drayton, last
deceased, has granted to Hugh de Shirley, knight, the Manors of Radeclif on Sore and Colston Bassett, and all other
lands, advowsons, fees, etc., which the said Ralph or feoffees to his use had in the county of Notts, the Manors of
Rakedale and Wyloughes, Radeclif on Wrethek, Barugh on Sore, and Dounton, the park of Buddon, a messuage and
virgate of land in Howeton, lands in Long Whatton, both those late Richard Croupe’s and others, a messuage in
Thursyngton, and all other the lands, etc., late of the said Ralph, in the county of Leycester, the Manor of Thorp nigh
Lubbenham, co. Northants, etc., etc. To hold to the said Hugh in tail male, with reversion in default to the earl and
his heirs; neither the earl nor his heir shall be bound to warrant the premises except against Anne, the earl’s wife, if
she survives him and claims dower therein. Witnesses: Thomas de Rempston, Thomas de Chaworth, John Leek,
Thomas Maureward, and Henry Nevill, knights.
Dated at Radeclif on Sore 20 July, 4 Henry IV.
"And the said earl shall cause livery of seisin to be made to the said Hugh before Michaelmas next, etc.
Loughborough.—View of frankpledge and Court of Sir Henry, Lord of Beaumont, held there on Tuesday, the sth:
day of April, 8 Henry IV. A.D. 1407.
Essoins.—Roger de Pare, Thomas de Whatton the elder, Richard Hortoppe, Adam Kekke, John de Wotton, John
Lewlyn, Roger Couper, John Duffeld, John Lue, William Salle, John Peyntour.
Barowe and Querndon.—Thomas Walker and John Virly, frankpledges there, present that Alexander de Lokyntoa
(2d.) owes suit to this Court and has not come. John Lewlyn (6d.) is a brewer and broke the Assize. Alexander
Lokynton has not repaired his tenement as ordered at the last Court by the pledges of John de Lewys and Thomas
Walker, therefore they are in mercy (4d.) and ordered to do so on pain of 23s. 4d. before the next Court. Thomas:
Colman (4d.) has not repaired his tenement as ordered by the pledges of John Virly and William Smyth, the same order-
is made. John de Wotton has a tenement not well roofed, and he has until the next Court under a pain of 4od.
Thomas Walker has not repaired his tenements as ordered; he is to do so before the next Court under a pain of 16s. 8d..
Adam Kekke is a brewer (2d.) and sold beer contrary to the Assize. Etc., etc., etc.
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De Banco Roll 631. Michaelmas, 6 Henry V. A.D. 1418,
m. 456, Leyc.; John Arblaster and Katherine his wife offered themselves against William Balle, clerk, Thomas
Burstall, clerk, Thomas Pegge, esq., Henry Jeke and Thomas Whatton in a plea of a third part of the manor of
Querendon, 4 cottages, 120 acres of land, 54 of meadow, 50 of pasture and 50 of wood in Querendon, and a third part
of 2 messuages, 120 acres of land, 5 of meadow and 8 of pasture in Woodhouse, a third part of a messuage and virgate
of land in Countesthorpe and a third part of a messuage and virgate of land in Blaby, which John and Katherine claim
here in the King’s Court as dower of Katherine, of the gift of John Farnham the younger, formerly her husband. The
defendants did not appear. Therefore it is decided that John and Katherine recover seisin of the dower by default.
N.B.—The defendants in the above case would be the ex’ors of John Farnham the elder. John Arblaster of Cropston, co. Leye.,
was of the family of Arblaster of Longdon, co Stafford. See Shaw’s “ Stafford,” vol. i., page 225.
De Banco Roll 633. Easter, 7 Henry V. A.D. 1419.
m. 381. Leyc.; John Danet and Thomas Farneham offered themselves against Richard Mylner of Melton
Moubray, miller, Thomas Glen of Spondon, co. Derby, gent., in pleas of 6 marks each.
De Banco Roll 639. Michaelmas, 8 Henry V. A.D. 1420.
m. 476. Salop; Thomas Erdyngton the elder demands against Thomas Erdyngton the younger and Joyce his
wife the manor of Wilynton, of which Henry his ancestor was seised in the time of King Edward II. And from
Henry the manor descended to Giles as son and heir, and from Giles to Thomas as son and heir, and from Thomas,
son of Giles, to Thomas Erdyngton, who now demands as son and heir.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1422.
Know all men that I, Thomas Erdyngton the elder, esquire, have given, granted, and by this my Charter have
confirmed to Alice Ilshawe of Tonworth for her good service 26s. 8d. of yearly rent out of my rent issuing from
certain lands and meadows in Barowe on Sore, viz., 6s. 8d. issuing from one tenement called Sommerestenement, and
20s. issuing from 12 acres of meadow lying dispersed in the park of Barrowe called Southolm, which acres were
formerly the property of Alice the daughter of Sir Henry de Erdyngton, knight. To have and to hold to the said Alice
for term of her life, with leave to distrain after 15 days of non-payment when due. Witnesses: Roger Fowler, John
Grage, John Gladwin, Thomas Lemyng of Erdyngton, William Heldon the elder and others.
Dated at Erdyngton on Wednesday next before the Purification of Blessed Mary, 9 Henry V.
De Banco Roll 652. Hilary, 2 Henry VI. A.D. 1424.
m. 104, Staff.; Robert Farneham, in his own person, demands against William Balle, clerk, and Thomas Burstall,
-clerk, two messuages, 200 acres of land, 20 of meadow, 20 of wood, and jos. rent in Levedale and Bilynton, which
Richard de Bilynton gave to John de Bilynton, his son, and to Matilda, the daughter of Reginald Ibestocke, his wife,
and to the heirs of their bodies, and which, after the deaths of John and Matilda, and of Margaret the daughter and heir
-of the same John and Matilda, and of John the son and heir of the same Margaret, to the said Robert as son and heir
of the said John son of Margaret ought to descend by the form of the said gift. And concerning which he says that
the said Richard de Bilynton gave the said messuages, land, meadow, wood and rent to the said John de Bilynton his
son and to Matilda and their issue, by virtue of which gift the said John, son of Richard, and Matilda were seised of
the said messuages, land, meadow, wood and rent in their desmesne as of fee and right in the time of peace and of the
lord Edward late King of England the third after the conquest, by taking thence the issues to the value, etc.
And from John, son of Richard, and Matilda the right descended according to the form of the gift to a certain
Margaret as daughter and heir, and from Margaret to a certain John as son and heir, and from John, son of Margaret,
the right descended to the said Robert Farneham, who now demands as son and heir of the said John the son of
Margaret. And thus he produces his suit.
William and Thomas, by Roger Wilnehale their attorney, come and defend, and say that they are not able to gainsay
the action of the said Robert, nor that Richard gave the said messuages and lands and rent to the said John and Matilda
_and their issue, nor the right which Robert in his brief and narration submits. Therefore it is adjudged that the said
Robert Farneham recovers his seisin in the said messuages, lands and rent. William and Thomas are not in mercy
because they came on the first day of summons.
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Richard de Bilynton== Margaret Reginald Ibestocke of==
dead in 1363. | de Banco Roll, Trinity 1363. Ibstock, co. Leyc.
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John de la ia
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Margaret, dau. and sole ee de Farnham (the elder) of Quorndon, co. Leyc.
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John de pense a dau. of Fohn Feke of Wygynton, co. Staffs.
Robert Farnham, the claimant, of Quorndon,= Margaret, dau. of Thomas Whatton of Mountsorrel.*
co. Leyc., and Billington, co, Staffs.
* N.B.—This is given incorrectly in the Visitation Pedigree.
.N.B.—This suit is interesting. It gives the connection between the families of Farnham, Billington and Ibstock, and corrects the
Visitation Pedigree of 1563 in more than one particular. No doubt Robert Farnham had just come of age, and was claiming his grand-
mother’s property in Staffordshire from his grandfather’s executors.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1426.
Grant by Thomas Erdyngton, esquire, to Robert Durant and Margaret his wife of a messuage with lands and
meadow to the same pertaining in Barowe on Sore, co. Leicester, which messuage is called Summerestenement, in which
the said Robert now dwells. To hold to Robert and Margaret for their lives and the longer liver, rendering therefor
to Thomas Erdyngton and his assigns 6s. 8d. yearly, with a covenant that Robert and Margaret shall keep the house
and buildings in good repair. These being witnesses: Roger Fowler, John Grage, John Gladwyn and others.
Dated at Erdyngton on Thursday before St. Gregory, 4 Henry VI.
De Banco Roll 666. Trinity, 5 Henry VI. A.D. 1427.
m. 355 d, Leyc.; Thomas Farnham v. John Bothe of Derby, gent., and Joan his wife, ex’ors of the will of John
Fyndern, in a plea of 40s., and v. John Boys of Norton Dysney, co. Lincoln, gent., and Elizabeth his wife, executrix
of the will of John Barkeley, in a plea of 7 marks. They did not come.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1430.
Grant by John Reynald of Leycester the younger to Geoffrey Lammess of Syleby of a croft in the lower end of
Mountsorrell between Barow Lane on one side and the croft of William Byngham on the other side. To hold to
Geoffrey, his heirs and assigns for ever. These being witnesses: Thomas Whatton of Mountsorell, John Chaveney,
John Glover, William Byngham, John Rakedale, Hugh Rudd, John Purs of the same and others.
Dated at Mountsorrell on the feast of St. Matthew, 9 Henry VI.
De Banco Roll 680. Hilary, 9 Henry VI. A.D. 1431.
m. 340 d. Leyc.; John Stafford, the bishop of Bath and Wells, v. John Prechet of Querndon, in a plea that he
render him a reasonable account while he was the bishop’s receiver of monies in Querndon.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1432.
Know all men that I, Thomas Farnham, have remitted and for ever have quitclaimed to William Burton of Loughte-
burgh all my right and claim in one cottage in Loughteburgh lying in le Baxtergate between the tenement of William
Burton on the south and the tenement of John de Beaumont, knight, on the north, which cottage contains in length from
the High Way as far as the tenement of a certain Robert Hateley 236 yards and a half on the south, and in breadth
towards the west contains 11 yards to the head of the tenement late Robert Hateley’s. In witness whereof to this
Charter I have affixed my seal with these witnesses: John Burton the younger, John Hut, Richard Marshall, William
Perkyn, William Halle and others.
Dated at Loughteburgh 1 June, 10 Henry VI.
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Hastings MSS. A.D. 1488.
To all to whom this writing shall come Laurence Barkeley, knight, greeting. Since suit and discord have taken
place between the said Laurence and Thomas Erdyngton, esquire, concerning 5s. of rent which the said Thomas claimed
to receive from a messuage and seven virgates of land of the said Laurence in Barowe on Sore, co. Leycester, and the
same was referred to the mediation of friends, viz., John Bowes and John Mayell as arbitrators on the part of the said
Laurence, and Thomas Mollesey and Thomas Whatton on the part of Thomas Erdyngton. It was agreed that the said
Laurence, his heirs and assigns should hold the said messuage and lands of the said Thomas and his heirs by fealty, and
the service of 5s. yearly rent on St. Michael’s day. These being witnesses: Bartholomew Brokesby, esq., John Burgh,
Thomas Farnham and others. :
Dated on Monday next after St. Michael’s day, 12 Henry VI. sd
Know all men that I, Thomas Erdyngton, the elder, esquire, have given, granted and by this my Charter have
confirmed to Stephen Pyndar, chaplain, William Hopkyns of Little Bromwich, Roger Aleyn of the same, Simon Levyng
of Erdyngton and John Gladwyn of Barow on Sore, 12 acres of meadow in the town of Barowe on Sore, of which
6 acres and a rood lie in the Southolm next the meadow of Alice, formerly the daughter of Sir Henry Erdyngton, knight,
and extend from the water of Sore as far as le Wyludoles, and one acre lies in the same meadow, which is called
Wyggewere, and 3 acres and 3 roods lie in the same meadow next the meadow of the said Alice, and extend from the
water of Sore as far as le Weludoles, and one half acre lies in the Akyrlandes in the said meadow of Southolm next the
acre of the said Alice, and one half acre lies in the said Akyrlandes next the meadow formerly of Robert Betesone. I
have also given to the same Stephen and the others one tenement in Barow on Sore called Summerstenement in which
Robert Durant dwells. To have and to hold to Stephen and the others for ever. In witness whereof to this present
Charter I have set my seal with witnesses: William Holdon, John atte Barr of Erdyngton, Richard Otheyn of Aston,
Thomas Levyng, John Grage, senior, John Grage, junior, Robert Durant of Barow and others.
Dated at Erdyngton on Wednesday next before the feast of St. Petronilla the Virgin, 11 Henry VI.
A.D. 1436.
A demise by Thomas Erdyngton, esquire, lord of Barowe on Sore, to John Bocher of Querndon, Agnes his wife and
John their son for their lives and the longer liver, of the messuage, 6 acres of arable land and 23 of meadow which the
said John holds of the said Thomas in Querndon, rendering therefor yearly to Thomas Erdyngton or his heirs 7s, at the
four usual terms by equal payments, and competently maintaining at their own expense the said messuage. In witness
of which, etc. These being witnesses: Robert Farnham of Querndon, esquire, Thomas Bank, Robert Doxsay, Thomas
Purs, John Prychett of the same and others.
Dated at Querndon on Friday next before St. Gregory the Pope, 14 Henry VI.
De Banco Roll 703. Michaelmas, 15 Henry VI. A.D. 14386.
m. 637. North.; The sheriff was ordered to summon Gerard Fossebroke to be here within 15 days of St. Martin
to answer William Farnham and Alice his wife and John Welles and Isabel his wife in a plea of a messuage and
virgate of land in Wodeford juxta Thrapston which they claim as the right of Alice and Isabel by a writ of the king.
De Banco Roll 706. Trinity, 15 Henry VI. A.D. 14387.
m, 264, Leyc.; William Boyvylle of Tyrlyngton, gent., John Boyvylle of Stokeston, gent., Thomas Palmer
of Holt, gent., Hugh Boyvyle of Rydlyngton, Thomas Boyvyle of Belton, gent., Thomas Farnham of Querndon,
co. Leyc., Hugh Dyke of London, mercer, and John Langeston of Langeston, clerk, were attached to answer Richard
Alwold and other Alwolds in a plea of assault at Tyrlyngton on Monday after Michaelmas, 15 Henry VI. The defendants
say that the Alwolds are villeins of William Boyvylle and the other defendants of their manor of Tyrlyngton, etc. The
jury decide that the Alwolds are of a free condition.
N.B.—Probably a manumission, the assault was merely technical.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1444.
This Indenture made between John, Viscount Beaumont, on one part, and Sir Thomas Erdyngton, knight, on
the other part, witnesseth that the said Viscount has granted by this Indenture that the said Sir Thomas shall have,
as parcel of his manor of Barow on Sore, the water of Sore between Barowbrygge and Thorp dike and all the
parties in the Wastes in Leicestershire called Basset parte, Erdyngton parte and Sully parte, except the parcels of
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the said Sully parte that John Faukoner, sometime lord of Thurkeldeston, gave to Sir Hugh Spencer, sometime lord
of Loughborough, and that the said parties in the said Waste, except the before excepted, and the bounds of them
after the old writings of the same bounds shall be seen and diligently and truly examined by indifferent persons to
be chosen by the said Viscount and Sir Thomas and other old men that know the same bounds, and that then it
shall be lawful for the same Sir Thomas to enter into the same parties in the Waste, except the before excepted, and
to hold and enjoy them as parcel of his said manor of Barogh on Sore for evermore, and this bounding to be done
before the feast of St. Michael the Archangel next coming. In witness of which to the one part of this Indenture
remaining aneynt the said Sir Thomas the said Viscount has set his seal, and to that other part of the said Indenture
remaining aneynt the said Viscount the said Sir Thomas has set his seal.
Dated 22 July, 22 Henry VI.
N.B.—Compare with the Fine on page 3 between Mabel de Sully and John le Fauconer.
This Indenture made at Beaumanor 16 March, 22 Henry VI., witnesseth the Agreement made between John, Viscount
Beaumont, of one part, and Sir Thomas Erdyngton, knyght, on the other part, that the said Sir Thomas has granted and
by this Indenture promised to make to the said Viscount, or other persons named by the said Viscount to his use, after
the decease of said Sir Thomas and Dame Joyce his wife (if the said Thomas die without issue of his body lawfully
begotten) sure and lawful estate in the reversion of the Manor of Barowe on Sore with all appurtenances thereof, between
this date and the feast of Pentecost next coming after the date of this present Indenture by the Counsel of the said
Viscount and of the same Thomas and at the cost of the said Thomas in case there be License sued of the King for
the alienation of the said reversion. For which reversion the said Viscount shall pay unto the said Thomas 1c00 marks,
that is to say, between this and the feast of St. Michael next ensuing 200 marks, at Christmas a.p. 1450, £200, and at
Christmas next following 100 marks and so on from year to year at Christmas 100 marks unto the time the said sum
of tooo marks may be fully paid and satisfied. And the said Viscount will and promiseth by this Indenture to the said
Thomas that he shall have and enjoy all the parcels in the Waste that may be found of right belonging and pertaining
to the said Manor of Barowe by the Counsel of the said Viscount and the said Thomas without any interruption or let
of the said Viscount. And also the said Thomas will and by this preseut Indenture granteth that the said Viscount be
made safe for to have repayment of all the sums of money which the said Thomas or any other person in his name shall
have received of the said Viscount for the said reversion of the said Manor of Barowe in case God fortune the said
Thomas to have issue of his body lawfully begotten. In witness whereof the parties abovesaid either to the other has
set his seal.
Dated the day, place and year abovesaid.
N.B.—Sir Thomas Erdyngton died without issue in 1467, but John, viscount Beaumont, was killed at the battle of Northampton in
1459, and his son and heir William, viscount Beaumont, was taken prisoner by the Yorkists in 1461, attainted and sentenced to forfeit
all his estates.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1444.
Grant by John Kent of Kirby to William de Ferrars, lord of Groby, Thomas de Ferrars of Groby the elder, Thomas
de Ferrars of Groby the younger, Thomas Farnham of Quernedon, Richard Neell of Shepeshed, Robert Langham
of Gopshull, Roger Fysshewyk of Leycester, clerk, and John de Bradburne of Groby of all those lands and tenements, etc.,
which he had in the town and fields of Kirby, Stretton parva and Norton juxta Galby, except a messuage and virgate in
Kirby formerly of John Wylkynson of Sadyngton, to hold to them, their executors and assigns for ever. These being
witnesses: Richard Fouleshurst of Groby, Ralph Shepe of Roteby, Thomas Squier of Kirby, William Chapman
of Groby, John Myriel of the same and others.
Dated at Kirby on the Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary, 22 Henry VI.
Thomas Stevenson, clerk, Robert Ryggeley, Hugh le Howe, William Smyth and John Gladewyn have granted to
“Thomas Erdyngton, knight, and Joyce his wife their manor of Barogh on Sore which they lately had of the gift of the
said Thomas Erdyngton, to hold to Thomas Erdyngton, Joyce his wife, and their issue, and if they have no issue to the
heirs of the body of Thomas Erdyngton, in default the manor will remain to John, viscount Beaumont, Richard
Byngham, Thomas Staunton, John Trenthall and William Ermyn and the heirs and assigns of the said viscount. These
being witnesses: William lord de Ferrars of Groby, Thomas de Ferrars, John Bowes, Richard Neel, Robert Witham
and others,
Dated at Barogh on Sore July 26, 22 Henry VI.
And Thomas Stevenson, clerk, and the others appoint Master Thomas Loughtburgh, canon of the cathedral church
of Lincoln, and Thomas Whatton as their attorneys to deliver seisin to Thomas Erdyngton, knight, and Joyce his wife
of the said manor.
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De Banco Roll 746. Trinity, 25 Henry VI. A.D. 1447.
m. 169, lLeyc.; The sheriff was ordered to distrain Thomas Erdyngton, late sheriff of co. Leycester, his:
predecessor, by all his lands and produce him here within 15 days of Holy Trinity to answer William Belgrave of
Belgrave in a plea of debt of toos. He was mainprised by Thomas Farnham, Robert Farnham, Richard Person and
John Grage.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1450.
Grant by William Byngham to John Cooper and Matilda his wife of Syleby of one messuage, one croft-and
seven roods of meadow, which said messuage is situated in the lower end of the town of Mountsorell next the messuage
of Henry Wysowe on the south and the messuage of Richard Chaveney on the north, the said croft lies next the croft
of Geoflrey Lammes on the south and the croft of Richard Chaveney on the north, the said seven roods lie in the
meadows of Quarnedon, of which one half acre is called the Hadland in the Galles, one half acre lies below Mountsorel
next the meadow of St. Bartholomew on the south and the meadow of Richard Chaveney on the north, one rood lies in
le Brodemedowe next the meadow of St. Bartholomew on one side and the meadow of John Fernaham on the
other, one rood lies in the same furlong next the meadow of St. Bartholomew on one side and the meadow of
William Peg of Lughtburgh on the other, one rood lies in le Welsyk next the meadow of St. Bartholomew on one
side and the meadow of John Fernaham on the other. To hold to the said John and Matilda, their heirs and
assigns for ever. These being witnesses: Thomas Fernaham of Quarnedon, John Whatton of Mountsorel, Hugh
Wygynton of the same, William Payle of the same and John Stanwysh of the same and many others.
Dated at Mountsorell on Thursday next before the feast of Easter, 28 Henry VI.
A.D, 1452.
Know all men that I, John Revell of Barow on Sore, have given, granted and by this my Charter have confirmed.
to Robert Moreton of Mountsorell one messuage in the lower end of Mountsorell between the tenement enfeoffed
of St. John Baptist on the north side and the tenement of Thomas Farnham of Querundon on the south side. To
hold to Robert, his heirs and assigns for ever. In witness of which to this Charter I have set my seal with witnesses ;
William Smyth of Barow, John Vyrly, Robert Reyne of the same, Richard Chaveney of Mountsorell, Hugh
Wyggynton, John Rakedale, William Peall of the same and others.
Dated at Mountsorell on the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, 30 Henry VI.
A.D. 1455.
Know all men that I, William Lammes of Mountsorell, have given, granted and by this my present Charter have
confirmed to John Cowper of Syleby a croft in the lower end of Mountsorell. Witnesses: Richard Chaveney of
Mountsorell, John Glen, William Peyle, Robert Bryden of Syleby, William Fox of Syleby and others.
Dated at Mountsorell the 23rd day of January, 33 Henry VI.
De Banco Roll 769. Easter, 31 Henry VI. A.D. 1453,
m, 35, Leyc.; Thomas Farnham v. Richard Sawecy of Barowe on Sore, husbandman, in a plea wherefore he
assaulted with swords, sticks, bows and arrows William Brabysson, the servant of Thomas Farnham at Querndon, beat,
wounded and ill-treated him, so that Thomas lost his services for a long while, and did other enormities against the peace
on Monday after the feast of St. Bartholomew, 30 Henry VI. The defendant came by his attorney and has leave to
imparl in the octaves of Trinity.
Same. Thomas Farnham v. Robert Milner of Loughtburgh, miller, in a plea wherefore he took 2 nesting swans
worth 100s, at Querndon on March 12, 24 Henry VI. He has leave to imparl at Trinity.
De Banco Roll 773. Easter, 32 Henry VI. A.D. 1454.
m. 184. Leyc.; Thomas Erdyngton, knight, and Joyce his wife and Thomas Farnham, by their attorney v. John
Davers of Swythland, esquire, Hugh Wyggynton of Mountsorrell, glover, and John Pery of Querndon, laborer, in a plea
wherefore they forcibly turned up the soil of Thomas, Joyce and Thomas Farnham at Mountsorrell with certain
ploughs, by which plaintiffs lost the profits of the soil for a long time.
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De Banco Roll 776. Hilary, 33 Henry VI. A.D. 1455.
m. 51. Leyc.; Thomas Farnham v. Henry Chattok of Erdyngton, co. Warr., yoman, and William Chattok
of London, fishmonger, in a plea of taking away Thomas Farnham’s greyhound from Querndon.
De Banco Roll 782. Trinity, 34 Henry VI. A.D. 1456.
m. 69 d, Leyc.; John Fyssher v. Richard Hortop of Querndon, husbandman, and Margaret Fyssher of
-Querndon, widow, in a plea of illegal diseisin of two messuages in Leycester and Querndon.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1456.
This Indenture witnesses that Thomas Erdyngton, knight, and Joyce his wife have granted and to farm let to John
Gladwyn of Barow on Sore and to William his son one piece of pasture called Le Oxlesuwe in le Holme of Barow and a
croft of land which Roger Fowler formerly held. To hold to John and William from the date of making this Indenture
to the end of the term of 20 years next ensuing and fully to be completed, rendering therefor yearly to the said Thomas
and Joyce and their assigns 14s. of lawful English money at the feast of St. Michael. Distraint if the rent is in arrear
for 8 weeks and a clause of good maintenance by John and William during the tenancy.
Dated at Barow on the feast of St. Chad the Bishop, 34 Henry VI.
Also a grant by the same to the same of the agistment de le Holme for 10 years at a yearly rent of 40s. payable at
the feast of St. Martin.
A.D. 1456.
; Know all men that I, Henry Jurden, citizen and fishmonger of London, son and heir of Giles Jurden, late
of Loughtteburgh, co. Leycester, have appointed as my attorney Thomas Wydmerpole, citizen and fishmonger of
London, to give seisin in my name to John Balard of Loughtteburgh and Margaret his wife, Master Henry Grene,
Rector of the parish church of Loughtteburgh, and Geoffrey Beche of Hekyngton, co. Lincoln, their heirs and assigns, of
all the lands and tenements, rents, etc., which I have in Loughtteburgh, Wodethorp and Serlethorp, co. Leycester,
together with 3 acres, 1 rood of land and meadow in Querndon, co. Leycester, according to the tenor of a Charter made
by me. In witness, etc., the 24th day of May, 34 Henry VI.
®
De Banco Roll 790. Trinity, 36 Henry VI. A.D. 1458.
m. 30, Leyc.; John Farnham, esquire, and John Sewall v. Thomas Hunt of Northampton, draper, and Simon
-Kesten of Northampton, glover, in a plea wherefore they took away 10 marks worth of goods and chattels belonging to
the said John and John at Querndon.
De Banco Roll 797. Easter, 38 Henry VI. A.D. 1460.
m. 64 d, Leyc.; Thomas Farnham, by his attorney v. Thomas Shayll of Shepeshed, husbandman, in a plea
wherefore he took and carried away 3 oxen of the said Thomas Farnham worth 40s. from Querndon.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1458.
Know all men that I, Thomas Erdyngton of Erdyngton, knight, have given, granted and by this my Charter have
confirmed to Henry Juse, clerk, Richard Neel, William Pegg, John Palmer and Richard Reynold all my lands and
tenements, etc., called le Oldefelde and Cowthornehill in Old Birchwode in Charley, co. Leycester. To hold to Henry
and the others, their heirs and assigns for ever. These being witnesses : Thomas Farnham of Quarndon, John Whatton
of Mountsorell, esquires, John Davers of Swythland, esquire, Richard Preston of Quarndon, gent., John Kendale
of Shepeshed, gent., John Nevyll of the same, clerk, and John Parker of the same and others. :
Dated at Charley August 20, 36 Henry VI.
Appointment by Thomas Erdyngton of Erdyngton, knight, of John Gladwyn of Barowe on Sore and Hugh o’ the
bough of Barowe as his lawful attorneys to deliver seisin of the above lands to Henry Juce, clerk, and the others.
Dated 20 August, 36 Henry VI.
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Hastings MSS. A.D. 1458.
Know all men that I, Joan, late the wife of William Burton of Loughborough, have given, granted and by this my
Charter have confirmed to Thomas Burton of Loughborough, merchant, all the lands and tenements which I have in the
town and territories of Loughborough, Burton and Prestwold, co. Leycester, which I have of the gift and grant of
Robert Rafyn, chaplain. To hold to the said Thomas, his heirs and assigns for ever. Witnesses: William Pegge
of Loughborough, William Parker, bailiff, of the same town, Thomas Hutte of the same, John Hykelyng of the same,
William Dewy of the same and others.
Dated at Loughborough November 12, 37 Henry VI.
Grant from William Perkyn of Lughtburgh and John Fost, junior, to William Burton of Lughteburgh and Thomas:
Burton his son, of 44 acres of arable land lying in the fields of Burton, Prestwold and Lughtburgh.
De Banco Roll 802. Michaelmas, 1 Edward IV. A.D. 1461.
m, 332 d. Leyc.; John Roberdes v. Robert Farnham of Querndon, gentleman, in a plea of 4os.
De Banco Roll 805. Trinity, 2 Edward IV. A.D. 1462.
~-m, 153. Leyc.; William Hastynges, knight, Thomas Erdyngton, knight, and Richard Neel v. John Farnham of
Quarndon, esquire, in a plea of 100s. He did not come, and the Sheriff was ordered to attach him to be here on the
quindene of St. Michael.
m. 231. Leyc.; Thomas Erdyngton, knight, v. John Farnham of Quarndon, esquire, in a plea wherefore he
assaulted, beat, wounded and ill-treated John Gladwyn, the servant of Thomas Erdyngton at Quarndon, so that the said
Thomas lost his services for a long while.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1464.
Know all men that I, Thomas Erdyngton, knight, have given, granted and by this my present Charter have
confirmed to Richard Neel, serjeant at law, Henry Juse, Humfry Jurden, clerk, John Palmer, Thomas Holden and John
Gladwyn all my lands and tenements, meadows, feedings, pastures, woods, waters, moors, marshes, rents, reversions and.
services in Barowe on Sore, Querndon and Wodehouse, co. Leycester, together with the View of Frankpledge and all
liberties and franchises to the same belonging. ‘To have and to hold to the said Richard Neel and the others, their heirs
and assigns, of the chief lords of the fee by the right and accustomed services for ever. And I truly, the said Thomas
Erdyngton and my heirs, will warrant the said lands, etc., to the said Richard Neel and the others against all men for
ever. In witness whereof to this my present Charter I have set my seal with these witnesses: William Pegge, Richard
Preston and Robert Farnham, gentilmen, Richard Bradmere and Robert Jorce, clerks, William Smyth and Richard
Marshall and others.
Dated at Barowe the and day of August, 4 Edward IV.
The same date.
Appointment of Richard Reynold and Richard Chamber as attorneys for Thomas Erdyngton, knight, to give seisitt
in his name to Richard Nele and the others of all his lands, etc., in Barowe, Querndon and Wodehouse.
Know all men that I, Thomas Erdyngton, knight, have given, granted and by this my present Charter have
confirmed to Richard Nele, serjeant at law, Henry Juse, Humfry Jurden, clerk, John Palmer, Thomas Holden, son of
William Holden the elder, and John Gladwyn all those lands, tenements, rents, services, etc., in the parish of Barowe
on Sore, co. Leycester, with their appurtenances, which Ralph Shirley, esquire, son and heir of Ralph Shirley, knight, .
deceased, claims to have there. To have and to hold all the said lands, tenements, etc., to the said Richard Nele and the
others, their heirs and assigns, of the chief lords of the fee by the right and accustomed services for ever. In witness
whereof I, the said Thomas Erdyngton, have set my seal to this Charter.
The witnesses and attorneys to deliver seisin are the same as before.
N.B.—These two enfeoffments to Richard Nele and the others were probably made by Sir Thomas de Erdyngton in trust for
Sir William Hastynges, ;
SUPPLEMENT. 29
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1464.
Thomas Farnham granted to Richard Neel, serjeant-at-law, Henry Juse and Humfry Jurden, clerks, John Palmer,
‘Fhomas Holden the son of William Holdon and John Gladwyn his manor of Barowe on Sore, co. Leyc., which he,
together with Richard lord le Strange of Knokyn, John Radclyf, knights, and Richard Harcourt, esq., Thomas Mollesey
and Richard Otheyn, deceased, had of the gift of Thomas Erdyngton, knight. These being witnesses: William
Pegge, Richard Preston, Robert Farnham, gentlemen, Richard Bradmere and John Jorce, clerks, William Smyth and
Richard Marchall.
Dated at Barow August 1, 4 Edward IV.
. Thomas Erdyngton, knight, granted to Richard Neel, serjeant-at-law, Henry Juse and Humfry Jurden, clerks, John
Palmer, Thomas Holden son of William Holden the elder, and John Gladwyn, their heirs and assigns, his title and
right in the manor of Barow on Sore which they lately had of the gift of Thomas Farnham. And Thomas Erdyngton
and his heirs will warrant them the manor against George the abbot of Westminster and his successors for ever. ‘These
being witnesses: William Pegge, Richard Preston and Robert Farnham, gentlemen, Richard Bradmere and Robert
Jorce, clerks, William Smyth and Richard Marchall.
Dated at Barow August 2, 4 Edward IV.
A.D. 1465.
Grant by John Cooper and Matilda his wife of Syleby to Thomas Burton, merchant, of Lughtburgh, of one
messuage, two crofts and seven roods of meadow, which messuage is situated in the lower end of Mountsorell, next the
messuage of Henry Wysowe on the south, and the messuage of Richard Chaveney on the north, the two crofts lie
together next the road called Barowe Lane on the south, and the croft late of Richard Chaveney on the north, the seven
roods lie in the meadows of Quernedon, of which one half acre called the Hadland in the Galles lies next the meadow of
John Glen of Mountsorell on the west, one half acre lies beneath Mountsorell next the meadow of St. Bartholomew on
the south, and the meadow late of Richard Chaveney on the north, one rood lies in le Brodemedowe of Querendon next
the meadow of St. Bartholomew and the meadow of John Farnham, one rood lies in the same next the meadow of
St. Bartholomew and the meadow of William Purs, one rood lies in le Welsike next the meadow of St. Bartholomew in
the tenure of John Ryggus of Querendon on one side and the meadow of John Farnham on the other. To bold to the
said Thomas Burton, his heirs and assigus for ever. These being witnesses: Robert Farnaham of Mountsorell, Thomas
Chaveney of Mountsorell, William Payle of Mountsorell, Robert Moreton of Mountsorell, Hugh Wygynton of Mount-
sorell and others.
Dated at Mountsorell on the feast of St. Margaret the Virgin, 5 Edward IV.
Grant by Thomas Colman of Barowe on Sore to Roger Pollard of Syeston, William Brodon of the same, Thomas
Smyth of Barowe on Sore, John Purs of the same, William Smyth of Burton and Robert Smyth of the same, of all the
lands and tenements which I had of the gift and feoffment of John Colman, my father, lying in the town and fields of
Barowe on Sore. ‘These being witnesses: John Gladwyn of Barowe, William Smyth of the same, William Colman of
the same, Robert Dayre of the same, Richard Marshall of the same and others.
Dated at Barowe on Tuesday next after the feast of St. Katherine the Virgin, 5 Edward IV.
De Banco Roll 818. Hilary, 5 Edward IV. A.D. 1466.
m. 205. Leyc.; Richard Helwes of Quernedon, yoman, and John Saundres of Quernedon, husbandman, were
attached to answer Thomas Erdyngton, knight, in a plea, wherefore, together with John Farnham and John Paynell,
both of Quernedon, gentlemen, William North and Thomas Shepherd, of Quernedon, labourers, they took and carried
away a certain horse of Thomas Erdyngton’s worth 40s. from Barowe, and his goods and chattels worth 4os., and
assaulted, beat and wounded his servant John Shakespere so that he lost his services for a long time on October 4,
5 Edward IV. Order to summon a jury.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1469.
__ Know present and to come that I, William Hastyngs, knight, lord Hastyngs, have given, granted and by this my
present Charter have confirmed to the Reverend Father in Christ George, archbishop of York, the Reverend Father in
Christ Robert, bishop of Bath and Wells and chancellor of England, Thomas Burgh, knight, Thomas Billyng, chief
justice of the Pleas, Richard Neel, one of the justices of the Pleas, John Gunthorp, clerk, High Almoner of the
30 QUORNDON RECORDS.
lord the King, John Donne, esquire of the King’s body, Richard Fowler, Thomas Palmer, William Moton, esq.,
Robert Staunton, William Husey, Nicholas Stathum, John Eltonhed and William Stenys, the castle and manor of
Bevoure, co. Lincoln, with its members and appurtenances, the manor of Wollesthorp in the same county, the manor
of Bottesford and the manor of Redmyle, with their appurtenances in co. Leycester, the Reversion of the manor of
Barrowe in the same county with its appurtenances, which said manor of Barowe Joyce, who was the wife of Thomas
Erdyngton, knight, holds for the term of her life, the reversion then belonging to me the said William Hastyngs and
my heirs, the manor of Bolton Percy, co. Ebor, the castle, rape, honor and lordship of Hastyngs, co. Sussex, the manors
of Assheby la Zouche, Shepeshed, Bagworth, Thornton, Neuton Harcourt, Wystow and Flekeney, co. Leycester, the
manors of Stoke Dawbeney, Wilberston, Assheley and Sutton, co. Northants, and all my lands and tenements, rents,
reversions and services, advowsons of priories, chantries and other ecclesiastical preferments whatsoever in the above-
named places. To hold to the above-named persons, their heirs and assigns for ever. In witness whereof to this my
present Charter I have affixed my seal, these being witnesses: Thomas Trussell, Thomas Tresham, knights, Henry
Sothyll, Henry Thwaytes, William Assheby, Robert Tanfeld, Henry Huddleston and many others.
Dated the roth day of February, 9 Edward IV.
Se el
N.B.—This Charter is interesting, for it clearly shews that Sir William Hastyngs had obtained the reversion of the manor
of Barrow on the death of Joyce de Erdyngton either by Deed from Sir Thomas Erdyngton in his lifetime or by Grant from the Crown.
In his history of Leicestershire Nichols says (vol. iii., p. 568) that Sir Thomas Erdyngton made his will as follows: ‘‘To all trewe
Cristen people, etc., Thomas Erdyngton, knight, sendeth helth, etc. Ye shall know me the seid Sir Thomas to have made my last wille
in the fourme folowyng, etc. I wele, etc., that alle my feofees to myne use in and of the maner of Barowe upon Soure, etc., immediately
after my decees, and of dame Joyce my wife, make such a state, etc., to Sir William Hastyngs, knight, lord Hastings, and to his heires,
of the said maner, etc. Yeven at Erdyngton, the fourth day of August, in the fourth yere of the regn of kyng Edward the IVth.”
Harleian MS. 3881, f. 15 b.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1470.
Grant by Robert Moreton of Mountsorrell to Thomas Bradshawe, his heirs and assigns for ever, of one messuage
in the lower end of Mountsorrell, between the tenement enfeoffed of St. John Baptist on the north and the tenements
of John Farnham on the south. These being witnesses: Thomas Chaveney of Mountsorrell, William Payle, Hugh
Wygyngton, Thomas Parson and Robert Harrys of the same and many others.
Dated at Mountsorrell on Monday next after SS. Simon and Jude, 49 Henry VI.
De Banco Roll 840. Michaelmas, 11 Edward IV. A.D. 1471.
m. 276, Cit. Cov. ; Thomas Waldese and Thomas Daddy, chaplain, ex’ors of the will of Joyce Erdyngton v. Thomas
Hebbe of Erdyngton, co. Warr., gent., in a plea that he render them a reasonable account for the time he was the receiver
of monies for Joyce Erdyngton.
N.B.—This suit shews that Thomas Erdyngton’s widow Joyce was dead in the year 1471. In the Roll of Hilary, 1472, m. 130, the
ex’ors brought a similar suit against Joyce’s receiver Thomas Holden of Erdyngton for an account from December 10, 1468, to Christmas
1470. John Gladwyn of Barrow was one of Joyce’s ex’ors named in another suit on this Roll.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1472. :
Grant by Roger Pollard, John Purs, William Smyth and Robert Smyth to Robert Handeson and Margery his wife
of all those lands and tenements which they had of the gift of a certain Thomas Colman in the town and fields of Barowe
on Sore. To hold to Robert and Margaret, their heirs and assigns for ever. These being witnesses: John Gladwyn,
William Smyth, John Newton, Richard Marshall, Robert Eyre, all of Barowe, and others.
Dated at Barowe on Sore on the feast of St. Mark, 12 Edward IV.
De Banco Roll 842. Easter, 12 Edward IV. A.D. 1472.
m, 49, Leyc.; Thomas Farnham v. William Foster of Loughtburgh, chaplain, and George Cumberford, chaplain,
of Loughteburgh, in a plea wherefore they broke his close at Querndon with force and arms and did other enormities
there to his great damage. They were not found.
N.B.—This would be Thomas Farnham of the Over-hall.
SUPPLEMENT. *
Hastings MSS. A.D, 1473.
To all the faithfull of Christ to whom this present writing shall come John Farnham greeting in the Lord. Know
ye that I the said John have given and by these presents have confirmed to Thomas Burton for the term of life
of Matilda Farnham, widow, mother of me the said John, a certain yearly rent of 5s. issuing from a close in Querndon
lately in the tenure of Robert Purs, which said close lies next Le Kardyke on the west. In witness whereof I have
affixed my seal to these presents, these being witnesses: Thomas Marshall of Loughtburgh, Gerard Strecheley of the
same, John Rydynges of the same and others.
Dated at Querndon July 1, 13 Edward IV.
De Banco Roll 848. Michaelmas, 13 Edward IV. A.D. 1473.
m. 329. Leyc.; John Bellers of Ketelby, esq., John Farnham of Sutton by Bosworth, gent., Thomas Farnham
of Sutton, gent., Roger Farnham of Sutton, gent., Nicholas Flessher of Sutton, yoman, and others (see page 154) were
attached to answer the king as much as Thomas Waldyene in a plea of illegal entry on the land of Thomas Waldyene,
viz., a toft, 4 acres of pasture, a moiety of 10 acres and a third of go acres at Sutton, parcel of 8 virgates of land called
Ambenlond belonging to Thomas Waldyene in Sutton by Bosworth. They have leave to imparl.
De Banco Roll 857. Hilary, 15 Edward IV. A.D. 1476.
m. 380, Leyc.; Richard Preston demands against Henry Hewys and Isabel his wife a messuage in Barowe on
Sore into which they have no right of entry except by Thomas Smyth, to whom Thomas Daddy, chaplain, demised it,
who thence unjustly disseised the said Richard. Richard Preston recovered his seisin.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1483.
To all to whom these presents shall come Thomas Farnham, son and heir of John Farnham of Quarndon,
co. Leycester, gentleman, greeting in the Lord. Know ye that I the said Thomas have altogether quitclaimed for me
and my heirs for ever to Thomas Burton of Loughtburgh, merchant, his heirs and assigns, a certain yearly rent of rts.
issuing from a messuage in Loughtburgh lying in Baxter Gate between the tenement of Sir William Hastings, lord
Hastings, on one side and the tenement of Robert Hayteley on the other side. To hold to Thomas Burton, his heirs
and assigns for ever. In witness of which I have set my seal to these presents.
Dated at Loughtburgh August 31, 1 Richard III.
Chancery Inquisitions post mortem, File 3, Richard III., No. 32.
After the death of William Hastynges, kt., lord Hastynges.
Taken at Leycester on October 20, 2 Richard III., a.v. 1484.
Before Thomas Ortone, escheator, and on the oaths of Thomas Hall, esq., William Langton, esq., and others, who
say that King Edward IV., by his Letters Patent bearing date August 9, 1467, granted to William Hastynges, kt.
(inter alia) the manor of Beaumanor, co. Leyc., and the manor of Barrow and Quarndon, the manor and lordship of
Whitwick with its members, the manor of Whitington, etc., which Katherine, duchess of Norfolk, then held for her
life—and which, after the death of the said duchess, to the said late King and his heirs, by reason of a certain Act of
Forfeiture in Parliament of the said late King, dated November 6, 1461, ought to come—the said manors shall, after the
death of the said duchess, remain entirely to the same William Hastynges, kt., lord Hastynges, and his heirs, etc., to hold
of the said King by homage only, by virtue of which letters patent the said William Hastynges was seised of
the reversion of the said manors of Beaumanor, Barrow, Quarndon, Whitewyk, Kilby, Bocheston, Neuton, Hokelscote,
Donyngton and Merkfeld as in fee tail, after the death of the said duchess, and 10 messuages, 6 virgates of land, 10 acres
of meadow, 20 of pasture, 100 of wood and 4os. rent in Barrow, etc., etc.
N.B.—The inquisition is very badly stained and rubbed. According to Nichols, vol. iii., page 65, the manor of Barrow was restored
to Edward Hastynges, son of William, lord Hastynges, on November 22, 1485, but the manor of Barrow and Quorndon comprised in the
above grant was not Erdyngton’s manor, but only the small portion held by the Beaumonts and which had escheated to the Crown by
the Act of Forfeiture in 1461.
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Hastings MSS. A.D. 1493.
These Indentures made March 5, 8 Henry VII., between John Penny, alderman of Leicester, of the one part, and
John Leeke, gent., of the other part, witness that John Penney has sold all his lands, tenements, etc., in Loughborough,
Quarndon and Wodehouse, co. Leicester, also his term and interest that he has of the Abbey of Leicester in the Tythe
Barn in Wodehouse, also a parcel of land in Quarndon worth 9s. 4d. yearly late John Leicester’s, also 6 acres of land and
meadow late John Turvill’s, esquire. John Leeke covenants to pay yearly 20 marks out of the said properties to the
said John Penney, Isabel his wife and Sir John their son during their lives and the longer liver of them.
A.D. 1498.
Grant by Thomas Chaveney of Mountsorell to John Chaveney of Mountsorell, his son, Richard Wode, William
Maudyk, John Wode, Robert North, Thomas Braunche, William Braunche, Thomas Dexter, William Dexter, Robert
Marvyn, John Marvyn, John North, William North, Ralph Mason, John Whitby, Robert Whitby and Ralph Maudyk,
all of Mountsorell, of all those lands and tenements in the towns and fields of Mountsorell, Rotheley and Querndon and
Barowe on Sore which he, the said Thomas Chaveney, together with others, now deceased, lately held to the use of the
Chapel of St. John Baptist in Mountsorell, the said Thomas Chaveney also appointed his son Christopher Chaveney and
Ralph Barker his attorneys to deliver seisin of the same. ‘These being witnesses: Ralph Shirley, knight, Thomas
Pulteney, William Brokesby, Thomas Farnham the elder, Robert Whatton, esquires, and others.
Dated October 25, 14 Heury VII.
A.D. 1499.
Know all men that I, John Ballard of Loughborough, co. Leycester, have given, granted and by this my Charter
have confirmed to Christofer Burton, merchant of the Staple of Calais, Isabel his wife, and Thomas Calcroft, merchant
of the same Staple of Calais, all lands and tenements, rents, reversions, meadows, etc., belonging to me in Loughborough,
Woodthorpe, Sherlthorpe and Quarndon, co. Leycester, which lands and tenements I the said John, together with Thomas
Ballard, my brother, now deceased, lately had of the gift of Margaret Ballard my mother. To hold to Christofer, Isabel and
Thomas, their heirs and assigns for ever. Know further that I the said John have in my own person given possession
and seisin to the same Christofer, Isabel and Thomas according to the form of this present Charter. In witness of which
to this my Charter I have set my seal with witnesses: Ralph Lemyngton, Ralph Smyth, Thomas Barkar and others.
Dated the 25th day of March, 14 Henry VII.
De Banco Roll 961. Trinity, 17 Henry VII. A.D. 1502.
m. 225. Leyc.; Richard Eyre v. William Chaveney of Querndon, yoman, in a plea of breaking his closes at
Woodhouse and at Alderman Hall in the parish of Barowe on Sore, consuming his pasture there with certain cattle and
turning up his soil with certain ploughs so that Richard lost the profits of the soil there for a long time, etc.
De Banco Roll 966. Michaelmas, 19 Henry VII. A.D. 1508.
m. 269 d. Leyc.; Richard Daddy of Melbourne, co. Derby, William Bradshawe of Querndon, co. Leyc., and
Walter Madyk of Mountsorrell, husbandmen, were attached to answer Simon Seymour and Cecily his wife and Ralph
Bulkley on a charge of making an illegal entry on a messuage, 40 acres of land, 20 of meadow and to of pasture
in Querndon on May 1, 18 Henry VII. (a.p. 1503).
N.B.—This refers to the suit on page 187, and arose out of a dispute concerning the property in Quorndon of Sir Thomas Daddy,
priest. Richard Daddy, the nephew of Sir Thomas Daddy, was awarded the property by a Commission appointed for the purpose by
King Henry VII. Robert Farnham of the Over Hall in Quorndon says he purchased the property from Thomas Harvy, who bought it
from Alice and the daughters and heirs of Richard Daddy. (Early Chancery Proceedings, Bundle 952, date between 1533 and
1538.) Robert Farnham’s statement is verified from the Beaumanor muniments.
Hastings MSS, A.D. 1504. |
To all true people in Christ to whom this present writing shall come, we, Sir Roger Virly, Vicar of Barow upon
Sore, John Thrustans of Sileby, John Chaveney, Ralph Chaveney, William Walker, Thomas Branche, William Branche,
Robert Smyth, Richard Wode, John Bocher, John Bradshaw and Henry Stanwiche of Mountsorell, co. Leycester,
greeting in the Lord. We testify and record that whereas one Edward Thornhill, late of Mountsorell, was seised of a
messuage in the said town of Mountsorell, lying upon the Wakyng lane side, and being thereof seised, by his Deed
bearing date at Mountsorell 22 November, 1496, enfeoffed Sir Ralph Shirley, knight, Thomas Chaveney and Ralph
Berker and their heirs for ever, and hereupon willed and declared that his said feoffees after his death should stand and
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tbe seised to the use of Roger his son and his issue, and in default of such issue, the said Edward Thornhill willed and
declared that the issues and profits of his said lands should by the disposition of his said feoffees and their heirs yearly
go toward the finding of a priest daily to say Mass and other divine services for his soul and all Christian souls within
-the Chapel of St. John Baptist in the said town of Mountsorell, by force whereof the said Sir Ralph Shirley, Thomas
Chaveney and Ralph Berker were seised to the uses aforesaid all the life of the said Edward and after his death, which
‘matter we the said Roger Virly and the others will testify and depose for truth upon the Holy Evangelists at whatsoever
time we shall thereunto be called or desired. In witness whereof we have set our seals to this writing and testimony the
goth day of November, 20 Henry VII.
De Banco Roll 973. Trinity, 20 Henry VII. A.D. 1505.
m. 486, Leyc.; Edward Hastynges, knight, offered himself against Richard Shyrley, gent., Thomas Farnham,
gent., William Chaveney, husbandman, Robert Ormson, husbandman, Christopher Milner, miller, Richard Prank,
‘husbandman, Robert Purse, husbandman, Thomas Pery, husbandman, William Swannok, chaplain, Richard Dodd,
hhusbandman, John Haukyns, husbandman, Robert Hebbe, smyth, Robert Barowe, husbandman, John Lampe, weaver,
Henry Wryght, labourer, William Stafford, labourer, John Hokesley, husbandman, William Salmon, labourer, Thomas
Whitton, weaver, Richard Hebbe, husbandman, and John Jesson, labourer, all of Querndon, in a plea wherefore they
broke Edward Hastynges’s close at Querndon, grubbed up his thorn hedges to the value of £10, dug in his soil by which
-the said Edward lost the profits of the soil for a long time and did other enormities to his great damage and against the
king’s peace. The defendants did not appear, and the sheriff returned that he had attached Richard Shyrley and Thomas
Farnham.
N.B.—This reads as if Sir Edward Hastynges had been inclosing land in Quorndon and laying it down to grass, which caused great
_dissatisfaction in the country at this time and was the cause of many riots.
Close Roll 367, Part 2. 20 Henry VII. A.D. 1505.
m, 34, This Indenture made May 13, 20 Henry VII., between Sir Thomas Lovell, Sir James Hobart, Sir
Richard Emson, knights, Edmond Dudley and Henry Wyot on the part of Our Sovereign lord the King on the
.one part, and Edward Hastynges, knight, lord Hastynges and Hungerford, on the other part, witnesseth that whereas
our said Sovereign lord the King, as in right of William, now Viscount Beaumont, maketh claim and title to the Manor
.of Baroo otherwise called Baro upon Sore, co. Leycester, and also to all the lands and tenements, rents, reversions and
services within the said lordship of Baro on Sore and a parcel of the Honor of Winchester fee within the counties of
Leycester and Warwick which be of the inheritance of the said William, Viscount Beaumont, and the same to him
descended after the death of his father and were to him restored by an Act of Parliament made for him in the first year
of the reign of King Henry VII. ; and the said lord claims the said lordships for term of his life by a joint Lease, made
before the restitution, by the said Viscount to the said lord and to Dame Katherine his mother. Both titles and claim
‘have been well heard before the King’s justices, and good deliberation thereon taken upon the sight of the evidences,
proving the title of the said lord Hastynges, as otherwise had for divers considerations as well moving our said Sovereign
lord as the said lord Hastynges; our said Sovereign lord has agreed that the said lord Hastynges shall have and peaceably
possess to him and to his heirs and assigns for ever the said Manor of Baro upon Sore, co. Leycester, and other manors
jn counties Rutland and Lincoln (specified), for which lord Hastynges shall pay to our Sovereign lord the sum of £1000.
N.B.—This can only refer to the Beaumont possessions in the manor of Barrowe and not to the Erdington portion of the manor.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1506.
Loughborough.—View of Frankpledge with the Court held there May 12, 21 Henry VII. Before Robert Sheffeld,
knight, then Steward there.
Essoins.—Elizabeth Eynsworthy, John Chaveney and Ralph Lemynton.
Free Inquisition John Whetely, John Scot, John Large, John Columbell, Henry Page, John Wetwode, William
Perkyn, John Reynardson, John Bell, Henry Fyppes and others.
Jury ex officio.—Robert Purs, Richard Hebbe, William Saunders, John Hawky, Thomas Burbage, John Medcrofte,
‘John Bruarn, John Gybons, John Leyceter, John Bruarn, jun., John Shakspeyr and Richard Haryman.
Barowe and Quarndon.—Robert Purs, Frankpledge there, says that all is well, and that John Gladwyn (2d.) is in
mercy for not appearing.
Mountsorell.—Robert North, Frankpledge there, says that Robert Northe broke the Assize, fined 2d.
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Burton.—John Leyke, Frankpledge there, says that John Shakespeyr (2d.) broke the Assize.
Prestwold.—Robert Smyth, Frankpledge there, says that John Leyceter is essoined.
To this Court came Thomas Farnham and took of the lord one messuage with appurtenances situated in the common®
market there, late John Wynfeld’s, and now in the hands of the lord by the death of the said John, to hold at the will of
the lord according to the custom of the manor there to the same Thomas, Roger and Thomas Farnham the younger, his
sons, for term of their lives and the longer liver at the same rent and services as before; and he gave a fine on entry of.
tos. and did fealty by his pledges Richard Shilton and John Wryght and was admitted tenant.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 990. Hilary, 1 Henry VIII. A.D. 1510.
m. 567, Derb.; Thomas Farnham of Querndon, co. Leyc., gent., offered himself against Henry Ball of Makeney,.
sythsmyth, in a plea of debt £10. He was not found.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1513.
Deed of enfeoffment by Sir George Hastings, knight, Lord Hastings, of William Bolt and John Luff in the manors:
of Baro on Sore, Bagworth and Thornton, and all other his lands and tenements in Baro, Bagworth, Thornton, Quarendon
and Woodhouse, co. Leycester, and appointment of John Brown and John Newton as attorneys for Lord Hastings to
carry out delivery of the premises and lands.
Dated at Baro May 1, 5 Henry VIII.
A Deed granting the manors of Baro on Sore, Bagworth and Thornton by William Bolt and John Luff (which
they had of the gift and enfeoffment of George Hastynges, knight, Lord Hastynges) to John Gladwyn the elder and John
Marshall of Baro. 3
Dated at Baro May 4, 5 Henry VIII.
| Know all men that we, John Gladwyn the elder and John Marshall of Baro, have bargained, demised and by this:
our present writing have confirmed to George Hastynges, knight, Lord Hastynges, our manors of Baro on Sore, Bagworth
and Thorneton with their appurtenances in the county of Leycester, and all other our lands and tenements in Baro,
Bagworth, Thorneton, Quarendon and Woodhouse, which we lately had of the gift and enfeoffment of William Bolt and
John Luff. To have and to hold all the said manors, lands, etc., to the said George and his lawful issue male, and if it
happen that the said George die without heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, then the said manors, etc., will remain
wholly to the right heirs of the said George for ever. In witness whereof to these presents we have set our seals.
Dated at Baro May 6, 5 Henry VIII.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 1025. Trinity, 11 Henry VIII. A.D. 1519.
m. 466, Leyc.; Thomas Farnham of Quarndon offered himself against Richard Bolwell of Bredon, husbandman,
in a plea that he render him an Agreement made between them concerning this, that since the said Thomas Farnham
let to the said Richard a certain capital messuage situated in the lower (inferiori) end of Quarndon, together with another
messuage situated next to the said capital messuage, late in the tenure of Richard Braunche, with lands, meadows
feedings and pastures with appurtenances in Quarndon, excepting one butt of land at the back of a certain tenement in
the tenure of William Baker, and two acres of pasture in le More there, to hold the said capital messuage and the
other premises (except as excepted) to the said Richard Bolwell and his assigns from the feast of St. Michael,
20 Henry VII. (a.p. 1504) to the end of 6 years next following, with a covenant that the messuages be kept sufficiently
maintained and repaired, as in the Indenture more plainly appears, the said Richard has insufficiently repaired the
messuages and left them in bad repair at the end of his term.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 1030. Michaelmas, 12 Henry VIII. A.D. 1520.
m. 410 d. London; Robert Farneham, late of Barowe, co. Leycester, gent., otherwise called Robert Farnam
of Quarnedon, co. Leyc., gent., was summoned to answer Richard Parker, clerk, in a plea of debt of £10; and concerning
which the same Richard, by his attorney, says that on October 10, 5 Henry VIII. (a.p. 1513) at London in the parish
of St. Sepulchre in the Ward of Faryngdon without, he demised to the said Robert Farneham 4 cottages, 294 acres of
land, 11 acres of meadow, 2 crofts and pasture for 20 beasts and 120 sheep in the town, fields and meadows
of Loughborough and Sherlethorpe, co. Leycester. To hold and to occupy to Robert and his assigns from the feast of
St. Michael next ensuing for a term of 5 years fully to be completed, rendering therefore a yearly rent of 40s. to the said
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‘Richard during the tenancy, payable in equal portions at Easter and Michaelmas, by virtue of which demise the said
Robert held the said premises and had occupied them all the said term, and the rent amounting to £10 has not been
paid, but is still in arrear, and though often asked, Robert has always refused and still refuses to pay, and thus
he produces his suit. And Robert Farnham, by Thomas Eton his attorney, comes and denies the liability, and demands
Jeave to imparl in the Octaves of Hilary. And he has leave. The same day is given to Richard here.
Early Chancery Proceedings 1519 to 1525. Bundle 394/36.
Plaintiff, John Chaveney, gent.
That whereas one Richard Chaveney, grandfather to your said orator, in his lifetime was seised in his demesne as
of fee in 4 messuages and — acres of land, 3 acres of medow, 3 acres of pasture with appurtenances within the towns
of Mountsorell, Querndon and Rothley, co. Leicester, and so seised, dyed. After whose death the right, title and
interest descended unto your said orator, as kinsman and heir, that is to say, son of Thomas son and heir of the said
Richard, so it is that certain evidences, charters and muniments concerning the premises have come to the hands and
possession of one Thomas Burton and William Chaveney and either of them have conveyed divers estate to themselves
or either of them to the disinheritance of your said orator, who prays for subpcenas to be sent to Thomas Burton and
William Chaveney.
The defendants answer that William Chaveney was seised in his demesne as of fee in the said premises, and
so seised, for the sum of £23 paid by Thomas Burton, did sell to Burton the said premises, also all evidences and
writings concerning the same. They deny all knowledge of the right and title of John Chaveney in the premises
and pray to be dismissed with their costs.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 1036. Trinity, 14 Henry VIII. A.D. 1522,
m, 191 d. Leyc.; Robert Hurte of Loughborowe, innholder, was summoned to answer William Farnam in
a plea that he render him 10 quarters of malt of the price of 5 marks which he unjustly withholds, and concerning which
the said William, by Thomas Eyton his attorney, says that on Feb. 4, 12 Henry VIII. (4.p. 1521) at Loughborowe, he
‘bought from the said Robert the said 10 quarters of malt to be delivered to the said William on demand, nevertheless
that the said Robert, though repeatedly asked, has always refused, and still refuses, to deliver the same, by which refusal
William Farnam has suffered damage to the amount of 40s. And thus he produces his suit. And Robert Hurte comes,
‘by Roland Babyngton his attorney, and defends force and injury, and demands leave to imparl in the Octaves of
St. Michael. And he has leave, the same day is given to William here.
‘Hastings MSS. A.D. 1530.
Know present and to come that I, John Gladwyn of Barrow the elder, have given, granted and by this my Charter
have confirmed to John Gladwyn, my son and heir, one messuage called Durrands Howse in Barrow and one cottage in
which John Sane lives and one cottage in which Thomas Gamyll lives and one pasture called Sheperdowe and one
meadow called Brygmedowe. To have and to hold to the said John, his heirs and assigns for ever of the chief lords
of the fee by the right and accustomed services pertaining. In witness whereof I have set my seal to this Charter, these
being witnesses: Christopher Farthyng, Thomas Arnold, William Boyer and many others.
Dated at Barrow 24 April, 22 Henry VIII.
‘Early Chancery Proceedings. Bundle 826, No. 5.
To the Rt. Hon. Thomas Awdwley, kt., Lord Chancellor of England.
Anne Harryson, widow, plaintiff.
»
Whereas about 13 years ago one John Knyfton, esquire, by Indenture under his seal, demised and let the Manor
of Stanford together with divers lands, tenements and hereditaments in the town of Stanford, co. Notts, unto Ralph
Edward, clerk, for a term of 22 years next ensuing and fully to be completed at a yearly rent of £5 6s. 8d.; by virtue
of which Indenture the said Ralph entered on the manor and so possessed, in the year 21 Henry VII. (1529) it was
enacted by Parliament that no spiritual person should have or enjoy any farm after St. Michael next ensuing, wherefore
the said Sir Ralph, in avoiding the penalty of the said Statute, of especial love and favour which he had and bore unto
Robert Farnam, gent., gave and granted him all his title and interest in the term of years yet to come, by virtue of which
Robert Farnam entered on the said manor and so possessed, about two years last past, gave and granted the residue of
the said term of years of the demise of the manor unto your oratrix, and she entered on the said manor accordingly and
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enjoyed it for the space of eight years. But so it is that one Thomas Knyfton, gent., son and heir of the said Johr
Knyfton, who is yet living, without any colour of right, by his power and might hath obtained the possession of the’
Indenture belonging to your oratrix, and by reason thereof has entered on the said manor and taken the issues and profits
thereof which be of the clear yearly value of 40s., beyond all outgoings, and all her corn to the value of £100 to her utter
destruction. Thomas Knyfton, though often requested, absolutely refuses to make any redress or to leave her in
possession of the residue of years in the manor or return the Indenture, and she, being friendless, and he, being a man
of great substance, lands and plenty of friends and kin within the said county, your oratrix has no remedy at Common
Law without the Indenture, as she does not for certain know the date when the term of 22 years commenced, and she’
prays for a subpcena to be sent to Thomas Knyfton, ete.
N.B.—The statute of 21 Henry VIII. prohibited pluralities.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 1074. Trinity, 24 Henry VIII. A.D. 1532.
m. 190. Leyc.; Robert Rawlyns, William Rawlyns and Thomas Rawlyns the elder offered themselves against:
Thomas Rawlyns the younger, of Woodhouse, husbandman, in a plea wherefore he forcibly broke the closes of the said
Robert, William and Thomas at Saxilby and Broughton and turned up their soil there with certain ploughs by which
they lost the profits of their soil for a long time, etc. He did not appear, and the sheriff was ordered to attach him to be
here within one month of St. Michael’s day.
N.B.—Compare this suit with De Banco Roll 983. Hilary, A.D. 1508. m.170. Leyc.; Thomas Rawlyns versus Robert Rawlyns:
in a plea of a messuage, 30 acres of land, 10 of meadow and 8 of pasture in Saxilby which the said Thomas claims in court as his right.
Judgment: Thomas Rawlyns recovers his seisin against Robert by default of the latter.
The same Roll.
m. 190 d. Leyc.; William Farnham offered himself against Robert Bosse of Loughborough, husbandman, in a
plea that he render him two oxen of the value of 40s. which he unjustly detains. He did not appear, and the sheriff was:
ordered to produce him here at Michaelmas next.
Chancery Inquisition P.M.
Thomas Kebell of Humberston, serjeant-at-law. A.D. 1502.
Leicester ; William Peksall was seised of the under-mentioned messuage, etc., in fee, and, being so seised, by
charter gave them to the said Thomas Kebell and to Robert Moine, William Smyth and John Elton, their heirs and
assigns, to the use of the said Thomas Kebell, his heirs and assigns, and the performance of his last Will.
A messuage and 8 acres of land in Barough upon Sore, worth gs. 7d., held of Edward Hastynges, knight, lord.
Hastynges, as of his manor of Barough on Sore, service unknown.
Thomas Kebell died at Humberston on Friday after St. John Baptist, 15 Henry VI. (A.D. 1500). And Walter’
Kebell is his son and heir, aged 14 years and more on the 8th April, 1502.
Rte: Ste, atc.
Karly Chancery Proceedings 882. A.D. 1534.
To Sir Thomas Audeley, knight, Lord Chancellor of England.
In most humble wise sheweth unto your good and gracious lordship your daily orator and poor yeoman Richard
Rowlesley of Osbaston, co. Derby, that, whereas your orator on August 31, 25 Henry VIII., did buy of one Robert
Farnam of Quern, co. Leycester, gentylman, 5 score of sheep for the sum of £16 to be paid at a certain day between thent
well and truly agreed, the said Richard with one William Glonope and John Salford by their writing obligatory did bind
them and every one of them in the sum of £20, whereupon the said Robert Farnam did then and there affirm, promise
and warrant unto the said Richard that the said sheep were clean, sound, not corrupt nor rotton, whereas in very deed
many of the said sheep were not sound, but rotton and corrupt, by reason whereof many of them in the winter
next following died to the great impoverishing of your said orator. And so it is gracious lord that notwithstanding this
the said Robert Farnam, upon a plaint of debt for the sum of £20 in the King’s town of Derby, before the bailiffs of the’
said town affirmed, hath caused your said orator to be arrested, in which plaint it is so far forth proceeded at the great.
suit and importune labour of the said Robert that your said orator is like to be condemned to his utter undoing, contrary
to right and good conscience, unless your gracious help be shewed unto him in the premises. In consideration whereof,
and also in so much as the said Robert Farnam is a great rich man, greatly friended and allied within the said town of.
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Derby, and your orator, being a poor man, a stranger and not friended nor known within the said town of Derby, is not
able to defend nor maintain his just and lawful cause against the said Robert Farnam, it may please your good lordship
the premises tenderly to consider and grant the King’s writ of cerciorari to be directed to the bailiffs of Derby, commanding
them to remove the said plaint and the parties to the Court of Chancery before your good lordship, and your orator will
daily pray, etc.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1535.
Grant by John Davers of Swithland, co. Leyc., to John Beaumont, esq., John Ashby, gent., William Farnham,
Thomas Tomson and John Davers, his son, of his manors of Swithland and Shakerston and his lands, tenements, etc.,
in Lutterworth, Bitteswell, Frollesworth, Kimcote and Barwell, co. Leyc., and the View of Frankpledge in the manors
of Swithland and Shakerston, to hold in Trust to the use of the said John Davers and the performance of his Will, then
for the use of John Davers, son and heir of Francis Davers his late son, when he shall attain 21 years of age, in tail male
and general, and he appoints his son Edmund Davers and Edward Beaumont as his attornies to deliver seisin to the said
trustees. These being witnesses: William Wright, chaplain, Ralph Chaveney, John Chaveney and others.
Dated 7 April, 26 Henry VIII.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 1090. Trinity, 28 Henry VIII. A.D. 1536.
m. 631, villa Not.; Robert Farnham, otherwise called Master Robert Farnham, ex’or of the Will of Ralph
Hedworthe of Stanford, clerk, v. Richard Willoughby of Nottingham, tanner, and v. Robert Stanley of Nottingham,
corvysor, in pleas of £10 each.
Early Chancery Proceedings. Bundle 1153. Between 1544 and 1547.
To the Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Wriothesley, knight, lord Wriothesley and Chancellor of England.
Plaintiff, Richard Radclyf, being an infant aged 12 years and in the custody of Agnes Radclyf his mother.
Defendant, Robert Farnham, esq., of the Over-hall, Quorndon.
That whereas one Geoffrey Radclyf was seised in his demesne as of fee of and in 4 messuages, 250 acres of land,
meadow and pasture and 20 acres of wood in the town and fields of Mounsorell, Rotheley, Barrow, Quarn, Woodhouse,
Belton and Long Whatton, co. Leycester, of yearly value of £10 and more. And so seised, about 3 years last past,
enfeoffed one John Campynett, John Olyff and Richard Davy to have and to hold the said premises to them and their
heirs to the use of the said Geoffrey during his life sans waste, and after his death to the use of Geoffrey Radclyf
the son of William Radclyf, late of South Witham, co. Lincoln, deceased, and his lawful issue; and in default of
such heirs to the use of Robert Radclyf, another son of the same William Radclyf and his lawful issue; and in
default to the use of the right heirs of the said Geoffrey Radclyf for ever. By virtue whereof the said John Campynett
and other his co-feoffees were seised of the premises in their demesne as of fee. And immediately afterwards the said
Geoffrey the feoffer, by virtue of the Statute lately made for the execution of Uses in possession, was thereof seised in
his demesne as of freehold, the remainder thereof to the said Geoffrey, son of William Radclyf and his lawful issue, in
default to Robert Radclyf, the remaynder over to the right heirs of Geoffrey the feoffer for ever. And afterwards the
said Geoffrey the feoffer, as well as the said Geoffrey and Robert Radclyf, sons of William Radclyf, died without issue.
After whose deaths the remainder of the fee simple in the premises of right descended to your orator, as cozen and heir
of Geoffrey Radclyf the feoffer, viz., son and heir of Robert Radclyf, son and heir of John Radclyf, brother and heir of
Thomas Radclyf, father of Geoffrey Radclyf the feoffer. But so it is that sundry deeds, charters and other writings
concerning the premises have late come to the hands of one Robert Farnham, esq., who has often been requested by your
orator’s friends to deliver such deeds, etc., which so to do he has always refused, and by colour of having the said
writings, the said Robert hath entered on the premises and takes the profits and will not permit your said orator to hold
or enjoy the same, against all equity and to his utter disheryson. In consideration of which your orator prays for
a subpcena to compel Robert to answer to the premises.
The answer of Robert Farnham, gentylman, to the Bill of Complaint of Rychard Radclyf.
The defendant says that the complaint is untrue, etc., nevertheless for declaration of the truth answereth that one
Robert Whatton, deceased, was seised in his demesne as of fee by good and just title from his ancestors to him descended
of and in the said messuages, lands and tenements mentioned in the said Bill, and that the said Robert Whatton, being
so seised, enfeoffed Richard Sherley and John Kyngeston and others in the said premises by the name of all his lands
and tenements in Mountsorrell, Rotheley, Barrow, Quarne, Woodhouse, Belton and Long Whatton, co. Leycester, to the
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use of Robert Whatton and his heirs and for performing his last Will. Afterwards Robert Whatton made his last Will
and by the same willed that the said Richard Sherley, John Kyngeston and other the co-feoffees should stand seised of
and in the said premises to the use of Robert Whatton for term of life and after his decease to the use of Roger
Radclyf, esq., and Geoffrey Radclyf, gent., for term of their lives and the longer liver of them, and after their deaths to
the use of the right heirs of the said Robert Whatton. After which Robert Whatton died. Richard Sherley, John
Kyngeston and the other feoffees were therefore seised of the premises to the use of the said Roger Radclyf and
Geoffrey Radclyf for term of their lives and the longer liver of them and after their deaths to the use of the right heirs
of Robert Whatton unto the 4th day of February, 27 Henry VIII. (a.p. 1536), at which day the said Roger Radclyf and
Geoffrey Radclyf, by reason of the Statute lately made for the extinguishment of Uses, were seised of and in the said
messuages and other the premises for term of their lives in their demesne as of freehold, the reversion pertaining to the
right heirs of Robert Whatton. Roger and Geoffrey died, after whose deaths the reversion of the said messuages and
other the premises remained and came to this defendant, as cousin and heir to the said Robert Whatton, viz., as son and
heir to Thomas Farnham, son and heir of Margaret, daughter to Thomas Whatton, father of John Whatton, father to
the said Robert Whatton. By force of which defendant entered into the said messuages and premises and was and yet
is seised in his demesne as of fee and takes the profits as is lawful for him to do. Without which that the said Geoffrey
Radclyf was seised in his demesne as of fee in the premises, or that Geoffrey Radclyf, being so seised, did lawfully
enfeoff the said John Campynett, John Olyff and Richard Davy and their heirs to the use of Geoffrey Radclyf for life or
any other of the uses mentioned is nothing material to this defendant, or that there is anything material in the said
Bill of Complaint other than by this answer is confessed and true. All which matters the said defendant is ready
to maintain as this Honourable Court shall award, and prays to be dismissed out of the same with his reasonable costs
and charges for his wrongful vexation and trouble in this behalf sustained.
The suit apparently came to nothing, but in 1553, when Richard Ratcliffe, the plaintiff, had come of age, he commenced the action
again in Early Chancery Proceedings, Bundle 1377. Between 1553-1555. The writ is dated October 12, 1 Mary, A.D. 1553.
Richard Ratcliffe says that at Robert Whatton’s death the premises descended to Geffery the feoffer as cousin and
heir of the said Robert Whatton, viz., son and heir of Joan, sister and heir of Robert Whatton, who died without issue.
Robert Farnham in his rejoinder denied that Geoffrey Ratcliffe was son and heir of the said Joan Whatton in
manner and form as set out in the Bill or that Thomas Ratcliffe the father of the said Geffery the feoffer was lawfully
married to Joan the sister of Robert Whatton or that Joan was sister of the whole blood to Robert Whatton so as to be
heir of him.
Arms of Whatton.—Argent, on a bend Sable, between six cross-crosslets Gules, three besants.
Arms of Heriz.—Azure, three hedgehogs Or.
From their Heriz descent the Whattons commonly used the arms of Heriz.
THomas WuHatTTON of Mountsorrell, co. Leyc., Justice of the Peace for co. Leycester from 1436 to 14485=
.... RATCLIFF, brother== ....<=JOHN WHATTON of Mount-==MARGARET MARGARET>-ROBERT FARNHAM Of the Overhall,
to Sir John Ratcliff. sorrell, died about 1462. Quorndon, died March 6, 1467, Inq.
p.m.
|
Joun== THOMAS=-JOAN WHATTON. Robert ROBERT WHATTON THOMAS FaRNHAM, son and==MarGARET, dau. of Ralph
RAt- RatciiFF, {| Farnham asserts Joan of Mountsorrel, heir, born 1444, died March | Kyngeston of Rothley,
CLIFF. was half-sister to Robert died s.p. 18, 1502, Ing. p.m. co. Leyc.
Whatton,
RoBERT>-AGNES RoGkER RATCLIFF, GEOFFRY RATCLIFF, RoBerT FARNHAM, son and heir,=MaAry, dau. of Robt.
RATCLIFF. died s.p. the feoffer. born 1483. Langham of Gopsal,
THE DEFENDANT. co. Leyc.
~ yyy ee
RICHARD RATCLIFF. WILLIAM RATCLIFF, base son==
THE PLAINTIFF.
GEOFFRY RATCLIFF ROBERT RATCLIFF
ee a
ee
both died young s.p,
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Common Pleas Plea Roll 1132. Easter, 1 Edward VI. A.D. 1547.
m. 317. Leyc.; Margarett Barett of Medborne, widow, was attached to answer Thomas Nevill, knight, in a plea
wherefore she carried away Laurence Barett, one of the daughters and heirs of Richard Barett, under age being, whose
marriage belongs to the said Thomas Nevill, knight.
N.B.—Richard Barett of Medborne had two daughters by Margaret his wife, Laurence and Agnes. Laurence was married to Matthew
Farnham of the Nether-hall in Quorndon doubtless through the efforts of his cousin Sir Thomas Nevill of Holt, who claimed the right of
marriage and selected as usual one of his poor relations. Her sister Agnes married, as his first wife, John Marston of Slawston, by whom
she had a son, William Marston, who succeeded to his mother’s property (see page 284). Richard Barett’s will was proved at Leicester
and dated Dec. 24,1546. His widow Margaret’s will was proved at Leicester Jan. 19, 1561. She appointed her daughter Laurence
Farnham and her daughter’s daughter Margaret Farnham executrixes and residuary legatees, and made bequests to Humfrey Farnham
and Anne Farnham, children of Matthew Farnham and Laurence.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 1135. Hilary, 1/2 Edward VI. A.D. 1548.
m. 352. Leyc.; William Bradshaugh, Thomas Ward, both of Quarendon, husbandmen, and Alice Brandon
of Quarendon, widow, were attached to answer Francis Kebell in a plea of breaking his close at Quarendon and cutting
and carrying away 5 ash trees and six cart-loads of his underwood worth roos. there.
Augmentation Office. Miscellaneous Books, Vol. 220. A.D. 1549.
m. 69. The King to all Greeting. Know ye that We, of Our special grace and certain knowledge and mere
motion and with the consent of Our very dear uncle and counsellor Edward, duke of Somerset, governor of Our person
and protector of Our Realms, have given and granted by these presents to Our beloved Thomas Farneham, gent., the
Office of Steward of all and singular the manors, lands, tenements and hereditaments which were late belonging to
Henry, bishop of Lincoln in Our county of Leicester, and the Office of Bailiff and Collector of rents of the same, etc.
Fee 4os. yearly.
Dated at Westminster, 29 June, 3 Edward VI.
N.B.—After Thomas Farnham’s death in 1562, his brother Robert Farnham was granted the same Office by the Queen, page 240.
Harleian MSS. 284, m. 118. A.D. 1552.
Endorsed “'To my veraye loving friendes the King’s Majesties Commissioners appoynted for the sale of his
Majesties lands.”
After my right hertie commendations unto you Whereas Christoffer Thomson a servauntt of myne, fermor of two
mylles with the appurtenances in Quarnedon within the countie of Leicester, parcel of the possessions of the late
monastery of Barmondsaye understandinge that the King’s Majestie wolde make sale of soche lands is nowe resorted
hether to purchase them of the King’s Majestie. But sins his repayer hether, he hath lerned that oon Thomas Fernaham
hath prevented hym and entered alredy into the purchase of the same before you. I must hertely desyre you that for so
moche as my sayed servaunte is the fermor thereof having many children (a great famyle) and no other Releife but only
thoes mylles, and that he (meanyng to goo through for the same) hath troubled his frendes and departed with other
things to his great losse, and utter undoying if he showld not obtayne, that it maye please you in thees respects and the
rather for my sake to revoque the graunte made to Fernaham. And that this poore fermor may have the preferment of
that purchase advauncyng therfore to the Kyng’s Maijestie so moche as Fernaham should have payed. Faire you most
hertely well.
ffrom Suffolk place the xx of December, 1552.
your loving frende
H. Suffolk.
N.B.—This letter from the Duke of Suffolk on behalf of his tenant of the mills in Quorndon, late the property of the Abbey
of Bermondsey, did not have the desired effect, for in the following March Thomas Farnham a the Nether hall completed his purchase
of the mills, Christopher Thomson continuing his tenancy as before. This mill stood on the river Soar nearly opposite the Nether hall,
and was pulled down by Hugo Meynell when the Loughborough canal was made.
40 OQOUORNDON RECORDS.
Chancery Town Depositions. Bundle 31/11. Trinity, 1 Mary. A.D. 1554.
Interrogatories of the partie of Richard Ratclyff, plaintiff, against Robarte Farnham, defendant. 3
1. In primis. Whether do ye know that Thomas Ratclyff was married unto the said Joan Whatton in lawful
matrimony and how do you know the same?
2. Item, Whether do ye know that the said Roger Ratclyff and Geoffrey Ratclyff were borne after marriage had and
solemnized between the said Thomas Ratclyff and the said Joan Whatton and how you know the same?
3. Item, Whether Joan Whatton the wife of Thomas Ratclyff were the sister of Roberte Whatton or not?
Anne Wythypoll of the parish of St. Clement without Temple Bar, London, widow, of the age of 81 years and
over, sworn and examined the 5th day of December, 2 and 3 Philip & Mary (1555) deposeth that the same deponent did
know Joan, who as by report was the daughter of one Whatton, and when this deponent first knew her she was a widow
and the late wife of one Thomas Ratclyff, and as this deponent hath heard Margaret Curzon her mother, who was the
daughter of one Sir Geoffrey Ratclyff sometime of Framsden, co. Suffolk, knight, report and say that she was at the
marriage of the said Joan Whatton solemnized and had with the said Thomas Ratclyff, and as by report of this
deponent’s said mother, she saith that the said Roger Ratclyff and Geoffrey Ratclyff, the sons of the said Thomas Ratclyff
and Joan, were born after marriage solemnized between the said Thomas Ratclyff and the same Joan Whatton, and this
deponent’s said mother was godmother to the said Geoffrey Ratclyff, but whether Joan Whatton the wife of Thomas
Ratclyff was the sister of Robert Whatton or not she saith she knew not, for she never knew the same Robert Whatton,
nor does she know whether Geoffrey Ratclyff was seised to him and his heirs in certain messuages, 250 acres of land,
meadow and pasture and 20 acres of wood in the towns and fields of Mountsorrell, Rotheley, Barrow, Quarne,
Woodhouse, Belton and Long Whatton, nor whether the said Geoffrey did or might of the same enfeoff John Campanett
and others or not, but she knows that Joan the wife of Thomas Ratclyff often repaired to the Rt. Hon. Lady Margaret,
Duchess of Richmond, mother to-King Henry VII., at which time she this deponent did attend upon the said duchess,
and the said duchess would fain have had the said Joan for her virtuous life’s sake to have been the governess of the youth
in her household, and by reason that the grandfather of this deponent, namely, Geffrey Ratclyff was brother to the father
of the said Thomas Ratclyff and to the present grandfather of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Sussex that now is, she did well
know the said Joan and that she had issue lawfully begotten by the said Thomas Ratclyff, one Roger Ratclyff, who died
without issue for anything that this deponent knew or heard, and also had issue one Geoffrey Ratcliff, who was never
married, but he had issue a base son to her remembrance named William, but what issue he had she knows not, nor
knew whose daughter the said Joan the wife of Thomas Ratclyff the father of the said Roger and Geoffrey was. And
she saith she knew Robert Ratclyff, late of London, sherman, father of the said Richard Ratclyff, now complainant, very
well and the same Robert was the uncle’s son of the said Roger and Geoffrey Ratclyff, as this deponent hath heard the
said Roger declare, but the name of their said uncle she knows not. And she saith that the said Roger Ratclyff was the
son and heir of the said Joan the wife of Thomas Ratclyff, but she knows not whether Thomas Whatton did give
the premises unto Roger Ratclyff and Geoffrey Ratclyff or not, nor can. she any more depose to the interrogatories in
this behalf. (Signed) ANNE WyTHYPOL.
John Assheby of Lowesby, co. Leyc., esq., aged 49 years, sworn and examined on Oct. 30, 1 & 2 Philip and Mary
(1554) deposeth that he knew Geoffrey Ratclyff very well, and he knew Robert Ratclyff the father of the said Richard
very well and he well remembered that Mr. Wythypol, by the means of Richard Ratclyff the great uncle-in-law of this
deponent, did bind the same Robert Ratclyff, being a wild young fellow, as prentice in London, in whose time this
deponent was henchman to King Henry VIII., and at that time, which was shortly after the Emperor was in England,
this deponent (1522) heard the said Roger Ratclyff say unto the said Robert Ratclyff in the house of Mr. Wythypol that
unless he would thrive he would not account him as any of his kin, etc. (Signed) Joun ASSHEBY.
John Campynett of Tikyncourt, co. Rutland, gent., aged 44 years or more, sworn and examined on June 12, 1554,
deposeth, that as by report of Geoffrey Ratclyff to this deponent he knew that the same Geoffrey was occupier of and in
certain lands to the value of 20 nobles by the year in the towns and fields of Mounsorell, Rotheley, Barrow, Querne,
Woodhouse, Belton and Long Whatton, but otherwise knew not what estate the said Geoffrey Ratclyff had in the
premises, or whether Geoffrey might lawfully enfeoff this deponent and others of the same or not, but he saith that the
said Geoffrey, a good time before his death, did send for this deponent and caused him to draw up a feoffment
of the premises to this deponent and others to such uses as appear by the same feoffment which was brought into this
Court of Chancery by this deponent, whereunto he referreth himself for declaration of the uses thereof, but this deponent
doth not now perfectly remember whether he were present at the sealing and delivery thereof or not, but knoweth well
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.that it is subscribed by the said Geoffrey and he heard by one William Colett that estate was executed according to the
said Deed of feoffment the day next before the death of the said Geoffrey Ratclyff. And he saith he knew that Geoffrey
and Robert, sons of William Ratclyff the base son of Geoffrey the feoffee did overlive the said Geoffrey their grandfather
‘by the space of one year or more, and in that time this deponent did often see them in plain life, but whether they or any
of them did enter into the premises mentioned in the Bill or died thereof scised he knoweth not, but supposeth that the
said William Colett who had the custody of the said sons during their lives can declare the certainty of and in
the premises.
N.B.—Thomas Whatton of Mountsorrell was descended from the Whatton family of Whatton in the vale, co. Notts. One member
of the family was settled at Long Whatton, co. Leycester, in the reign of King Edward III. De Banco Rolls, Trinity, a.p. 1355, m. 60 d.
Leyc.; John de Dunham of Whatton versus John son of Robert Milner of Whatton in a plea of assault, the defendant was attached by
Thomas de Whatton and William de Whatton and Hilary, a.p. 1373, m. 224 d. Leyc. Kanc; Adam Dalcok of Whatton, co. Leyc., and
Agnes his wife, sister and heir of John de Whatton, clerk, were called to warrant the manor of Netlewood, co. Kent, to the Abbot of
Leness. The Whattons continued at Long Whatton until the death of George Whatton in 1590, who left two daughters as his heirs.
~The Whatton printed pedigrees are all faulty.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1556.
This Indenture made December 10, 3 & 4 Philip and Mary, between the Rt. Hon. Francis, earl of Huntingdon, and
“Thomas Hasylwood, gent., of one part and Thomas Farneham of Quarndon, co. Leycester, esquire, of the other part,
witnesses that the said Earl and Thomas Hasylwood, in consideration of the sum of £300 of lawful money paid by
“Thomas Farneham, have sold and granted to the said Thomas Farneham, his heirs and assigns for ever, all that the
Parsonage and Rectory of Stoughton, co. Leycester, to the Monastery of Leycester lately belonging, and all houses,
stables, orchards, gardens, lands, glebe lands, tithes of corn, grain, hay and all other tithes whatsoever to the said
Parsonage belonging, and all other the premises lately granted unto the said Earl and Thomas Hasylwood and their heirs
by the late King Edward VI. by his Letters Patent dated at Westminster January 2, 3 Edward VI. The Earl and Thomas
Hasylwood have also sold to Thomas Farneham all charters and muniments concerning the said Parsonage, etc., to be
delivered to Thomas Farneham or his heirs before the feast of Pentecost next ensuing.
DS pew ffrea
Common Pleas Plea Koll 1168. Michaelmas, 3/4 Philip and Mary. A.D. 1556.
m. 1331, Leyc.; Thomas Farneham versus William Spycer of Quarndon, gent., in a plea wherefore he guarded
his fire so negligently at Quarndon, that five cart-loads of Thomas Farneham’s hay worth £10 being in his barn at
-Quarndon, together with the barn itself, were burnt, contrary to the custom of the realm of England respecting the
custody of fires by night.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 1200. Easter, 4 Elizabeth. A.D. 1562.
m. 178, Leyc.; Thomas Harward of Booton, co. Norfolk, was summoned to answer Thomas Farnham of
Quarndon, co. Leycester, gent., in a plea that he render him £30 which he owes him, and concerning which Thomas
Farnham says, by his attorney, that the said Thomas Harward on August 1, 1 Elizabeth (A.D. 1559) at Quarndon, by
a certain writing obligatory, acknowledged that he was bound to the said Thomas Farnham in the said sum
of £30, to be repaid to Thomas Farnham at the feast of All Saints then next following, nevertheless, though
repeatedly asked, Thomas Harward has always refused, and still refuses, to pay. And Thomas Farnham produced
here in Court the said written obligation in the form as aforesaid. Thomas Farnham recovers the sum of £30 and his
damages, which are assessed at 6s. 8d.
N.B.—The Visitation Pedigree at the Heralds College states that Thomas Farnham of the Overhall married Anna the daughter of
Henry Harrold of Boughton, co. Norfolk; if this is true she had died s.p. before 1561, when he was married to Anne the daughter of
Richard Eyre of Normanton on Soar, co. Notts (see Normanton Register).
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42 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Arms of Eyre.—Argent, on a chevron Sable three quatrefoils Or.
NicuHoLas Eyre of Normanton on Soar, younger son of Robert Eyre of Padley and==A dau. of William St. Andrew of
Joan his wife. Burke calls him of Hirst juxta Hathers edge, which appears from | Gotham, co. Notts; probably
the de Banco Rolls to be correct. De Banco Roll, Mich., a.p. 1467, m. 83 d.j| Anne.
Nicholas Eyre of Hirst versus William More of Normanton on Soar, yoman, in a
plea of debt 10 marks.
|
ANNE, dau. of Robt. Nevill of Ragnell.=GrorGr Eyre=-ANNE, dau. of John Leigh of
Kegworth. Common Pleas,
De Banco Roll, Mich., 1506, m. 565, Anne Eyre of Trinity, A.D. 1543. George
Hathersage, co. Derby, widow, Lionel Eyre of Padley, Eyre, ex’or of will of John
chaplain, Robt. Eyre of Hurste, co. Derby, gent., Leigh of Kegworth.
Thomas Eyre and Stephen Eyre, both of Hurste,
gents., attached to answer John de St. Andrew plea
of abduction of George, son and heir of Nicholas
Eyre, a minor in his custody at Normanton, on
Aug. 21, 1502. Died between 1551 and 1553.
Joan, dau. of Robt. Edmondson of Hathern, 1st wife. =RICHARD EyRe=-.... dau. of .... Harwood==MArRGARET Sore, widow, 3rd wifey
Chancery Pro., Series II., 59, 87, Jan. 24, 1568. Will proved at | of Norfolk, 2nd wife (so married at Normanton June 12,
Robt. Edmundson states that Richard Eyre married York Aug. 7, Visitation Pedigree). 1559. Will proved at York Jan. 13,
his daughter Joan 26 years ago, 7.e., 1542. 1572. 1591.
{
GrorGE Eyre, married>=MARGARET, dau. of HuMPHREY KATHERENS, 2nd==ANNE=PTHOMAS FaRNHAM of Overhall, Tubs
Nov. 14, 1575 (Blaby | Geo. Belgrave of Bel- husband, married at Barow Quorndon,co. Leyc., 1st husband, EYRE.
Register). Dead before | grave. Jan. 14, 1576. Will proved married in 1561; died April 2,
Dec. 1609. at York Feb. 21, 1610. 1574.
| | | | :
MARGARET, GEORGE, BARBARA, bapt. KATHERINE, CONSTANCE, DorotTsy, dau.=WILLIAM BURNELL ADRIAN FARN«
bapt. Feb. bapt. Sept. Oct.10,1581;un- bapt. Oct. unmarried in and heir, bapt. of Wynkborne, co. HAM, son and
17, 1576-7. 8, 1580. married in 1609. 28, 1582. 1629. at Quorndon Notts. heir, born Now
1580. 18, 1568.
Chancery Proceedings 1558 to 1579. May 1564.
Thomas Farnham of Quarnedon, co. Leycester, gent., on July 10, 4 Elizabeth (1562) did demise for 7 years unto
~ one Rauf Smalley of Woodhouse, co, Leycester, yeoman, one messuage with the appurtenances in the town and fields
of Woodhouse, and bound himself in the sum of 100 marks to make unto Smalley such assurance by Indenture’
or otherwise. Farnham has fulfilled the conditions, but Smalley retains the obligation and refuses to hand it over.
Farnham prays for a subpcena to force Smalley to hand over the obligation.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 1217. Easter, 6 Elizabeth. A.D. 1564.
m. 57 d, Not.; Richard Newton and Margaret his wife give to the Queen 13s. 4d. for leave to agree with
Thomas Farnham, esquire, and Anne his wife in a plea of covenant of a messuage, garden, orchard, 80 acres of land,
20 of meadow, 40 of pasture and common of pasture for 200 sheep in Rempston, co. Notts, and 1 acre of land.
and 4 of meadow in Hoton, co. Leyc.
Common Pleas Plea Roll 1219. Easter, 6 Elizabeth. A.D. 1564.
m. 5, Deeds enrolled. Thomas Nevill of Holt, co. Leycester, knight, came on March 27 next before this term
before James Dyer, knight, Chief Justice of the Queen’s Bench at Holt, and acknowledged this Writing to be his Deed
and demands that it be enrolled, and it is enrolled in these words :
This Indenture tripartite made March 1, 6 Elizabeth, between Thomas Nevill of the Holt, co. Leycester, knight, of
the first part, and John Kellam, gent., and William Wylson, yoman, servant unto the said Sir Thomas Nevill, of the
second part, and Anselme Blunt and John Smaly of the third part, witnesses that whereas the said Sir Thomas Nevill is
seised in his demesne as of fee tail in the manors of Holt, Prestgrave, Bradley, Drayton, Brynghurst, Medburn and
Blaston, co. Leicester, and in divers lands, tenements, etc., in Eston, Holt, Bradley, Brynghurst, Drayton, Medburn and
Blaston, co. Leicester, and in the manor of Rolleston, co. Notts, and lands in Rolleston, Farneton, Newark, Barneby,
Coddington and elsewhere in co. Notts. And for as much as it has pleased God to take to his mercy all the issue male
of the said Sir Thomas lawfully begotten and leave him destitute and without hope to have any more during the life of
Dame Margaret his wife, nevertheless for as much as he mindeth as much as he can conveniently to advance with his’
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diving such as shall be of his blood and seed first, and after some other of his stock and kinsfolk, and to preserve the
premises in the name of the Nevills for that it has been an ancient and an old house and name. Now therefore it is
fully covenanted, concluded and agreed between the said parties to these presents, and every of them for themselves and
their heirs doth severally covenant and grant to and with each other of the same parties and every of them, their heirs,
ex’ors and assigns in manner following, viz., first that the said Sir Thomas Nevill, as well for the considerations aforesaid
as in consideration of the sum of £40 paid to him by the said John Kellam and William Wylson at the ensealing of this
Indenture, has granted unto John Kellam and William Wylson and their heirs all those his manors of Holt, etc., in
co. Leycester, and Rolleston, etc., in co. Notts, to the intent that they may be very true and perfect owners so that a
Recovery in due order and form of the common laws of this Realm may be well pursued against them, and Sir Thomas
covenants before the feast of Pentecost next ensuing, at his cost and charge to suffer John Kellam and William Wylson
in their own names to pursue two several original writs against Sir Thomas and Dame Margaret his wife to be directed
to the Sheriffs of Leicester and Notts by the name of the manor of Holt and 200 messuages, 200 cottages, a windmill, a
horsemill, 400 gardens, 3000 acres of land, 1000 of meadow, 2000 of pasture, 1000 of wood, 100 of marsh, 500 of furze
and heath and £50 rent in Holt, Prestgrave, Drayton, Bradley, Brynghurst, Medburn, Blaston, Eston, in the county
of Leicester, and the manor of Rolleston, 50 messuages, 60 cottages, 40 tofts, 100 gardens, 500 acres of land, too of
meadow, 200 of pasture, 60 of wood, 100 of marsh, 60 of furze and heath and £20 rent in Rolleston and the other places
in the county of Nottingham, and the said Sir Thomas and Dame Margaret shall acknowledge by several concords and
fines that the said manors and lands are the right of John Kellam and William Wylson as those which John Kellam and
‘William Wylson have of the gift and grant of Sir Thomas and Dame Margaret, etc.
[Here follow the Fines and Recoveries in full.]
Further it is agreed between the said parties of these presents that the said Recoveries and every of them shall stand
and be seised of and in the manor of Rolleston and all other lands and tenements appointed for the joynture of Dame
Margaret immediately after her decease, and after the determination of the uses limited to the said Dame Margaret by
any of the means aforesaid, and of and in the manor of Holt and all other manors, lands, etc., aforementioned
not appointed for the joynture of the said Dame Margaret, presently to the use of Sir Thomas Nevill for the term of his
life and for a term of 20 years immediately from and after the day of the death of Sir Thomas; and afterwards to the
use of the first and every other son of Sir Thomas lawfully begotten in tail male successively ; and for default of such
issue to the use of Humphrey Blunt alias Nevill and his issue in tail male and tail general lawfully begotten ; and for
default of such heir to the use of Thomas Smyth alias Nevill, son of Thomas Smyth of Cressing Temple, co. Essex,
Esquire, husband to Mary the daughter of Sir Thomas Nevill, and to the issue male of Thomas Smyth the son lawfully
begotten ; and in default of such heir to the use of Clement, Henry and William Smyth, sons of the said Thomas Smyth
the father, in tail male successively ; and in default of such heir to the use of John Kellam a/ias Nevill and of the heirs
male of his body lawfully begotten ; and for default of such heir to the use of John Farnham alias Nevill and of the
heirs male of his body lawfully begotten ; and for default of such heir to the use of Matthew Farnham alias Nevill and
the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten ; and for default of such heir to the use of George Turpyn alias Nevill and
of the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten ; and for default of such heir to the use of Clare Smyth, daughter of the
said Thomas Smyth the father and of the said Mary his wife, and of the heirs male of the said Clare lawfully
begotten; and for default of such heir to the use of the heirs of the body of the said Sir Thomas Nevill lawfully
begotten ; in default to the use of the right heirs of Sir Thomas Nevill for ever. Provided always that anyone becoming
entitled to the use of the aforesaid manors, lands, etc., shall use the surname of Nevill only, and if such a one do neglect
or obstinately refuse to use Nevill as his surname, then the next use declared and limited by this Indenture shall take
force and effect. A like proviso against alienation or sale of any of the said manors, lands, etc. And further it shall be
Jawful for the said Sir Thomas Nevill at any time and from time to time at his pleasure during his life by his writing by
him sealed and subscribed to alter, determine, demise, change or enlarge any use, uses, conditions, limitations and intents
comprised in these presents, the said estate and interest of Dame Margaret Nevill only excepted, and also at his pleasure
‘by his writing or by his last Will sealed and subscribed to grant the use of the said manors, lands, etc., or any part of them
to any other person or persons in fee simple, fee tail, for term of life, lives or years or otherwise. Further the manor of
Rolleston is charged with a rentcharge of £10 by the year unto David Gyttyns of London, vintner, and Alice his wife
for their lives and the longer liver. The Scite of the manor of Holt, the gardens, orchards and both coney yards
adjoining thereunto with a Close called The Close under the Town alias The Meadow Close, the Little Close called the
Barn Close, the Horse Close, the Wood Close and the Park at the Holt, a windmill and a horsemill appear to be part of
the joynture settled upon Dame Margaret Nevill for term of her life, with provision againt waste of woods under
20 years growth unless it be cut for the repairs of the Mills or manor house and buildings at Holt. In witness whereof
the said parties have respectively to these Indentures tripartite set their seals the day and year aforesaid.
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44 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Court of Requests. Bundle 312, 14 Elizabeth, October 18, 1572, and 17 Elizabeth, June 16, 1575.
Plaintiff, Dame Margaret Nevill of Holt, widow of Sir Thomas Nevill, kt.
Defendant, Francis Hervy.
To the Queen’s most excellent Majesty.
Dame Margaret Nevill, widow, late wife of Sir Thomas Nevill of Holt, co. Leyc., knight, deceased. Whereas*
Dame Margaret before her marriage with Sir Thomas, being then a widow and late the wife of Edward Fenys, esq.,-
deceased, was possessed of plate and jewels to the value of £200 and £200 in money and corn, cattle and other goods’
to the value of £400, and had of the gift of her mother divers parcels of plate of the value of 200 marks and 100 marks
of money, part thereof being given in preferment of the marriage, as amounted to the value of £800, and Sir Thomas:
being possessed of all the said plate and jewels and divers other goods and chattels of a value exceeding £2000, did by
his last Will and Testament made about March 4, 1570-1, give to Dame Margaret a bason and ewer of silver and such
other plate as he had with Dame Margaret, and did make John Farnham and John Kellam his executors. Since’
Sir Thomas’s death one Francis Harvye, esq., one of your Majesty’s gentlemen pensioners, by colour of Letters
of Administration of the goods and chattels of Sir Thomas coming to Mary, wife of the said Francis Harvy and daughter
of the said Sir Thomas Nevill, hath taken into his own hands and possession all the plate bequeathed to Dame Margaret.
as also part of the residue of the moveable goods and chattels of the said Sir Thomas to the value of £1200, so that
Dame Margaret has only a small amount which she purchased at great cost and none of the residue which in equity
should accrue to her. Dame Margaret prays for a commission touching the premises.
The answer of Francis Harvy dated 16 June, 17 Elizabeth, denies the accuracy of Dame Margaret’s statement as tov
monies and plate that she brought to Sir Thomas Nevill on marriage, and says they are much overestimated by her. He
also gives certain particulars of mortgages owing by Sir Thomas, etc.
The commissioners appointed were Francis Hastings, Thomas Cave and Thomas Skeffington, esqrs.
Among the interrogatories addressed to the witnesses is “‘ Whether did Sir Thomas Nevill after the intermarriage’
with Dame Margaret receive of the gift of one Dame Anne Danvers, mother to Dame Margaret Nevill, for the
advancement of the latter, divers parcels of plate to the value of £200 in money?”
The depositions of witnesses for the part and behalf of Dame Margaret Nevill, late wife of Sir Thomas Nevill of
Holte, co. Leyc., deceased, taken at Holte aforesaid on September 15, 17 Elizabeth, a.v. 1575.
Thomas Fulleshurst of Wardleye, co. Rutland, gent., aged 60 years, late servant butler unto Sir Thomas Nevill about:
40 years now last past from the beginning and entering into his service, sworn and examined, said that Sir Thomas, at
such time as he first came into his service, had certain parcels of plate that were the said Dame Margaret Nevill’s before
the intermarriage, viz., two basins and two ewers of silver, one of them gilt, and worth £40 as he thinketh, the other’
one £20.
Item, two nests of bowls of silver, one nest great and double gilt, the other plain, the two worth £40.
Two standing cups of silver, worth £10.
Two goblets of silver, one parcel gilt, the other plain, value £6.
Four silver salts, worth £10.
One little bowl of silver parcel gilt wherein the spoons were usually put, worth 46s. 8d.
Two dozen of silver spoons worth £6.
Dame Anne Danvers, mother to Dame Margaret, did give Dame Margaret the great bason and ewer mentioned i
his answer.
Thomas Waldram, of Easton, co. Leic., gent., one of the appraisers of the goods and chattels late of Sir Thomas
Nevill, aged 38 years, says that Sir Thomas Nevill died possessed of goods and chattels to the value of £900 and more.
Laurence Goodman, of Blaston, co. Leic., another of the appraisers, aged 47 years, says that he saw but little plate
at the time of appraising the goods and chattels and to his knowledge there was not brought to the appraisers’ sight the
fourth part of the value of such plate, napery and other things that he has seen in the said Sir Thomas Nevyll’s house itt
his lifetime.
Leonard Vowe of Hallaton, co. Leic., gent., aged 60 years, gave evidence.
John Kelham of Bradley, co. Leic., gent., aged 40 years (the executor of Sir Thomas Nevill’s Will), said that he’
remembered well that Dame Margaret Nevyll in his hearing did declare unto one Sir Richard Fenys, knight, deceased, son:
and heir of the said Edward Fenys, that at the time of her intermarriage with Sir Thomas Nevill, she brought him certain
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plate that was given to her then and required her said son Fenys to put Mr. Harvye in suit for such parcels of plate as followeth,
which plate saving one basin and ewer bearing the Danvers name graven on it she said was such as the said Sir Thomas
had bought with that money that he had taken for the plate that was given to her and he had sold since the marriage.
First, one bason and one ewer that had the Ladie Danvers’ name graven in it was valued by Dame Margaret and
Sir Richard Fenys at £26 135. 4d. The parcels of plate bought by Sir Thomas Nevyll in lieu of the other plate sold
were these, two lyvery standing potts of silver parcel gilt which had Sir Thomas Nevyll’s name graven in them, weighing
66 oz. and valued at 5s. 4d. an oz., worth £17 12s.
Two sylver jugges to drink beer in with the sign of the bull’s head [the Nevill crest] graven upon them, weighing
about 32 oz., rated at 5s. 4d. an oz., worth £8 ros. 8d.
Item, one nest of great white silver bowls with the like shape of a bull’s head graven in thei, weighing about
60 oz., at 5s. 4d. an oz., worth £16. Item, one standing cup with a cover double gilt, in weight about 15 oz. at 7s. the
oz., worth £5 5s. Item, a cup of assaye with a cover gilt and one goblet gilt, both weighing about 3o oz., at 7s. the oz.,
worth £10 ros. This note and the values then mentioned was set down by the said Dame Margaret Nevile and
Sir Richard Fenys in the year of Our Lord God 1573 to the intent to put the said Mr. Harvye in suit for it (as they
said). Item, Sir Thomas Nevyll was at the time possessed of goods and chattels of the value of £1500.
George Parker of Easton, co. Leic., husbandman, aged 80 years, said (inter alia) that Sir Thomas Nevill had no
plate of his own at the time of intermarrying with Dame Margaret, and that he being his servant long before
that marriage hath heard Sir Thomas Neville say since their intermarrying, “ Mistress Nevell (for he was then no knight)
I drink to you in your own plate, for I have none.”
Chancery Proceedings, Series II. A.D. 1580.
212/72. Kellam v. Nevill. 214/82. Nevill v. Kellam.
John Kellam of Bradley, co. Leicester, says that Sir Thomas Nevill, knight, of Holt, co. Leicester, made a
nuncupative Will appointing the said John Kellam and John Farnham of Quorndon, co. Leicester, his executors, and
shortly afterwards died, viz., March 5, 13 Elizabeth (a.p. 1571).
John Farnham refused to take upon him the executorship fearing lest the proving of the Will and the great charges
and trouble that were likely to ensue from attempting to satisfy the debts of Sir Thomas Nevill might involve him in
great loss and vexation. John Kellam delayed therefore taking upon himself the executorship until that Mr. Francis
Hervy, who had married the daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Nevill, did sue forth and take to himself Letters
of Administration of the goods and chattels of Sir Thomas, and by colour thereof took into his possession the most and
best of the said goods and chattels, and did thereby use the wife of Sir Thomas, as she and her friends thought, very
hardly, and they, having no other means to relieve her, Sir Richard Fynes (her son) did persuade John Kellam to take up
the said executorship and promised to save him harmless. John Kellam, after much trouble, proved the Will and
revoked the previous Letters of Administration, and did afterwards, wishing for quiet, assign all that he might
of Sir Thomas Nevill’s goods to the said Sir Richard Fynes on especial Trust that he should discharge John Kellam
of all troubles therefrom arising and also pay the debts of Sir Thomas (who had assigned his properties to his executors
for a period of 20 years next following his decease for this purpose), and John Kellam (not seeking any benefit to
himself, saving that having a good hope of the said Humfry Blunt alias Nevill, his then towardness in learning) did
stipulate that he (Humfry) should have £20 a year towards his maintenance in learning until he arrived at the
age of 21 years, at John Kellam’s direction, which he did, so long as he could, employ upon the same Humfry at school
and the University. But when Sir Richard Fynes died (1575) his ex’ors Sir Thomas Lucy (of Charlecote, kt.) and George
Danvers of Banbury, co. Oxon, not only ceased to perform the said Trust in and concerning the payment of Sir Thomas
Nevill's debts and the bringing up of the said Humfry Blunt alias Nevill, but did convert the profits of the estates they
were holding in Trust to the benefit of the late Sir Richard Fynes in that they granted one half of such profits
to Sir George Turpyn in satisfaction of some part of such sums of money as they (the ex’ors) were to pay him or his
son, who hath married the daughter of Sir Richard Fynes, for his (Turpyn’s) portion of her (Fyne’s) father’s goods and
legacies. John Kellam thereupon became so troubled that he commenced a suit in Chancery against the ex’ “Ors, and did
obtain on November 1575 a Decree.
The Decree states (amongst many other things) that Elizabeth Fynes, one of the daughters of Sir Richard Fynes,
had married William Turpyn, the only son and heir of Sir George Turpyn, kt.
That in recompense of the sum of £500, part of the portion, legacy and marriage money of the said Elizabeth, and
for the sum of £500 paid by Richard Fynes, esq., son and heir of Sir Richard Fynes, deceased, towards payment of the
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debts and legacies of the said Sir Richard, the ex’ors have assigned the remainder of the term of 20 years and
the interest which they had as ex’ors unto the said Sir George Turpyn and Richard Fynes, esq., contrary to the
true intent and meaning of the said Sir Thomas Nevill and the disappointing of his creditors. The Court ordered
that John Kellam should have and enjoy divers parcels of Sir Thomas Nevill’s properties for the purposes originally
assigned.
Humfry Blunt alias Nevill married the daughter of Thomas Pigott of Dodershall, co. Bucks, a marriage which
apparently gave great offence to John Kellam, who says that he had hoped Humfry would have disposed himself in marriage
in such a sort that with the portion which he had he might the sooner have attained the possession of some of
the premises for the maintenance of himself and wife and for good hospitality in and upon the principal house upon the
building whereof the said Sir Thomas Nevill had bestowed great cost and charge, but so it is, that contrary to John
Kellam’s hopes, after Humfry had some assurance of £20 a year, not respecting the care John Kellam had for him, he
(Humfry) not only left off his learning and applied him to those who most sought to hinder John Kellam’s care, but
bestowed himself in marriage, though with a worshipful parentage, yet not much towards his help for the attainment of
these things, whereas now for his maintenance he sojourneth in other men’s houses and for his relief pulls down and
sells the stone, timber, glass and iron of Sir Thomas’s chief house.
Humfry Blunt alias Nevill makes a long series of accusations against John Kellam, accusing him of using
his position as trustee solely for his own advantage, and declares that it is a well known fact that John Kellam was a man
of little or no position until Sir Thomas Nevill took him up, and that now he has lands and money to the amount of
£2000 at the least derived solely out of Sir Thomas Nevill’s estate. That he never paid the said £20 a year to him
except under compulsion of the Court and that he had grossly abused Sir Thomas Nevill’s trust reposed in him and had
neglected his duties as trustee, executor and guardian.
John Kellam alleges that Humfry’s mother ought to have kept him out of the plentiful provision made for her
by Sir Thomas Nevill.
N.B.—The pleadings and decrees in the above suits are much too long to print. The facts are that Sir Thomas Nevill died leaving
one daughter only by his first marriage, Mary the wife of Thomas Smith of Cressing, co. Essex; all. his other children had died. He
had, however, an illegitimate son by Lucy Staresmore (who was, or subsequently became, the wife of Anselm Blunt), named Humfry
Blunt alias Nevill, and all the troubles related in these acrimonious suits arose over Humfry’s succession to Sir Thomas Nevill’s
property. John Farnham shewed a wise discretion in refusing to act as Sir Thomas Nevill’s executor. Humfry Blunt alias Nevill married
Frances Pigot the daughter of Thomas Pigot of Doddershall, co. Bucks, and died without issue. His Will was proved P.C.C. June 18,
1590, by his widow and executrix, to whom he left his property. The entailed estates of Sir Thomas Nevill passed by his Settlement and
Wiil to the son of Mary by Thomas Smyth. In spite of the sentiments expressed by Sir Thomas in his settlement he disinherited
Mary, his only surviving legitimate child, entirely, leaving his estates to his illegitimate son Humfry, in tail general, in default of such
issue to the sons of Mary, but not to Mary herself, then to John Kellam, who I expect was the son of John Kellam of Kellam and Audrey
Nevill the aunt of Sir Thomas, then to John Farnham and Matthew Farnham the sons of William Farnham of the Nether-hall, Quorndon,
by Dorothy Nevill, another aunt of Sir Thomas, then to George Turpyn the grandson of William Turpyn, of Knaptoft, and Mary, another
aunt of Sir Thomas Nevill.
The Nevills of Holt were descended from the Nevills of Raby, so the pedigrees say, and had more connection with cos. York and
Notts than with the county of Leicester.
Thomas Nevill, in his Will dated March 29, 1502, and proved P.C.C. May 16, 1503, mentions three daughters only, Audrey, Ursula
and Dorothy, who were then unmarried, but in William Nevill’s Will proved P.C.C. Dec. 15, 1498, he mentions his granddaughter Mary
the daughter of his son Thomas; between 1498 and 1503 she probably had married William Turpin of Knaptoft, but I am open
to correction. Isabel Nevill’s Will, the wife of Thomas, was proved at Leicester in 1514; the only daughter remaining then unmarried
was Dorothy, to whom her mother considerately left the sum of “ £40 to her marriage.” This extra gilding had the desired effect, for
Dorothy soon married William Farnham, and by him was the mother of John Farnham and Matthew Farnham, who appear in
Sir Thomas Nevill’s entail.
I have been obliged to deal more fully with the Nevill entail than may seem necessary, because Nichols in his history makes the
mistake of marrying William Farnham to Dorothy a daughter of George Nevill of Grove, co. Notts. George Nevill was born in 1518
(Ing. P.M. of Robert Nevill his father), so, according to Nichols, he was the father of a daughter named Dorothy several years older
than himself.
Thomas Palmer, a son of Palmer of Carlton, co. Northants, acquired the manor of Holt and much land in Leicestershire. He married
twice ; firstly Margaret, whose maiden name is unknown; secondly, Elizabeth daughter and co-heir of William Bishopsdon of Bishopsdon,
co. Warwick. By his second marriage Thomas Palmer had a daughter Katherine, whom he married to William Nevill of Rolleston,
co. Notts, and on whom he settled by a Fine in 1457 the manors of Holt and Drayton and lands in Holt, Drayton, Prestgrave,
Brynghurst and elsewhere. Holt, owing to the beauty of its lofty situation, the picturesque grouping of the ancient house, stables and
church, and the varied architectural features of its buildings, is one of the few remaining houses of interest left in the county
of Leicester.
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Chancery Proceedings, Series II., 210/64. A.D. 1583.
Francis Gryffyn v. Robert Braham.
The Queen’s writ is dated October 18, 25 Elizabeth, and is directed to Humphrey Babyngton, esq., Humphrey
Kateryns, gent., and George Noone, gent. Plaint.—Whereas the late Abbot and Convent of the lately dissolved
Monastery of Our Lady in the meadows of Leicester did, 26 Henry VIIL., by their Deed grant (inter alia) unto William
Barnarde of Barrow-upon-Soar, co. Leycester, gent., their farm, then late in the tenure of William Marshall, and their
close called Garratt Hey in the town and fields of Woodhouse for a term of 81 years. William Barnard entered on the
premises accordingly, and in consideration of a marriage had between Richard Myllynge alias Battersbye alias Page and
Anne Barnarde, the daughter of the said William Barnarde, did about 34 years since grant to the said Richard Myllynge
the Close called Garrett Hey with the appurtenances, to hold to Richard and Anne and their assigns from Michaelmas,
3 Edward VI. (1549), for the rest of William Barnarde’s term. Richard Myllynge accordingly entered on the premises
and so possessed did by Indenture dated January 26, 5 Elizabeth (1563), grant to your said orator (Gryffyn) one Close
of the premises called Garratt Hey Field abutting on Wellowe and one other Close abutting on the said Garratt Hey
Field, to hold to Gryffyn and his assigns for the remainder of the said term at a yearly rent of 32s., which said closes
and premises granted to Gryffyn contained by estimation about three score acres of land and pasture. Your orator
accordingly entered on premises and quietly enjoyed them for 20 years. But now it so happens that one Robert Braham
of Barrow, gent., has casually gotten into his hands the original Lease and also the conveyance from Barnard to Myllyng,
and by colour thereof wrongfully entered last Easter into the said close called Garratt Hey Field and the other close and
disturbed your orator, and hath made a pretended Lease to one Henry Cave, gent., to the intent to evict your orator
therefrom, etc. Prays for subpoenas to Robert Braham and Henry Cave commanding them to appear in Chancery and
produce the Deeds and answer the charges.
The defendants Robert Braham and Henry Cave declare in answer that the interest of Myllynge or Page and his
wife Anne terminated with their deaths and the death of their son William Page and that the Reversion belonged to
Robert Braham, who had married Agnes Barnarde, the youngest daughter and executrix of William Barnarde, and that
the Indenture was bequeathed by William’s Will to her as well as by Conveyance from Alice, late wife and one other
executrix of William Barnarde. William Barnarde by his Will left to Anne Page (his daughter) and William, then her
son, for lives and the longer liver the use and occupation of his farm in Woodhouse (of which portion the close called
Garratt Hey Field butting on Wellowe was no part). The premises were left to Alice his wife and Agnes his daughter
equally to be divided.
After the death of William Barnarde, Ralf Sacheverell and Alice Barnard, widow, demised for 40 years to Richard
Page and Anne his wife the Mansion House and all the other barns, stables, edifices, crofts and all other arable lands,
meadows and commons in Woodhouse at that time in the occupation of the said Richard and Aune, the Close called
Garratt Hey and a parcel of meadow called the Long Meadow, which William Barnarde had occupied in his lifetime, at
a yearly rent. By force of which the said Richard and Anne entered into possession, and by Indenture dated
15 December, 1 Elizabeth, Richard Page and Anne did grant to Francis Gryffyn their interest in Garratt Hey Field and
the ground adjoining the same, the ground then of the Duchess of Suffolk lying on the North side of the said close,
To hold to Francis Gryffyn for the term of the demise from Ralf Sacheverell and Alice and for 40 years if Richard and
Anne did so long live. All have been dead ro or 12 years, but Francis Gryffyn continues to occupy the land and pay
the rent.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1596.
This Indenture made December 3, 39 Elizabeth, between the Right Hon. George, earl of Huntingdon, of the first
part, and Robert Herick of the borough of Leicester, gent. and one of the Burgesses of the same town, of the other part,
witnesses that whereas Our said Sovereign lady the Queen, by her Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster March 12,
5 Elizabeth (1563), did demise, grant and to farm let to Adryan Stockes of Beaumanor, co. Leicester, esquire, All that
her Highness’ manor of Beaumanor with all rights, members and appurtenances thereof, late parcel of the lands and
hereditaments of Henry, late Duke of Suffolk, attainted and convicted of High Treason, and all that her herbage and
pannage of her Majesty’s Park of Beaumanor, then or late in the tenure of William Stockes, gent., aud all those her
Majesty’s watermills and all houses, edifices, dams, waters, etc., to the same mills in any wise belonging, then or late in
the tenure of Richard Cadwalliter, situate in the parish of Barrowe-on-Sore, and all that her close of land or pasture
called Viccary Partie containing by estimation 20 acres in the parish of Barrowe, then or late in the tenure of Richard
Cadwalliter, and all that her close of land called New Close containing 40 acres in the parish of Barrowe, late in the
tenure of Thomas Farnham, esquier, and all that ber pasture and herbage and pannage of the pasture called Mogling in
the parish of Barrowe, then or late in the tenure of Henry Folds, and all those her three pieces of meadow, whereof one
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lieth at Cossicles, another at Scott Green and a third at Dauwillows in the Field of Quernedon, late in the tenure of the
said Thomas Farnham, esquier, And all and singular Her Majesty’s messuages, mills, houses, lands, tenements, tofts,
cottages, meadows, etc., whatsoever and wheresoever in the towns and fields, parishes and hamlets of Barrowe,
Woodhouse, Quernedon, Woodthorp and Mountsorell in any way to the said manor of Beaumanor pertaining. To have
and to hold the said manor, etc., to the said Adryan Stockes, his ex’ors and assigns from the feast of St. Michael then
last past for a term of 21 years next to come and fully to be completed.
And whereas Our said Sovereign lady by her Letters Patent dated September 10, 14 Elizabeth (1572), did grant
and let to Henry Brooke alias Cobham, esquier, (amongst other things) the said manor of Beaumanor and all other the
premises as granted to Adryan Stockes from the date when the former Lease made to Adryan Stockes shall determine
for 21 years from thenceforth next following. And whereas Adryan Stockes by his Deed dated August 28. 24 Elizabeth
(1582), granted his interest in Beaumanor to Robert Aprice, his cousin, and Richard Acton, and the said Richard Acton
by his Deed dated April 26, 38 Elizabeth (1596), conveyed the same to the Earl of Huntingdon, Now the said Earl in
consideration of a sum of money has granted the said manor, etc., to Robert Herick for all the unexpired term.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1618.
This Indenture made March 20, 15 James I., between the Rt. Hon. Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, of one part, and
Adrian Farnham of Quernedon, co. Leicester, esquire, and Edward Farnham, son and heir apparent of the said Adrian,
of the other part, witnesses that the said Earl, in consideration of the sum of £160 paid to the said Earl by the said
Adrian before the ensealing of these presents, has granted and sold unto the said Adrian Farnham and Edward Farnham,
their heirs and assigns for ever All that Close of pasture ground inclosed with the appurtenances containing by
estimation 35 acres or thereabouts lying and being within the liberties of Quernedon in the parish of Barrowe-on-Sore,
co. Leicester, being commonly known by the name of The Lawnd as the same is now bounded, which said Close of
pasture is now or was of late in the tenure or occupation of the said Adrian Farnham or his assigns, excepting always
and reserving to the said Earl, his heirs and assigns the fish and fishing in one Brook called Buddon Brook which is
now coming through the said Close, with free liberty of ingress and egress to fish in the same Brook within the said
Close, and reserving also to the said Earl, his heirs and assigns free ingress and egress through the said Close by and
through the most usual and accustomed way and passage to and from a Wood of the said Earl commonly called or
known by the name of the Coppice.
N.B.—The close called The Lawnd now forms part of the park of Quorn House; it passed by sale from the Farnhams to the
Chaveneys, from them to Sir J. Danvers, and from the heirs of Sir John Danvers back to Edward Farnham.
Leicester Archdeaconry Register. Proceedings 1639. Bundle 2. Quorndon.
Endorsed Hynman’s Levy.
A Levy made the 25 day of November for the poor by Francis Burbage and Francis Hampe, overseers.
John Adcocke and John Tacy, churchwardens.
After the rate of 2 pence per acre for several ground, a half-penny an acre for fallow ground and 2d. a beese and 8d, |
a score of sheep, taking every one by the beetier. A.D. 1639.
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Mr. Edward Farnham, 4 score and 5 acres, 3 rood Francis Johnson, 2 acres several, fallow ground
fallow ground, several ground 43 acres oe ee + acres", : : : : ; 8
Mr. Thomas Farnham, fallow ground 39 acres, William Bosse, 1 beese. ‘ : ; : 2
several 47 acres . e=s John Earby, 40 sheep : 16
Mr. Adrian Farnham, 19 beests ee slides 8 6 Edward Squier, 3 score and 17 acres falter
Mrs. Elizabeth Farnham, 2 acres several ground, ground, several ground 27 acres . ; ee Fe
3 acres fallow. E i : : 5 William Stevenson, 2 beese and 55 sheep . 2 2
Mr. Chaveney, 3 score and 10 acres fallow Thomas Allin, 5 beese and 25 sheep . ; 20
ground, several 523 acres . : ; at So William Brandon, fallow ground 36 acres, a
Henry Presson, 1 beese and ro sheep : : 6 3 acres <=, 2 9
John Tacy, 8 beese and 5 score sheep ‘ a Humfrey Seatiorpe: fallow rowed 95 acres
William Phips, 2 beese and 20 sheep. ; : 12 1 rood; several ground 14 acres 3 roods . 6 §
Laurance Squier, fallow — 34 acres, several Adrian Hall, 3 beese . 6
21% acres . 5 : Se Ss Henry Fukes, t beese 2
Richard Griesley, 3 beese anid 30 5 shee : ; 18 Bartil Wollis, 3 beese ‘ 6
William Grover, 1 beese . ; : : 2 Thomas Sore, 10 beese and 55 dicen. ee
Widow Franke, 2 beese and 25 aes ; : 14 William Stableford, 2 beese 4
Adrian Staples, fallow ground 34 acres, several
5% acres
Francis Burbage, fallow prauadl 34 acres, several
5 acres I rood .
John Hawkin, fallow ground r4 acres, sevétal
2} acres .
Robert Tacy, 1 beese
Widow Middleton, fallow ground o acres,
several 8 acres .
John Adcocke, 11 beese and 8 score ate
William Squier, 3 beese and 55 sheep
Mister Braham, fallow ground 14 acres, several
2% acres
Robert Locky, fallow pron 4 acres, serail
2 acres
John Wells, 4 —_— and 4 5 dhesag
Humfry Staples, 5 beese and 70 oe
Joan Purse, 1 beese . ‘
John Mee, fallow ground 2 5 acres, sce
6 acres
Humfry Bestew, 3 ae anid I 5 sheep
Francis Harris, 2 acres 3 roods several ground .
Widow Brandon, 1 beese.
William Brewin, 80 sheep
Humfry Purse, 1 beese and 17 ve
John Storer, 4 beese and 60 sheep
Francis Hamp, 9 acres fallow ground, en
2 acres
“Thomas Grenes, 1 beese .
William Henman, 9 beese .
Richard Skillington, fallow arotad 10 acres,
several 13 acres
‘Thomas Bradshaw, 12 beese iaa go sheep
Francis Figiers, 3 sheep ;
John Till, 3 beese and 3 sheep
John Tailor, 3 beese
Mr. Smaly, several ground 23 acres, fallow
3 acres I rood .
Mr. Allin, 6 roods of several eica
William Greesly, 9 acres several ground, fallow
I acre 3 roods . ‘
John Garret, several ground one half acre
William Caunt, 1 acre 3 roods fallow ground
Thomas Muncke, several ground 3 acres .
John Tomson, 1 acre 3 roods several, fallow
ground 2 acres 1 rood
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John Bushe, 1 beese and 20 sheep . :
4 William Wollis, fallow ground 40 acres, several
6 acres ‘
4 Widow Hitch, 2 acres sacar) sround
Aaron Johnson, fallow ground 26 acres, several
12 6 acres ;
2 Ralph Harris, fallow ground 6 acres, cevaat
1} acres
6 Ralph Allin, fallow around in acres, sever!
4 7 acres .
4 George Kinge, 5 sheep i
Humfrey Greesly, 9 beese and go uheis ;
12 James Wollis, 2 beese ‘
Thomas Saulberre, 5 roods several .
4 Thomas Beebe, 5 sheep
2 George Chamberlyn, 20 sheep.
fe) Sir William Hericke, 5 roods of several grotind
2 Mr. Cave, for his tythe
Mr. Cave, Crossinge ro acres; fotii Welles
fo) 15 acres
12 John Tomson, Io acres
53 Francis Staples, 12 acres .
2 William France, 3 acres several
8 William Storer, a half acre several
9 Adrian Duckit, 1 acre several
8 William Squier, Woodhouse, fallow sreund
12 acres, several 1 acre
8 Thomas Hebb, 6 acres fallow siauind
2 Thomas Burbage, 4 acres fallow ground
18 Henry Bosse, 20 acres fallow ground
Widow Harris, 3 acres fallow ground
8 Mr. Potter, 2 acres fallow ground
° William Warin, 13 acres.
I Bartill Gamble, 2 acres fallow .
7 Robert Newton, 4 acres several ground
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Mountsorell.
Humfry Borrows, sen., 1 acre 1 rood sles
6 fallow 54 acres :
3 Thomas Hull, 2 roods several, fallow 1} acres .
George Thorneton, 3 acres several, fallow
19 1} acres
I Robert Hood, 5 roods a
3 William Toughe, 3 roods several
6 Thomas Garrat, jun., 1 acre fallow .
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N.B.—In the year 1638 a levy had been made in Quorndon by Humfrey Greasleye and John Wells, churchwardens, Lawrance
Squier, Richard Skellington and others after the rate of 2d. a beese and 8d. a score of sheep, a penny an acre for land and meadow. This
levy is also preserved at Leicester.
There is also the following note:
“This levy of Humfrey Greasley and John Welles, late
churchwardens of Quarndon, doth agree with the accounts of their presentments in the same office for the years 1635, 1636 and 1637,
and likewise with the levies of the constables and overseers for some of the same years, as appereth upon collation with them made
August 13, 1639, by William Berridge, vicar there, Adrian Farnham and Antony Beridge, curate there. We, the inhabitants of Quarndon
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whose names are here subscribed, having perused all former levies which are kept in our common chest of the Town of Quarndon, have
found that the levies of the above churchwardens are agreable to all the others that ever have been that we can find. In witness whereof
we have set to our hand Sept. 17, 1639.”
[Signed] Adrian Farnham, Anthony Beridge, curate there, George Chaveney, John Mee, Aaron Johnson, Humfrey Setthane
Thomas Bradshaw, Humfrey Stables, Adrian Stables, Richard Skellington and the churchwardens John Adcock and John Stasie.
In the foregoing levy the freeholders, copyholders and some of the larger tenants, probably those holding leases, seem to have been
rated on the land in their occupation, the remainder being rated on their holding of stock. The contributors under the heading
Mountsorell would be residents in that place owning or occupying land in Quorndon.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1654.
This Indenture made August 24, 1654, between the right hon. Ferdinando, Earl of Huntingdon, of one part, and
Peter Chaveney of Quarndon, co. Leicester, gent., and Ralph Dison of the borough of Leicester, gent., of the other part,
witnesses that the said Earl, Lucy, countess of Huntingdon, his wife, and Henry Hastings, in consideration of the sum
of £2100 paid to the said Earl by the said Peter Chaveney at or before the ensealing of these presents for and towards
paying the debts of the said Earl and the debts of Henry, late Earl of Huntingdon (his late father), and for 5s., the
receipt of which sums of money the said Earl acknowledges, the said Earl, Lucy his wife, and Henry Hastings, have
granted and sold to the said Peter Chaveney, in his actual possession now being by virtue of a bargain and sale made to
him for one whole year from the day of the date hereof, All that the wood or undergroundes called or known by the
name of Buddon Wood or Bowden Wood situated in Quarndon, to have and to hold to the said Peter Chaveney, his heirs
and assigns for ever, and also all that brook commonly called Buddon Brook, fishing in the same, etc., and also all that —
the usual cartway and free passage leading to and from the said Wood through certain grounds in Quarndon called
The Lawnd, now in the tenure of Elizabeth Farnham, widow, or her assigns.
N.B.—The acreage of the Wood changing hands is not given in this Deed, but it was probably about 150 acres; in those days:
Buddon Wood came down to Buddon Brook.
Chancery Proceedings before 1714. Bridges 580/76.
Plaintiff, Richard Wilson of Wheatley Woods, co. Notts, Esq.
Defendants, George Tate, Thomas Davys and Farnham Aldersey, sole executor of the Will of Margaret Aldersey,
deceased.
Statement. Margaret Aldersey did assure a house in Bradgate, co. Kent, about 7 or 8 years ago by Deed of Feoffment
unto George Tate of Stanford, co. Notts, gent., and Thomas Davis of Westminster, gent., to the use of said Margaret
for life, then to use of Henry Farnham of Quorndon, her nephew, and his heirs; and one other messuage and lands,
parcel of the premises in Quorndon, to the use of said Margaret for life and then to use of Margaret Farnham, the sister
of said Henry Farnham, and afterwards the wife of your orator, and her heirs. Margaret Aldersey made her Will and
appointed her son Farnham Aldersey sole executor. Margaret left a fair personal estate, sufficient to pay her debts and
legacies and leave a great overplus. Margaret Farnham, then Wilson, after having several issue yet living by your orator
(her husband), died. Henry Farnham enjoys his house at Bradgate, but Margaret Wilson never had her house in
Quorndon. Therefore he prays for subpcenas.
Farnham Aldersey denies the gift to Margaret Farnham (afterwards Wilson), but says that his mother left directions
to give her niece Wilson 20s. for a Ring, which he, as executor, accordingly handed by the plaintiff’s directions to
Mr. Edward Aldersey, and he will produce the receipt for the same. His mother died on May 9, 1655. She had assured
the messuage in Bredgar, co. Kent, to the use of herself for life and then to use of Henry Farnham and his heirs, who
doth now enjoy thesame. The house in Quorndon Thomas Aldersey (his late father) and the said Margaret (his mother)
by a Fine levied in Easter Term, 5 Charles I. (1629), did settle to the use of the said Thomas and Margaret for their
lives and the longer liver, then to the use of this defendant and his issue, with remainder over. This defendant has issue
living, and he does now enjoy the messuage in Quorndon and receive the rents and profits of the same, which Deeds he
is ready to shew to the Court. And he prays to be dismissed with his costs.
Sworn 1 February 1664-5. Complaint sworn 23 November 1664.
Leicester Archdeaconry, Bishop’s Transcript for the year 1669. Quorndon.
An account of what Burialls, Christnings and Mariages have beene in the Towne of Quarndon since our
| Lady Day 1669.
William Stephenson buried the 16th of Aprill.
Mr. Edward Farnham, Esquire, buried the 1gth day of Aprill.
SUPPLEMENT. jt
Edward Whitecraft buried the roth of September.
Mary Tasey the wife of William Tasey buried the ¢ 5th of September.
John Serson buried the 22nd of September.
‘Thomas Lockyer, sen., buried the 14th of October.
‘William Steevenson, sen., buried the 10th of November.
Joane Russell buried the 8th of November.
John Chapman, sen., buried the 3rd of January.
Edward Topp buried the 20th of January.
Andrew Basforde buried the 6th of ffebruary.
Elisabeth Shepherd buried the 15th of ffebruary.
ms Mariages.
‘William Phipps was maried October 2.
Christnings.
Mary Simpson the daughter of George Simpson was baptized the 16th of August.
Frances Page the daughter of Lawrance Page was baptized the 23rd of August.
William Fisher the sonne of Richard Fisher was baptized the 12th of November.
Mary Shepherde the daughter of Thomas Shepherde was baptized the 22nd of ffebruary.
(Signed) Tho. Jackson, Clerk.
ffarnham ffukes.
William Phips.
“N.B.—The above is taken from the Transcript of the Quorndon Register filed in the Archdeaconry Registry at Leicester, and has
‘been lost from the Register Book at Quorndon. The following extracts from the Quorndon Transcripts at Leicester are not now to be
found in the Quorndon Register Books.
A.D. 1671, Thomas Jackson, Minister. William Chapman and Thomas Stevenson, churchwardens.
A.D. 1672. Tho. Jackson, Curate. William Sculthorpe and Edward Tate, churchwardens.
A.D. 1673, Thomas Jackson, Minister. William Hawkins and John Raven, churchwardens.
A.D. 1674. J. Brentnall, Curate. William Sherrin and William Stevenson, churchwardens.
A.D. 1677. William Davies, Curate. Walter Brandon and William Allin, churchwardens.
A.D. 1678. Will. Davies, Curate there. Thomas Bradshaw and Eustace Theobalds, churchwardens.
A.D. 1679. ‘Will. Davies, Curate. Robert Franks and William Page, churchwardens.
A.D. 1680. No curate signed. Tho. Coates and William Allen, churchwardens.
A.D. 1682. John Burrows, Minister. John Bellamy and Thomas Tacy, chapelwardens.
A.D. 1683. No curate signed. William Chapman and William Hawkins, chapelwardens.
A.D. 1690. No curate signed. Will. White and Henry Hinde (his mark), churchwardens.
A.D, 1692. No curate signed. John Bostock and Samuel Basford, Gard.
A.D. 1693. John Beveridge, Vicar. No churchwardens signed.
A.D. 1694. H. Wolferstan, Cler. ibid. James Sculthorpe and Rich. ffisher, wardens.
A.D. 1697. Abra. Wilkins, Cur. de Quorndon.
N.B.—The above are the only years for this period when the Transcripts from Quorndon at the Leicester Archdeaconry Register
‘were attested by the curate and the churchwardens. They help to fill up the gap in the list of curates of Quorndon between 1657 and
1700. See page 443.
Chancery Suits before 1714. Collins 412/36. June 27, 1695.
Plaintiffs: Mary Farnham, Sarah Farnham, Philippa Farnham, Phebe Farnham and Mercy Farnham, daughters and
coheirs of Edward Farnham, esquire, late of Quarne or Quarnedon in the county of Leicester, Philippa, Phebe and Mercy
being infants under the age of 21 years, by Mary Farnham and Sarah Farnham, their sisters and next friends.
The plaintiffs state that their father Edward Farnham died possessed of great personal estate, consisting of ready
money, bonds, bills, goods, cattle, plate, household goods, etc. to the value of £1200, and died in the month of August
1680, intestate, leaving Mary his widow, now the wife of Samuel Boyer, and six children, vizZ.; Edward, his only son and
heir, and five daughters the plaintiffs, all being infants under the age of 21. Mary the widow, mother of the plaintiffs,
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52 QUORNDON RECORDS.
procured letters of administration of their father’s estate, and combining with Humphrey Chaveney, her brother, possessed.
herself of all Edward Farnham’s effects. About four years since their brother Edward Farnham died intestate and
unmarried and an infant under the age of 2t years. Their mother procured letters of administration of her son Edward’s
estate also. No distribution to the plaintiffs of the surplus of the personal estate of either their father or their brother
has been made; they pray for subpoenas to compel their mother to shew accounts of the personal estates of their father
and brother.
Answer of Mary Boyer and Samuel Boyer.
Mary Boyer admits it to be true that her late husband Edward Farnham the elder died with personal estate valued
at £627 17s. 8d. and no more. On the 16th of September 1680 she procured letters of administration of his personal
estate in the ordinary way and thereby possessed herself of his goods. She denies that there was any surplus after paying
Edward Farnham’s debts and funeral expenses, she having paid the sum of #1118 11s. 2d. as set out in her schedule
for Edward Farnham’s debts, a far greater sum than she ever received from his estate, and there are still debts owing,
so that no distribution of their father’s personal estate could be made to his widow and six children.
Edward Farnham her son died in or about the month of December 1690, aged about 19 years, possessed of a small
personal estate and arrears of rent amounting in the whole to £102 18s. And the said defendant Mary saith further
that shortly after she had obtained letters of administration of the personal estate of Edward Farnham her late husband she
sold and disposed of all the said personal estate except some part of the household goods, purse and apparell, boards,
quarters and other odd things in the garrett, 5 sheep cribbes and some books, worth in all about £10 and one bond of
£200 (penalty for the payment of £100 from one Mr. Rawlins) to Mr. Humphrey Chaveney in the complainants’ bill
mentioned for the sum of £528 7s. 8d., and thereof did make a Bill of Sale to the said Humphrey Chaveney bearing
date Sep. 16, 1680. H.Chaveney sold the goods and rendered no accounts, nor were any expected, as the goods were
sold to him to do as he liked with. But this Mary confesseth that since she exhibited the said Inventory of her son’s
estate, one William Palmer, Esq., deceased, who was guardian to Edward Farnham the son, paid to her the sum of
£59 9s., being money which the said William Palmer had in his hands of her son’s being, as she takes it, rents received
by him at the time of his death, and also the sum of £21 6s. 6d., being rents in arrears and reckoned in the Inventory
as a desperate debt. Denies that she ever refused to give accounts, she hath kept the complainants at her own expense
ever since her husband’s decease in meat, drink, schooling, cloaths, lodging and other necessaries, and ought, if there
were any surplus from either husband or son, to be reimbursed the amount so spent.
(Signed) SaMuEL Boyer.
Mary Boyer.
A true and present Accompt of Mary Farnham, widdow, administratrix of all and singular the goods, etc., of Edward
Farnham, senr., late at Quarndon, Esq., deceased, made as well of the receipt of the goods, etc., which have come
to her hands since his decease, as also of her payments, expenses and disbursements out of the same by virtue of
letters of administration to her granted by the Judge of the Ecclesiastical Court of the Archdeaconry of Leicester.
This accomptant chargeth herself with the goods, creditts, etc., of the said deceased mencioned in an Inventory
thereof made and exhibited in Court amounting in the whole unto the sum £627 17s. 8d.
This accomptant craveth allowance of the said deceased estate of the several payments, etc., as followeth, viz. :—
r ae Fe
The deceased’s funeral charges . et a ee
For a debt due from deceased upon bend and — ne this scocteipeent to Mr. John
Munday . : : ; : Se) Se ee
For a debt due and oad to Mr. William Hirwicy : ‘ : = £500.26
For a debt due and paid to Mr. Jobn Ferriman . ; ; : 3 = 100 =e 8
For a debt due and paid to Willm. Bennett : : : : : 5 eee
For a debt due and paid to Francis Hall . ; : ‘ ‘ : SO" ESO
For a debt so due and paid to Thomas Hancocke : ; ; : = 5a Ss
For charges in sueing out letters of administration, etc. . : ; : : Se
Summa ; ‘ - 939-19 —6
So that the estate is in debt to this accomptant in the sum of £102 ts. 4d.
William Foster, Doctor of Laws, set the official seal to these presents at Leicester 8th December 1682.
Tyr Stephens Reg’ ius.
SUPPLEMENT.
An Account of Moneys laid down and expended by Mrs. Mary Boyer, the wife of Mr. Samuel Boyer on the
: account of Mr. Edward Farnham, gent., as followeth.
sd.
Paid to Mr. John Bennett due upon bond e ome)
» Thomas Beeby 7 00
»» Xpofer Smalley upon ond 3. o 2
»» Joseph Sheffeild for wages 4.0 0
» Mary Longley due upon bond 5 9 0
» John Lovett for wages 5 9 ©
», Anne Lovett for wages . 5 0 0
» Anne Smith for wages 5 0 0
» Anne Cripple for wages . 20 0
»» John Bradshaw for wages ro 0
» John Wood for ropes : é : : ‘ : F Io 0
» Gilbert Clarke for wages 3 ; , : é ; . 11 0 oO
» Hugh Hill for wages ‘ : : : : 5 é : Io 6
Paid more to Gilbert Clarke for wages. ' . , : . 18 0 0o
Paid to William Stephenson’s sister due upon Bond , : : ; . 20 0 0
»» Richard Groves due upon bond . ‘ : : - ‘ . 10 00
»» Xpofer Smalley due upon bond . F : 5 : : . 12 0 0
» Widdow Braunson upon bond . . ‘ : 3 : ‘ 5 0° oO
» Thomas Love a 3 _ 2 : ‘ ‘ I2 0
» Ralph Harris’. : : : : : ; , s tf 7 ©
» John Harris ‘ ; : : . : F ‘ 716 8
», John Bennett upon band z ‘ ‘: 4 ; ; - 45 2 0
» John Wigmore upon bond : ; ; : i ‘ ‘ 5 0 Oo
» Thomas Beeby . 7 : ‘ i ‘ : » 15 0 0
» Anne Chettle . ? ‘i ‘ ‘ ; j ; : 8 oo
» John Bradshaw . F , ; i : ‘ ‘ : 5 9 0
» William Fisher. : j I 00
» William Parnham due upon band from Mr. Wiedtianis senr., aud Mr. Hoinphiney
Chaveney, dated 20th April 1677, Mr. Farnham’s part being c . 1012 0
», | William Stephenson upon bond Feb. 6, 24 Charles IL. . ‘ 5 - 103 0 0
», Francis Hancocke due upon bond Sep. 12, 29 Charles II., 1677 : - 51 10 0
» John Mundy, Esq., due for principal debt and interest upon two bonds
July 26, 1672, and July 8, 1675. ‘ ‘ . 230 0 0
» Francis Hall for debt and interest due on bond fade 24, “167 ign ‘ - 5015
» Thomas Beeby for debt and interest due on bond April 29, ao : - 53 90
», Willm, Bennett due upon bond July 12, 1680 . : ‘ - 41 4 °0
William Hawley debt and interest due upon bond dated Nov. 23, 1672 . - $51 0 0
Paid unto John Ferryman due upon bond dated Jan. 17, 1677 . - 159 © 0
Paid to Francis Allsopp debt and interest due upon bond dated June ‘3: i6ie . 32 1f 0
Paid more to Mr. Hawley upon bond dated Dec. 2, 1673 F ; ; . 106 0 0
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A True and Perfect Accompt of Mary Boyer, Administratrix, etc., of the goods, etc., of Edward Farnham
of Quarndon which have come into her hands since his decease. [N.B.—This is the son Edward. ]
Receipts.
Ls. d.
Received of William Palmer, Esq., June 24, 1690 ‘ . : : , 512 6
4 more of William Palmer, Esq., Feb. 10, 1690 . : . F »- 59 9 0
5 of James Tacey for rent of land : P j 6 0
r of Richard Dickinson for rent of land . . i : ‘ ‘ 7,0
. of William Parnham for rent of land . , F : , ‘ 7 6
of William Sherwin for rent of land. F F : : ‘ 11 6
OUORNDON RECORDS.
Fee eS
Received of Thomas Chapman, Junr., for rent of land , ; : ‘ 9 0
ie of Thomas Chapman for rent of land . ° ; : : 410 oO
“ of Willm. Stephenson for rent of land. ‘ , : ‘ ’ 2 6
ie more of Richard Dickinson for rent of land. : ; ; : a SS -
- myselfe for rent of land ; : . : ° , ‘ ro 6
Pe of Richard Fisher for rent of land - ; ; : 4 14
o of Henry Hind for rent of land : : ; ; ° ‘ 6 10%
a more of Richard Dickinson for rent of land I 10 ©
a of Robert Jones for rent of land : eae: : : P ‘ ey gee
eb of Samuel Basford for rent of land ee See
es of William Parnham for rent of land i 4-9
ie of Richard Bowley for rent of land I 12 0
re of Joseph Wood for rent of land '-.¢ -6
ae of William Page, senr., for rent of land : ‘ ; ; ae
= of John Starkey for rent of land : ; , ; . ; La 2
é of Laurence Page for rent of land ‘ ; ; , ; . 8.9
Pa of Mrs. Thistlewaite for rent of land . z : ‘ Pec
Money in purse and wearing apparell_ . ; ‘ : pints O°
Bookes . ; . : : , : ‘ ‘ ; , I I0 Oo
102 18 o
An Account of Moneys laid down or expended by Mrs. Mary Boyer, the wife of Mr. Samuel Boyer, on the
account of Mr. Edward Farnham her son, as followeth, viz.
1689 Yee ae
March 27_ Paid to ye Overseers of ye Poor of Quarndon for a Levy to the poor 4 of
April 2 Paid a double Levy to the Constable of Quarndon eS
5 13 Paid for a half Checke bill eee
» 15 Paid for a Frock making £9
» 15 Paid himin money . : : ; . oe ee
May 13 Paid for his land at Magotcncl to ye Ring’ s Tax . ta
Paid the same day for a pair of Shoes 3-6
June 4 Paid for two Levyes to ye Church 8 1
Same day paid him in money 14 6
» 12 Paid himin money . . : : ‘ ; a oo
» 13 Paid for one yard & a half of Holland . : ; : 3
Paid for 4 yards & 3 quarters of Purle , i335
Paid to John Maslyn for tenne days going into Yorkshire & Po days ‘o
Worksworth : i : . ;
July 8 Paid for the Poll Tax : I
Nov. 6. Paid the Tax at one shilling in ye pcad = land at Mounteoree!
Paid to Ralph Harris two double Levyes he being Constable : : I
» 14 Paid rst Moiety of ye Tax of 12 pence ye pound . . : : I
» 15 Paid to John Maslyn for three days going to Worksworth
Gave him at the same time .
»» 19 Paid for 2 double Levyes to ye Poore é : : i , I
Dec. 17 Paid him in money .
» 20 Paid for a pair of Shoes
Paid ye same day to Dr. Smalley oF Pisce for =
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Paid ye same day for mending a Pair of Breeches . ; 10
Jan. 17 Paid himin money . 3 ; , : : see Ba
Paid ye same day for six pairs of Socks & two Cravetts ; , Se
Feb. 6 Paid for one halfe years Tuition ; : : : ee ee
Paid to ye Dancing Master & ye Writing Master > : ‘ r= 9
Paid him in Ready Money . . ; F , . : 2 5 0
June 23
Sep. 10
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Oct. I
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SUPPLEMENT.
Spent in going the same time to Worksworth
Paid for one halfe years Tuition & Board due the ve instant
Paid him at the same time
Paid ye second Moiety of ye Tax i one shilling i in ye pound
Paid ye first Moiety of ye Tax of 3s. in ye pound
Paid ye first Moiety of ye Tax of 3s. in ye pound for land at EMountsorell .
Paid him in money . j , .
Paid for ye six Moneths Tax
Paid for a double Levy for the Church
Paid him at Easter in money
The Charges in going to fetch him to 5 Queen & going ack,
Paid him in ready money to buy Clothes, &c.
Paid for making his Cloathes ;
Paid him by James Tacey
Paid ye second Moiety of the Tax af Three erie in the ov. a
Paid at the same time ye second moiety of 3s. land at Mountsorell .
The same day paid for ro$ yards of Cloth to make him Shirts
Paid for a Dimity Waistcoat
Paid for his Frock making
Paid him in money in June . ‘
Paid him more in money in June when hes went to Sahat
Paid him in money .
Paid the third Moyety of ye Tax te 3s. in fie pata’
Paid to ye Doctor . :
Paid him September ye twentieth
Paid him October ye ninth
Paid him October ye five & twentieth
The charges of fetching him from Schoole in sep at going ‘tek _
Schoole in October : . é
Paid for a Scabberd for his Sword
Paid in December the fourth Moyety of itis: Tax af 35.
Paid for goods to Mr. Mugg for ye funeral .
Paid Mr. Hawkins for his hearse ;
Paid ye Charges of the Horses & many Neiwuliours that came to accompany
the Corpse at Darby ‘
Paid for Horse hire for five days
A bill to William White of ye Charges of Histiee & ‘Men as alge Me &e.
Paid to Thomas Bradford on ye same account being Ostler .
Paid to the Doctors .
Paid for Imbalming & Hicketta
Given to his Master & to his Master’s Daupiiters & to ye Servants & ye
poor for mourning & for Dole . : ‘ :
Paid for ye Coffin
The Charges of a Supper that night stig prsuehl ye Corps to iia
Paid for his Table & Tuition é ’
Paid to Walter Brandon, a bill for work done 4 in Ructiewssd
Paid for Bread and Cakes
Paid more for Tuition and Table
Paid to Mr. Fish for wine at ye funerall
Paid to Mr. Mansfeild for wine
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A true Inventory of all the goodes and chattles of Edward Farnham, late of Quarndon in the co. of Leicester, gent.,
deceased, taken and appraised by Nathaniel Harris and William Parnham this 6th day of March A.D. 1690.
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Money in Purse & Waring Apparell : : ; ‘ ie eS
Item bookes . ; ; : ; : : ; IIo oO
Item desperate debts ; A : ; 3 : 2 ee
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36 £0
Exhibited in Court at Leicester May 12, 1691.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1706.
This Indenture made November 19, 1706, between the Rev. John Gery, Archdeacon of Bucks, sole executor to the
Rt. Hon. Theophilus, Earl of Huntingdon, deceased, and Testamentary Guardian to his sons, of the one part, and Charles
Farnham of Quorndon, co. Leicester, esquire, of the other part, witnesseth that in consideration of 15s. yearly paid by
Charles Farnham the said Rev. John Gery has demised to the said Charles Farnham, his ex’ors and assigns, the fishing
in the water of Quorndon Brook from the River Soar up to a gate standing in the said brook above Quorndon Bridge and
all the fishing in the River Soar within the Manor of Barrow, from below Barrow Mill down to Granham Dyke, and all
reeds and rushes and three pieces of meadow in Barrow South Holme adjoining the River Soar, late in the tenure
of .. .. Sculthorpe of Quorndon, together with liberty to the said Charles Farnham to draw with nets these parts of
Quorndon Brook and the River Soar, and to catch and take fish therein at his and their pleasure, to hold to Charles Farnham,
his ex’ors and assigns from October 1 last past for the term of 11 years next to come and fully to be completed.
Deeds at Quorn House. A.D. 1718.
Indenture made September 14, 12 Anne, between Henry Boss of Woodthorpe, co. Leicester, gent., of the one part,
and Henry Chaveney of Quorndon, co. Leicester, gent., of the other part. Henry Boss has sold to Henry Chaveney for
the sum of 5s. and other considerations three parcels of arable land containing three roods in the West Field of Quorndon,
being two lands lying at the breach by the Lord’s hedge, the land of Henry Chaveney lying on one side and the land of
Thomas Hartopp, esq., on the other side, and one land shooting on Poulton brook, the land of William Starkey lying on
one side and the land of Thomas Farnham on the other side thereof. To hold to Henry Chaveney, his heirs and assigns
for ever.
A.D. 1720.
Indenture made November 30, 7 George I., between Charles Farnham of Quorndon, co. Leicester, esquire, and
grandson of Adrian Farnham, late of Quorndon, esquire, deceased, of the one part, and Henry Chaveney of Quorndon
aforesaid, gent., and grandson of Humphrey Chaveney, late of Quorndon, gent., deceased, of the other part. Whereas by
an Agreement heretofore made between the said Adrian Farnham and the said Humphrey Chaveney, the said Adrian
did, for a certain term of years now nearly expired, exchange with the said Humphrey all that close containing one acre
in Quorndon between the orchard or yard of the said Humphrey on the east and the close of the said Humphrey called
Pegg’s close on the west and extending from the brook on the south unto the lane called Chaveney’s Lane on the north,
as the same was then set forth and marked with meer stones, to hold to Humphrey Chaveney, his heirs and assigns for
the aforesaid term, and the said Humphrey Chaveney did grant in exchange to the said Adrian Farnham, his heirs and
assigns, for the said term two parcels of ground in Quorndon of half an acre apiece, one in a certain place called
The Hall Carr between the brook on the north and the common field on the south, the ground of the said Adrian east
and west, and the other parcel of ground, then in the tenure of William Reynes, lying between the said brook on the
south and the yard of the tenement then in the occupation of William Greasley on the north, as each half acre is set
forth and marked with meer stones, the said Charles Farnham and the said Henry Chaveney have now agreed
to exchange the aforesaid lands to each other, their heirs and assigns for ever.
SUPPLEMENT. 57
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1277.
This is the agreement made between Sir Henry de Erdyngton on one part and Sir William Hamelyn on the other
part, viz., that John son and heir of the said William, with the assent of the said Henry and William and their friends,
shall have to wife Matilda the daughter of the said Henry and take her at the feast of St. John Baptist, 5 Edward I.
(A.D. 1277). And that the said Henry will give £20 worth of land to the said John and Matilda and their issue in free
marriage according to a reasonable extent in the manors of Ocle, co. Stafford, and Barue, co. Leycester, at the said term
of St. John, and that the said William have the custody, as well of the bodies of the said John and Matilda as of the said
lands, so that William shall take and enjoy the said lands until the lawful age of them, for the benefit of the said John
and Matilda, deducting the reasonable expenses. Further the said William will give to Henry for this agreement to be
faithfully observed forty pounds of silver. And Henry and William bind themselves of their own free will faithfully to
keep the above agreement under a penalty either to other of forfeiting £100. And to this present agreement they have
respectively set their seals, these being witnesses: Sir Richard de Wytsaund, Sir Simon the vicar of Barue, Richard de
Lewes, Simon le Eyr of Barue and others.
A.D. 1814.
This is the agreement made between Sir Henry de Erdyngton, knight, on one part, and Giles his son on'the other
part, viz., the said Henry has demised to the said Giles his manor of Barwe on Sore, as in lands, messuages, demesnes,
services, homages, pastures, waters, fisheries, mills, pleas of courts and all things pertaining to the said manor, to hold to
Giles and his heirs for a term of 8 years next following from St. Michael’s day, 8 Edward II., rendering therefor yearly
to Henry and his assigns £80 sterling for all services except foreign service, payable at four payments a year of £20 each.
The reversion at the end of the said term belonging to the said Henry, these being witnesses : Sir William de Burmyncham,
Giles de Astleye, John de Bracebrugg, Richard de Egebaston, Robert Poutrel, knights, Oliver le Waleys, Reginald
Mallore, John Poutrel of Cotes, Robert de Fornham, John de Schireford, Thomas the clerk and others.
Dated at Erdyngton on Sunday the feast of Annunciation of Blessed Mary, 7 Edward II.
This was followed by a grant in fee for ever to Giles and his heirs, these being witnesses : Sir Nicholas de Scheldon,
Sir Richard de Egebaston, Sir Hugh de Prestwold, knights, Oliver le Waleys, John de Schireford, Robert de Fornham
John Poutrel of Cotes, Gilbert Peteman, Thomas de Yelvertoft and others.
Dated at Erdyngton on Saturday the feast of St. Bartholomew, 8 Edward II.
A.D. 1331.
Agreement made between Henry de Erdyngton and Giles his son. Giles granted to Henry a plot in Barwe on Sore
in a close called Fowlgate, these being witnesses: Robert de Pharnham, John Hervy, Thomas Irreys, Richard Attebech
of Erdyngton. Dated at Erdyngton on Wednesday the feast of St. Boniface, 5 Edward III.
A.D. 1333.
Giles de Erdyngton has quitclaimed to Sir Roger Hyllary, knight, all his claim in all those lands which the same
Roger now holds in the fee of Barowe on Sore, to hold to Roger, his heirs and assigns for ever, these being witnesses :
Henry de Farnham, John Squier, John de Ekynchford, Ralph Bassete, Roger Hehgham, chaplain, and others.
Dated at Barowe on St. Andrew’s day, 7 Edward III.
A.D, 1344.
Know all men that I, Robert de Kyngesford, have given, granted, and by this my Charter have confirmed to Giles.
de Erdyngton, Elizabeth his wife and their lawful issue two marks of yearly rent issuing out of the tenement of Nicholas
atte Heyr of Barwe on Sore, a villein of the said Giles. To hold to the said Giles, Elizabeth and their lawful issue for
ever. In witness whereof to this Charter I have set my seal. These being witnesses : Robert Pedman of Barewe,
Thomas lireys of the same, Richard Saundres of the same, Henry de Cobynton, chaplain, Roger de Keyham, chaplain,
and others.
Dated at Erdyngton on F riday next after the feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 18 Edward III.
Giles de Erdyngton, lord of Barewe on Sore, has granted to Thomas de Thorp, clerk, for term of his life a piece of
meadow in the fields of Barewe which is called Caldewellesyke as limited by certain metes, rendering therefor yearly to.
hi d his heirs 12 pence of silver. . .
a Dated at seas Sore on Tuesday the feast of St. Matthew, 18 Edward III., these being witnesses: Robert.
Peteman of Barewe, Richard de Saundres, Thomas Yres and others.
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58 QUORNDON RECORDS.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1347.
We, Roger de Wolaton and Isabel my wife, have granted to Sir John le Grage, chaplain of Barwe, one messuage
lying in the town of Barwe next the messuage of John Judde, and 6 acres one rood of land in the south field of Barwe,
and all our meadow pertaining to the same tenements, of which one acre lies on Hay by the land of Simon de Rakedale,
a rood at Portegate next the land of Richard Jouce, 3 acre on Hay by the land of Thomas le Writh, $ acre on Gildal dale,
% acre on Stony landys by the land Robert de Anlep held, 2 roods at Gildal dale by the land of Simon Hendeman, etc.,
these being witnesses: Robert Pedman, John le Eyr, Thomas le Irreys, Richard Rouges, Henry Daddy, John Daddy, all
of Barewe, and others. Dated St. Dunstan’s day, 21 Edward III.
A.D. 1348.
John the son of William Martel of Querndon has quitclaimed to Simon Bertevill of Loughteburg all his right in all
lands, etc., which he (Simon) had of the gift and feoffment of Stephen de Weston in Querndon and in Barouwe, to hold
to Simon, his heirs and assigns for ever, these being witnesses: Robert de Farnham of Querndon, Adam Martel, Roger
Burt, Richard de Lewes, John de Rouley, all of Querndon, and others.
Dated at Querndon April 5, 22 Edward III.
A.D. 1362.
John Roule of Querndon has granted to Robert Lokyngton of Querndon all his lands and tenements in Barowe
which he had of the feoffment of Matonia Samens of Barowe, and which were of Sir John Samens, chaplain, her father,
to hold to Robert, his heirs and assigns for ever, rendering therefor the due services to the chief lords, these being wit-
nesses: Richard de Lewes of Querndon, John Wryth of the same, John Masonne of the same, Richard Masonne of the
same, Richard Salterre of the same and others.
Dated at Querndon on Easter Sunday, 36 Edward III.
A.D. 1369.
William Gerard has granted to Richard Gerard, his brother, his manor of Wodehous with all rents, services, free
tenants and all other appurtenances in Wodehouse and Querndon park. And if it happens that Richard die without
issue then he wills and grants that the manor will wholly remain to Peter Gerard, his (William’s) son and his lawful
issue, in default of issue to his right heirs for ever, to hold of the chief lord of the fee by the right and accustomed
services.
Dated at Wodehous on Thursday before the feast of the Annunciation, 43 Edward III.
De Banco Roll 487. Michaelmas, 6 Richard II. A.D. 1382.
m. 388 d, Leyc.; Thomas de Erdyngton v. Elizabeth, who was the wife of John de Berkele, chivaler, in a plea
that she restore him the custody of the land and heir of John de Berkele which belongs to him, because John held his
land of him by knight’s service.
De Banco Roll 501. Easter, 9 Richard IT. A.D. 1386.
m. 495, Leyc.; Thomas de Erdyngton v. William Hotoft, in a plea of breaking his close at Braunston juxta
Leycestre.
m. 498, Leyc.; Ralph Basset, chivaler, v. Thomas de Erdyngton the younger and others, in a plea of fishing in
his separate fishing at Quorndon and taking away fish worth £10.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1386.
John Smyth, chaplain of Weston, and William de Blaby of Leycestre, mercer, have granted to John Wryght of
Belton, chaplain, and John Rouleye the elder, of Quernedon, all the lands, tenements, etc., in Lubbesthorp, which they
had of the feoftment of Robert Shawe of Brandeston. These being witnesses: Simon de Shirford, Ralph Turvyll of
Normanton, John Martyn of Enderby, John Barkeby of Lubbestorp and others,
Dated on Saturday the feast of St. Matthias, g Richard I.
A.D. 1887,
William Marchall, parson of the church of Dixley, has given to Thomas Asshby of Quenby, Roger Waltham of
Melton and Thomas de Friseby all his lands and tenements in Barowe on Sore except one acre lying by the mill, to hold
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to them, their heirs and assigns for ever, these being witnesses : William Mallore of Walton, Thomas Jeke of Prestwold,
Ivo Jeke of the same, William Jurdon of Burton, Giles Jurdon of Loughtburgh, Thomas Steven of Sileby, William
Wakeleyn of Barowe and others.
Dated at Barowe on Tuesday the feast of St. Gregory the Pope, ro Richard II.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1388.
Thomas de Friseby has granted to Thomas de Erdyngton, chivaler, all his lands, etc., in Barowe on Sore, which
formerly were of William Marchall, the parson of the church of Dixley, except one acre of land adjoining the mill which
is called le Croft, to hold to Thomas, his heirs and assigns for ever, these being witnesses: Thomas Wyse, John de
Thorp, William Walkleyne, Richard Carter, Richard James and others.
Dated at Barowe on Tuesday the feast of St. Matthew, 12 Richard II.
A.D. 1391.
Thomas de Erdyngton, knight, has granted to Thomas his son, esquire, John son of William, son of Stephen,
Thomas de Desford, John Gubbe, chaplain, William Puddyng and William Bollard those 12 acres of meadow which
Edward de Grafton and Alice his wife have of the gift of Sir Henry de Erdyngton, knight, in Barowe on Sore, these
being witnesses: John Walcote, knight, John Farnham, esquire, Thomas Wyse, Ralph Calf, Thomas Jeke, John de
Grove, Richard Carter and others.
Dated at Barowe on Sore on Sunday the feast of St. Matthew, 15 Richard II.
De Banco Roll 533, Easter, 17 Richard II. A.D. 1394.
m, 45, Leyc.; Thomas de Erdyngton, knight, v. John Farnham in a plea of breaking his close at Querndon and
cutting down and carrying away trees to the value of 4os.
Hastings MSS. A.D. 1418.
Thomas Erdyngton, esquire, lord of Barwe on Sore, has granted to John Gladwyn the elder of Barwe on Sore for
his life one messuage and a virgate of land in Barwe which John Oye formerly held, which messuage lies between the
graveyard of Holy Trinity on one side and the land of Roger Bolewelle and the path leading to the graveyard on the
other side, rendering therefor yearly to him 4d., these being witnesses: John atte Grove, John Marchall, John Cook and
_others.
Dated at Erdyngton on the feast of St. Martin, 6 Henry V.
A.D. 1425.
Thomas Wydevill, John Longevill, John Barton the younger and William Thomas, clerk, have granted to Sir
Robert Roos, knight, of co. Lincoln, Philip Tylney, John Loterell, rector of the church of Gedney, Thomas Sutton, esq.,
Thomas Meers, esq., Thomas Claymond of Hale, John Wessyngton and Robert Willyngham all their lands and tene-
ments in Barow on Sore and Snareston, co. Leycester, which they had conjointly with William Palmer and Robert
-Syward, now deceased, of the gift and feoffment of Elizabeth, late lady de Clynton, these being witnesses: Baldewin
Bug, esq., Henry Holand of Scheyle, Thomas Farnham of Quaryndon, Thomas Peg of Loughtburgh, John Grange of
Barowe on Sore and others.
Dated at Barowe on Sore Nov. 4, 4 Henry VI.
A.D. 1506.
Know all men that I, Robert Gybson the younger, son of John Gybson, deceased, have remitted and altogether for
me and my heirs have quitclaimed to Robert Gybson the elder, my uncle, all my right, claim and interest in all my
lands, tenements, meadows, etc., in the town and fields of Syleby, which descended to me by hereditary right. To hold
the said lands, etc., to the said Robert, his heirs and assigns for ever. In witness whereof I have set my seal to this
Charter. These being witnesses: Sir Robert Farneham, then Vicar of this same town, Robert Gybson, chaplain,
Thomas Tyrlyngton and Robert Barnard, with many others.
Dated March 26, 21 Henry VII.
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